Metal Masters Tour

The Metal Masters Tour was a 17 date concert tour of arenas across North America in August 2008 featuring Judas Priest promoting their album Nostradamus, Motörhead promoting Motörizer, Heaven & Hell promoting The Rules of Hell and Testament promoting The Formation of Damnation.^[1]

Metal Masters Tour

Tour by Judas Priest, Motörhead, Heaven & Hell and Testament
Location	North America
Start date	August 6, 2008
End date	August 31, 2008
No. of shows	17
Motörhead tour chronology Kiss of Death Tour (2006–2008) Metal Masters Tour (2008) The Volcom Tour 2008 Heaven & Hell tour chronology Heaven and Hell 2007 Tour (2007) Metal Masters Tour (2008) Bible Black Tour (2009) Judas Priest tour chronology Retribution Tour (2005) Metal Masters Tour (2008) Nostradamus World Tour (2008-2009) Epitaph World Tour (2011-2012) Testament tour chronology 2007 Tour (2007) Metal Masters Tour (2008) The Formation of Damnation Tour (2008-2010) American Carnage Tour (2010)

Tour dates

Date[2]	City	Country	Venue
August 6, 2008	Camden	United States	Susquehanna Bank Center
August 7, 2008	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion
August 9, 2008	Holmdel Township		PNC Bank Arts Center
August 10, 2008	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach
August 12, 2008	Hamburg		Erie County Fair
August 13, 2008	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre
August 15, 2008	Uncasville	United States	Mohegan Sun Arena
August 16, 2008	Burgettstown		Post-Gazette Pavilion
August 18, 2008	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 19, 2008	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 21, 2008	Oklahoma City		OKC Zoo Amphitheatre
August 22, 2008	Dallas		Superpages.com Amphitheatre
August 23, 2008	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 24, 2008	Selma		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 27, 2008	Albuquerque		Journal Pavilion
August 28, 2008	Phoenix		Cricket Wireless Pavilion
August 30, 2008	San Bernardino		San Manuel Amphitheater
August 31, 2008	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre

Setlists

Testament setlist

1. "Over the Wall"
2. "The New Order"
3. "More Than Meets the Eye"
4. "Henchmen Ride"
5. "The Formation of Damnation"

Note: 4 other songs varied from show to show, including "Electric Crown" and "Practice What You Preach"

Motörhead setlist

1. "Doctor Rock" or "Rock Out"
2. "Stay Clean"
3. "Be My Baby"
4. "Killers"
5. "Metropolis"
6. "Over the Top"
7. "In the Name of Tragedy" (with drum solo)
8. "Going to Brazil" or "Just 'Cos You Got the Power"
9. "Killed by Death"
10. "Ace of Spades"
11. "Overkill"

Heaven & Hell setlist

1. "E5150"
2. "The Mob Rules"
3. "Children of the Sea"
4. "I"
5. "Sign of the Southern Cross"
6. "Ear in the Wall" (only played at first show)
7. "Vinny Appice Drum Solo"
8. "Time Machine"
9. "Falling off the Edge of the World"
10. "Tony Iommi Guitar Solo"
11. "Die Young"
12. "Heaven and Hell" (extended)

Encore

1. "Neon Knights" (Not performed at some dates due to technical difficulties)

Judas Priest setlist

1. "Dawn of Creation" (Intro)
2. "Prophecy"
3. "Metal Gods"
4. "Eat Me Alive"
5. "Between The Hammer and the Anvil"
6. "Devil's Child"
7. "Breaking the Law"
8. "Hell Patrol"
9. "Death" (not played at some dates)
10. "Dissident Aggressor"
11. "Angel"
12. "The Hellion" (Intro)
13. "Electric Eye"
14. "Rock Hard Ride Free"
15. "Sinner" (not played at some dates)
16. "Painkiller"

Encore

1. "Hell Bent for Leather"
2. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)"
3. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

External links

• Motörhead official website
• Judas Priest official website
• Testament official site
• Metal Masters - August 7, 2008 Bristow VA Nissan Pavilion
• HEAVEN AND HELL, JUDAS PRIEST: Setlists For 'The Metal Masters Tour' Kick-Off Revealed