Damage, Inc. Tour

Damage, Inc. Tour

Promotional tour by Metallica
Location	Asia Europe North America
Associated album	Master of Puppets
Start date	March 27, 1986 (1986-03-27)
End date	February 13, 1987 (1987-02-13)
Legs	9
No. of shows	144
Metallica concert chronology

The Damage, Inc. Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica in support of the band's third studio album, Master of Puppets. The name of the tour is taken from the last song on the album. It began on March 27, 1986, and ended on February 13, 1987.

Background

Metallica supported Ozzy Osbourne from March to August, headlined a string of U.S. dates between May 23 and June 7 with Armored Saint, and were the main act throughout the fall and winter with support from Anthrax and Metal Church. Roadie John Marshall, who later played guitar in Metal Church, filled in for James Hetfield on rhythm guitar between July 27 and September 25 following a mid-tour skateboarding accident resulting in a broken arm. Hetfield, Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett had discussed firing Lars Ulrich upon completion of the tour, but plans were set aside upon the death of Burton on September 27, 1986, in a tour bus accident near Ljungby, Sweden, while en route from Stockholm to Copenhagen, Denmark. Performances that were scheduled for October were postponed and the band hired a new bassist, Jason Newsted, to complete the rest of the tour on October 28, 1986. Metallica also became the first band of the Big Four to cross the Iron Curtain, with two concerts in Katowice, Poland, on February 10 and 11, 1987.

Tour dates

List of 1986 concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue
March 27, 1986	Valley Center	United States	Britt Brown Arena
March 29, 1986	Oklahoma City		Oklahoma State Fair Arena
April 1, 1986	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
April 2, 1986	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
April 4, 1986	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
April 5, 1986	Chicago		UIC Pavilion
April 6, 1986	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
April 8, 1986	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
April 9, 1986	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
April 10, 1986	Erie		Erie Civic Arena
April 12, 1986	Johnstown		Cambria County War Memorial Arena
April 13, 1986	Syracuse		Onondaga County War Memorial Arena
April 14, 1986	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial Arena
April 16, 1986	Landover		Capital Centre
April 17, 1986	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
April 18, 1986	Bethlehem		Stabler Arena
April 20, 1986	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
April 21, 1986	East Rutherford		Meadowlands Arena
April 23, 1986	Providence		Providence Civic Arena
April 24, 1986	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
April 25, 1986	Worcester		Centrum in Worcester
April 27, 1986	Glens Falls		Glens Falls Civic Arena
April 28, 1986	Hempstead		Nassau Coliseum
April 30, 1986	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
May 1, 1986	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
May 2, 1986	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
May 3, 1986	Johnson City		Freedom Hall
May 4, 1986	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
May 6, 1986	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
May 8, 1986	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
May 9, 1986	Houston		The Summit
May 10, 1986	Fort Worth		Tarrant County Convention Center Arena
May 12, 1986	El Paso		El Paso County Coliseum
May 13, 1986	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
May 15, 1986	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
May 17, 1986	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
May 19, 1986	Tucson		Tucson Community Center Arena
May 20, 1986	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
May 23, 1986	Tulsa		Cain's Ballroom
May 24, 1986	Cape Girardeau		Cape Girardeau Arena
May 25, 1986	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom
May 26, 1986	Des Moines		Iowa State Fairgrounds Grandstand (Iowa Jam 1986)
May 28, 1986	Minneapolis		Orpheum Theatre
May 29, 1986	Eau Claire		Old Mill Expo Center
May 30, 1986	Davenport		The Col Ballroom
May 31, 1986	Decatur		Decatur Civic Center Arena
June 1, 1986	Omaha		Peony Park Ballroom
June 3, 1986	Dallas		Bronco Bowl Auditorium
June 4, 1986	Corpus Christi		Memorial Coliseum
June 5, 1986	McAllen		La Villa Real Convention Center
June 6, 1986	San Antonio		Majestic Theatre
June 7, 1986	Odessa		Ector County Coliseum
June 10, 1986	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
June 11, 1986	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center
June 13, 1986	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
June 14, 1986
June 15, 1986
June 16, 1986	Daly City		Cow Palace Arena
June 17, 1986
June 18, 1986	Sacramento		Cal Expo Amphitheatre
June 20, 1986	Central Point		Jackson County Expo Pavilion
June 21, 1986	Berkeley		Ruthie's Inn (Billed as "Spastik Children")
	Seattle		Seattle Coliseum
June 22, 1986
June 24, 1986	Spokane	Spokane Coliseum
June 25, 1986	Portland	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 27, 1986	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
June 29, 1986	Calgary		Saddledome
June 30, 1986	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
July 5, 1986	Pihtipudas	Finland	Cape Harju (Saapasjalkarock 1986)
July 6, 1986	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festival Site (Roskilde Festival)
July 11, 1986	Ashwaubenon	United States	Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
July 12, 1986	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 13, 1986	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater
July 15, 1986	Peoria		Peoria Civic Arena
July 16, 1986	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
July 17, 1986	Columbus		Ohio Center
July 19, 1986	Battle Creek		Kellogg Arena
July 20, 1986	Saginaw		Wendler Arena
July 21, 1986	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 24, 1986	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
July 25, 1986	Louisville		Cardinal Stadium
July 26, 1986	Evansville		Mesker Music Theatre (Cancelled after James Hetfield broke his arm in a skateboarding accident)
July 27, 1986	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
July 29, 1986	Chattanooga		UTC Arena
July 30, 1986	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
August 1, 1986	Charleston		Charleston Civic Coliseum
August 2, 1986	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 3, 1986	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
August 6, 1986	Cheektowaga		September's Cafe
August 8, 1986	Toronto	Canada	Toronto Concert Hall
August 12, 1986	Chicoutimi		Georges-Vezina Centre
August 19, 1986	Poughkeepsie	United States	Mid-Hudson Civic Center (Mair Hall)
August 20, 1986	New York City		The Felt Forum
September 10, 1986	Cardiff	Wales	St David's Hall
September 11, 1986	Bradford	England	St George's Hall
September 12, 1986	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
September 14, 1986	Dublin	Ireland	SFX Concert Hall
September 15, 1986	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Ulster Hall
September 17, 1986	Manchester	England	Manchester Apollo Theatre
September 18, 1986	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall (Ovall Hall)
September 19, 1986	Newcastle		Mayfair Ballroom
September 20, 1986	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon Theatre
September 21, 1986	London		Hammersmith Odeon Theatre
September 24, 1986	Lund	Sweden	Olympen
September 25, 1986	Lillestrøm	Norway	Skedsmohallen
September 26, 1986	Stockholm	Sweden	Solnahallen
September 27, 1986	Copenhagen	Denmark	Saga Rock Theatre
September 29, 1986	Hamburg	West Germany	Hamburg Market Hall (Auditorium)
September 30, 1986	Osnabrück		Gartlage Hall
October 1, 1986	Saarbrücken or West Berlin ?		Saarlandhalle or Metropolis Theatre ?
October 3, 1986	Strasbourg	France	Tivoli Hall
October 4, 1986	Clermont-Ferrand		Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall
October 6, 1986	Paris		Zenith
October 7, 1986	Lyon		Labor Exchange Theatre
October 8, 1986	Barcelona	Spain	Barcelona Sports Palace
October 9, 1986	Madrid		Madrid Sports Pavilion
October 11, 1986	Toulouse	France	Grains Market Hall
October 12, 1986	Marseille		Bonneveine Beach
October 13, 1986	Nice		Verdure Theatre
October 14, 1986	Milan	Italy	Trussardi Palace
October 15, 1986	Bologna		?
October 17, 1986	Sindelfingen	West Germany	Messehalle
October 18, 1986	Greifensee	Switzerland	Greifensee Sports Centrum
October 19, 1986	Neunkirchen	West Germany	Hemmerlein Hall
October 20, 1986	Munich		Circus Krone Building
October 21, 1986	Offenbach		Offenbach City Hall
October 23, 1986	Mannheim		Mannheimer Rosengarten
October 24, 1986	Düsseldorf		Philips Hall
October 25, 1986	Genk	Belgium	Limburg Hall
October 26, 1986	Zwolle	Netherlands	Zwolle Ice Hall ("Aardschok Festival")
October 30, 1986	New York City	United States	Felt Forum
November 1, 1986	Chicoutimi	Canada	Georges-Vezina Centre
November 2, 1986	Rimouski		Rimouski Coliseum
November 3, 1986	Victoriaville		Bois-Francs Coliseum
November 5, 1986	Quebec City		Jeunesse Pavilion
November 6, 1986	Montreal		Verdun Auditorium
November 7, 1986	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens
November 8, 1986	Cheektowaga	United States	September's Cafe
November 8, 1986	Reseda		Reseda Country Club
November 9, 1986	Hartford		Agora
November 9, 1986	Anaheim		Jezebel's
November 10, 1986	Poughkeepsie		Mid-Hudson Civic Center (Mair Hall)
November 12, 1986	Passaic		Capitol Theater
November 15, 1986	Tokyo	Japan	Shibuya Public Hall
November 17, 1986	Nagoya		Nitori Culture Hall
November 18, 1986	Osaka		Festival Hall
November 19, 1986	Tokyo		Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
November 20, 1986
November 25, 1986	Melbourne	Australia	Palais Theater
November 27, 1986	Sydney		Selina's
November 26, 1986	Providence	United States	Veterans Memorial Auditorium
November 28, 1986	Poughkeepsie		Mid-Hudson Civic Center (Mair Hall)
November 29, 1986	Passaic		Capitol Theatre
November 30, 1986	West Hartford		Agora Ballroom
December 1, 1986	New York City		Felt Forum
December 3, 1986	Montreal	Canada	Verdun Auditorium
December 4, 1986	Chicoutimi		Centre Georges-Vézina
December 5, 1986	Quebec City		Pavillon de la Jeunesse
December 6, 1986	Rimouski		Colisée de Rimouski
December 7, 1986	Victoriaville		Colisée Desjardins
December 9, 1986	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens
December 10, 1986	Sudbury		Sudbury Community Arena
December 13, 1986	Winnipeg		Pantages Playhouse Theatre
December 14, 1986	Regina		Saskatchewan Arts Centre (Bell Theatre)
	Brandon		Keystone Arena
December 15, 1986	Saskatoon		Saskatoon Arena
December 16, 1986	Edmonton		Edmonton Convention Centre
December 17, 1986	Calgary		Max Bell Arena
December 19, 1986	Vancouver		Pacific Coliseum
December 20, 1986	Seattle	United States	Seattle Arena

List of 1987 concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue
January 8, 1987	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falconer Theatre
January 9, 1987	Holstebro		Holstebro Hall
January 10, 1987	Gothenburg	Sweden	Lisebergshallen
January 12, 1987	Osnabrück	West Germany	Gartlage Hall
January 14, 1987	Lyon	France	Labor Exchange Theatre
January 16, 1987	Bordeaux		Bordeaux Celebration Hall
January 17, 1987	Barcelona	Spain	Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
January 18, 1987	Madrid		Raimundo Saporta Pavilion
January 20, 1987	Nice	France	Théâtre de verdure de Nice
January 21, 1987	Milan	Italy	Palatrussardi
January 23, 1987	Munich	West Germany	Deutsches Museum (Congress Hall)
January 24, 1987	Böblingen		Sporthalle
January 25, 1987	Essen		Grugahalle
January 27, 1987	Hamburg		Markthalle Hamburg (Auditorium)
January 28, 1987
January 29, 1987	Offenbach		Stadthalle Offenbach
January 30, 1987	Ludwigshafen		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
January 31, 1987	Neunkirchen		Hemmerleinhalle
February 1, 1987	Greifensee	Switzerland	Greifensee Sports Centrum
February 3, 1987	Strasbourg	France	Tivoli Hall
February 4, 1987	Clermont-Ferrand		Maison du Peuple
February 5, 1987	Paris		Le Zénith
February 7, 1987	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National Arena
February 8, 1987	Zwolle	Netherlands	IJsselhallen (Aardschok Festival)
February 10, 1987	Katowice	Poland	Spodek
February 11, 1987
February 13, 1987	Gothenburg	Sweden	Frölundaborg

Personnel

March – September 1986:

• James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Lars Ulrich – drums
• Cliff Burton – bass, backing vocals
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals
• John Marshall – rhythm guitar (July 27 – September 25)

October 1986 – February 1987:

• James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Lars Ulrich – drums
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals

References

Sources

• Gulla, Bob (2008). Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-35806-7.
• Apatoff, Ben (2021). Metallica: The $24.95 Book. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4930-6135-8.