Shit Hits the Sheds Tour

The Shit Hits the Sheds was a concert tour by the American heavy metal band Metallica, which took place in 1994. The band played in 51 shows in North America, including a performance at Woodstock '94, which had an attendance of over 300,000 people.

Shit Hits the Sheds

Tour by Metallica
Location	North America
Associated album	Live Shit: Binge & Purge Metallica
Start date	May 30, 1994
End date	August 21, 1994
Legs	1
No. of shows	51
Metallica concert chronology

Overview

This tour is also known for the debut of the song "The God That Failed", and Lars Ulrich's down-scaled drum kits. According to Ulrich's interview on guitar center in 2014, two rack toms were removed from his original drum setup, thus allowing the hi-hat cymbal and ride cymbal to be placed nearer to him and making his drum kit easier to play.

This was also the last tour that Metallica played in standard tuning before tuning down to E♭ standard due to James Hetfield's deteriorating vocals from the recent large-scale tour in support of Metallica (commonly known as the Black Album).

On the last date of the tour in Miami, the famed lead vocalist of Judas Priest, Rob Halford (who at the time was the lead vocalist for Fight), sang guest vocals on stage for a performance of "Rapid Fire" from his band's 1980 album British Steel.

Supporting acts

The supporting acts for this tour were Danzig, Suicidal Tendencies (whose bassist Robert Trujillo would join Metallica nine years later), Candlebox, and Fight.

Candlebox were a replacement for Alice in Chains, who were forced to withdraw from the tour due to lead vocalist Layne Staley's heroin addiction. The Offspring (who had just released their breakthrough album Smash) were originally invited to replace Alice in Chains, but declined due to their desire to continue playing in clubs as well as logistical issues.

Despite Alice in Chains' withdrawal from the tour, the band's guitarist, Jerry Cantrell, joined Metallica on "For Whom the Bell Tolls" during their August 9, 1994 performance in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Typical setlist

(Taken from the Holmdel, New Jersey Garden State Arts Center show on June 1, 1994)

1. "Breadfan" (Budgie cover)
2. "Master of Puppets"
3. "Wherever I May Roam"
4. "Harvester of Sorrow"
5. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
6. "The God That Failed"
7. "Kill/Ride Medley"
   1. "Ride the Lightning"
   2. "No Remorse"
   3. "The Four Horsemen"
   4. "Phantom Lord"
   5. "Fight Fire With Fire"
8. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
9. "Disposable Heroes"
10. "Seek & Destroy"
11. Guitar Solo
12. "Nothing Else Matters"
13. "Creeping Death"
14. Bass Solo
15. "Fade to Black"
16. "Whiplash"

Encore:

17. "Sad but True"
18. "One"

Encore 2:

19. "Enter Sandman"
20. "So What?" (Anti-Nowhere League cover)

Tour dates

List of 1994 concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue
May 30, 1994	Corfu	United States	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 1, 1994	Holmdel Township		Garden State Arts Center
June 3, 1994	Quebec City	Canada	Hippodrome de Quebec
June 4, 1994	Barrie		Molson Park
June 5, 1994	Syracuse	United States	New York State Fair Grandstand
June 7, 1994	Allentown		Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand
June 8, 1994	Wantagh		Jones Beach Amphitheatre
June 10, 1994	Essex Junction		Champlain Valley Expo
June 11, 1994	Mansfield		Great Woods Center
June 12, 1994	Swanzey		Cheshire Fair Grandstand
June 14, 1994	Philadelphia		Mann Music Center
June 15, 1994	Mechanicsburg		Williams Grove Speedway
June 17, 1994	Middletown		Orange County Fairgrounds
June 18, 1994	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
June 19, 1994	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
June 21, 1994	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 22, 1994
June 24, 1994	Ionia		Ionia Free Fair
June 25, 1994	Des Moines		Iowa State Fairgrounds
June 26, 1994	Somerset		River's Edge Park
June 28, 1994	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheater
June 29, 1994	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheater
July 1, 1994	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater
July 2, 1994	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center
July 3, 1994	Tinley Park		World Music Theater
July 17, 1994	Vancouver	Canada	Thunderbird Stadium
July 19, 1994	Seattle	United States	Memorial Stadium
July 20, 1994	Portland		Portland Meadows
July 22, 1994	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 23, 1994	Sacramento		California Exposition Amphitheatre
July 24, 1994	San Bernardino		Blockbuster Pavilion
July 26, 1994	Carson		Velodrome Field
July 27, 1994	Phoenix		Desert Sky Pavilion
July 29, 1994	Park City		Park West Ski Resort
July 30, 1994	Whitney		Sam Boyd Stadium
July 31, 1994	San Diego		Brown Airfield
August 2, 1994	Albuquerque		University Stadium
August 3, 1994	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 5, 1994	Dallas		Starplex Amphitheatre
August 6, 1994	Austin		South Park Meadows
August 7, 1994	Baytown		Houston Raceway Park
August 9, 1994	Oklahoma City		Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Speedway
August 10, 1994	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
August 12, 1994	Burgettstown		Star Lake Amphitheatre
August 13, 1994	Saugerties		Woodstock '94
August 14, 1994	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 16, 1994	Charlotte		Blockbuster Pavilion
August 17, 1994	Antioch		Starwood Amphitheatre
August 19, 1994	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheatre
August 20, 1994	Tampa		Florida State Fairgrounds
August 21, 1994	Miami		Bicentennial Park

Personnel

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