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Kill 'Em All for One Tour

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Kill 'Em All for One was the first major concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica in support of British metal band Raven. The tour included Metallica's newly-hired lead guitarist Kirk Hammett . It was sponsored by Megaforce Records. The tour consisted of 32 cross-country dates, provided by Megaforce Records. The concert set lists would often consist of mostly songs from the band's debut studio album Kill 'Em All and a song from Ride the Lightning , the song being " The Call of Ktulu " under it's demo name "When Hell Freezes Over".

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Typical Setlist [ ]

• Hit the Lights
• The Four Horsemen
• Motorbreath
• Jump in the Fire
• Phantom Lord
• (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth
• Seek & Destroy
• Guitar Solo
• Metal Militia

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Songlist [ ], personnel [ ].

• James Hetfield - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
• Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
• Cliff Burton - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Lars Ulrich - Drums

Supporting Acts [ ]

References [ ].

• 1 Dave Mustaine
• 2 M72 World Tour
• 3 Metal Up Your Ass (demo)

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Metallica Stream 1983 Show From Their Kill ’Em All-Era Tour

Watch a young Metallica blast through a seven-song set at The Metro in Chicago in 1983.

Metallica have been digging up some absolute gold for their concert streaming series at the moment, with their latest instalment dating all the way back to 1983 on a Kill ’Em All-era tour.

This week's Metallica Mondays sees the group hit The Metro in Chicago while on tour supporting Raven, with drummer Lars Ulrich contextualising the gig in the video's introduction: “This was nine days after James Hetfield’s 20th birthday, I was 19, Kirk Hammett is 20 and Cliff Burton is 21.”

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Reflecting on that time, Lars explains, “This goes back to the summer of 1983, so about 400 years ago on our first tour with our buddies in Raven. We were going across America, just trying to figure it all out.

“Two of the clips appeared on the Cliff ’Em All collection and the full gig was included in the Kill ’Em All box set. The audio didn’t start recording until after Hit The Lights!”

The short but sweet video kicks off with Jump In The Fire, before ’Tallica run through Phantom Lord, No Remorse, Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth), Whiplash, Seek & Destroy and Metal Militia.

Watch this week's ace Metallica Mondays below:

Recently , Lars spoke of how coronavirus has affected live music, revealing that he’s “super bummed” about not being able to play shows right now.

“Obviously, these are unprecedented and challenging times for everybody all over the world,” he said. “I’m super bummed that we can’t get out and connect with all our friends and our fans, we’re bummed for the state of the world, but at the same time, I think that we will get back to it at some point.”

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The latest vintage show to stream, recorded at The Metro in Chicago in 1983, was part of the band’s first ever US tour, supporting Raven.

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Metallica have once again raided the vaults for their weekly ‘Metallica Mondays’ series, this time revisiting their ‘Kill ‘Em All For One’ tour.

The band have gone all the way back to 12 August, 1983, selecting a gig from The Metro in Chicago, from the ‘Kill ‘Em All For One’ trek – the titanic metal outfit’s first-ever national tour, during which they supported Raven. The setlist features tracks including ‘No Remorse’, ‘Whiplash’, ‘Metal Militia’ and ‘Phantom Lord’ and you can check the show out below.

Introducing the set, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich says: “This goes back to the summer of 1983, so about 400 years ago on our first tour with our buddies in Raven. We were going across America, just trying to figure it all out.

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“Two of the clips appeared on the Cliff ‘Em All collection and the full gig was included in the Kill ‘Em All box set. The audio didn’t start recording until after Hit The Lights!”

Ulrich adds: “This was nine days after James Hetfield’s 20th birthday, I was 19, Kirk Hammett is 20 and Cliff Burton is 21.”

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Metallica Post Video of Full 1983 Concert From First-Ever Tour

As part of their ongoing #MetallicaMondays series, which has found Metallica posting complete concerts from across their career, the band has just shared a one-hour video from 1983 when they embarked on their first-ever tour.

The concert, which took place in Chicago, Illinois on Aug. 12, 1983, captured a moment in time when a young Metallica were finding their way in the early metal scene, unaware of the thrash movement they'd spearheaded and their soon-to-be major impact on the genre.  At the time, James Hetfield had just turned 20, as was Kirk Hammett . Lars Ulrich was only 19 and Cliff Burton  had celebrated his 21st birthday earlier in the year.

In the video below, Ulrich provides a quick introduction before turning the clock back 37 years to the club show where Metallica pounded out seven original songs in addition to a guitar solo near the end of the set with the spotlight placed on Hammett.

The set was naturally fixed on Metallica's debut album, Kill 'Em All , which had just dropped a couple weeks prior to the Illinois concert, where the only tracks not performed from the record were "Hit the Lights," "The Four Horsemen" and "Motorbreath."

Watch the complete concert below and see the full set list further down the page.

Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois — Aug. 12, 1983

Metallica Set List:  Chicago, Illinois — Aug. 12, 1983

01. "Jump in the Fire" 02. "Phantom Lord" 03. "No Remorse" 04. "Anesthesia - (Pulling Teeth)" 05. "Whiplash" 06. "Seek & Destroy" 07. Guitar Solo 08. "Metal Militia"

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Watch METALLICA Play Kill 'Em All In Full At A 1983 Show

Cliff Burton forever.

• "Hit the Lights"
• "The Four Horsemen"
• "Jump in the Fire"
• "Phantom Lord"
• "No Remorse"
• "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth"
• "Whiplash"
• "Seek & Destroy/Kirk Guitar Solo"
• "Metal Militia"

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Tour Notes: In April 1983 Venom play two nights at Paramount Theatre in New York supported by a young bunch called Metallica. This Venom extravaganza was masterminded by Rock And Roll Heaven organization consisting of the two crazies, Jon and Marsha Z and Harold and Sherry Risch. The second gig went well in comparsion with Friday night's show in which power failures interrupted the crushing of bones and sacrifices of non-believers. With the audience screaming in pain, Venom's American assault had been a success. Hell had truly paid a visit to Statan Island . As for the Paramount Theater, when the battle was over and  the rubble was cleared away, it was discovered that one of abaddon's nuclear warheads had blown a four-foot hole in the stage and one fireball had been orbited across the building coming to rest in the upper balcony. Cronos had dealt a destructive blow to his speakers, totally wasting his stacks. When the technician assessed the damage done, the total cost for repairs amounted to "666" dollars!

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Setlist: On the second gig the fire marshalls had been raising havoc backstage after all the bombs that went off, so when the band came off stage after the regular set the promoter said: "That´s it, you have to stop before you kill somebody". The songs that were planned for the encores that night were: Bloodlust, Schizo and In League With Satan.

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