Hammersmith Odeon 1988

27 years ago, Oct. 9, 1988, Metallica played their first of three concerts at London's Hammersmith Odeon. Metallica was during the European leg of the Damaged Justice Tour and in the second half of September they arrived to Great Britain and Ireland where they had to play 14 gigs in total. Originally band planned two concerts in London – those were the last two concerts on the Isles. But the concerts were so popular that both were sold out much earlier. In this case, the promoter decided to organize a third extra Hammersmith Odeon concert. So Metallica played at the Hammersmith three nights in a row. The following three tickets of these concerts and original flyer comes from my collection. Poster, fully signed by whole band is owned by Chris from TMCC. Still looking for this one.

Three nights in a row

Flyer from UK Tour

Poster from Hammersmith Odeon (owned by Chris from TMCC)

Death Magnetic UK 2009 Tour

Great Britain was the first country in the Europe where Metallica promote their album Death Magnetic.  I'm not counting, of course, promotional concerts in September 2008 in Berlin and London. On this part of European Tour Metallica were supported by The Sword and Machine Head. Just like the previous Madly In Anger With The World Tour the band toured in the two week system - two weeks tour and two rest at home. Because Metallica has arrived to Europe in the late winter, all concerts were at indoor venues.

The first part of the UK Tour consisted of five concerts. The tour began on February 25 in Nottingham and the band played during this concert for the first time Judas Kiss. Next concerts were in Manchester February 26, Sheffield February 28, London March 2 where Metallica played Too Late Too Late for second time ever! and Newcastle March 3.

Nottingham

 

Manchester

 

Sheffield

 

London (with wristband)

 

Newcastle

 

Metallica back to the UK in late March and the second part of the tour consisted of three concerts. The first of three concerts held in Birmingham March 25 with premiere of new song My Apocalypse. March 26 band played in Glasgow and March 28 in London, where the setlist contains rarely played The Outlaw Torn (played for tenth time ever!).

 

Birmingham

 

Glasgow

 

London (second show)

 

If anyone missed any of the eight concerts of Metallica during the winter-spring tour in UK had a chance to see the band at the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, which took place on August 2.

 

Knebworth