Happy Birthday James Hetfield! The lead singer of Metallica turns 57 on August 3rd.
Today we look back at Metallica’s second-to-last show in Connecticut: 1997 at Hartford’s XL Center. Metallica would play at The XFINITY Theatre the following year in the summer of 1998, making that the last time the band performed here in our state.
Metallica
Poor Touring Me World Tour
Opening Act: Corrosion of Conformity
Friday April 4, 1997
The XL Center (then known as The Hartford Civic Center)
Setlist*
- So What
- Creeping Death
- Sad But True
- Ain’t My Bitch
- Hero of the Day
- King Nothing
- One
- Wasting My Hate
- Bass / Guitar Solos
- Nothing Else Matters
- Until It Sleeps
- For Whom The Bell Tolls
- Wherever I May Roam
- Fade To Black
- Seek & Destroy / Fight Fire With Fire
- Last Caress (encore)
- Master of Puppets (encore)
- Enter Sandman (encore)
- Am I Evil? (encore #2)
- Motorbreath (encore #2)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these past live performances, including the full Hartford concert in 1997