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Metal Masters Tour
Tour by Judas Priest, Motörhead, Heaven & Hell and Testament
LocationNorth America
Start dateAugust 6, 2008
End dateAugust 31, 2008
No. of shows17
Motörhead tour chronology
Kiss of Death Tour
(2006–2008) 		Metal Masters Tour
(2008) 		The Volcom Tour 2008

The Metal Masters Tour was a 17 date concert tour of arenas across North America in August 2008 featuring Judas Priest promoting their album Nostradamus, Motörhead promoting Motörizer, Heaven & Hell promoting The Rules of Hell and Testament promoting The Formation of Damnation.[1]

Tour dates

Date[2] City Country Venue
August 6, 2008 Camden United States Susquehanna Bank Center
August 7, 2008 Bristow Nissan Pavilion
August 9, 2008 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center
August 10, 2008 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach
August 12, 2008 Hamburg Erie County Fair
August 13, 2008 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
August 15, 2008 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena
August 16, 2008 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion
August 18, 2008 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 19, 2008 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 21, 2008 Oklahoma City OKC Zoo Amphitheatre
August 22, 2008 Dallas Superpages.com Amphitheatre
August 23, 2008 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 24, 2008 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 27, 2008 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion
August 28, 2008 Phoenix Cricket Wireless Pavilion
August 30, 2008 San Bernardino San Manuel Amphitheater
August 31, 2008 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre

Setlists

Testament setlist
  1. "Over the Wall"
  2. "The New Order"
  3. "More Than Meets the Eye"
  4. "Henchmen Ride"
  5. "The Formation of Damnation"

Note: 4 other songs varied from show to show, including "Electric Crown" and "Practice What You Preach"

Motörhead setlist
  1. "Doctor Rock" or "Rock Out"
  2. "Stay Clean"
  3. "Be My Baby"
  4. "Killers"
  5. "Metropolis"
  6. "Over the Top"
  7. "In the Name of Tragedy" (with drum solo)
  8. "Going to Brazil" or "Just 'Cos You Got the Power"
  9. "Killed by Death"
  10. "Ace of Spades"
  11. "Overkill"
Heaven & Hell setlist
  1. "E5150"
  2. "The Mob Rules"
  3. "Children of the Sea"
  4. "I"
  5. "Sign of the Southern Cross"
  6. "Ear in the Wall" (only played at first show)
  7. "Vinny Appice Drum Solo"
  8. "Time Machine"
  9. "Falling off the Edge of the World"
  10. "Tony Iommi Guitar Solo"
  11. "Die Young"
  12. "Heaven and Hell" (extended)
Encore
  1. "Neon Knights" (Not performed at some dates due to technical difficulties)
Judas Priest setlist
  1. "Dawn of Creation" (Intro)
  2. "Prophecy"
  3. "Metal Gods"
  4. "Eat Me Alive"
  5. "Between The Hammer and the Anvil"
  6. "Devil's Child"
  7. "Breaking the Law"
  8. "Hell Patrol"
  9. "Death" (not played at some dates)
  10. "Dissident Aggressor"
  11. "Angel"
  12. "The Hellion" (Intro)
  13. "Electric Eye"
  14. "Rock Hard Ride Free"
  15. "Sinner" (not played at some dates)
  16. "Painkiller"
Encore
  1. "Hell Bent for Leather"
  2. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)"
  3. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

External links

References

  1. ^ Prato, Greg (2008-04-22). "Judas Priest leads summer "Metal Masters" tour". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  2. ^ Welte, Jim (2008-04-22). "Legends align for Metal Masters Tour". MP3.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
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