I photographed Metallica at Rogers Centre in Toronto on July 16, 2017 for Aesthetic Magazine, during the band’s WorldWired Tour.
This was stadium Metallica in full force: huge screens, fire, lasers, a massive circular stage, and a Rogers Centre crowd that seemed to know every turn before it happened. The tour was built around Hardwired... to Self-Destruct, but the set reached across the full Metallica universe, from thrash classics to Black Album giants to the songs that have basically become part of rock’s shared language.
For fans looking for Metallica photos from Toronto, this gallery captures James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo playing one of the biggest rock shows of the summer. It was heavy, precise, loud, and strangely communal in that very Metallica way. Fifty thousand people can still somehow feel like one room when “Master of Puppets,” “One,” or “Enter Sandman” hits.
The Toronto setlist opened with “Hardwired” and moved through “Atlas, Rise!,” “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” “Fuel,” “The Unforgiven,” “Now That We’re Dead,” “Moth Into Flame,” “Wherever I May Roam,” “Halo on Fire,” “Hit the Lights,” “Sad but True,” “One,” “Master of Puppets,” “Fade to Black,” and “Seek & Destroy.”
The encore closed with “Blackened,” “Nothing Else Matters,” and “Enter Sandman.” Not subtle. Not small. Exactly right.
This post includes a small preview from the full Metallica Toronto gallery.
Explore the complete Metallica gallery from Rogers Centre, with select Metallica photos available as prints.
Published review and gallery for Aesthetic Magazine
Setlist reference:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/metallica/2017/rogers-centre-toronto-on-canada-1be4493c.html
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