13 Greatest Ever Metallica Live Performances

1. Damaged Justice - Seattle 1989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eltF61VRC3I Also included as part of the Live Sh*t boxset, the 1989 Seattle leg of the long Damaged Justice tour is widely held as the greatest, most memorable live performance that the band ever put together. It remains a seminally important moment, bristling with classics (before they became so in some cases) and astonishingly tightly performed for a band still rocking from the death of Cliff Burton. Captured on film, Seattle was the moment the Damaged Justice tour hit its perfect crescendo, as the band showcased €œ€And Justice For All€ - re-announcing themselves as a re-invented, important band with bruised but bigger musical muscles. Everything was bigger, louder and longer and proved that Metallica had the stones to go on after an unthinkable tragedy robbed them of a key personality and a key influence on their music. It€™s almost unthinkable that this performance came a quarter of a century ago, but looking back now it still feels like a brutal statement of intent. Which is your favourite Metallica live performance of all time? Share your thoughts below in the comments thread.
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