Poor Touring Me

The Poor Touring Me Tour was a 1996–1997 concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica supporting their sixth album Load. It had two legs, one in Europe and the other in North America. The name comes from the ninth song of the album, "Poor Twisted Me." The VHS/DVD Cunning Stunts was recorded in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 9 and 10. This was the first tour that Metallica played after tuning down from standard tuning to E♭ standard.

Poor Touring Me

Tour by Metallica
Associated album	Load
Start date	June 4, 1996
End date	May 28, 1997
No. of shows	158
Metallica concert chronology

First typical setlist

(Taken from the Salt Lake City Delta Center show on January 2, 1997)

1. "So What?" (originally performed by Anti-Nowhere League)
2. "Creeping Death"
3. "Sad but True"
4. "Ain't My Bitch"
5. "Whiplash"
6. "King Nothing"
7. "One"
8. "Wasting My Hate"
9. Bass/Guitar Doodle
10. "Nothing Else Matters"
11. "Until It Sleeps"
12. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
13. "Wherever I May Roam"
14. "Fade to Black"
15. "Seek & Destroy"
16. "Last Caress" (Originally performed by the Misfits)
17. "Master of Puppets"
18. "Enter Sandman"
19. "Am I Evil?" (originally performed by Diamond Head)
20. "Motorbreath"

Second typical setlist

(Taken from the Fort Worth, Texas Tarrant County Convention Center show on May 9, 1997)

1. "So What?" (originally performed by Anti-Nowhere League)
2. "Creeping Death"
3. "Sad but True"
4. "Ain't My Bitch"
5. "Hero of the Day"
6. "King Nothing"
7. "One"
8. "Fuel"
9. Bass/Guitar Doodle
10. "Nothing Else Matters"
11. "Until It Sleeps"
12. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
13. "Wherever I May Roam"
14. "Fade to Black"
15. "Kill/Ride Medley"
16. "Last Caress" (Originally performed by the Misfits)
17. "Master of Puppets"
18. "Enter Sandman"
19. "Am I Evil?" (originally performed by Diamond Head)
20. "Motorbreath"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue
North American Tour I, Promos and Lollapalooza No. 6
June 4, 1996	San Jose, California	United States	Tower Records Parking Lot
	Sacramento, California
June 9, 1996	San Francisco		Slim's
June 10, 1996
June 23, 1996	Toronto	Canada	The Phoenix
June 24, 1996	Aberdeen, Washington	United States	Louie's Bar
June 27, 1996	Kansas City, Missouri		Longview Lake	19,419 / 25,000	$679,665
June 28, 1996	Des Moines, Iowa		Iowa State Fairgrounds	21,130 / 40,000	$670,515
June 30, 1996	Pecatonica, Illinois		Winnebago County Fair	35,000 / 35,000	$1,225,000
July 2, 1996	Noblesville, Indiana		Deer Creek Soccer Field
July 3, 1996	Thornville, Ohio		Buckeye Lake Music Center
July 5, 1996	Barrie, Ontario	Canada	Molson Park
July 7, 1996	Quebec City		The Hippodrome
July 9, 1996	Pownal, Vermont	United States	Green Mountain Fair
July 11, 1996	New York City		Randall's Island
July 12, 1996
July 13, 1996	Syracuse, New York		NY Fairgrounds
July 16, 1996	Charlestown, West Virginia		Charlestown Raceway
July 18, 1996	West Palm Beach, Florida		West Palm Beach Fair
July 20, 1996	Rockingham, North Carolina		Rockingham Dragway
July 21, 1996	Knoxville, Tennessee		Forks of the River
July 23, 1996	New Orleans		U.N.D. Soccer Field
July 25, 1996	Ferris, Texas		Old Fort Dallas
July 27, 1996	Chandler, Arizona		Compton Terrace	17,222 / 22,000	$601,870
July 30, 1996	George, Washington		The Gorge Amphitheatre	20,000 / 20,000	$700,000
August 2, 1996	San Jose, California		Spartan Stadium	21,786 / 21,786	$762,510
August 3, 1996	Irvine, California		Irvine Meadows	30,616 / 30,616	$1,071,560
August 4, 1996
European Tour
September 6, 1996	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
September 8, 1996	Katowice	Poland	Spodek
September 9, 1996	Prague	Czech Republic	Sportovní hala
September 11, 1996	Berlin	Germany	Deutschlandhalle
September 12, 1996	Kiel		Ostseehalle
September 14, 1996	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo
September 15, 1996	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports Bercy
September 16, 1996
September 18, 1996	San Sebastián	Spain	Vélodrome
September 20, 1996	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio do Restelo
September 22, 1996	Madrid	Spain	Estadio La Peineta
September 23, 1996	Barcelona		Palau Sant Jordi
September 26, 1996	Rome	Italy	PalaEUR
September 28, 1996	Milan		Forum di Assago
September 29, 1996	Turin		Palastampa
September 30, 1996	Milan		Palatrussardi
October 2, 1996	Marseille	France	Le Dôme de Marseille
October 3, 1996	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier
October 5, 1996	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
October 6, 1996
October 7, 1996	Newcastle		Newcastle Arena
October 9, 1996	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
October 10, 1996	Glasgow	Scotland	Barrowland Ballroom
October 12, 1996	London	England	Earls Court Arena
October 14, 1996	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
October 15, 1996	Manchester	England	NYNEX Arena
October 16, 1996	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
October 18, 1996	Hamburg	Germany	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
October 21, 1996	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
October 22, 1996	Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
October 23, 1996	Leipzig		Messehalle
October 25, 1996	Mannheim		Maimarkthalle
October 26, 1996	Munich		Olympiahalle
November 4, 1996	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
November 5, 1996	Oldenburg		Weser-Ems Halle
November 7, 1996	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
November 8, 1996	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
November 9, 1996	Nuremberg		Frankenhalle
November 11, 1996	Bielefeld		Seidenstickerhalle
November 12, 1996	Utrecht	Netherlands	Prins Van Oranjehal
November 15, 1996	Stockholm	Sweden	Globe Arena
November 16, 1996
November 18, 1996	Helsinki	Finland	Jäähalli
November 19, 1996
November 21, 1996	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
November 23, 1996	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
November 24, 1996
November 26, 1996	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen
November 27, 1996
North American Tour II
December 19, 1996	Fresno, California	United States	Selland Arena	9,207 / 9,765	$221,780
December 20, 1996	Inglewood, California		Great Western Forum	28,302 / 29,334	$809,978
December 21, 1996
December 29, 1996	Sacramento, California		ARCO Arena	16,105 / 16,105	$442,888
December 30, 1996	Daly City, California		Cow Palace	11,628 / 11,628	$343,026
December 31, 1996	San Jose, California		San Jose Arena	12,712 / 12,712	$428,830
January 2, 1997	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
January 4, 1997	Phoenix, Arizona		America West Arena
January 5, 1997
January 6, 1997	Las Cruces, New Mexico		Pan American Center
January 8, 1997	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Tingley Coliseum
January 10, 1997	Paradise, Nevada		Thomas & Mack Center
January 11, 1997	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	12,357 / 13,103	$372,493
January 24, 1997	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
January 25, 1997
January 28, 1997	Ames, Iowa		Hilton Coliseum	13,411 / 13,411	$335,275
January 29, 1997	Minneapolis		Target Center	17,766 / 17,766	$567,045
January 31, 1997	Kansas City, Missouri		Kemper Arena	17,156 / 17,156	$512,751
February 1, 1997	Memphis, Tennessee		Pyramid Arena	18,142/ 18,142	$524,701
February 2, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky		Freedom Hall	14,495 / 14,495	$402,536
February 4, 1997	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Center	19,398 / 19,398	$569,827
February 5, 1997	Moline, Illinois		The MARK of the Quad Cities
February 7, 1997	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon	52,832 / 52,832	$1,754,020
February 8, 1997
February 9, 1997
February 11, 1997	Fargo, North Dakota		Fargodome
February 12, 1997	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena
February 14, 1997	Milwaukee	United States	Bradley Center
February 15, 1997	Grand Rapids, Michigan		Van Andel Arena
February 16, 1997	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
February 18, 1997	Cleveland		Gund Arena
February 19, 1997
February 22, 1997	Auburn Hills, Michigan		The Palace of Auburn Hills
February 23, 1997
February 24, 1997	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	Copps Coliseum
February 26, 1997	Roanoke, Virginia	United States	Roanoke Civic Center
February 28, 1997	Long Island, New York		Nassau Coliseum
March 1, 1997	Worcester, Massachusetts		Worcester's Centrum Centre
March 2, 1997	University Park, Pennsylvania		Bryce Jordan Center
March 4, 1997	Boston		FleetCenter	33,279 / 35,360	$1,085,467
March 5, 1997
March 7, 1997	Philadelphia		CoreStates Center	37,032 / 37,032	$1,229,668
March 8, 1997
March 10, 1997	New York City		Madison Square Garden
March 11, 1997
March 25, 1997	Buffalo, New York		Marine Midland Arena
March 26, 1997	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
March 28, 1997	Montreal	Canada	Molson Centre
March 29, 1997	Quebec City		Colisée de Québec
March 30, 1997	Ottawa		Corel Centre
April 1, 1997	East Rutherford, New Jersey	United States	Continental Airlines Arena
April 2, 1997	Hampton, Virginia		Hampton Coliseum
April 4, 1997	Hartford, Connecticut		Hartford Civic Center
April 5, 1997	Providence, Rhode Island		Providence Civic Center
April 6, 1997	Albany, New York		Pepsi Arena
April 8, 1997	Landover, Maryland		USAir Arena
April 9, 1997
April 11, 1997	Charlotte, North Carolina		Charlotte Coliseum
April 12, 1997	Greensboro, North Carolina		Greensboro Coliseum
April 14, 1997	Nashville, Tennessee		Nashville Arena
April 15, 1997	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum	26,828 / 26,828	$821,465
April 16, 1997
April 18, 1997	Tampa, Florida		Ice Palace	15,116 / 17,200	$489,558
April 19, 1997	Miami		Miami Arena	15,301 / 15,301	$505,349
April 20, 1997	Orlando, Florida		Orlando Arena
April 22, 1997	Atlanta		The Omni
April 23, 1997
April 25, 1997	Biloxi, Mississippi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
April 26, 1997	Lafayette, Louisiana		Cajundome
April 28, 1997	Houston		The Summit
April 29, 1997	San Antonio		Alamodome
April 30, 1997	Austin, Texas		Frank Erwin Center	10,407 / 16,588	$316,955
May 9, 1997	Fort Worth, Texas		Tarrant County Convention Center
May 10, 1997
May 11, 1997	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center
May 14, 1997	Reno, Nevada		Lawlor Events Center
May 15, 1997	Boise, Idaho		BSU Pavilion
May 16, 1997	Spokane, Washington		Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
May 18, 1997	Portland, Oregon		Rose Garden Arena
May 20, 1997	Seattle		KeyArena
May 24, 1997	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
May 26, 1997	Saskatoon		Saskatchewan Place
May 27, 1997	Calgary		Canadian Airlines Saddledome
May 28, 1997	Edmonton		Edmonton Coliseum

Personnel

• James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Lars Ulrich – drums
• Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals