Shit Hits the Sheds Tour

The Shit Hits the Sheds was a concert tour by the American heavy metal band Metallica, which took place in 1994. The band played in 51 shows in North America, including a performance at Woodstock '94, which had an attendance of over 300,000 people.

This tour is also known for the debut of the song "The God That Failed". On the last date of the tour in Miami, famed lead singer of Judas Priest, Rob Halford (who at the time was the singer for Fight), sang guest vocals on stage for a performance of "Rapid Fire" from his band's 1980 album British Steel. This was the last tour that Metallica played in standard tuning before tuning down to E♭ standard, due to James Hetfield's deteriorating vocals from the recent large-scale tour in support of Metallica, commonly known as the Black Album. This tour was also the first tour featuring Lars Ulrich's down-scaled drum kits. According to Ulrich's interview on guitar center in 2014, two rack toms were removed from his original drum setup thus allowing the hi-hat cymbal and ride cymbal to be placed nearer to him and making his drum kit easier to play.

Supporting acts for this tour were Danzig, Suicidal Tendencies (whose bassist Robert Trujillo would join Metallica nine years later), Candlebox and Fight. Alice in Chains was supposed to be one of the opening acts, but due to vocalist Layne Staley's drug addiction, they were forced to rescind the offer.[1] The Offspring (who had just released their breakthrough album Smash) was reportedly offered to replace Alice in Chains on this tour, but turned it down due to their desire to continue playing in clubs.[2] Candlebox was eventually chosen as their replacement. However, Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell joined in with Metallica on "For Whom the Bell Tolls" during their August 9, 1994 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma performance.