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🗓️ From October 4 to 7, 1989, Metallica visited Brazil 🇧🇷 to play the final three shows of the Damaged Justice tour. This was their first visit to Brazil
Immediately after arriving, on the evening of October 4, the band played a concert at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã Arena, followed by two concerts (October 6 and 7) at São Paulo’s Ibirapuera Gymnasium.
A fourth show was scheduled for October 8, but it was canceled.
On the last day of the tour, James shaved Ross Halfin’s sideburns in the dressing room :)
📝 Ross Halfin: “The picture of Hetfield and I (slide 2) was my last picture with long hair ever. After we took that, he grabbed his shaver and I thought he was joking, but he took a chunk out of my hair. It looked so ridiculous I had to stand there and let him do the rest. I remember coming back to England, and my then-wife took one look at me and said, ‘How old are you, five? Just because you’re with them doesn’t mean you have to act like them.’ It’s funny looking at all these old pictures; they would never carry on like this now.”
Unfortunately, Lady Justice, Lars’ drum kit, and much other large-scale concert equipment couldn’t be transported to Brazil, so the Metallica team had to rent the necessary equipment.
📝 Ross: “The budget was tight, so Lars had to use hired drum kits. When we got to Sao Paulo, it was a black kit with flames, which made everyone laugh.”
This unusual drum kit was built in Brazil by a luthier named Tiberio and had previously been used by the Brazilian band Harppia :) You can see it clearly in slide 5.
Among the fans in attendance was Kiko Loureiro, who would later become Megadeth’s guitarist from 2015 to 2023. He was also a former member of Angra.
📝 Kiko: “I like Metallica, of course, and I saw Metallica live for the first time in ‘89 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and back then I was pretty young, I was 17. It was so hard to have any concerts in Brazil back then in ‘89, so it was cool to see the ‘...And Justice for All’ concert.”
Thanks to @rosshalfin , @marcoshermes , Alexandre Camargo, Isreal Neto and Marcio Siqueira for the photos in this post 🖤
Immediately after arriving, on the evening of October 4, the band played a concert at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã Arena, followed by two concerts (October 6 and 7) at São Paulo’s Ibirapuera Gymnasium.
A fourth show was scheduled for October 8, but it was canceled.
On the last day of the tour, James shaved Ross Halfin’s sideburns in the dressing room :)
📝 Ross Halfin: “The picture of Hetfield and I (slide 2) was my last picture with long hair ever. After we took that, he grabbed his shaver and I thought he was joking, but he took a chunk out of my hair. It looked so ridiculous I had to stand there and let him do the rest. I remember coming back to England, and my then-wife took one look at me and said, ‘How old are you, five? Just because you’re with them doesn’t mean you have to act like them.’ It’s funny looking at all these old pictures; they would never carry on like this now.”
Unfortunately, Lady Justice, Lars’ drum kit, and much other large-scale concert equipment couldn’t be transported to Brazil, so the Metallica team had to rent the necessary equipment.
📝 Ross: “The budget was tight, so Lars had to use hired drum kits. When we got to Sao Paulo, it was a black kit with flames, which made everyone laugh.”
This unusual drum kit was built in Brazil by a luthier named Tiberio and had previously been used by the Brazilian band Harppia :) You can see it clearly in slide 5.
Among the fans in attendance was Kiko Loureiro, who would later become Megadeth’s guitarist from 2015 to 2023. He was also a former member of Angra.
📝 Kiko: “I like Metallica, of course, and I saw Metallica live for the first time in ‘89 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and back then I was pretty young, I was 17. It was so hard to have any concerts in Brazil back then in ‘89, so it was cool to see the ‘...And Justice for All’ concert.”
Thanks to @rosshalfin , @marcoshermes , Alexandre Camargo, Isreal Neto and Marcio Siqueira for the photos in this post 🖤
Comments (62)
11 days agoeukeslleysousaa
Eu sou apaixonada nesse cabelo do James! Deixava ele ainda mais lindo 🤘🏽🩶😏
a month agohenrickmartinz
Fui 10 anos depois na Gávea, no estádio do Flamengo. Melhor show que fui na minha vida! Sepultura com o Derek que abriu. Show inesquecível, fiquei na grade, dormi na rua e ainda fui trabalhar todo moído. Coisas que só a juventude permite.
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