December 2008 in the history of Metallica
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Metallica spent December 2008 touring, playing 11 shows of World Magnetic Tour - 4 of them in Canada and 7 in the United States, 6 of which took place in California.
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December 5, 2008
The band played "All Nightmare Long", the second single off the new album Death Magnetic, for the very first time live in Calgary on December 5, 2008.
December 6, 2008
On the following day, December 6, 2008, members of Metallica and the crew were seen hanging out in the VIP balcony suite on the top floor of Flames Central in Calgary, "first to take in some football and then to watch the entire De La Hoya fight on FC's surrounding screens".
Quotes from the article "Flames Central played host to famed heavy metal rockers Metallica on Saturday night" published by Calgary Sun on Tuesday, December 9, 2008:
Local band Joshua's Habit took in their own life-changing moment at the venue, as Metallica frontman James Hetfield spent some time chatting about the struggles of trying to make it big with Habit guitarist David (Eddy) Edwards, before the whole crew listened to the Calgary band's new single on the house stereo system and commended their stellar sound.
"They were actually very soft-spoken, gracious guests taking the time to sit and talk about what we did and sharing some hilarious road stories," said Christy Hall, director of business development for Flames Central.
December 7, 2008
The video for "All Nightmare Long" was premiered on the official website on Sunday, December 7, 2008.
December 15, 2008
On December 15, 2008, "All Nightmare Long" single was released worldwide except North America.
