Hardwired (Live in Minneapolis, MN - August 20, 2016) (Black Box Edit)

Description: Recorded live at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN, on August 20, 2016, this is the live debut of "Hardwired" and, as it turns out, the unofficial kickoff of the entire WorldWired tour. A live clip hit our YouTube channel back in 2016, put together with a quick & dirty audio mix by Mike Gillies and Marcia Kapustin's program cut. It was good enough for the moment, but nowhere near what this song deserves. So, in honor of its 10th Anniversary, we went back and did it right. The audio's been swapped for the live mix featured on the Deluxe Edition of “Hardwired...To Self-Destruct,” with Greg Fidelman's thunderous take that will hit you like a freight train. Jeff Yeager went spelunking into The Metallica Black Box once again, clawing his way to footage from 15 different cameras buried in his tour archive, and Brett Murray took it and ran wild, cranking out an exciting, pulse-racing edit that moves as fast as the song does. Best part: this show went down just a couple of days after “Hardwired” dropped out of nowhere and “Hardwired...To Self-Destruct” got announced, so the crowd is hearing it for the very first time... and you can feel it. No surprise it's one of Spider-Dan's all-time favorites, right up there in his arsenal of rare cuts and live debuts that assault the eardrums of Maximum Metallica listeners on SiriusXM. Turn it up loud and let it rip.

Mixed by Greg Fidelman
Recorded by Mike Gillies

Tour Video Director: Marcia Kapustin
Edited by Brett Murray
Filmed by the Metallica Video Crew
Additional Footage Filmed by Jeff Yeager, Brett Murray & Dan Nykolayko

Tour Archive Managed by Jeff Yeager
Curated by Dan Nykolayko

“Hardwired” was written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, and was originally released in 2016 on the album “Hardwired...To Self-Destruct.”

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