Escape from the Studio '06

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Escape from the Studio '06


image_caption = Escape from the Studio '06's composite logo [http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=14683]
artist = Metallica
dates = June 3 - August 15, 2006
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 16
last_tour = Madly in Anger with the World
(2003-2004)
this_tour = Escape From The Studio
(2006)
next_tour = Sick of the Studio '07
(2007)

Escape from the Studio '06 was Metallica's 2006 summer festival mini-tour of Europe and Asia, named because the band was at the time in the process of working on "Death Magnetic", the follow-up album to 2003's "St. Anger".

Previously to the tour, drummer Lars Ulrich had hinted that they may play some material from their upcoming album, which the band also did on "Escape From The Studio '95" (when they first used this tour name, under similar circumstances), where they played "Load"'s "2 X 4" and "ReLoad" 's "Devil's Dance". Metallica kept this tradition going by debuting a new song informally dubbed "The New Song" by frontman James Hetfield, which runs for approximately 8 minutes. Due to the repetition of the words "Death is not the end" in the lyrics, many fans have chosen to believe this will be the name of the song, but no announcement regarding this has been made by the band. The lyrics seem to talk about reincarnation, or, as it could be interpreted, Hetfield's 'rebirth' after undergoing alcohol rehabilitation.

During their August 12 gig in Tokyo, the band debuted more new material, a song referred to as "The Other New Song". The song is much shorter, clocking in at just over 3 minutes. Fan reactions have been mixed, with several comparisons to work by punk pioneers The Misfits. [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22new+song%22+misfits+metallica&btnG=Google+Search]

After the tour's conclusion, the band reentered their San Francisco workspace/studio to continue the writing process for their new album.

In addition to a little new material, Metallica also played the "Master of Puppets" album in its entirety at several of these shows, as it was the 20th anniversary of the record's release. And in particular, rarely played album song "Orion" was dedicated to its primary writer, the group's late bassist Cliff Burton.

Tour logo

The "Metallica" portion of the tour logo is made up of taking one letter from several of their albums in a cut-and-paste fashion. The letters are as follows:
*The "M" is from "Ride the Lightning".
*The "E" is from "Garage Inc.".
*The "T" is from "Load" (darker grey than what was on "ReLoad").
*The first "A" is from "...And Justice for All".
*The first "L" is from "".
*The second "L" is from a "One" single/T-shirt logo from the "...And Justice for All" era.
*The "I" is from the "Cunning Stunts" live video/DVD.
*The "C" is from "Kill 'Em All".
*The second "A" is from "St. Anger".

Tour dates

External links

* [http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=14683 News post about the tour on www.metallica.com]