This was the 12th Metallica show performed in 2011.

This was the first time that Metallica visited Abu Dhabi.

This was Metallica's first visit to the United Arab Emirates.

This was the first performance of Motorbreath in 2011.  The song was last performed on November 10, 2010 in Sydney, Australia.

This was the 150th performance of Cyanide.

Metallica played 18 songs off of eight different albums: Kill 'Em All (2), Ride the Lightning (4), Master of Puppets (2), ...And Justice for All (2), Metallica (3), ReLoad (2), Garage Inc. (1), and Death Magnetic (2)