This was the seventh show that Metallica performed in 2013.

 

This was only the second time that Metallica performed in Cape Town.

 

The last time Metallica performed in Cape Town seven years ago on March 25, 2006.

 

Eight out of the 18 songs on the setlist had never been performed in Cape Town.  These songs included: "Hit the Lights", "Holier Than Thou", "Ride the Lightning", "The Unforgiven", "Leper Messiah", "Broken, Beat and Scarred", "Orion", and "Motorbreath".

 

The band performed 18 songs off of six albums: Kill 'Em All (3), Ride the Lightning (4), Master of Puppets (3), ...And Justice for All (2), The Black Album (5), Death Magnetic (1)