Nowhere Else To Roam Tour

1993, Nowhere Else To Roam tour begins. It takes the band for the first time to countries like Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Philippines.

"For Attention:

Mr. Jake Berr
Production Manager,
Metallica

Date:
22nd March 1993

Dear Jake,

To reiterate our conversation of yesterday and in reply to your fax, I submit the following answers to your questions:

Q: Can the Band spit onstage?

A: Emphatically No. Spitting is an offence in Singapore and is a punishable one at that. (...) If it is a situation that has become a degree habitual, then all I can say is to please exercise some constraint and if they absolutely must, exit the stage right or left, get rid of the offending problem and return to the performance.

Q: Can the Band use swear words e.g. Fuck?

A: Please No. Not if they can possibly help it. (...) In particular I must put the emphasis on the ever popular phrase of "mother-fucker". At all costs endeavor to avoid this. Any reference to the word "Mother" in this society must be with the utmost reverence.

What they say and do in the privacy of their hotel rooms, dressing rooms, catering rooms, etc. is entirely their business, however when they are up there on stage and have at least 7500 adoring fans hanging on every word and the press in attendance, it would be appreciated if the more colorful adjectives were given a rest for the evening and replaced with something a little less crass.

Q: Can the Band play with no shirts?

A: Yes, in Singapore this is fine, also Jakarta is no problem.

Q: Are there any other weird things that the band cannot do?

A: I have fairly much covered everything that is likely to be somewhat frowned upon and fervently urge the guys to avoid overstepping these barriers of acceptable behaviour."

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