Metallica sell-out sets attendance record for KFC Yum! Center

Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 Updated Mar 11, 2019

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Metallica sold out the KFC Yum! Center and set an attendance record of more than 23, 000 people at its March 2019 show. Photo courtesy of KFC Yum! Center and Linda Doane Photography

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Metallica's sell out concert on Saturday night set an attendance record for the KFC Yum! Center.

In a release, the arena says there were 23,084 people at the show, which breaks the venue's all-time concert attendance record set by George Strait in March 2014.

Louisville's crowd also broke Metallica's attendance record for its 35-city WorldWired tour in North America. It was the band's first show at the KFC Yum! Center, which opened in October 2010.

The arena hosted shows by four of the highest-attended artists of 2018 including Kid Rock, P!nk, Elton John and Bob Seger.