Even with their heavy recording schedule, Metallica still managed to perform a respectable 52 dates worldwide in 1999, including several festival appearances. One such event was the famous Rock Am Ring in Nürburg, Germany on 22nd May, which was recorded for FM radio and television transmission, and broadcast both nationally and across the United States. With over 60,000 fans in attendance, the group played a truly blistering selection of classics from across their career, with a fine array of cover-versions thrown in for good measure.