En una entrevista a Kirk Hammet, el guitarra "confesó" que la banda no puede permitirse dejar de girar porque no les da para vivir con los royalties...
He told Rolling Stone: "The cycles of taking two years off don't exist any more. We were able to do that because we had record royalties coming in consistently. Now you put out an album, and you have a windfall maybe once or twice, but not the way it used to be - a cheque every three months."
Hammett then said that the band would actively like to tour less, but can't. He added: "We've been a live band, we've had to get out there and play, play, play. But nowadays that was the area we wanted to kind of lay back on a little bit, and kind of enjoy our families and things. But, you know, it is what it is, and we can't change that".