The band is also slated to headline Sonic Temple and Sick New World next spring
Metallica are running it back next year. The heavy metal icons confirmed Thursday plans for 21 additional tour dates across North America starting next spring as part of their record-breaking M72 World Tour. The shows will feature very special guests Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Ice Nine Kills, and Suicidal Tendencies on select dates. On this run, Metallica will be performing their No Repeat Weekends that feature two entirely different sets in the same city, as well as a few stand-alone gigs.
In 2025, Metallica will also be bringing the M72 World Tour to Australia and New Zealand, with dates being announced in the near future.
Next year’s run will see the band’s first Nashville shows in five years on May 1 and May 3 at Nissan Stadium, as well as Metallica’s return to Tampa after 15 years on June 6 and 8 at Raymond James Stadium. M72 has also confirmed its much anticipated Bay Area hometown play, to take place June 20 and 22 with the band’s debut performances at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
In a new twist, M72 2025 will feature several single shows bringing the tour’s full production, with its massive in-the-round stage, to venues including two college football stadiums: JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York on April 19, and Metallica’s first ever visit to Blacksburg, Virginia, home of the Virginia Tech Hokies. The May 7 show at Lane Stadium will mark the culmination of 20+ years of “Enter Sandman” playing as the Hokies take the field.
Additionally, Metallica are slated to headline Sonic Temple (Columbia, Ohio) and Sick New World (Las Vegas, Nevada) next spring.
Two-night tickets for the newly announced No Repeat Weekends and tickets for the single-night engagements will be on sale September 27 at 10am local time. Fan club pre-sales begin September 23 at 10am local time. Enhanced experiences and travel packages will be available.
Check out the full tour itinerary below.
Citi is the official card of the M72 tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, September 24 at 10am local time until Thursday, September 26 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program.
Verizon will offer an exclusive pre-sale for the M72 tour in the U.S through Verizon Access, just for being a customer. Verizon Access Pre-sale tickets for select shows will begin Tuesday, September 24 at 10am local time until Thursday, September 26 at 10pm local time.
Citi and Verizon pre-sales will not be available for Sick New World, Sonic Temple or the Toronto dates. Verizon presale will not be available for the Nashville, Blacksburg or Landover shows.
Since opening April of 2023 in Amsterdam, the M72 World Tour has seen Metallica play to some three million fans. The current leg is wrapping up this weekend with four shows at Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros, where Metallica will play to more than 250,000 fans. The run included performances in Chicago, Minneapolis, Edmonton, Seattle, and more. Revisit our review and live photos from the band’s show at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts HERE.
M72’s 2025 North American leg is produced by Live Nation and presented by new sponsor inKind. inKind rewards diners with special offers and credit back when they use the app to pay at 2,000+ top-rated restaurants nationwide. The company provides innovative financing to participating restaurants in a way that enables new levels of sustainability and success. Metallica fans can learn more at inkind.com.
As always, a portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities via the band’s All Within My Hands foundation. Established in 2017 as a way to give back to communities that have supported Metallica over the years, All Within My Hands has raised over $15 million – providing $8.2 million in grants to career and technical education programs including the ground-breaking Metallica Scholars Initiative, now in its sixth year, over $3.6 million to combat food insecurity, more than $3.5 million to disaster relief efforts.
Metallica’s eleventh studio album 72 Seasons arrived last April via the band’s own label, Blackened Recordings. Produced by Greg Fidelman with frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, 72 Seasons is Metallica’s first full length collection of new material since 2016’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. The 12-track album clocks in at just over 77 minutes. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock and Top Hard Rock Albums Charts. It also topped the UK Albums and UK Rock & Metal Albums charts, and went No. 1 in several other countries around the world. It was released in formats including 2LP 140-gram black vinyl and limited edition variants, CD and digital download.
After reissuing a few albums from their catalog back in 2021, Metallica confirmed a “Phase 2” release of their colored vinyl reissue project. Starting back on April 2, the heavy metal icons are releasing four more albums on limited edition 140-gram colored vinyl.
“You may remember a series of colored vinyl releases in the United States through a collaboration with Walmart back in 2021,” Metallica said. “And if you’ve been keeping up with Metallica.com, you probably saw our first five of those albums made available outside of the US last October. We’re excited to have four more of these limited releases available outside the US beginning next month! One by one, Garage, Inc., St. Anger, Death Magnetic, and Hardwired…To Self-Destruct will roll out through July.”
The new phase began with the re-release of 1998’s Garage, Inc on Fade to Blue vinyl. The GRAMMY® Award-winning St. Anger (2003) followed on May 3 on Some Kind of Orange vinyl. The band’s “return to form” records round out the reissues with 2009’s Death Magnetic, which was released today, June 7, on Magnetic Silver vinyl. The last release in the series is 2016’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct which arrived on July 5 on Flame Orange vinyl.
Initially, Metallica released their first five studio albums – Kill ‘Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, …And Justice For All, and Metallica [The Black Album]. Now, the rest of their catalog is finally getting the colored vinyl treatment. The group’s latest release, 72 Seasons, was released last year on several vinyl variants including yellow marble, smoked marble, purple, and more.
Recently, Metallica have used their status as one of the most dominant music acts on the planet to take ultimate control of their career. Since 2012, the band has curated their own festival, released their own whiskey, and acquired their master recordings to start their own label, Blackened Recordings. Now, Metallica have their own way to release those recordings.
In 2022, Metallica sold over 900,000 pieces of vinyl. The staggering sales left the band wondering how they could take their vinyl output to next level, given the fact that supply chain issues have hindered artists with production and shipping issues. So, in 2023, the band purchased a majority stake in Furnace Record Pressing, a 70,000-square-foot facility in Alexandria, Virginia. The plant, which Metallica had been working with since 2008, churns out over 25,000 vinyl records a day.
“[Furnace’s] indie spirit, the passion they have for their craft – culturally we’re kindred souls,” Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich said in a statement at the time.
Along with concert posters, vinyl records are among the most sought-after collectibles in music. In 2022, vinyl outsold CDs for the first time since 1987, according to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). In fact, over the last 16 consecutive years, vinyl albums have increased in sales every year. Now, after the initial digital boom of MP3 players and iPods, and then streaming services like Spotify, Tidal, and more, it’s clear that fans still want something tangible.
“Metallica over-indexes dramatically with physical product,” Marc Reiter, who plays in integral role in running the band’s label, Blackened Recordings, told Billboard. “The fans enjoy owning the physical product.”
April 12 – Las Vegas, NV – Sick New World
April 19 – Syracuse, NY – JMA Wireless Dome *
April 24 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre *
April 26 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre +
May 1 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium *
May 3 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium +
May 7 – Blacksburg, VA – Lane Stadium *
May 9 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew Stadium
May 11 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew Stadium
May 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field +
May 25 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field *
May 28 – Landover, MD – Northwest Stadium *
May 31 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium *
June 3 – Atlanta, GA – Mercedes-Benz Stadium *
June 6 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium +
June 8 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium *
June 14 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium *
June 20 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium +
June 22 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium *
June 27 – Denver, CO – Empower Field at Mile High +
June 29 – Denver, CO – Empower Field at Mile High *
*with Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies
+with Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills
Tickets and travel packages will be available HERE