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M72 World Tour
World tour by Metallica
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated album72 Seasons
Start dateApril 27, 2023 (2023-04-27)
End dateJune 19, 2027 (2027-06-19)
No. of shows111
Supporting acts
Attendance5.32 million (86 shows)
Box office$668.4 million (86 shows)
Metallica concert chronology
Life Burns Faster
(2026–2027)		 M72 World Tour
(2027)

The M72 World Tour is a concert tour by the American heavy metal band Metallica in support of the band's eleventh studio album 72 Seasons, which was released on April 14, 2023.[1] The tour was announced on November 28, 2022, following the release of the album's first single, "Lux Æterna". The tour began on April 27, 2023, in Amsterdam, and is set to conclude on June 19, 2027 in Salt Lake City. Along with an upgraded stage design which relocates the "Snake Pit" to the center stage,[2] the majority of the tour saw the band performing two nights in each city.[3][4]

The tour has grossed $668.4 million from 86 shows, with 5.32 million people in attendance, making it the 6th highest-grossing tour of the 2020s and 9th highest-grossing tour of all time.[a]

Background

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The stage design for the tour

On the announcement of the tour the band stated that, over the past few years, they had been inspired by the fans who attended their shows in 2019 and 2021. In the same statement they stated that they "had a blast being a part of the 2021 Wimmer Festivals when they played two nights in one city". Starting in April 2023, Metallica is set to visit twenty-two cities around the world and playing two nights in each city, with each being part of a "No Repeat Weekend" show which will feature two set lists which include deep cuts from the band's catalog.[10][11] Two day tickets for each show went on sale on December 2, 2022,[12] with single tickets being later made available to the general public on January 20, 2023.[13]

Five Finger Death Punch were originally slated to support Metallica in the select 2023 European shows along with Ice Nine Kills, but pulled out due to lead vocalist Ivan Moody having to fully recover from complications from a recent hernia surgery. As a result, Five Finger Death Punch was replaced by Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen in Amsterdam, and Dutch symphonic metal band Epica in Paris, Hamburg, and Gothenburg.[14][15][16][17][18][19] In Inglewood, California on August 27, 2023, Moody was absent due to falling ill with the flu, and his vocal duties in Five Finger Death Punch were taken over and shared by Phil Labonte (All That Remains), Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage, Light the Torch), and AJ Channer (Fire from the Gods) for the show.[20] The September 1, 2023 performance in Glendale, Arizona was cut short by two songs due to James Hetfield suffering from vocal issues,[21] and the band's following performance on September 3 in Glendale was postponed to September 9, 2023 after Hetfield had tested positive for COVID-19.[22] Suicidal Tendencies replaced Ice Nine Kills as an opening act for the rescheduled Glendale performance.[23]

The shows in Arlington, Texas on August 18 and August 20, 2023 were recorded and released in cinemas worldwide for one night only for each show (international screenings were shown a day later on August 19 and August 21 to suit local time zones).[24]

Metallica at the end of the concert in Warsaw, 2024

On November 15, 2023 Metallica announced two more European tour dates for 2024 in Milan and Oslo, with two additional tour dates to be announced later that month.[25]

On the second night in Foxborough, Massachusetts on August 4, 2024, the show was delayed for 90 minutes due to a severe downpour and thunderstorms in the area. As a result, Ice Nine Kills' scheduled opening set was canceled, Five Finger Death Punch performed a shortened opening set, and Metallica ending up still performing a full show.[26] On the fourth night in Mexico City on September 29, 2024, Five Finger Death Punch were unable to perform due to an injury Moody sustained at the Louder Than Life festival a few days prior when he accidentally fell onstage and suffered a fractured rib. As a result, Ice Nine Kills moved up to the special guest slot, and Mexican progressive metal band Agora joined the lineup for the show.[27][28]

On September 19, 2024, Metallica announced a 2025 North American leg of stadium and festival dates with special guests Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Suicidal Tendencies, and Ice Nine Kills.[29][30] An Oceania leg was shortly announced on October 23, 2024 for performances in November 2025 with Evanescence and Suicidal Tendencies as support acts.[31]

James Hetfield and Kirk Hammet performing in Melbourne, 2025

Metallica performed a sold out show at Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium on May 7, 2025. Their song "Enter Sandman" has been used as the football team's entrance to the stadium for twenty-five years. Metallica is the first band to perform a revenue producing concert at the stadium, as well as offering student seating for their show.[32] The band's performance of "Enter Sandman," combined with the large crowd jumping and cheering, generated enough ground movement and tremors to be registered as a small earthquake by the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory.[33]

On May 22, 2025, Metallica announced a summer 2026 European stadium leg with Gojira, Pantera, Knocked Loose, and Avatar.[34] Numerous attendance records were broken on that leg of the tour. Another North American leg of the tour with Limp Bizkit and Avatar, consisting of 12 stadium dates across Canada and United States in 2027, was announced the following year on September 16.[35] These concerts take place after their Life Burns Faster residency at the Sphere in 2026 and 2027.

Reception

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The tour was met with positive reviews from music and entertainment critics.[36][37] While having given the opening night performance in Amsterdam on April 27, 2023, 4 out of 5 stars, Ali Shutler of NME stated that Metallica was still the greatest heavy metal band around,[36] while Eleanor Goodman from Metal Hammer who gave the performance that same night 5 out of 5 stars, affirmed that the band had thrown the world's biggest heavy metal party.[37]

The tour won Rock Tour of the Year award at the 2024 Pollstar Awards and was the 9th highest grossing tour overall that year with $179,373,637.40 grossed from 24 shows.[38] The tour was named Rock Tour of the Year once more in 2026 by Pollstar, the band also won Road Warrior of the Year award.[39]

Attendance records

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Key
† Indicates a former attendance record
List of attendance records
Year Dates Venue Region Description Ref.
2023 August 27 SoFi Stadium United States Highest attendance (78,000) † [40]
November 3-5 The Dome at America's Center Highest two-show attendance (100,000) [41]
2024 June 7-9 Helsinki Olympic Stadium Finland Highest two-show attendance after reopening (105,000) [42]
2025 April 19 JMA Wireless Dome United States Highest attendance (47,500) [43]
June 14 NRG Stadium Highest attendance (75,000) [44]
June 27-29 Empower Field at Mile High Highest two-show attendance (152,000) [45]
2026 May 9 Olympic Stadium Greece Highest attendance (90,000) [46]
May 13 Arena Națională Romania Highest attendance (65,000) [47]
May 19 Silesian Stadium Poland Highest attendance (90,000) [48]
May 22-24 Deutsche Bank Park Germany Highest attendance (62,000) [49]
May 30 Olympiastadion Highest attendance (95,000) [50]
June 3 Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Italy Highest attendance (47,000) [51]
June 11-13 Puskás Aréna Hungary Highest attendance (75,000) [52]
Highest two-show attendance (150,000)
June 25 Hampden Park Scotland Highest attendance (58,000) [53]
June 28 Principality Stadium Wales Highest attendance (76,000) [54]

Set lists

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No-Repeat Weekend sample set list

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The following set lists were performed at the Johan Cruyff Arena on April 27 and 29, 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and are not intended to represent a majority of the shows throughout the tour.[55][56]

Night One

  1. "Orion"
  2. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  3. "Holier Than Thou"
  4. "King Nothing"
  5. "Lux Æterna"
  6. "Screaming Suicide"
  7. "Fade to Black"
  8. "Sleepwalk My Life Away"
  9. "Nothing Else Matters"
  10. "Sad but True"
  11. "The Day That Never Comes"
  12. "Ride the Lightning"
  13. "Battery"
  14. "Fuel"
  15. "Seek & Destroy"
  16. "Master of Puppets"

Night Two

  1. "The Call of Ktulu"
  2. "Creeping Death"
  3. "Leper Messiah"
  4. "Until It Sleeps"
  5. "72 Seasons"
  6. "If Darkness Had a Son"
  7. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
  8. "You Must Burn!"
  9. "The Unforgiven"
  10. "Wherever I May Roam"
  11. "Harvester of Sorrow"
  12. "Moth into Flame"
  13. "Fight Fire with Fire"
  14. "Whiskey in the Jar"
  15. "One"
  16. "Enter Sandman"

One-night sample set list

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The following set list was performed at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia on May 7, 2025. It is not intended to represent a majority of the shows throughout the tour.[57]

  1. "Creeping Death"
  2. "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
  3. "Ride the Lightning"
  4. "King Nothing"
  5. "Lux Æterna"
  6. "Screaming Suicide"
  7. "The Day That Never Comes"
  8. "Fuel"
  9. "Orion"
  10. "Nothing Else Matters"
  11. "Sad but True"
  12. "One"
  13. "Seek & Destroy"
  14. "Master of Puppets"
  15. "Enter Sandman"

Tour dates

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List of 2023 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue[58][59]
Date (2023) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
April 27 Amsterdam Netherlands Johan Cruyff Arena Architects
Mammoth WVH		 117,671 / 129,451 $10,691,363
April 29 Floor Jansen
Ice Nine Kills
May 17 Saint-Denis France Stade de France Epica
Ice Nine Kills		 96,376 / 115,310 $11,318,434
May 19 Architects
Mammoth WVH
May 26 Hamburg Germany Volksparkstadion 116,939 / 122,938 $11,520,569
May 28 Epica
Ice Nine Kills
June 8[b] Castle Donington England Donington Park N/a N/a N/a
June 10[b]
June 16 Gothenburg Sweden Ullevi Volbeat
Mammoth WVH		 110,429 / 128,436 $8,720,761
June 18 Epica
Ice Nine Kills
August 4 East Rutherford United States MetLife Stadium Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 163,028 / 163,028 $20,848,071
August 6 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
August 11 Montreal Canada Olympic Stadium Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 141,600 / 141,600 $12,661,757
August 13 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
August 18 Arlington United States AT&T Stadium Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 139,630 / 139,630 $18,524,712
August 20 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
August 25 Inglewood SoFi Stadium Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 142,738 / 142,738 $17,508,000
August 27 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
September 1[c] Glendale State Farm Stadium Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 133,060 / 133,060 $14,013,497
September 9[d] Five Finger Death Punch
Suicidal Tendencies
October 8[e] Indio Empire Polo Club N/a N/a N/a
November 3 St. Louis The Dome at America's Center Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 112,286 / 112,286 $12,176,033
November 5 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
November 10 Detroit Ford Field Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 128,779 / 128,779 $13,866,856
November 12 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
December 14[f] Riyadh Saudi Arabia Banban N/a N/a N/a
List of 2024 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue[60][61][62][63][64]
Date (2024) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
May 24 Munich Germany Olympiastadion Architects
Mammoth WVH		 155,791 / 155,791 $17,761,304
May 26 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
May 29[g] Milan Italy Ippodromo La Maura N/a N/a N/a
June 1[h] Ebreichsdorf Austria Magna Racino
June 7 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Olympic Stadium Architects
Mammoth WVH		 104,836 / 104,836 $11,042,891
June 9 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
June 14 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium Architects
Mammoth WVH		 86,235 / 86,235 $10,036,523
June 16 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
June 26[i] Oslo Norway Ekebergsletta N/a N/a N/a
June 29[j] Clisson France Val de Moine
July 5 Warsaw Poland Stadion Narodowy Architects
Mammoth WVH		 154,258 / 154,258 $25,029,234
July 7 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
July 12 Madrid Spain Metropolitano Stadium Architects
Mammoth WVH		 123,697 / 123,697 $12,743,952
July 14 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
August 2 Foxborough United States Gillette Stadium Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 127,889 / 127,889 $16,791,826
August 4 Five Finger Death Punch
August 9 Chicago Soldier Field Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 134,400 / 134,400 $16,328,255
August 11 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
August 16 Minneapolis U.S. Bank Stadium Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 107,474 / 107,474 $12,014,211
August 18 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
August 23 Edmonton Canada Commonwealth Stadium Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 116,035 / 116,035 $12,672,187
August 25 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
August 30 Seattle United States Lumen Field Pantera
Mammoth WVH		 135,722 / 135,722 $16,221,497
September 1 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
September 20 Mexico City Mexico Estadio GNP Seguros Greta Van Fleet
Mammoth WVH		 254,370 / 254,370 $24,552,957
September 22 Five Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills
September 27 Greta Van Fleet
Mammoth WVH
September 29 Ice Nine Kills
Agora
List of 2025 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue[65][66][67][68][69]
Date (2025) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
April 19 Syracuse United States JMA Wireless Dome Pantera
Suicidal Tendencies		 45,700 / 45,700 $6,500,000
April 24 Toronto Canada Rogers Centre 92,000 / 92,000 $12,000,000
April 26 Limp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills
May 1 Nashville United States Nissan Stadium Pantera
Suicidal Tendencies		 81,400 / 81,400 $9,100,000
May 3 Limp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills
May 7 Blacksburg Lane Stadium Pantera
Suicidal Tendencies		 66,900 / 66,900 $9,400,000
May 9[k] Columbus Historic Crew Stadium N/a N/a N/a
May 11[k]
May 23 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field Limp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		 132,000 / 132,000 $14,600,000
May 25 Pantera
Suicidal Tendencies
May 28 Landover Northwest Stadium 60,000 / 67,617 $5,300,000
May 31 Charlotte Bank of America Stadium 76,100 / 76,100 $10,600,000
June 3 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium 56,100 / 56,100 $7,600,000
June 6 Tampa Raymond James Stadium Limp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		 133,000 / 133,000 $16,100,000
June 8 Pantera
Suicidal Tendencies
June 14 Houston NRG Stadium 74,900 / 74,900 $11,800,000
June 20 Santa Clara Levi's Stadium Limp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		 112,000 / 112,000 $13,500,000
June 22 Pantera
Suicidal Tendencies
June 27 Denver Empower Field at Mile High Limp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		 152,000 / 152,000 $17,700,000
June 29 Pantera
Suicidal Tendencies
November 1 Perth Australia Optus Stadium Evanescence
Suicidal Tendencies		 55,800 / 55,800 $7,000,000
November 5 Adelaide Adelaide Oval 46,600 / 46,600 $6,000,000
November 8 Melbourne Marvel Stadium 60,000 / 60,000 $7,300,000
November 12 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 45,900 / 45,900 $6,300,000
November 15 Sydney Accor Stadium 71,800 / 71,800 $9,100,000
November 19 Auckland New Zealand Eden Park 53,500 / 53,500 $5,800,000
November 30[l] Lusail[m] Qatar Lusail International Circuit N/a N/a N/a
December 3 Sakhir Bahrain Al-Dana Amphitheatre — —
December 6[n] Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Etihad Park N/a N/a
List of 2026 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue[72][73][74][75]
Date (2026) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
May 9 Athens Greece Olympic Stadium Gojira
Knocked Loose		 89,900 / 89,900 $11,300,000
May 13 Bucharest Romania Arena Națională 62,800 / 62,800 $9,300,000
May 19 Chorzów Poland Silesian Stadium 90,500 / 90,500 $14,400,000
May 22 Frankfurt Germany Deutsche Bank Park 125,000 / 125,000 $15,500,000
May 24 Pantera
Avatar
May 27 Zurich Switzerland Letzigrund Gojira
Knocked Loose		 44,300 / 44,300 $8,400,000
May 30 Berlin Germany Olympiastadion 93,200 / 93,200 $13,700,000
June 3 Bologna Italy Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 45,900 / 45,900 $6,300,000
June 11 Budapest Hungary Puskás Aréna Pantera
Avatar		 150,000 / 150,000 $19,700,000
June 13 Gojira
Knocked Loose
June 19 Dublin Ireland Aviva Stadium Pantera
Avatar		 101,000 / 101,000 $13,000,000
June 21 Gojira
Knocked Loose
June 25 Glasgow Scotland Hampden Park 56,100 / 56,100 $8,200,000
June 28 Cardiff Wales Principality Stadium 73,900 / 73,900 $9,900,000
July 3 London England London Stadium 155,000 / 155,000 $21,200,000
July 5 Pantera
Avatar
List of 2027 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue[76]
Date (2027) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
May 8 Vancouver Canada BC Place Limp Bizkit
Avatar		 — —
May 13 San Diego United States Snapdragon Stadium — —
May 18 El Paso Sun Bowl Stadium — —
May 22 San Antonio Alamodome — —
May 26 Fayetteville Razorback Stadium — —
May 29 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium — —
June 2 Raleigh Carter–Finley Stadium — —
June 5 Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium — —
June 8 Buffalo Highmark Stadium — —
June 12 Madison Camp Randall Stadium — —
June 15 Cleveland Huntington Bank Field — —
June 19 Salt Lake City Rice–Eccles Stadium — —
Total 5,386,443 $653,644,890

Personnel

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Metallica

Notes

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  1. ↑ The band grossed $476 million from April 2023 to August 2025 (64 shows).[5] They expanded the number with $41.5 million in November 2025 (6 shows), $72.6 million in May 2026 (7 shows), $57.1 million in June 2026 (7 shows) and $21.2 million in July 2026 (2 shows).[6][7][8][9]
  2. 1 2 The performances on June 8 and 10, 2023 were part of Download Festival.
  3. ↑ The performance was cut short by two songs due to James Hetfield suffering from vocal issues during the show.
  4. ↑ The performance was originally scheduled to be on September 3, but was postponed due to James Hetfield testing positive for COVID-19.
  5. ↑ The performance on October 8, 2023 was part of Power Trip.
  6. ↑ The performance on December 14, 2023 was a part of Soundstorm Festival.
  7. ↑ The performance on May 29, 2024 was part of I-Days Milano.
  8. ↑ The performance on June 1, 2024 was part of Racino Rocks.
  9. ↑ The performance on June 26, 2024 was part of Tons of Rock.
  10. ↑ The performance on June 29, 2024 was part of Hellfest.
  11. 1 2 The performances on May 9 and 11, 2025 were part of Sonic Temple Festival.
  12. ↑ The performance on November 30, 2025 was part of the after-race concerts at the Formula One Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix[70]
  13. ↑ Labeled as Doha in promotional material.
  14. ↑ The performance on December 6, 2025 was part of after-race concerts at the Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[71]

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