Metallica Announce 2025 M72 World Tour North American Tour Dates
The third year of the global trek will feature 21 shows from April-June of next year.
Kirk Hammett, Rob Trujillo, Lars Ulrich, and James Hetfield of Metallica attend the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song presentation to Elton John and Bernie Taupin by the Library of Congress at DAR Constitution Hall on March 20, 2024 in Washington, DC.
The road goes on forever for Metallica. The veteran rockers announced on Thursday morning (Sept. 19) that their M72 world tour will stretch into a third year when they play 21 North American dates from April-June.
The shows will kick off on April 12 in Las Vegas with a festival gig at the NV Sick New World @ Las Vegas Festival Grounds before a run up north for a two-night stand in Toronto, then back down for a double-down stand at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, a pair of appearances at the Sonic Temple festival in Columbus, OH, followed by stadium shows in Philadelphia, Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa (their first visit to the city in 15 years) and Houston before winding down with gigs on June 27 and 29 at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver. The run will also include a pair of Bay Area hometown shows on June 20 and 22 that will be their debut gigs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
Openers on the run will include Pantera, bass player Robert Trujillo’s former band, Suicidal Tendencies, as well as Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills. Two-night tickets for the new No Repeat Weekends and tickets for single-night gigs will go on sale on Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. local time, with a fan presale kicking off on Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. local time; click here for ticketing information.
The M72 tour kicked off in Amsterdam in 2023 and has played to more than three million fans to date, highlighted by their No Repeat Weekend tradition, in which each night of their two-night stands feature totally different setlists and support acts.
Check out the dates for Metallica’s M72 2025 North American shows below:
April 12 — Las Vegas, NV @ Sick New World @ Las Vegas Festival Grounds
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 *
* Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies support
+ Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills support
This article first appeared on Billboard U.S.
