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Metallica M72 World Tour 2023-2024 Stops At SoFi Stadium On August 25 and 27, 2023

Pre-Sales Begin 9am Local Time November 30th

Today marks the announcement of every Metallica show booked through 2023 and 2024: Presented  worldwide by Liquid Death and Blackened American Whiskey (in North America only) and promoted by  Live Nation, Metallica’s M72 world tour will see the band playing two nights in every city it visits—with  each No Repeat Weekend featuring two completely different setlists and support lineups. The M72 tour  will feature a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed Metallica Snake Pit to center  stage, as well as the I Disappear full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16  years of age. Two-day tickets will be on sale Friday, December 2nd at  Ticketmaster.com  and will include  the option of pre-ordering 72 Seasons vinyl and/or CD. Single day tickets will be available beginning  January 20th. For further information including fan club presales, enhanced experiences and more, go to  metallica.com/m72-info . 

Metallica M72 World Tour 2023-2024 will stop at  SoFi Stadium  on  Friday, August 25  with special  guests Pantera and Mammoth WVH, and  Sunday, August 27  with Five Finger Death Punch and Ice  Nine Kills.  

A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to the band’s All Within My Hands foundation.  Founded in 2017, AWMH’s efforts to assist and enrich the lives of members of the communities who  have supported the band have raised nearly $13 million – providing $5.9 million in grants to career and  technical education programs in the US, over $2.5 million to combat food insecurity, and more than  $3.2 million to disaster relief efforts worldwide. 

Citi is the official card of the M72 Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in the U.S.  beginning Wednesday, November 30 th  at 2:00 pm local time until Thursday, December 1 st  at 10:00 pm  local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit   www.citientertainment.com . 

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SoFi Stadium, the home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers, is located at Hollywood  Park, a near 300-acre sports and entertainment destination being developed by Los Angeles Rams  Owner/Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke in Inglewood, Calif. The 3.1 million square-foot SoFi Stadium is the  largest stadium in the NFL, as well as the first indoor-outdoor stadium. It seats approximately 70,000,  expandable up to 100,000, with more than 260 luxury suites and more than 13,000 premium seats. SoFi  Stadium was host to Super Bowl LVI and will host the College Football National Championship Game in  2023, and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in 2028. Adjacent to the stadium  and sitting under the same roof canopy is the 2.5-acre American Airlines Plaza and the 6,000-seat  YouTube Theater.  

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M72 2023 highlights: Metallica break attendance record at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles

Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 29, 2023

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Metallica made history with their no-repeat weekend shows at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium this past weekend. Drawing an astounding total of nearly 80,000 fans, marking the largest crowd recorded at the Los Angeles stadium since its opening in September 2020. Part of the M72 world tour, the first concert on Friday, August 25, was graced by the presence of Hollywood stars and musicians. John Travolta, Jason Momoa, Adria Arjona, and Tom Sandoval from “Vanderpump Rules” were notable attendees on the first of two nights of the M72LA events. The support further charged the atmosphere with Pantera and Mammoth WVH, setting the stage for a momentous evening. Sunday’s show (27) saw Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills take up the opening duties.

Backstage action added an extra layer of excitement. Pantera drummer Charlie Benante shared his experience from the previous night, recounting humorous moments with John Travolta and expressing admiration for Jason Momoa’s enthusiastic participation in the mosh pit. Benante also praised the energy of the crowd and the performance itself. However, the weekend did experience a change in the lineup. Five Finger Death Punch’s Ivan Moody, unfortunately, fell ill with a severe flu and couldn’t perform on Sunday night. This unexpected turn led to an impressive lineup shuffle, with Phil Labonte (All That Remains), Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage, Light The Torch), and AJ Channer (Fire From The Gods) stepping in behind the microphones. The band assured fans that Ivan Moody would soon return to the stage. Metallica’s SoFi Stadium concerts are one for the books with special appearances and unexpected twists, highlighting more notorious moments on the North American portion of the M72 World Tour. 

. @Metallica now holds the highest single-show attendance record at #SoFiStadium . Thank you for two incredible sold-out nights! ⚡️🤘 #M72LA pic.twitter.com/bnxV7sLKAJ — SoFi Stadium (@SoFiStadium) August 28, 2023
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Metallica debuts ‘Lux Æterna’ from ’72 Seasons’ album, along with massive world tour

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Metallica is gearing up for a very busy two years.

The heavy-metal band on Monday released its first new track in six years — making good on drummer Lars Ulrich’s promise not to make fans wait another eight years to hear new music. The throwback-styled “Lux Æterna” returns to Metallica’s classic thrash-metal sound. It hails from Metallica’s upcoming 12th studio album “72 Seasons,” which drops on April 14.

The band also released the song’s Tim Saccenti-directed music video on Monday, along with details about the album’s accompanying M72 world tour featuring two-night stops in nearly two dozen cities.

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After launching in Amsterdam on April 27, the 46-show tour will make its way to Southern California in August for two shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

The band has dubbed the tour stops “no repeat weekends” and also has shows all over Europe and North America through 2024. Opening acts Pantera and Mammoth WVH will play the Aug. 25 show at SoFi and Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills will perform at the Aug. 27 concert. The Architects, Volbeat and Greta Van Fleet have been tapped for other dates on the tour.

“Starting in April of 2023, we’ll be visiting 22 different cities around the world and playing two nights in each city, with each ‘No Repeat Weekend’ show a completely unique experience: Two totally different set lists with two different bands opening the show each night!” the band announced Monday.

“Purchase a two-day ticket, and you won’t see the same song twice for a total of over 30 songs spanning our 40+ years of being lucky enough to make music. Most of the shows (sorry, not all — we tried!) will be on Fridays and Sundays, so we’ll be sure to have lots of extracurricular events for you to hang with fellow Metallica fans at before the shows kick-off and on the Saturday night in between.”

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Meanwhile, Metallica’s new “72 Seasons” album, which contains 12 tracks, was produced by Ulrich, Greg Fidelman and James Hetfield and got its title from the 72 seasons that comprise the first 18 years of a person’s life, the band said.

“72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are,” guitarist Hetfield explained. I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world today. Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.”

The new album comes six years after the band’s 2016 outing “ Hardwired … to Self-Destruct ,” which came a long eight years after 2008’s “Death Magnetic.” While Metallica also reissued classics and recorded live albums in that time, the band notably climbed the Billboard songs chart this summer with its 1986 song “Master of Puppets” after it was featured in the Season 4 finale of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” `

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Metallica Announces M72 World Tour 2023-2024

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PRE-SALES BEGIN 9am LOCAL TIME NOVEMBER 30th

Today marks the announcement of every Metallica show booked through 2023 and 2024: Presented worldwide by Liquid Death and Blackened American Whiskey (in North America only) and promoted by Live Nation, Metallica’s M72 world tour will see the band playing two nights in every city it visits—with each No Repeat Weekend featuring two completely different setlists and support lineups. The M72 tour will feature a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed Metallica Snake Pit to center stage, as well as the I Disappear full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16 years of age. Two-day tickets will be on sale Friday, December 2 nd at ticketmaster.com and will include the option of pre-ordering 72 Seasons vinyl and/or CD. Single day tickets will be available beginning January 20th. For further information including fan club presales, enhanced experiences and more, go to metallica.com/m72-info . 

A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to the band’s All Within My Hands foundation . Founded in 2017, AWMH’s efforts to assist and enrich the lives of members of the communities who have supported the band have raised nearly $13 million – providing $5.9 million in grants to career and technical education programs in the US, over $2.5 million to combat food insecurity, and more than $3.2 million to disaster relief efforts worldwide.

Citi is the official card of the M72 Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in the U.S. beginning Wednesday, November 30 th at 2:00 pm local time until Thursday, December 1 st at 10:00 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com

M72 WORLD TOUR 2023-2024

Thursday, April 27 2023 – Amsterdam NL – Johan Cruijff Arena

Saturday, April 29 2023 – Amsterdam NL – Johan Cruijff Arena

Wednesday, May 17 2023 – Paris FR – Stade de France*

Friday, May 19 2023 – Paris FR – Stade de France

Friday, May 26 2023 – Hamburg DE – Volksparkstadion

Sunday, May 28 2023 – Hamburg DE – Volksparkstadion

Friday, June 16 2023 – Gothenburg SE – Ullevi Stadium**

Sunday, June 18 2023 – Gothenburg SE – Ullevi Stadium

Friday, August 4 2023 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

Sunday, August 6 2023 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

Friday, August 11 2023 – Montreal, QC – Stade Olympique

Sunday, August 13 2023 – Montreal, QC – Stade Olympique

Friday, August 18 2023 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium

Sunday, August 20 2023 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium

Friday, August 25 2023 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium

Sunday, August 27 2023 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium

Friday, September 1 2023 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium

Sunday, September 3, 2023 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium

Friday, November 3, 2023 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center

Sunday, November 5, 2023 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center

Friday, November 10, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field

Sunday, November 12, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field

Friday, May 24 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion

Sunday, May 26 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion

Friday, June 7 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium

Sunday, June 9 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium

Friday, June 14 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium

Sunday, June 16 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium

Friday, July 5 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy

Sunday, July 7 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy

Friday, July 12 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano

Sunday, July 14 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano

Friday, August 2 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium

Sunday, August 4 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium

Friday, August 9 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field

Sunday, August 11 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field

Friday, August 16 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium

Sunday, August 18 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium

Friday, August 23 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium

Sunday, August 25 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium

Friday, August 30 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field

Sunday, September 1 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field

Friday, September 20 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol***

Sunday, September 22 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol

Friday, September 27 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol***

Sunday, September 29 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol

Show 1 Support Europe: Architects & Mammoth WVH**

Show 2 Support Europe: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills

*Five Finger Death Punch/Ice Nine Kills play show 1 in Paris, Architects & Mammoth WVH play show 2 in Paris 

**Volbeat replaces Architects on show 1 in Gothenburg

Show 1 Support North America: Pantera & Mammoth WVH***

Show 2 Support North America: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills

***Greta Van Fleet replaces Pantera on show 1 both weekends in Mexico City

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Over the last 40 years, Metallica have become one of the best selling metal bands in the world, garnering an impressive amount of ticket sales for each tour. With their 2023 album, 72 Seasons , the California group has cemented their status as not just a legacy act, but a band still capable of honing and expanding their sound. For their ongoing “M72” tour , Metallica stopped at Sofi Stadium in Inglewood, California on August 25th and August 27th. For the first night, Mammoth WVH and Pantera opened, and on the second night it was Ice Nine Kills and Five Finger Death Punch.

72 Seasons was the band’s first album since 2016’s  Hardwired…To Self Destruct , and was well represented in both of the band’s sets. With the stage being in the round but also containing a standing pit in the middle, there were microphones placed all around the stadium; Drummer Lars Ulrich , who is no stranger to innovative stage setups, had four rotating drum kits that were air-lifted throughout the show.

For the second night, Metallica’s set kicked off with “Whiplash,” following with “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “Ride the Lightning.” Ulrich executed his usual leap during the raucous opening moments of “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” and brought full force on “Lux Aeterna.” For this performance, Metallica spread out their older hits in the beginning and ending phases of the show, including “Wherever I May Roam,” “Moth Into Flame,” “Fight Fire With Fire,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” “One,” and “Enter Sandman.”

See photos of both Metallica shows at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California on August 25th and 27th.

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James Hetfield of Metallica performs on the first of two nights at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 25, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

James Hetfield stood before nearly 80,000 fans surrounding him on all sides at SoFi Stadium, and seemed utterly in awe of the situation.

“I couldn’t have dreamt this,” the Metallica vocalist-guitarist remarked.

The triumphant scene Friday was indeed the stuff of dreams, both for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act and the legions of fans who filled the mammoth Los Angeles venue to capacity for the first of two sold-out Metallica shows. The group returns to SoFi on Sunday to complete the SoCal stand of Metallica’s M72 World Tour, which supports the group’s 11th studio outing, this year’s “72 Seasons.”

The concert was a homecoming show of sorts for the band, which formed back in 1981 in Los Angeles. Of course, Metallica is mostly — and correctly — thought of as being a Bay Area act, since it has spent most of its career living and working in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Kirk Hammett of Metallica performs on the first of two nights at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 25, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Unfortunately, Metallica — for reasons that absolutely perplex most Northern California fans — doesn’t currently have a Bay Area date on its lengthy two-year tour itinerary. (Although, I think that will change and we will see Metallica rocking some local dates in 2024.)

A healthy contingent of Bay Area fans did journey down to SoFi, getting the chance to enjoy the band’s two-hour, 17-song performance on Night 1 with other supporters who had traveled both near and far.

The legendary metal quartet — which also includes drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo — kicked off the evening with an utterly ferocious version of “Creeping Death,” one that proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that, 40-plus years into the game, Metallica is as mighty as ever.

The muscular, full-throttle opener was one of the two biggest highlights of the night. The other also hailed from Metallica’s second album, 1984’s genre-defining “Ride the Lightning,” as the group roared through a regal version of “Fade to Black” that once again illustrated why Hammett deserves to be ranked among the greatest rock guitarists of all time.

In between those two towering achievements Friday, Metallica mixed older and newer cuts, going from longtime fan favorites “Harvester of Sorrow” and “The Memory Remains” to a pair of “72 Seasons” cuts, “Lux Æterna” and “Too Far Gone?”

“You guys better look out because Metallica is in a really good mood,” Hetfield told the crowd early in the night. “We came here to kick your (expletive).”

The group pursued that endeavor with gusto, rampaging its way through such metal gems as “Sad but True” and “Hardwired” as fans moshed about on the stadium floor and chanted along to the lyrics from all around this amazing venue.

The band worked its magic from a huge stage erected in the middle of the stadium’s floor. The relatively low-frills stage was hollow in the middle — except for the fans that filled in the hole to get incredibly close-up views — and really resembled a kind of circular catwalk. The musicians, including Ulrich and his kit, moved about the stage throughout the evening, allowing for ticketholders in different spots of the stadium to get better looks at what was going on. There were eight towers, topped with circular video screens, which were especially useful to those seated in the upper reaches of the venue.

Metallica performs on the first of two nights at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 25, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Metallica was really firing on all cylinders as it reached the homestretch, powering through three of its all-time greatest tunes — “Fuel,” “Seek and Destroy” and, finally, “Master of Puppets” — to close the concert.

Fans will be back on Sunday, expecting to hear a completely different setlist on Night 2 of the SoFi stand.

Pantera and Mammoth WVH served as the opening acts on Friday, while Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills set the table on Sunday.

Setlist: 1. “Creeping Death” 2. “Harvester of Sorrow” 3. “Leper Messiah” 4. “The Memory Remains” 5. “Lux Æterna” 6. “Too Far Gone?” 7. “Rose Avenue” 8. “Fade to Black” 9. “Shadows Follow” 10. “Orion” 11. “Nothing Else Matters” 12. “Sad but True” 13. “The Day That Never Comes” 14. “Hardwired” 15. “Fuel” 16. “Seek & Destroy” 17. “Master of Puppets”

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 25: (L-R) Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich of Metallica perform onstage at SoFi Stadium on August 25, 2023 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

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  • Whiskey in the Jar ( [traditional]  cover) ( Preceded by “The Outlaw Torn” jam ) Play Video
  • One Play Video
  • Enter Sandman Play Video

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  • Wherever I May Roam
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  • Dirty Window
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M72 World Tour is the ongoing World Tour by American heavy metal band Metallica in support of their eleventh studio album release 72 Seasons . It will span 46 shows in 22 different cities. Each city will host a "two night show" typically on a Friday and Sunday where there is no repeat songs or opening acts from one night to the next.

  • 1.1 Night 1
  • 1.2 Night 2
  • 2 Tour Dates
  • 4 Personnel
  • 5 Supporting Acts

Typical Setlist [ ]

Night 1 [ ].

  • Creeping Death
  • Harvester of Sorrow
  • Leper Messiah or Holier Than Thou
  • Until It Sleeps or King Nothing
  • Screaming Suicide or Too Far Gone?
  • Fade to Black
  • Sleepwalk My Life Away or Shadows Follow
  • Nothing Else Matters
  • Sad But True
  • The Day That Never Comes
  • Battery or Hardwired
  • Seek & Destroy
  • Master of Puppets

Night 2 [ ]

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Ride the Lightning
  • The Memory Remains or Dirty Window
  • If Darkness Had a Son
  • Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
  • You Must Burn!
  • The Call of Ktulu
  • The Unforgiven or No Leaf Clover
  • Wherever I May Roam
  • Moth into Flame
  • Blackened or Fight Fire With Fire
  • Whiskey in the Jar
  • Enter Sandman

Tour Dates [ ]

Songlist [ ], personnel [ ].

  • James Hetfield - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
  • Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
  • Robert Trujillo - Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Lars Ulrich - Drums

Supporting Acts [ ]

In order of number of shows played, then alphabetical order.

  • Mammoth WVH ( 11 shows )
  • Ice Nine Kills ( 10 shows )
  • Five Finger Death Punch ( 7 shows )
  • Pantera ( 7 shows )
  • Architects ( 3 shows )
  • Epica ( 3 shows )
  • Floor Jansen
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  • 2 Dave Mustaine
  • 3 Metal Up Your Ass (demo)

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