By james art Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Suicidal Tendencies and Ice Nine Kills will join the heavy metal band as headliners on the tour
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Metallica is expanding its M72 World Tour
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The new run of dates will take place across North America in the spring and summer of 2025
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Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Suicidal Tendencies and Ice Nine Kills will serve as opening acts
Metallica’s massive M72 World Tour isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
On September 19, the iconic heavy metal band announced a string of North American M72 World Tour dates in the spring and summer of 2025 with Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Suicidal Tendencies and Ice Nine Kills joining as headliners – and fans are ready .
“Metallica and Limp Bizkit are touring together next year, this is by no means a practice,” user X (formerly Twitter) wrote after the announcement.
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“limp bizkit and metallica is an evil combo i didn’t even know was possible, I HAVE to go to this,” said another fan on the social media platform.
One fan even shared a vulnerable story, highlighting how important the tour will be to him. “It’s going to be really hard to be able to afford that. But after what I’ve been through the last 4 years of Chemo and this band kept me alive and still do to this day,” he wrote on X. “Don’t Miss this @Metallica@Pantera my 2 favorite bands of all time !!!”
The new string of dates kicks off with a headlining performance at the Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas on April 12, followed by shows in cities including Toronto, Nashville, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston and more, before concluding on June 29 at the Mile’s Empower Field High in Denver.
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Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Rob Trujillo and James Hetfield of Metallica in Washington in March 2024.
In keeping with their established tradition, each weekend of two shows in the same city will be labeled a ‘No Repeat Weekend’ and will see Metallica perform a different setlist each night, while the opening acts will also rotate so fans can can see everything the M72 World Tour has to offer if they attend both shows.
A show will be very special. On May 7, Metallica will play their first show at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va. — also home to the Virginia Tech Hokies, who have been playing the band’s classic song “Enter Sandman” while taking the field for more than 20 years.
Tickets will first be available to fan club members on September 23rd at 10am local time. Citi cardholders and Verizon Access users can then get tickets for select dates in two different presale windows, both of which run from September 24 at 10 a.m. local time until September 26 at 10 p.m. local time.
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Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett of Metallica in Los Angeles in April 2023.
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All other fans can purchase tickets from September 27th at 10am local time.
A portion of all ticket sales for the tour will go to local charities through Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation.
The M72 World Tour, held in support of the band’s 2023 album 72 seasonslaunched on April 27, 2023
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Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett of Metallica in August 2023.
Check out Metallica’s M72 World Tour dates below.
April 12 – Las Vegas, NV – Sick New World @ Las Vegas Festival Grounds
April 19 – Syracuse, NY – JMA Wireless Dome *
April 24 – Toronto, Ontario – Rogers Center *
April 26 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Center +
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, Florida – Raymond James Stadium *
June 14 – Houston, Texas – NRG Stadium *
June 20 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi + Stadium
June 22 – Santa Clara, CA – Levy 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
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