Metallica has confirmed a series of new North American stadium dates that extend the band’s massive M72 World Tour into 2027. Having played 99 shows in 26 countries since its April 2023 kick-off, the Live Nation-promoted M72 World Tour will resume May 8, 2027 at BC Place in Vancouver – hitting a dozen new cities for the first time on this run throughout the American southwest, midwest and beyond – and will conclude June 19, 2027 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. Continue reading
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett sat for a new interview with Rolling Stone, to promote the upcoming 2025 M72 tour dates and festivals. In that chat he shared that he has 767 new riffs written for the band’s next album. He also stated he is working on his first full length solo album, and that Metallica will continue to tour for one more year behind 2023’s M72 album, touring dates already announced for in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, before the band takes a short break and then begins working on a new album. Hammett said the following: Continue reading
Metallica is still awesome live, and 72 Seasons was cool, but they have many more years behind them than in front of them as a band for 43 years.
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