Metallica kicked off the North American leg of the 2023 M72 World Tour on Friday, August 4th at MetLife Stadium! The band played selections from their recent album 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings) including “Shadows Follow” for the first time ever. They also launched their first American Metallica M72 Takeover Weekend! Watch a pro-shot video of the band performing “Shadows Follow!”Continue reading
The Metallica Family descended on New Jersey from all around the world for the kickoff date of the 2024 North American tour of Metallica’s M72 tour. On the back of the excellent 72 Seasons album released this spring on Blackened Recordings (read our review here). Reports from the European tour were high, especially their impressive turn at Download Festival. The two shows, per city, no repeats in the setlist is matched only in its ambition by the incredible in-the-round staging and all weekend-long Metallica Takeover events, including pop-shops, a Metallica film festival, side concerts with Metallica-related bands, a Ross Halfin photo book Q & A book signing and more.
The time has come! Metallica kicked off the North American leg of the 2023 M72 World Tour on Friday, August 4th at MetLife Stadium! The band played selections from their recent album 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings) including “Shadows Follow” for the first time ever, played some deep cuts and significant hits! They also launched their first American Metallica M72 Takeover Weekend! Watch fan-filmed videos of the band !
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Setlist, via setlist.fm
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) (AC/DC song)
The Ecstasy of Gold (Ennio Morricone song)
Creeping Death
Harvester of Sorrow
Holier Than Thou
King Nothing
72 Seasons
If Darkness Had a Son (followed by “Rose Avenue”… more )
Fade to Black
Shadows Follow (Live debut)
Orion
Nothing Else Matters
(Kirk messed up intro, song restarted)
Sad But True
The Day That Never Comes
Battery
Fuel
Seek & Destroy
Master of Puppets
The Ecstasy of Gold (Ennio Morricone song) (Metallica’s version) Song played from tape
Metallica kicked of their US leg of the “Worldwired” tour, supporting their latest album Hardwired… To Self Destruct (Blackened Recordings). After playing Baltimore and Philadelphia, the band is hitting New Jersey and New York this week. The band also opened a pop up shop for fans this weekend with exclusive merch, rare band mementos from their archives and a “Snake Pit” tickets contest and more.Continue reading