September 17, 2026 | 04:55 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Metallica is extending its M72 World Tour with 12 new North American stadium shows scheduled for spring 2027, more than three years after the band released its latest album, 72 Seasons.
According to Rolling Stone, the new shows will feature Limp Bizkit and Avatar as opening acts. Metallica is also set to perform at the Sphere in Las Vegas in October as part of its ongoing touring plans.
Metallica Tour 2027: All New M72 Tour Dates in North America
Here are the newly announced North American dates, as reported by Pitchfork.
May 8, 2027 — Vancouver, British Columbia — BC Place
May 13, 2027 — San Diego, California — Snapdragon Stadium
May 18, 2027 — El Paso, Texas — Sun Bowl Stadium
May 22, 2027 — San Antonio, Texas — Alamodome
May 26, 2027 — Fayetteville, Arkansas — Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium
May 29, 2027 — Kansas City, Missouri — GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
June 2, 2027 — Raleigh, North Carolina — Carter-Finley Stadium
June 5, 2027 — Indianapolis, Indiana — Lucas Oil Stadium
June 8, 2027 — Buffalo, New York — Highmark Stadium
June 12, 2027 — Madison, Wisconsin — Camp Randall Stadium
June 15, 2027 — Cleveland, Ohio — Huntington Bank Field
June 19, 2027 — Salt Lake City, Utah — Rice-Eccles Stadium
The tour leg will begin in Vancouver on May 8 and conclude in Salt Lake City on June 19.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. local time on September 25, with various presales beginning Monday.
Lars Ulrich on Performing 72 Seasons Live
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich previously discussed the band's experience performing songs from 72 Seasons on stage in an October 2023 interview with Rolling Stone, several months after the M72 Tour began.
“Playing these songs live is super fun,” Ulrich said, specifically referring to “Lux Æterna” and “Too Far Gone?”, as cited by Rolling Stone.
“We’re steering them, they’re not steering us,” he added.
Ulrich said the band had performed eight of the album's 12 songs at the time and had worked out how to perform each one effectively in a live setting. The number has since increased to nine of the 12 songs.
72 Seasons, released in April 2023, takes its title from the first 18 years of a person's life. Rolling Stone praised the album in its review, describing it as containing “some of the deepest, hardest-hitting music of their career.”
The newly announced shows will add another leg to Metallica's M72 World Tour, which has continued since the release of 72 Seasons.
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