M72 World Tour


The M72 World Tour is a concert tour by the American heavy metal band Metallica in support of the band's eleventh studio album 72 Seasons, which was released on April 14, 2023. The tour was announced on November 28, 2022, following the release of the album's first single, "Lux Æterna". The tour began on April 27, 2023 in Amsterdam and is set to conclude on July 5, 2026 in London, England. Along with an upgraded stage design which relocates the "Snake Pit" to the center stage, the tour features two or more performances in the majority of cities played.
As of December 2025 the tour has grossed $517.5 million from 70 shows, with 4.23 million people in attendance, making it the ninth highest grossing tour of the 2020s and 17th highest grossing tour of all time.

Background

On the announcement of the tour the band stated that, over the past few years, they had been inspired by the fans who attended their shows in 2019 and 2021. In the same statement they stated that they "had a blast being a part of the 2021 Wimmer Festivals when they played two nights in one city". Starting in April 2023, Metallica is set to visit twenty-two cities around the world and playing two nights in each city, with each being part of a "No Repeat Weekend" show which will feature two set lists which include deep cuts from the band's catalog. Two day tickets for each show went on sale on December 2, 2022, with single tickets being later made available to the general public on January 20, 2023.
Five Finger Death Punch were originally slated to support Metallica in the select 2023 European shows along with Ice Nine Kills, but pulled out due to lead vocalist Ivan Moody having to fully recover from complications from a recent hernia surgery. As a result, Five Finger Death Punch was replaced by Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen in Amsterdam, and Dutch symphonic metal band Epica in Paris, Hamburg, and Gothenburg. In Inglewood, California on August 27, 2023, Moody was absent due to falling ill with the flu, and his vocal duties in Five Finger Death Punch were taken over and shared by Phil Labonte, Howard Jones, and AJ Channer for the show. The September 1, 2023 performance in Glendale, Arizona was cut short by two songs due to James Hetfield suffering from vocal issues, and the band's following performance on September 3 in Glendale was postponed to September 9, 2023 after Hetfield had tested positive for COVID-19. Suicidal Tendencies replaced Ice Nine Kills as an opening act for the rescheduled Glendale performance.
The shows in Arlington, Texas on August 18 and August 20, 2023 were recorded and released in cinemas worldwide for one night only for each show.
On the second night in Foxborough, Massachusetts on August 4, 2024, the show was delayed for 90 minutes due to a severe downpour and thunderstorms in the area. As a result, Ice Nine Kills' scheduled opening set was canceled, Five Finger Death Punch performed a shortened opening set, and Metallica ending up still performing a full show. On the fourth night in Mexico City on September 29, 2024, Five Finger Death Punch were unable to perform due to an injury Moody sustained at the Louder Than Life festival a few days prior when he accidentally fell onstage and suffered a fractured rib. As a result, Ice Nine Kills moved up to the special guest slot, and Mexican progressive metal band Agora joined the lineup for the show.
On November 15, 2023 Metallica announced two more European tour dates for 2024 in Milan and Oslo, with two additional tour dates to be announced later that month.
On September 19, 2024, Metallica announced a 2025 North American leg of stadium and festival dates with special guests Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Suicidal Tendencies, and Ice Nine Kills. An Oceania leg was shortly announced on October 23, 2024 for performances in November 2025 with Evanescence and Suicidal Tendencies as support acts.
Metallica broke a 43 year old attendance record of the JMA Wireless Dome on April 19, 2025, with more than 47,319 people in attendance that night, making the band's concert the largest ticketed music event in Syracuse.
Metallica performed a sold out show at Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium on May 7, 2025. Their song "Enter Sandman" has been used as the football team's entrance to the stadium for twenty-five years. Metallica is the first band to perform a revenue producing concert at the stadium, as well as offering student seating for their show. The band's performance of "Enter Sandman," combined with the large crowd jumping and cheering, generated enough ground movement and tremors to be registered as a small earthquake by the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory.
On May 22, 2025, Metallica announced a summer 2026 European stadium leg with Gojira, Pantera, Knocked Loose, and Avatar.

Reception

The tour was met with positive reviews from music and entertainment critics. While having given the opening night performance in Amsterdam on April 27, 2023, 4 out of 5 stars, Ali Shutler of NME stated that Metallica was still the greatest heavy metal band around, while Eleanor Goodman from Metal Hammer who gave the performance that same night 5 out of 5 stars, affirmed that the band had thrown the world's biggest heavy metal party.
The tour won Rock Tour Of The Year award at the 2024 Pollstar Awards and was the 9th highest grossing tour overall that year with $179,373,637.40 grossed from 24 shows.

Set lists

No-Repeat Weekend sample set list

The following set lists were performed at the Johan Cruyff Arena on April 27 and 29, 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and are not intended to represent a majority of the shows throughout the tour.
Night One
  1. "Orion"
  2. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  3. "Holier Than Thou"
  4. "King Nothing"
  5. "Lux Æterna"
  6. "Screaming Suicide"
  7. "Fade to Black"
  8. "Sleepwalk My Life Away"
  9. "Nothing Else Matters"
  10. "Sad but True"
  11. "The Day That Never Comes"
  12. "Ride the Lightning"
  13. "Battery"
  14. "Fuel"
  15. "Seek & Destroy"
  16. "Master of Puppets"
Night Two
  1. "The Call of Ktulu"
  2. "Creeping Death"
  3. "Leper Messiah"
  4. "Until It Sleeps"
  5. "72 Seasons"
  6. "If Darkness Had a Son"
  7. "Welcome Home "
  8. "You Must Burn!"
  9. "The Unforgiven"
  10. "Wherever I May Roam"
  11. "Harvester of Sorrow"
  12. "Moth into Flame"
  13. "Fight Fire with Fire"
  14. "Whiskey in the Jar"
  15. "One"
  16. "Enter Sandman"

    One-night sample set list

The following set list was performed at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia on May 7, 2025. It is not intended to represent a majority of the shows throughout the tour.
  1. "Creeping Death"
  2. "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
  3. "Ride the Lightning"
  4. "King Nothing"
  5. "Lux Æterna"
  6. "Screaming Suicide"
  7. "The Day That Never Comes"
  8. "Fuel"
  9. "Orion"
  10. "Nothing Else Matters"
  11. "Sad but True"
  12. "One"
  13. "Seek & Destroy"
  14. "Master of Puppets"
  15. "Enter Sandman"

    Tour dates

Date CityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
May 24MunichGermanyOlympiastadionArchitects
Mammoth WVH		155,791 / 155,791$17,761,304
May 26MunichGermanyOlympiastadionFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		155,791 / 155,791$17,761,304
May 29MilanItalyIppodromo La Maurarowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2"
June 1EbreichsdorfAustriaMagna Racino---
June 7HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Olympic StadiumArchitects
Mammoth WVH		104,836 / 104,836$11,042,891
June 9HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Olympic StadiumFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		104,836 / 104,836$11,042,891
June 14CopenhagenDenmarkParken StadiumArchitects
Mammoth WVH		86,235 / 86,235$10,036,523
June 16CopenhagenDenmarkParken StadiumFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		86,235 / 86,235$10,036,523
June 26OsloNorwayEkebergslettarowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2"
June 29ClissonFranceVal de Moine---
July 5WarsawPolandStadion NarodowyArchitects
Mammoth WVH		154,258 / 154,258$25,029,234
July 7WarsawPolandStadion NarodowyFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		154,258 / 154,258$25,029,234
July 12MadridSpainMetropolitano StadiumArchitects
Mammoth WVH		123,697 / 123,697$12,743,952
July 14MadridSpainMetropolitano StadiumFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		123,697 / 123,697$12,743,952
August 2FoxboroughUnited StatesGillette StadiumPantera
Mammoth WVH		127,889 / 127,889$16,791,826
August 4FoxboroughUnited StatesGillette StadiumFive Finger Death Punch127,889 / 127,889$16,791,826
August 9ChicagoUnited StatesSoldier FieldPantera
Mammoth WVH		134,400 / 134,400$16,328,255
August 11ChicagoUnited StatesSoldier FieldFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		134,400 / 134,400$16,328,255
August 16MinneapolisUnited StatesU.S. Bank StadiumPantera
Mammoth WVH		107,474 / 107,474$12,014,211
August 18MinneapolisUnited StatesU.S. Bank StadiumFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		107,474 / 107,474$12,014,211
August 23EdmontonCanadaCommonwealth StadiumPantera
Mammoth WVH		116,035 / 116,035$12,672,187
August 25EdmontonCanadaCommonwealth StadiumFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		116,035 / 116,035$12,672,187
August 30SeattleUnited StatesLumen FieldPantera
Mammoth WVH		135,722 / 135,722$16,221,497
September 1SeattleUnited StatesLumen FieldFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		135,722 / 135,722$16,221,497
September 20Mexico CityMexicoEstadio GNP SegurosGreta Van Fleet
Mammoth WVH		254,370 / 254,370$24,552,957
September 22Mexico CityMexicoEstadio GNP SegurosFive Finger Death Punch
Ice Nine Kills		254,370 / 254,370$24,552,957
September 27Mexico CityMexicoEstadio GNP SegurosGreta Van Fleet
Mammoth WVH		254,370 / 254,370$24,552,957
September 29Mexico CityMexicoEstadio GNP SegurosIce Nine Kills
Agora		254,370 / 254,370$24,552,957

Date CityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
April 19SyracuseUnited StatesJMA Wireless DomePantera
Suicidal Tendencies		45,700 / 45,700$6,500,000
April 24TorontoCanadaRogers CentrePantera
Suicidal Tendencies		92,000 / 92,000$12,000,000
April 26TorontoCanadaRogers CentreLimp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		92,000 / 92,000$12,000,000
May 1NashvilleUnited StatesNissan StadiumPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		81,400 / 81,400$9,100,000
May 3NashvilleUnited StatesNissan StadiumLimp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		81,400 / 81,400$9,100,000
May 7BlacksburgUnited StatesLane StadiumPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		66,900 / 66,900$9,400,000
May 9ColumbusUnited StatesHistoric Crew Stadiumrowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2"
May 11ColumbusUnited StatesHistoric Crew Stadium---
May 23PhiladelphiaUnited StatesLincoln Financial FieldLimp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		132,000 / 132,000$14,600,000
May 25PhiladelphiaUnited StatesLincoln Financial FieldPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		132,000 / 132,000$14,600,000
May 28LandoverUnited StatesNorthwest StadiumPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		60,000 / 67,617$5,300,000
May 31CharlotteUnited StatesBank of America StadiumPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		76,100 / 76,100$10,600,000
June 3AtlantaUnited StatesMercedes-Benz StadiumPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		56,100 / 56,100$7,600,000
June 6TampaUnited StatesRaymond James StadiumLimp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		133,000 / 133,000$16,100,000
June 8TampaUnited StatesRaymond James StadiumPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		133,000 / 133,000$16,100,000
June 14HoustonUnited StatesNRG StadiumPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		74,900 / 74,900$11,800,000
June 20Santa ClaraUnited StatesLevi's StadiumLimp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		112,000 / 112,000$13,500,000
June 22Santa ClaraUnited StatesLevi's StadiumPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		112,000 / 112,000$13,500,000
June 27DenverUnited StatesEmpower Field at Mile HighLimp Bizkit
Ice Nine Kills		152,000 / 152,000$17,700,000
June 29DenverUnited StatesEmpower Field at Mile HighPantera
Suicidal Tendencies		152,000 / 152,000$17,700,000
November 1PerthAustraliaOptus StadiumEvanescence
Suicidal Tendencies		55,800 / 55,800$7,000,000
November 5AdelaideAustraliaAdelaide OvalEvanescence
Suicidal Tendencies		46,600 / 46,600$6,000,000
November 8MelbourneAustraliaMarvel StadiumEvanescence
Suicidal Tendencies		60,000 / 60,000$7,300,000
November 12BrisbaneAustraliaSuncorp StadiumEvanescence
Suicidal Tendencies		45,900 / 45,900$6,300,000
November 15SydneyAustraliaAccor StadiumEvanescence
Suicidal Tendencies		71,800 / 71,800$9,100,000
November 19AucklandNew ZealandEden ParkEvanescence
Suicidal Tendencies		53,500 / 53,500$5,800,000
November 30LusailQatarLusail International Circuitrowspan="3"
December 3SakhirBahrainAl-Dana Amphitheatre——-
December 6Abu DhabiUnited Arab EmiratesEtihad Park-