Metallica Announces 12 Fresh Dates for 2027 North American Leg of M72 World Tour
Three years into their expansive M72 World Tour, Metallica are showing no signs of slowing down.
The veteran hard rock hellions announced 12 fresh dates for the massive outing on Wednesday morning (Sept.
16), stretching the tour that launched in April 2023 into next year.
The dates will pick up again on May 8, 2027 at BC Place in Vancouver, before moving on to a number of Southwest, Midwest and Canadian cities it hasn’t hit so far, including San Diego, El Paso, San Antonio, Fayetteville, Ark., Kansas City, Raleigh, N.C., Indianapolis, Buffalo, Madison, Wisc. and Cleveland before winding down on June 19 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.
Limp Bizkit and Avatar will open the upcoming shows.
To date, Metallica has played 99 shows in 26 countries on the Live Nation-promoted tour, with tickets for the newly announced dates available starting with fan club presales on Monday (Sept.
21) at 10 a.m. local time.
Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of a general on sale on Sept.
25 at 10 a.m. local time; click here for additional ticket information.
According to a release, to date the M72 tour has played to nearly five million fans across the globe, with the James Hetfield-led group gearing up for the new dates with a run of M72 shows during its upcoming 24-show Life Burns Faster residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas from Oct.
1-March 13, 2027.
Check out the dates for Metallica’s M72 2027 North American tour below: May 8: Vancouver, B.C. @ BC Place May 13: San Diego, Calif. @ Snapdragon Stadium May 18: El Paso, Texas @ Sun Bowl Stadium May 22: San Antonio, Texas @ Alamodome May 26: Fayetteville, Ark. @ Razorback Stadium May 29: Kansas City, Mo. @ Arrowhead Stadium June 2: Raleigh, N.C. @ Carter-Finley Stadium June 5: Indianapolis, Ind. @ Lucas Oil Stadium June 8: Buffalo, N.Y. @ Highmark Stadium June 12: Madison, Wisc. @ Camp Randall Stadium June 15: Cleveland, Ohio @ Huntington Bank Field June 19: Salt Lake City, Utah @ Rice-Eccles Stadium
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