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Metallica Announces M72 WORLD TOUR 2023

• Last updated: 28 Nov 2022, 17:42:15
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Metallica’s M72 world tour has been announced today alongside the release of their new single “Lux Æterna.” See their last documented setlist from 11/6/22 here . The upcoming dates will consist of two shows in every city, with a different setlist and support lineup for each night.

Special guests for the 2023-2024 dates varies on the date of the show, but overall consists of support from Architects, Mammoth WVH, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat and Ice Nine Kills in Europe. The North American shows will include support ranging from Pantera, Mammoth WVH, Five Finger Death Punch, Ice Nine Kills and Greta Van Fleet.

Single day tickets go on sale starting January 20. For further info, visit metallica.com/m72-info .

METALLICA M72 WORLD TOUR 2023-2024

Thursday, April 27 2023 - Amsterdam NL - Johan Cruijff Arena

Saturday, April 29 2023 - Amsterdam NL - Johan Cruijff Arena

Wednesday, May 17 2023 - Paris FR - Stade de France

Friday, May 19 2023 - Paris FR - Stade de France

Friday, May 26 2023 - Hamburg DE - Volksparkstadion

Sunday, May 28 2023 - Hamburg DE - Volksparkstadion

Friday, June 16 2023 - Gothenburg SE - Ullevi Stadium

Sunday, June 18 2023 - Gothenburg SE - Ullevi Stadium

Friday, August 4 2023 - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium

Sunday, August 6 2023 - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium

Friday, August 11 2023 - Montreal, QC - Stade Olympique

Sunday, August 13 2023 - Montreal, QC - Stade Olympique

Friday, August 18 2023 - Arlington, TX - AT&T Stadium

Sunday, August 20 2023 - Arlington, TX - AT&T Stadium

Friday, August 25 2023 - Inglewood, CA - SoFi Stadium

Sunday, August 27 2023 - Inglewood, CA - SoFi Stadium

Friday, September 1 2023 - Glendale, AZ - State Farm Stadium

Sunday, September 3, 2023 - Glendale, AZ - State Farm Stadium

Friday, November 3, 2023 - St. Louis, MO - The Dome at America’s Center

Sunday, November 5, 2023 - St. Louis, MO - The Dome at America’s Center

Friday, November 10, 2023 - Detroit, MI - Ford Field

Sunday, November 12, 2023 - Detroit, MI - Ford Field

Friday, May 24 2024 - Munich DE - Olympiastadion

Sunday, May 26 2024 - Munich DE - Olympiastadion

Friday, June 7 2024 - Helsinki FI - Olympic Stadium

Sunday, June 9 2024 - Helsinki FI - Olympic Stadium

Friday, June 14 2024 - Copenhagen DK - Parken Stadium

Sunday, June 16 2024 - Copenhagen DK - Parken Stadium

Friday, July 5 2024 - Warsaw PL - PGE Narodowy

Sunday, July 7 2024 - Warsaw PL - PGE Narodowy

Friday, July 12 2024 - Madrid ES - Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano

Sunday, July 14 2024 - Madrid ES - Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano

Friday, August 2 2024 - Foxborough, MA - Gillette Stadium

Sunday, August 4 2024 - Foxborough, MA - Gillette Stadium

Friday, August 9 2024 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field

Sunday, August 11 2024 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field

Friday, August 16 2024 - Minneapolis, MN - US Bank Stadium

Sunday, August 18 2024 - Minneapolis, MN - US Bank Stadium

Friday, August 23 2024 - Edmonton, AB - Commonwealth Stadium

Sunday, August 25 2024 - Edmonton, AB - Commonwealth Stadium

Friday, August 30 2024 - Seattle, WA - Lumen Field

Sunday, September 1 2024 - Seattle, WA - Lumen Field

Friday, September 20 2024 - Mexico City MX - Foro Sol

Sunday, September 22 2024 - Mexico City MX - Foro Sol

Friday, September 27 2024 - Mexico City MX - Foro Sol

Sunday, September 29 2024 - Mexico City MX - Foro Sol

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Metallica Announces M72 World Tour 2023-2024

PRE-SALES BEGIN 9am LOCAL TIME NOVEMBER 30th

Today marks the announcement of every Metallica show booked through 2023 and 2024: Presented worldwide by Liquid Death and Blackened American Whiskey (in North America only) and promoted by Live Nation, Metallica’s M72 world tour will see the band playing two nights in every city it visits—with each No Repeat Weekend featuring two completely different setlists and support lineups. The M72 tour will feature a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed Metallica Snake Pit to center stage, as well as the I Disappear full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16 years of age. Two-day tickets will be on sale Friday, December 2 nd at ticketmaster.com and will include the option of pre-ordering 72 Seasons vinyl and/or CD. Single day tickets will be available beginning January 20th. For further information including fan club presales, enhanced experiences and more, go to metallica.com/m72-info . 

A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to the band’s All Within My Hands foundation . Founded in 2017, AWMH’s efforts to assist and enrich the lives of members of the communities who have supported the band have raised nearly $13 million – providing $5.9 million in grants to career and technical education programs in the US, over $2.5 million to combat food insecurity, and more than $3.2 million to disaster relief efforts worldwide.

Citi is the official card of the M72 Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in the U.S. beginning Wednesday, November 30 th at 2:00 pm local time until Thursday, December 1 st at 10:00 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com

M72 WORLD TOUR 2023-2024

Thursday, April 27 2023 – Amsterdam NL – Johan Cruijff Arena

Saturday, April 29 2023 – Amsterdam NL – Johan Cruijff Arena

Wednesday, May 17 2023 – Paris FR – Stade de France*

Friday, May 19 2023 – Paris FR – Stade de France

Friday, May 26 2023 – Hamburg DE – Volksparkstadion

Sunday, May 28 2023 – Hamburg DE – Volksparkstadion

Friday, June 16 2023 – Gothenburg SE – Ullevi Stadium**

Sunday, June 18 2023 – Gothenburg SE – Ullevi Stadium

Friday, August 4 2023 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

Sunday, August 6 2023 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

Friday, August 11 2023 – Montreal, QC – Stade Olympique

Sunday, August 13 2023 – Montreal, QC – Stade Olympique

Friday, August 18 2023 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium

Sunday, August 20 2023 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium

Friday, August 25 2023 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium

Sunday, August 27 2023 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium

Friday, September 1 2023 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium

Sunday, September 3, 2023 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium

Friday, November 3, 2023 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center

Sunday, November 5, 2023 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center

Friday, November 10, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field

Sunday, November 12, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field

Friday, May 24 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion

Sunday, May 26 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion

Friday, June 7 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium

Sunday, June 9 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium

Friday, June 14 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium

Sunday, June 16 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium

Friday, July 5 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy

Sunday, July 7 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy

Friday, July 12 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano

Sunday, July 14 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano

Friday, August 2 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium

Sunday, August 4 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium

Friday, August 9 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field

Sunday, August 11 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field

Friday, August 16 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium

Sunday, August 18 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium

Friday, August 23 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium

Sunday, August 25 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium

Friday, August 30 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field

Sunday, September 1 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field

Friday, September 20 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol***

Sunday, September 22 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol

Friday, September 27 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol***

Sunday, September 29 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol

Show 1 Support Europe: Architects & Mammoth WVH**

Show 2 Support Europe: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills

*Five Finger Death Punch/Ice Nine Kills play show 1 in Paris, Architects & Mammoth WVH play show 2 in Paris 

**Volbeat replaces Architects on show 1 in Gothenburg

Show 1 Support North America: Pantera & Mammoth WVH***

Show 2 Support North America: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills

***Greta Van Fleet replaces Pantera on show 1 both weekends in Mexico City

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The tour will see the band playing two nights in every city they visit, with each ‘No Repeat Weekend’ featuring two completely different setlsts.

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Metallica has announced the title and release date of its forthcoming 12th studio album: 72 Seasons will be available April 14, 2023 via the band’s own Blackened Recordings, and is available for pre-order .

Produced by Greg Fidelman with Hetfield & Ulrich, the 12-track 72 Seasons is Metallica’s first full-length collection of new material since 2016’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct and is heralded by first single, “Lux Æterna,” a short, sharp blast that distills 40 years of Metallica into three and a half minutes.

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The band will also be taking the album on the road, with the announcement of a huge world tour running through 2023 and 2024. Presented worldwide by Liquid Death and Blackened American Whiskey (in North America only) and promoted by Live Nation, Metallica’s ‘M72’ world tour will see the band playing two nights in every city it visits—with each No Repeat Weekend featuring two completely different setlists and support lineups.

Shop the best of Metallica’s discography on vinyl and more .

The ‘M72’ tour will feature a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed Metallica Snake Pit to center stage, as well as the I Disappear full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16 years of age. Two-day tickets will be on sale Friday, December 2nd through Ticketmaster and will include the option of pre-ordering 72 Seasons vinyl and/or CD. Single day tickets will be available beginning January 20th. For further information including fan club presales, enhanced experiences and more, go to the band’s official website .

A portion of proceeds from every ticket from the ‘M72’ tour sold will go to the band’s All Within My Hands foundation. Founded in 2017, AWMH’s efforts to assist and enrich the lives of members of the communities who have supported the band have raised nearly $13 million – providing $5.9 million in grants to career and technical education programs in the US, over $2.5 million to combat food insecurity, and more than $3.2 million to disaster relief efforts worldwide.

Citi is the official card of the ‘M72’ Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in the U.S. beginning Wednesday, November 30th at 2:00 pm local time until Thursday, December 1st at 10:00 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program.

Metallica’s ‘M72’ World Tour 2023-2024 includes the following dates:

Thursday, April 27 2023 – Amsterdam NL – Johan Cruijff Arena Saturday, April 29 2023 – Amsterdam NL – Johan Cruijff Arena Wednesday, May 17 2023 – Paris FR – Stade de France Friday, May 19 2023 – Paris FR – Stade de France Friday, May 26 2023 – Hamburg DE – Volksparkstadion Sunday, May 28 2023 – Hamburg DE – Volksparkstadion Friday, June 16 2023 – Gothenburg SE – Ullevi Stadium Sunday, June 18 2023 – Gothenburg SE – Ullevi Stadium Friday, August 4 2023 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium Sunday, August 6 2023 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium Friday, August 11 2023 – Montreal, QC – Stade Olympique Sunday, August 13 2023 – Montreal, QC – Stade Olympique Friday, August 18 2023 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium Sunday, August 20 2023 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium Friday, August 25 2023 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium Sunday, August 27 2023 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium Friday, September 1 2023 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium Sunday, September 3, 2023 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium Friday, November 3, 2023 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center Sunday, November 5, 2023 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center Friday, November 10, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field Sunday, November 12, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field Friday, May 24 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion Sunday, May 26 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion Friday, June 7 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium Sunday, June 9 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium Friday, June 14 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium Sunday, June 16 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium Friday, July 5 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy Sunday, July 7 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy Friday, July 12 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano Sunday, July 14 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano Friday, August 2 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium Sunday, August 4 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium Friday, August 9 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field Sunday, August 11 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field Friday, August 16 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium Sunday, August 18 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium Friday, August 23 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium Sunday, August 25 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium Friday, August 30 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field Sunday, September 1 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field Friday, September 20 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol Sunday, September 22 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol Friday, September 27 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol Sunday, September 29 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol.

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Electrifying as ever with their incredible performance and stage presence, the members of Metallica delivered the goods and more last night with a nice cross section of numbers running the gamut of their colossal catalog! There were occasional pauses to interact and converse with the crowd, but the band segued their way into one song after another the majority of the evening. The night opened up with an intro of the Ecstasy of Gold followed by the title cut off of the band's latest effort Hard Wired to Self Destruct. James Hetfield's vocals were as strong as ever from beginning to end. Kirk Hammett engaged in one brain crushing guitar solo after another, Lars Ulrich brought a great and almost nonstop back beat with his furious drumming and Rob Trujillo provided excellent bass work including a great treatment of the solo the late Cliff Burton was well known for on Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth). During the aforementioned bass solo video footage of Burton performing onstage accented the music perfectly. Other exceptional highlights included Kirk's stellar guitar shredding accompanied frequently by usage of his wah pedal. Cuts such as Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Creeping Death and the encore Enter Sandman in particular contained solos showcasing his seemingly boundless talent! Things heated up literally as well during the songs Fight Fire with Fire and Sandman when pyrotechnics were activated and flames shot up from the stage. At the end Ulrich tossed sticks out into the audience. Hetfield, Trujillo and Hammett threw and shook picks from little jack o' lantern tins out into the crowd, the picks of which boasting the band logo as well as the theatre's location and concert date on them. Great souvenirs in even something so small right there as my husband and I each scooped one up off the floor! A grand night out, the next one of which cannot come soon enough!

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The impatient wait had been going on for months - I booked this show when tickets went on sale back in March or whenever it was, and October had take so long to come around - but finally it was here: Metallica day!

The day started with a trip to the pop-up merch store in London, then onto the O2 for an agonising queue (good thing it's what us Brits do best, apart from moan about it of course) before finally getting in and finding my seat - which, by pure luck, was a superb view. Again, what felt like days, but in reality was only 30-40 mins wait, the lights dimmed, the background music shut off, and the familiar notes of the intro track, "The Ecstasy of Gold", complete with video footage from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", began to ring out, to rapturous roaring and whistling from the 20,000 strong crowd. The hairs on my arms are standing on end just recounting it for this review. And then we were in: full-bore, 100mph, Metallica took to the stage and belted out song after song after song with barely a moment to catch your breath before the next does of thrash metal came your way. "Thrash metal?", I hear you say, "Metallica hasn't been thrash metal since the 80's!". Oh my friend, trust me when I say thrash metal - we had some of the best early work represented tonight, not least with half a dozen track from the new album "Hardwired... To Self Destruct" that included unrelenting riff after riff, from the likes of "Hardwired", "Atlas Rise", "Moth Into Flame", coupled with one of the heaviest tracks they've ever written "Dream No More", plus "Halo on Fire" and "Now That We're Dead". All segmented in-between some of the bands greatest songs; "Seek & Destroy", "Through The Never", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "For Whom The Bell Tolls", "Through The Never", "One", "Sad But True", "Fuel", the obligatory cover, this time from the Misfits' "Die Die My Darling", before ending the show with "Master of Puppets".

Of course, it wasn't the end - back for the encore the intro to "Damage Inc" came on, before they ripped all the way through it, eventually slowing the pace to play the ever-loved "Nothing Else Matters" and finally ending on probably their most well known song "Enter Sandman"

It was a great varied selection of tunes that spans most of their career - the only notable exceptions being there was nothing from "Load", "St Anger" or the previous record "Death Magnetic". But otherwise all the other studio albums were represented. Some guitar and bass doodles from Kirk and Rob, before Rob gave us a wonderful tribute to Cliff by playing "Anesthesia".

If you get the chance to go, then go see this show - it's truly magnificent, from a band with 36 years experience in being the biggest metal band on the planet, and it shows you just why they are. I just wish I had a ticket for tomorrow night too.

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Tallica promised us a unique show because this concert was postponed show from February. Many people travel a long way to see them in February including me traveling from Iceland.

The moment when I heard Seek & Destory in the #3rd slot then I knew this was going to be something special.

They performed Thought The Never in slot #4 and that song has not been played for 4 years. The next song was The Day That Never Comes and we did not believe that because in our wildest dreams we hoped to have that on the list, we jumped like there was no day tomorrow.

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Me and my friends walked away from Royal Arena in great mood with a big smile on our faces and with a hoarse throut, like James was in February.

About the unique show as we where promised in February it was only UNIQUE for 2 days because Amsterdam got almost the same setlist. But we got a free T-shirt, that was probably the unique thing for us.

We where hoping for some live debut like Murder One, Spit Out The Bones but it did not happend.

The song ManUnkind was performed tonight in Paris (10th September) and that is unique.

Iceland has been waiting since 2004 for Metallica to come back to Iceland when they held the biggest indore concert in Reykjavík. We do not want to wait another 23 years like we did before 2004.

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Madonna was moved to tears by the affection of her fans.

M adonna is currently on her Celebration World tour and one of her stops is Mexico City , and as many legendary singers such as James Hetfield from Metallica, Paul McCartney, and David Gahan of Depeche Mode , there is no doubt that the Mexican public is one of the most affectionate to great stars who perform on stages in Mexico, and proof of this what Madonna experienced during her most recent performance.

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The "Queen of Pop" arrived a week before the first of her five concerts, to enjoy the most emblematic places in Mexico City, such as the Casa Azul, the house where Frida Kahlo used to live.

During the second performance at Palacio de los Deportes , Madonna was so moved that she could not hold back her tears.

Before starting a part of the concert where she sings a song with an acoustic guitar, the Mexican audience cheered and applauded the singer of La Isla Bonita, who thanked her fans for the gesture, while wiping away her tears.

Immediately, fans of Madonna took out their phones and began recording the moment and posting it online, and spread like wildfire.

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M72 - The Tour Starts

“NO, NO, NO…” James Hetfield roars as “King Nothing” pulverizes the Johan Cruijff ArenA. He’s at the lowest point of the stage when he shakes his head in disbelief and softly mouths, “Holy shit!” It’s an overwhelmed, excited, possibly relieved, but most definitely charged “holy shit,” the sort of “holy shit” people exclaim when they are enjoying a surge of raw, positive emotion.

“We want our shows to be the best… we’re fans too!” James had said when speaking with Zane Lowe from Apple Music the night before this first show on the (gargantuan) M72 World Tour, a comment he volunteered without a moment’s thought when Lowe asked about the pressure of fan expectations of the band’s live events.

And it’s fair to say that, here, on King’s Day in the Netherlands, Metallica most certainly hit the ground running with energy, fortitude, and tightness on a stage which it is fair to say was one of – if not the – the most ambitious the band have ever attempted in their 42 years. No one knew what to expect, as is generally the way when a tour starts, but the result was seamless.

Smooth. Easy. Even effortless.

Such is the magic of disguise, an experienced crew comprised of brilliant professionals from truck drivers to production managers, and some of the longest working hours you could possibly (not even) imagine. For this M72 event to come alive, from concept to tonight’s birth, has been a 28-hour-a-day, 10-day-a-week affair.

For this “club gig within an arena gig within a stadium gig” to scream into ecstatically bright, loud life has challenged every aspect of the Metallica organization.

I laugh when people question whether this band might be, errr, thinking of “winding down.”

You know that phrase “go big or go home?” Put it this way, with M72, Metallica decided (broadly speaking) to not just go big but to plan on stretching it out the next 2 years.

Yeah. A little fucking more than “going big.”

Of course, to properly gauge what I’m talking about, indeed, what some of you saw tonight, you must imagine what the band did on the first day we arrived on April 19.

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A huge stadium with some partially built towers, a whale-sized stage, its bright yellowness screaming loudly through the frigid air, literally tons and tons of hardware, cables, and steel piled up or scattered across the floor, cranes and other industrial vehicles on the floor, and that large set of aforementioned incredibly dedicated men and women building what would be the M72 stage, but which at that point looked like the construction site it was…

Frankly, I was not sure how this could be pulled off.

I tried to imagine how the band would connect, where they would go, and how they would “feel” it. And then there were the logistical issues of four drum kits, all on under-stage risers, making sure they worked, making sure other band members realized when a drum “pit” was open, being careful not to get swallowed up by the “drum jaws” as they coughed up the yellow kits.

Add to that the fact that the humans still had to play their parts.

Jimmy, Lars’ drum tech, had gone from maintaining one to two drum kits per night to watching over four. Four! I wanted to laugh, but such cruelty would be the providence of bastards. Besides, I really felt for him. How was he going to get to all four points? How about the maintenance of FOUR kits in ONE show? Ditto, I found myself thinking a lot about the other techs, Zach, Justin, and Chad, who were all now having to have eyes and ears on four very different areas of a stage so large that the entire 40th Anniversary arena show could fit within the Snake Pit? It isn’t as easy as “well, they can just gently jog around the pit, right?” There are security and crew watching over the tech aspects of the show. Then, there are blind spots that cannot always be seen. Then there’s the simple fact that you can’t fucking jog with an expensive instrument in your hands! Of course, wills and ways win out, but not before much thought and extra effort take place…

The following days were spent making adjustments to many aspects of the physical production. Every time a potential problem was served, the production team found an answer. In the tennis match of last-minute issues, even if it looked like Team Problem would serve out and win a game. Even if they went 40-love, Team Production would rally and smash it right back for the victory every time. If you see any of the crew at a gig on the M72 World Tour, please… thank them. Not only do they deserve it, but they’d also appreciate it. And they deserve it…did I already say that? Not enough times to be honest…

The band was equally locked in. Consider the necessary work from their perspectives. Their “playground,” as James described it to Zane Lowe in that forthcoming Apple Music interview, takes learning if you’re the artist. The exuberance of your moment, the rush of, say, “Ride the Lightning” or “If Darkness Had a Son,” explodes the serotonin in your soul, which on a new stage the size of the 101 freeway, can mean you don’t see a set of steps… you don’t see those drum jaws… perhaps you even miss a sharp ramp descent. You need to learn the road conditions and the direction of traffic to allow you to enjoy the creative magic without hurting yourself. And that takes attention. There’s also the matter of figuring out how to keep that live chemistry wherever you are and to ensure you all find each other to charge it. This is a band that has always relied on you . There are batteries everywhere, as no band member walks anywhere where there aren’t thousands upon thousands of fans around them. I suspect this aspect of the design is the single most important thing to Lars, James, Kirk, and Rob, that even if the energy flags a bit, your faces everywhere and anywhere, roaring and cheering, give them the extra oomph necessary…

Then there’s the music. Yes… the notes that are the reason we’re all here. Over the days between April 19 and tonight, they ran one full set (remember there are two!), played specific songs and areas which they felt needed finer tuning, and dialed in the sound. Greg Fidelman has been out here to help with this, and James said that having Greg’s ‘fifth set of ears was a great comfort’ to everyone. Such things matter greatly. Routines. Stretches. Having your producer there to have your back sound-wise. Controlling what you can control in a situation which – let’s face it – has a lot of uncontrollable elements once the lights go down. Again, do not be fooled by these “rock stars swanning into their mega-gigs.” They put in the hard hours in the low lights, they prepare immaculately (from diet to their daily stretching and exercise routines), and they do not set foot on any stage without having road-tested it as much as humanly possible from the first moment they see it. In 2023, there are no big parties or hours upon hours of recreational activities. There is M72. There is a service to the master that is Metallica. Bigger in physical form than it’s ever been on tour, which requires bigger sacrifices from all four band members. If there’s spare time in 2023, it should be used to recover, rejuvenate, tweak, and polish. The results speak for themselves…

From the moment the first notes of “Orion” introduced the M72 World Tour, it was clear that all the preparation the band had done would pay off. Lithe, lean, taut, and determined, to open a show of this relative importance with a song carrying such gorgeous power and complexity showed that this band still likes to double down on challenging themselves. Heading into “Bellz” and an aggressive “Holier Than Thou,” it was something of a relief to see the band make the ginormous stage seem, well, not quite so ginormous. At times, it played out like a conventional U.S. arena, and the fear I had of four band members never being able to connect with each other, come together, or even find each other for a quick jam dissipated.

The first time a new drum kit popped up out of those jaws was as if this sort of thing had been happening on Metallica stages for years. Looking at Lars as he absolutely pummeled “Lux Æterna,” it was clear he was expending a little more than just excitable energy; the moment had passed without a glitch, and Lars was bathing in the relief of it all to my eye. Like everyone, he’d been a little nervous before the show, yet he was on it, pockets deep, dancing around the yellow kits with the fervor of a kid who just got a brand-new Christmas present.

Photo Credit: Ross Halfin

Indeed, as this M72 behemoth stormed on, it hardly felt like three and a half years since the WorldWired tour ended, and it certainly didn’t feel like the beginning of a tour. When James roared, “How does it feel to be aliiiive?!” and the stadium roared its delight at the matter, the exchange felt like a comforting embrace between old friends. A consistent element in the lives of 40,000+ people. And when James lurched into the low crawl boogie for “Sleepwalk My Life Away,” it was hard not to think the song had been a staple in sets for years. Like the excellent “Screaming Suicide,” one of the main takeaways from tonight for me was that these new 72 Seasons cuts sound like gently worn classics, taking their respective places confidently alongside stadium favorites such as “Nothing Else Matters.”

Kirk and Rob looked at ease and in their own fun spaces as “Sad But True” sent sub-waves around Amsterdam, while “The Day That Never Comes” added a touch of epic gravitas before the bone-shuddering, neolithic “Ride the Lightning.”  Dear Lord, James flew into “Battery” like a streak of molten lava… his riffing hand a fiery blur. And we saw proper fire erupt from the stage during “Fuel.” Honestly, by the time “Seek & Destroy” and “Master of Puppets” closed out this first night in Amsterdam, it was (like I hinted at earlier) as if they’d never been away. The vastness of the stage is impossible to ignore, yet by that last “…Puppets” riff, it felt like it was proportionate to the amount of energy Metallica expended upon it tonight.

In the van on the way out, Rob insisted on grabbing me and roaring an incantation of some sort in my face as he shook me, and grinning like a madman. It wasn’t just having a bit of fun, it was siphoning off the energy he’d been generating all show from the power exchanges between him, the music, and the audience… real electricity. I kid you not, this guy was feral in the back of that van, and it was a wonderful thing to think that we’re only halfway through this opening No Repeat Weekend.

What will Saturday night bring?

The bar has been set high…

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