After months of hypothesis, Metallica has confirmed a brand new residency at Sphere. The Las Vegas venue will host the steel band’s Life Burns Sooner exhibits throughout eight dates: October 1, 3, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, and 31. Try their full 2026 tour itinerary beneath.
“About 12 seconds into the opening evening of Sphere with U2 again in ‘23, I assumed ‘We’ve got to do that, it’s utterly uncharted territory!” drummer Lars Ulrich stated in a press release. “This residency provides us one other probability to reinvent how we work together with our followers in a dwell setting. We’re past excited to share this with the world in six months time, and manner fuckin’ psyched to go subsequent degree!”
The residency will proceed Metallica’s No Repeat Weekends custom—the place no two songs are repeated throughout Thursday and Saturday performances—that launched with the beginning of their M72 World Tour in 2023. In Could, one other European leg of the tour will begin up once more, with Metallica enjoying dates in Frankfurt, Glasgow, Zürich, and extra.
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Metallica 2026 Tour:
05-22 Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Financial institution Park
05-24 Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Financial institution Park
05-27 Zürich, Switzerland – Stadion Letzigrund
05-30 Berlin, Germany – Olympiastadion
06-03 Bologna, Italy – Stadio Renato Dall’ara
06-11 Budapest, Hungary – Puskás Aréna
06-13 Budapest, Hungary – Puskás Aréna
06-19 Dublin, Eire – Aviva Stadium
06-21 Dublin, Eire – Aviva Stadium
06-25 Glasgow, Scotland – Hampden Park
06-28 Cardiff, Wales – Principality Stadium
07-03 London, England – London Stadium
07-05 London, England – London Stadium
10-01 Las Vegas, NV – Sphere
10-03 Las Vegas, NV – Sphere
10-15 Las Vegas, NV – Sphere
10-17 Las Vegas, NV – Sphere
10-22 Las Vegas, NV – Sphere
10-24 Las Vegas, NV – Sphere
10-29 Las Vegas, NV – Sphere
10-31 Las Vegas, NV – Sphere
