HOUSTON — Metallica is bringing their M72 World Tour to Houston in 2025.
The band confirmed they are extending their world tour into a third year with 21 North American shows from April to June 2025.
The band will be making a stop at NRG Stadium on June 14, 2025. They will be joined by Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies.
Tickets will go on sale on Friday, September 27 at 10 a.m. Fan club pre-sales begin on September 23 at 10 a.m.
Citi is the official card of the M72 tour. Citi card members will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, September 24 at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday, September 26 at 10 p.m. local time through the Citi Entertainment program.
For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.
Verizon will offer an exclusive presale for the M72 tour in the U.S. through Verizon Access, just for being a customer. Verizon Access Presale tickets for select shows will begin Tuesday, September 24 at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday, September 26 at 10 p.m. local time.
For more details visit Verizon.com/Access.
A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities via the band’s All Within My Hands Foundation.
M72 2025 will feature several single shows bringing the tour’s full production, with its massive in-the-round stage, to venues including two college football stadiums: Metallica's first-ever visit to Blacksburg, Va., home of the Virginia Tech Hokies, at Lane Stadium on May 7, marks the culmination of more than 20 years of “Enter Sandman” playing as the Hokies take the field. Metallica will also visit JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, NY, on Saturday, April 19, 2025.
In addition, the tour includes the band’s first Nashville shows in five years on May 1 and 3 at Nissan Stadium, as well as Metallica’s return to Tampa after 15 years on June 6 and 8 at Raymond James Stadium.
M72 has also confirmed hometown shows in the Bay Area to take place June 20 and 22 with the band’s debut performances at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
In addition to playing football stadiums across the nation, the M72 World Tour’s 2025 itinerary will also include two festival headlines, the first being the opening night of the run April 12 at Sick New World at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. May 9 and 11 will then mark a festival/No Repeat Weekend combo as Metallica plays two headline sets at Sonic Temple at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
- April 12 Las Vegas, NV Sick New World @ Las Vegas Festival Grounds
- April 19 Syracuse, NY JMA Wireless Dome *
- April 24 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre *
- April 26 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre +
- May 1 Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium *
- May 3 Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium +
- May 7 Blacksburg, VA Lane Stadium *
- May 9 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew Stadium
- May 11 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew Stadium
- May 23 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field +
- May 25 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field *
- May 28 Landover, MD Northwest Stadium *
- May 31 Charlotte, NC Bank of America Stadium *
- June 3 Atlanta, GA Mercedes-Benz Stadium *
- June 6 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium +
- June 8 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium *
- June 14 Houston, TX NRG Stadium *
- June 20 Santa Clara, CA Levi's Stadium +
- June 22 Santa Clara, CA Levi's Stadium *
- June 27 Denver, CO Empower Field at Mile High +
- June 29 Denver, CO Empower Field at Mile High *
- * Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies support
- + Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills support
