Thrash metal veterans Metallica are set to make some seismic waves in Music City, announcing a stop on their extended M72 World Tour with a dual-night spectacle at Nashville's Nissan Stadium on May 1 and 3, 2025. The tour, now in its impressive third year, continues to diverge from the rock 'n' roll roadmap with its "No Repeat Weekend" policy, ensuring the setlist for each show is as unique as the screams of their devoted fans. This ensures that die-hard audiophiles flocking to the Nissan Stadium will catch wholly different performances each night, with supporting acts split between Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies for the first show, and Ice Nine Kills and Limp Bizkit fortifying the lineup on the latter date, as reported by WKRN.
In the spirit of giving, Metallica's charitable arm is ensuring tickets do more than just entertain; a portion of proceeds is pledged to their All Within My Hands foundation, which scatters their philanthropy across food insecurity, disaster relief, and career and technical education – to the tune of over $15 million cumulatively raised, information courtesy of WKRN. Music aficionados and presale hawks should circle September 27 in their calendars for general ticket sales, with an earlier shot at snagging passes for Citi cardholders and Verizon customers starting September 24, details of which were shared by Live Nation, Nashville concert-goers will want to move fast, as Metallica's last visit to the state was back in 1996, making this a rare occasion not likely to be witnessed twice.
Not to be left out, the band also confirmed an upstate New York appearance, scheduled to thunder into Syracuse's JMA Wireless Dome with opening gigs from Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies on April 19, 2025, the first since their last show in the city nearly three decades prior, as found on the band's website and highlighted by the Democrat and Chronicle. The M72 World Tour continues to attract with its unique "in-the-round" stage setup, the "Snake Pit," allowing a select number of Metallica aficionados to surround the band and become part of the hardcore heartbeat of the performance, a testament to the band’s enduring draw and their ability to innovate the concert experience for long-time followers and new fans alike.
Synergizing titanic riffs with solid acts, Metallica is not just revisiting cities but reliving the youthful energy that catapulted them into the metal stratosphere, along with introducing their cutting-edge stage antics to a generation that has thrived on streaming and digital albums – but may not yet have witnessed the full throttle of live Metallica. For fans ready to engage with the band's relentless touring machine, WKRN and the Tennessean provide local concert globe details, while those in the Syracuse area can find more information via the Democrat and Chronicle.
