Metallica is bringing its massive M72 World Tour to Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh on Wednesday, June 2, and the show will unfold on a one-of-a-kind stage built right into the middle of the field. Limp Bizkit and Avatar are set to open, and the Raleigh date stands as the band's only North Carolina stop among the newly announced tour dates.
The production puts the stage in the round at the 50-yard line, with a central Snake Pit offering fans a complete 360-degree view of the show, according to Metallica.com. That center stage design has become the signature of the M72 tour, and per the band's own tour page, the Raleigh stop will use the same setup fans have seen elsewhere on the run, at Carter-Finley Stadium at 4600 Trinity Road in West Raleigh, according to the News & Observer.
Who's Opening and What the Stadium Holds
Special guests Limp Bizkit and Avatar will open the show, according to GoPack.com. Carter-Finley Stadium has a capacity of 56,919, per Carter-Finley Stadium's own site, making it one of the larger venues on Metallica's newly expanded 2027 North American schedule.
The same GoPack.com report notes that a variety of premium seating opportunities will also be available for the Raleigh date. Fans chasing an up-close night can look at Enhanced Experiences that may include early entry, a meet and greet with band members, stage tours, Snake Pit passes, or an exclusive pre-show gathering in the Black Box Lounge.
Ticket Timeline and Charity Tie-In
Metallica's Fan Club presale for M72 World Tour 2027 tickets began Monday, and general sales are scheduled to open Friday at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets, including parking passes, are set to go on sale to the general public that same Friday at 10 a.m., the Raleigh show. Fans can find tickets at gopack.evenue.net/events/met.
A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities through the band's foundation, All Within My Hands, per the same source. Concertgoers can also buy parking passes online ahead of the show.
Getting to the Stadium
Carter-Finley Stadium has a nearby GoRaleigh bus stop and rideshare drop-off area for fans looking to skip the parking lot altogether. N.C. State University has urged drivers to allow extra time on Carter-Finley concert days, a caution that carries weight given that heavy traffic caused some fans to miss a Chris Brown show at the venue last year.
The show also fits into a much bigger picture for Metallica. The band says it has played 99 M72 shows across 26 countries since the tour launched in April 2023, and separately, drawing close to five million attendees in that span, according to AXS.tv. Metallica has added 12 additional North American shows for 2027, though Yes Weekly's rundown of the newly announced dates lists eight stadium stops, a discrepancy the available reporting does not resolve.
Unlike earlier legs of the tour, which often featured two-night No Repeat Weekends at the same venue, the newly announced 2027 dates are single-show stops, per AXS.tv. That North American leg is scheduled to kick off May 8 at BC Place in Vancouver and wrap up June 19 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.
A Return to Raleigh
Metallica last played Raleigh in January 2019 at what was then known as the PNC Arena, now Lenovo Center, and the band's history with the city stretches back to a 1992 show at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, according to WRAL. The move to an outdoor stadium setting, and the in-the-round staging that comes with it, marks a notably different scale for the band's Triangle-area fans than either of those earlier visits.
