Watch: METALLICA Battles Heavy Rain At Opening Live performance Of 2024 Leg Of ‘M72’ Tour

METALLICA kicked off the 2024 leg of its “M72” tour Friday night time (Might 24) at Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany.

In help of METALLICA‘s newest album, “72 Seasons”, the band has been enjoying two-night, no-repeat reveals in every metropolis— first in Europe , then in North America and now again in Europe — as a part of the “M72” tour. Every live performance sees METALLICA acting on a large ring-shaped stage, with the Snake Pit within the middle, and 4 drum units that are equally spaced out across the round stage so drummer Lars Ulrich can get nearer to the viewers at varied factors within the present.

In Munich, METALLICA opened the present with “Whiplash” and continued with “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “Of Wolf And Man”. The band additionally carried out traditional tracks like “The Reminiscence Stays”, “Fade To Black”, “Nothing Else Issues” and “Grasp Of Puppets”, in addition to three songs from “72 Seasons”: “Lux Æterna”, “Too Far Gone?” and “Shadows Observe”.

The setlist was as follows:

01. Whiplash
02. For Whom The Bell Tolls
03. Of Wolf And Man
04. The Reminiscence Stays
05. Lux Æterna
06. Too Far Gone?
07. Fade To Black
08. Shadows Observe
09. Orion
10. Nothing Else Issues
11. Unhappy However True
12. The Day That By no means Comes
13. Hardwired
14. Gasoline
15. Search & Destroy
16. Grasp Of Puppets

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield spoke about his mindset going into the 2024 leg of “M72”, telling “The Metallica Report”:  ”What I am going into is unknown. I understand how huge the stage is. I do know we have now breaks right here and there. I do know what we’re strolling into. Once we first began with this, with the ‘M72’ stage, within the spherical within the stadium, from between establishing cones, strolling round pondering, ‘Oh, that is how huge the stage is gonna be.’ ‘Oh, that is cool.’ ‘This’ll be nice.’ ‘That is too skinny,’ and this and that. After which, between that point after which really seeing it constructed, the place it is sort of too late, ‘Oh shit, this factor is so huge.’ The anxiousness stage was off the charts initially of the ‘M72’ tour. Like, how are we gonna cowl this stage? And, in fact, my ego saying, ‘Effectively, the opposite guys do not must sing. They do not must run over there. They do not must do all this. And nobody is aware of the woes I’ve and all the concerns.’ However as quickly as I share them with the opposite guys, they’re, like, ‘Yeah, however I bought this and I bought this.’ It is like, ‘Oh, okay. Okay. I need mine again. That is okay.’ So it is a recognized. We all know what we’re up towards and we all know what form we must be in. And it is simply enjoyable. Now it is simply enjoyable. We broke that stage in. It is properly trodden on and it is labored fantastically. And so we simply get to step again into it and do what we do finest.”

Requested if there have been any modifications to the “M72” stage in any respect for the reason that 2023 reveals, Hetfield mentioned: “There have been just a few issues right here and there which have modified — further microphones, no matter screens that we’d like. And that is typical on any stage, although. The lighting tends to point out issues that you do not see earlier than: ‘Yeah, we have to drape that off’ or no matter it might be, simply issues to make it higher. Identical to something we do, you wanna enhance on it. In order that that was the primary couple months of the primary touring with the ‘M72’ stage.”

Relating to how he prepares for a METALLICA tour, particularly with regards to performing round 32 songs at every cease on the continuing “M72” trek, Hetfield mentioned: “Clearly, earlier than heading out on tour, sitting there, making an attempt to recollect the myriad of fairly superior songs we have now, after which simply trusting that when we get collectively, it is, like, ‘Oh, yeah.’ It is muscle reminiscence. However, yeah, over the past month, I’ll say that the traditional factor occurs the place I begin to doubt myself. I begin to really feel insecure that, ‘Whoa, we’re previous. We will not do that,’ and blah, blah, blah, all that bullshit that everybody tells themselves earlier than they go into one thing that they care about and is necessary. So having the nightmares of, ‘I am the one one who cares about what we’re doing right here. The place is everyone?’ I present up on the gig. Everybody’s goofing off or there’s 200 folks backstage. And the place’s my stuff? The place’s the setlist? What songs are we doing? After which typical issues just like the guitar neck is manufactured from rubber, and there is solely two strings on it. And the place’s my roadie? And the guitar wire will not let me get to the microphone. You realize, foolish stuff like that that has to occur, and I do not freak out over it. All you do is you apply and that comes again fairly shortly.”

After Munich, METALLICA will proceed touring all through Europe for the primary a part of summer season, with stops in Italy, Spain, Denmark, Norway, France and Poland, amongst others. One other spherical of North American dates will start on August 2 in Foxborough, Massachusetts, with stops in Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle and Edmonton. METALLICA will shut out the 2024 touring season with 4 reveals in Mexico Metropolis on the finish of September.

Based on Billboard, METALLICA‘s manufacturing travels in 87 vans — 45 for the band and its setup, plus two teams of 21 every for the metal stage and towers. There are 130 folks within the band’s crew, plus 40 steelworkers, native hires and truck drivers.

METALLICA‘s supervisor Cliff Burnstein advised Billboard that between 80% and 90% of followers at every live performance attend each reveals.

The “M72” tour launched in late April 2023 in Amsterdam.

Opening acts embrace FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, ICE NINE KILLS, MAMMOTH WVH, PANTERA, ARCHITECTS, GRETA VAN FLEET and VOLBEAT.

A portion of proceeds from the reveals go to METALLICA‘s All Inside My Arms basis, which seeks to help and enrich the lives of members of the communities who’ve supported the band and fight meals insecurity; offers catastrophe reduction; and bestows scholarships.