Metallica announced that they are releasing the new album 72 Seasons and embarking on a world tour in support of the album. To celebrate the announcement of the new album and tour, the band released the first single from 72 Seasons, “Lux Æterna.” Metallica’s 72 Seasons is set to hit shelves on April 14, 2023 and its upcoming world tour will run through 2023 and 2024.
“72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents,” singer James Hetfield shared in a statement about the album, per Variety. “A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are. I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world today. Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.”
The full tracklist for 72 Seasons is as follows:
- “72 Seasons”
- “Shadows Follow”
- “Screaming Suicide”
- “Sleepwalk My Life Away”
- “You Must Burn!”
- “Lux Æterna”
- “Crown of Barbed Wire”
- “Chasing Light”
- “If Darkness Had a Son”
- “Too Far Gone?”
- “Room of Mirrors”
- “Inamorata”
Setting their new world tour apart from other outings is that each city the band travels to will see two nights of shows, each with different supporting acts and different setlists.
Tour dates and supporting acts are as follows:
- Thursday, April 27th, 2023 – Amsterdam NL – Johan Cruijff Arena
- Saturday, April 29th, 2023 – Amsterdam NL – Johan Cruijff Arena
- Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 – Paris FR – Stade de France*
- Friday, May 19th, 2023 – Paris FR – Stade de France
- Friday, May 26th, 2023 – Hamburg DE – Volksparkstadion
- Sunday, May 28th, 2023 – Hamburg DE – Volksparkstadion
- Friday, June 16th, 2023 – Gothenburg SE – Ullevi Stadium**
- Sunday, June 18th, 2023 – Gothenburg SE – Ullevi Stadium
- Friday, August 4th, 2023 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
- Sunday, August 6th, 2023 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
- Friday, August 11th, 2023 – Montreal, QC – Stade Olympique
- Sunday, August 13th, 2023 – Montreal, QC – Stade Olympique
- Friday, August 18th, 2023 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium
- Sunday, August 20th, 2023 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium
- Friday, August 25th, 2023 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium
- Sunday, August 27th, 2023 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium
- Friday, September 1st, 2023 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium
- Sunday, September 3rd, 2023 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium
- Friday, November 3rd, 2023 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center
- Sunday, November 5th, 2023 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center
- Friday, November 10th, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field
- Sunday, November 12th, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field
- Friday, May 24th, 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion
- Sunday, May 26th, 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion
- Friday, June 7th, 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium
- Sunday, June 9th, 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium
- Friday, June 14th, 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium
- Sunday, June 16th, 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium
- Friday, July 5th, 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy
- Sunday, July 7th, 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy
- Friday, July 12th, 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano
- Sunday, July 14th, 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano
- Friday, August 2nd, 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
- Sunday, August 4th, 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
- Friday, August 9th, 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
- Sunday, August 11th, 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
- Friday, August 16th, 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium
- Sunday, August 18th, 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium
- Friday, August 23rd, 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
- Sunday, August 25th, 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
- Friday, August 30th, 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field
- Sunday, September 1st, 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field
- Friday, September 20th, 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol***
- Sunday, September 22nd, 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol
- Friday, September 27th, 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol***
- Sunday, September 29th, 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol
Show 1 Support Europe: Architects & Mammoth WVH**
Show 2 Support Europe: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills
*Five Finger Death Punch/Ice Nine Kills play show 1 in Paris, Architects & Mammoth WVH play show 2 in Paris
**Volbeat replaces Architects on show 1 in Gothenburg
Show 1 Support North America: Pantera & Mammoth WVH***
Show 2 Support North America: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills
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