{"id":42605,"date":"2025-04-23T01:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T01:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/42605\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T01:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T01:49:08","slug":"heres-what-metallica-played-as-their-kicked-off-their-2025-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/42605\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what Metallica played as their kicked off their 2025 world tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/metallica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metallica<\/a> kicked off their first show of the year on Saturday (April 19) \u2013 check out the full set list below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The band performed a career-spanning set at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York, with songs from nine of their 10 studio albums being played on the night.<\/p>\n<p>The band opened with classics \u2018Creeping Death\u2019 and \u2018For Whom the Bell Tolls\u2019 and followed with a set full of their greatest hits. <\/p>\n<p>Check out footage and the full set list below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Metallica played:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Creeping Death\u2019<br \/>\u2018For Whom the Bell Tolls\u2019<br \/>\u2018Hit the Lights\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018King Nothing\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Lux \u00c6terna\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Screaming Suicide\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Broken, Beat &amp; Scarred\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018The Day That Never Comes\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Fuel\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Orion\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Nothing Else Matters\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Sad but True\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018One\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Seek &amp; Destroy\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Master of Puppets\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Enter Sandman\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The band will continue performing throughout the summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/2862475\/264167\/4272?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fmetallica-tickets%2Fartist%2F735647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit here for tickets<\/a> and check out the full list of dates below.<\/p>\n<p><b>APRIL: <\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>24 \u2013 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre *<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>26 \u2013 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre +<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>MAY<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>1 \u2013 Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium *<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>3 \u2013Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium +<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>7 \u2013 Blacksburg, VA Lane Stadium *<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>9 \u2013 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew Stadium<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>11 \u2013 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew Stadium<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>23 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field +<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>25 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field *<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>28 \u2013 Landover, MD Northwest Stadium *<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>31 \u2013 Charlotte, NC Bank of America Stadium *<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>JUNE<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>3 \u2013 Atlanta, GA Mercedes-Benz Stadium *<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>6 \u2013 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium +<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>8 \u2013 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium *<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>14 \u2013 Houston, TX NRG Stadium *<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>20 \u2013 Santa Clara, CA Levi\u2019s Stadium +<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>22 \u2013 Santa Clara, CA Levi\u2019s Stadium *<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>27 \u2013 Denver, CO Empower Field at Mile High +<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>29 \u2013 Denver, CO Empower Field at Mile High *<\/b><\/p>\n<p>* Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies support<br \/>+ Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills support<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/metallica-release-first-trailer-for-new-fan-documentary-metallica-saved-my-life-3853235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metallica\u00a0released the first trailer for their new documentary Metallica Saved My Life.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The forthcoming film is set to be screened in cities on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/metallica-add-new-us-dates-to-m72-world-tour-with-support-from-limp-bizkit-and-pantera-3795180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American leg of the band\u2019s \u2018M72\u2019 world tour<\/a>. An official synopsis describes the project as \u201cnot-quite-finished\u201d, and that it \u201cexplores the world of Metallica through the lives of their fans\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The clip, which you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIMQey6JgvK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=f8d075fe-d7bc-412d-a479-5c59889a8140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, features testimonials from various fans talking about what the metal pioneers mean to them, from a survivor of a civil war calling the group as \u201cthe soundtrack to my life\u201d, to the Metallica subculture in Botswana, whose members describe their sound as giving them a \u201clion heart\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The affectionate trailer is punctuated with comments from the band, with drummer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/lars-ulrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lars Ulrich<\/a> saying: \u201cMetallica is all of us together, it belongs to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film is directed by Jonas \u00c5kerlund, a legendary music video director who first worked with the band on the promo for their 1999 version of the traditional Irish song \u2018Whiskey In The Jar\u2019. He also directed the videos for \u2018Telephone\u2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/lady-gaga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady Gaga<\/a> feat. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/beyonce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>, as well as \u2018Ray Of Light\u2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/madonna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madonna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Metallica kicked off their first show of the year on Saturday (April 19) \u2013 check out the full&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,3982,3981,269,453,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-42605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-live-music-news","10":"tag-metal","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-rock","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114384769323823976","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}