Metallica announce HUGE summer shows next year in Dublin
Last updated 22nd May 2025
Metallica has just announced that they're bringing their record-breaking M72 World Tour to Europe next summer, with not one but two dates in Ireland.
📍 Aviva Stadium Dublin, 19 & 21 June 2026
Since opening April 2023 in Amsterdam, M72 has seen Metallica play to some four million fans.
The M72 World Tour’s 2026 itinerary will continue the hallowed No Repeat Weekend tradition, with each night of the two-show stands featuring entirely different setlists and support lineups.
M72 2026 will also feature several single shows bringing the tour’s full production, with its massive in-the-round stage, to cities including Athens (May 9), Bucharest (May 13), Chorzów (May 19), Zurich (May 27), Berlin (May 30), Bologna (June 3), Glasgow (June 25) and Cardiff (June 28).
Support on M72’s 2025 European/UK run will come from Gojira, Pantera, Knocked Loose and Avatar.
Variously hailed as “an altogether life-affirming experience” (Billboard), "undeniably epic” (Metal Hammer), "a stone-cold stunner of a show” (Detroit News), "triumphant” (Kerrang!) and “as tight and furious as Metallica has sounded in ages” (Los Angeles Times), M72 continues to amaze fans and critics alike.
As always, a portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities via the band’s All Within My Hands foundation.
Established in 2017 as a way to give back to communities that have supported Metallica over the years, All Within My Hands has raised over $20 million since inception – providing $11.4 million in grants to career and technical education programs including the ground-breaking Metallica Scholars Initiative, now in its seventh year, over $7.4 million to combat food insecurity, more than $4.7 million to disaster relief efforts.
How to get tickets:
Two-night tickets for the newly announced No Repeat Weekends and tickets for the single-night engagements will be on sale May 30th at 10 AM local time.
Fan club pre-sales begin May 27 at 11 AM local time. For further information, enhanced experiences, travel packages and more, go to http://metallica.lnk.to/M72WorldTour2026
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