Metallica announce 2026 UK & Ireland tour and reveal stacked support line-up
The M72 World Tour continues for a fourth year
Metallica have announced a 16-date European stadium tour for summer 2026, including six huge concerts in the UK and Ireland.
Extending their blockbuster M72 World Tour into a fourth year, the UK & Ireland leg opens with two No Repeat Weekend shows at Dublin Aviva Stadium on Friday 19th and Sunday 21st June 2026.
Metallica then play standalone concerts at Glasgow Hampden Park on Thursday 25th June and Cardiff Principality Stadium on Sunday 28th June, before performing two colossal shows at London Stadium on Friday 3rd and Sunday 5th July.
Prior to the sextet of UK and Ireland concerts, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett perform mainland Europe gigs in Athens, Bucharest, Chorzow, Frankfurt, Zurich, Berlin, Bologna and Budapest.
All concerts will be performed In The Round, and Metallica will be bringing over their jaw-dropping full production to all dates.
Metallica’s support acts:
The No Repeat Weekend shows in Dublin and London will feature two completely different setlists over two nights, and two different support bills.
Pantera and Avatar play the Friday in Dublin and Sunday in London, while Gojira and Knocked Loose open proceedings on Sunday in Dublin and Friday in London.
Metallica’s Glasgow and Cardiff gigs will both boast Gojira and Knocked Loose as the support acts.
Metallica UK tour tickets:
Two-night tickets for Metallica’s No Repeat Weekends and tickets for the single-night engagements go on sale from Aloud.com at 10am on Friday 30th May.
As always, a portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities via the band’s All Within My Hands foundation.
Since its inception in 2017, Metallica have donated $11.4 million in grants to career and technical education programs, $7.4 million to combat food insecurity, and more than $4.7 million to disaster relief efforts.
Metallica’s last UK shows took place in June 2023 when they performed a No Repeat Weekend at Download Festival.
They’re also one of the many acts on the line-up at Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning concert at Birmingham Villa Park on Saturday 5th July 2025.
Metallica’s UK & Ireland tour dates:
JUNE 2026
Dublin Aviva Stadium – Fri 19th (w/ Pantera and Avatar)
Dublin Aviva Stadium – Sun 21st (w/ Gojira and Knocked Loose)
Glasgow Hampden Park – Thu 25th (w/ Gojira and Knocked Loose)
Cardiff Principality Stadium – Sun 28th (w/ Gojira and Knocked Loose)
JULY 2026
London Stadium – Fri 3rd (w/ Gojira and Knocked Loose)
London Stadium – Sun 5th (w/ Pantera and Avatar)
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25 rock stars when they were children, including Lars Ulrich:
Mick Jagger
A school photo of a 9-year-old Mick Jagger in 1951 at Wentworth Junior County Primary School in his home town Dartford
Rod Stewart
Roderick David Stewart aged 8 in 1953.
Charlie Watts
Charles Robert Watts – Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts - aged 2 with his mother Lillian and father Charles in Trafalgar Square in 1943.
Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner – aka Sting – aged 10 at his home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1961.
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (Ronnie Wood) aged 4 in 1951, taken at his home in Whitehorn Avenue, Yiewsley, West London.
Bob Dylan
A childhood photo of Robert Allen Zimmerman – Bob Dylan – aged 2 in 1943.
Iggy Pop
Punk legend James Newell Osterberg Jr. – Iggy Pop – aged 18 months in 1948.
Paul McCartney
Future Beatles icon James Paul McCartney, nowadays known as Paul, aged 8 in Liverpool in 1950.
Janis Joplin
Late-great rock icon Janis Joplin aged 9 in 1952. She died just 18 years later.
David Bowie
A seven-year-old David Jones, soon to be known as David Bowie, in Bromley, London in 1954.
Neil Young
Feted rocker Neil Young as a young boy, aged 11 in 1956.
Jim Morrison
The Doors' Jim Morrison, aged 15, in his high school yearbook photo in 1958.
Bono
A one-year-old Paul David Hewson – future U2 frontman Bono – at his home in Dublin in 1961.
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad – aka Billy Idol – aged 10 in 1965.
Bruce Springsteen
16-year-old Bruce Springsteen in his high school yearbook photo in 1965.
Chrissie Hynde
The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde aged 17 in her high school yearbook in 1968.
Larry Mullen Jr
U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr aged 13 in 1974.
Freddie Mercury
An eight-month-old Farrokh Bulsara – future Queen frontman Freddie Mercury – at his home in Zanzibar.
Debbie Harry
Blondie's Debbie Harry aged 17 in her high school yearbook photo in 1962.
Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich, the son of Danish tennis player Torben Ulrich, accompanies his father to Wimbledon in June 1966. Lars was two-and-a-half at the time.
Tina Turner
17-year-old Anna Mae Bullock, rock icon Tina Turner, in her high school yearbook photo in 1956.
Jack Black
Tenacious D rocker and acting legend, Jack Black, aged 16 in 1985.
Tom Petty
17-year-old Tom Petty as seen in his 1967 Gainesville High School yearbook photo. © Alamy
Elvis Presley
The King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley, aged 5 in 1940.
Jimi Hendrix
A three-year-old Johnny Allen Hendrix with his dad Al in late 1945. When he was four in 1946 – a year after the above photo was taken – Johnny was renamed James 'Jimmy' Marshall Hendrix after his dad and Al's late brother Leon Marshall Hendrix.
John Lydon
The Sex Pistols' John Lydon – aka Johnny Rotten – aged 7 in 1964.
Sid Vicious
Simon John Ritchie - aka future Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious - aged 12 in 1969.
Ian Curtis
A five-year-old Ian Curtis in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1961.