Photos, Video and Set List

Metallica kicked off their 2024 tour with an emphatic efficiency in Munich, Germany on Could 24.

The live performance formally launched the most recent leg of Metallica’s M72 World tour. The trek, which started in April 2023, sees the metallic giants taking part in two nights at every cease, with utterly completely different set lists from one efficiency to the subsequent.

In Munich, Metallica got here out of the gates firing with “Whiplash,” the highly effective lead single from their 1983 debut album Kill ‘em All (see a clip of the opening tune within the tweet under). The band adopted with certainly one of their best-loved tunes, “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” earlier than delivering a rarity, “Of Wolf and Man.” The latter tune, launched on Metallica’s eponymous 1991 LP (generally known as the Black Album), hadn’t beforehand been carried out throughout the M72 tour and was final performed in 2021.

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Different set highlights included traditional tracks like “The Reminiscence Stays,” Fade to Black,” “Nothing Else Issues” and “Grasp of Puppets.” The Munich gig additionally featured the stay debut of “Room of Mirrors,” an album reduce from Metallica’s 2023 album 72 Seasons.

See photos and the complete set checklist from Metallica’s tour-opening live performance under.

When Will Metallica Be Again in America?

Metallica will persevering with touring all through Europe for the primary a part of summer season, with stops in Spain, Denmark, France and Poland all on the schedule.

The group will return Stateside in August and start a run of North American dates, starting Aug. 2 with a cease in Foxborough, Massachusetts. From there, Metallica will wind its approach throughout the U.S. and Canada, together with stops in Chicago, Seattle and Edmonton. They’re scheduled to wrap their 2024 touring with three reveals in Mexico Metropolis on the finish of September.

Metallica, Olympiastadion, Munich, Could 24, 2024 Set Listing

1. “Whiplash”
2. “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
3. “Of Wolf and Man”
4. “The Reminiscence Stays”
5. “Lux Æterna”
6. “Too Far Gone?”
7. “Fade to Black”
8. “Shadows Observe”
9. “Nothing Else Issues”
10. “Harvester of Sorrow”
11. “Room of Mirrors”
12. “To Reside Is to Die”
13. “Hardwired”
14. “Gasoline”
15. “Search & Destroy”
16. “Grasp of Puppets”