Metallica Announce Las Vegas Sphere Residency

As anticipated, Metallica has announced that the band will debut its “Life Burns Faster” residency at Sphere in Las Vegas later this 12 months.

The eight-show run will happen on October 1 and three, 15 and 17, 22 and 24, and 29 and 31, 2026 — and can proceed the “No Repeat Weekend” custom that started with the 2023 kick-off of the band’s M72 World Tour, with no songs repeated on every Thursday and Saturday all through the course of the run.

Two-night “No Repeat Weekend” tickets and single-night tickets will go on sale March sixth at 10 am PT.

According to the announcement, the band’s Sphere residency “will see reside staples and surprises spanning the Metallica catalog enhanced by the venue’s immersive applied sciences that can enable followers to expertise the sound and fury of the band’s reside efficiency in new experiential dimensions.

“Whether you’ve seen Metallica from the upper reaches of a stadium or arena, at an intimate club or theater gig or from the famous Snake Pit surrounded by the 360-degree M72 stage, Sphere’s technology, including the world’s highest resolution LED display that wraps up, over and around the audience; Sphere Immersive Sound, which delivers audio with unmatched clarity and precision to every guest; and multi-sensory 4D technology, will present a wholly unique and entirely new Metallica experience for all who attend — including [bandmembers] James, Lars, Kirk and Robert.”

Metallica co-founder/drummer Lars Ulrich commented, “About 12 seconds into the opening night of Sphere with U2 back in ’23, I thought ‘We have to do this, it’s completely uncharted territory!’ This residency gives us another chance to reinvent how we interact with our fans in a live setting. “We are beyond excited to share this with the world in six months time, and way fuckin’ psyched to go next level!”

Metallica “Life Burns Faster at Sphere” is produced by Live Nation and introduced by inKind.