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After months of rumors, Metallica confirms the band will debut its Life Burns Faster residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas this October.
Today, following months of rumors and speculation, Metallica and the Las Vegas Sphere confirmed that the band will debut its “Life Burns Faster” residency at the venue.
The highly anticipated eight show run will take place on October 1 and 3, 15 and 17, 22 and 24, and 29 and 31, continuing the “No Repeat Weekend” tradition that began with Metallica’s 2023 world tour. Two-night “No Repeat Weekend” tickets and single-night tickets will go on sale on March 6 at 10 AM PT.
The band’s Sphere residency will see live staples and surprises spanning the Metallica catalog, enhanced by the venue’s immersive technologies to allow fans to experience the band’s live performance like never before. Sphere’s tech, which includes the world’s highest-resolution LED display that wraps up, over, and around the audience; Sphere Immersive Sound; and multi-sensory 4D technology, promises to present a unique Metallica experience for new and lifelong fans alike.
Metallica’s at the vanguard of new and unique live experiences has seen the band play to millions of fans across the globe in every size of venue imaginable. Their M72 World Tour has played to more than 4 million fans from Europe and North America to the Pacific Rim and the Middle East since its kickoff in Spring 2023. Shows from the tour have been hailed as among the best of Metallica’s storied 40-plus year career.
“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,” shared Metallica co-founder and drummer Lars Ulrich. “We are beyond excited to share this with the world in six months’ time, and way fuckin’ psyched to go next level!”
“Life Burns Faster” at the Sphere is produced by Live Nation and presented by inKind, which rewards diners with special offers and credit when they use the inKind app to pay at participating restaurants nationwide. inKind also provides financing to participating restaurants in a way that aims to enable new levels of sustainability.
