Metallica announce residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere

Metal legends Metallica have announced the debut of their Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. A total of eight shows have been scheduled for October 1 and 3, 15 and 17, 22 and 24, and 29 and 31, 2026. The run will continue their “No Repeat Weekend” tradition — which began during the band’s 2023 M72 World Tour — featuring completely different setlists with no songs repeated between each Thursday and Saturday show throughout the residency.

“Two-night No Repeat Weekend tickets and single-night tickets will go on sale March 6th at 10am PT,” states a press release. “To register for tickets or for further information regarding pre-sales, enhanced experiences, travel packages and more, visit metallica.lnk.to/MetallicaSphere”

They add, “Metallica’s standing at the vanguard of new and unique live experiences has seen the band play to millions of fans across all seven continents in every shape and size of venue imaginable. Their current M72 World Tour has played to more than 4 million fans from Europe and North America to the Pacific Rim and Middle East since its spring 2023 kick-off, its performances and production universally hailed as among the best of Metallica’s 40+ years of traversing the globe.”

They continue with, “The band’s Sphere residency will see live staples and surprises spanning the Metallica catalog enhanced by the venue’s immersive technologies that will allow fans to experience the sound and fury of the band’s live performance 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 famed 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 James, Lars, Kirk and Robert.”

Metallica’s Sphere residency is presented in part by live entertainment giant Live Nation and inKind, a dining rewards app that offers perks and deals at thousands of restaurants.

Closing out, Metallica co-founder/drummer Lars Ulrich says, “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!”