Metallica have simply unveiled a slate of 2026 tour dates happening within the U.Ok. and Europe. Assist will range with Gojira and Knocked Loose opening on choose dates in addition to Pantera and Avatar collectively at different stops.
The run, which kicks off rather less than a 12 months any more Might 6, 2026, is break up between single-night performances in sure cities and the No Repeat Weekend twin dates at different venues.
Gojira and Knocked Free will open all the One Evening Solely stops in addition to one of many two No Repeat Weekend dates, with Pantera and Avatar alternating on the No Repeat Weekend stops.
All dates and particulars will be seen additional down the web page. Search for tickets to go on sale beginning Might 30.
Commenting on the honour, Avatar wrote on social media,
Who is aware of the place we’d be if it wasn’t for sure bands in our lives? We will say with one hundred percent certainty that with out METALLICA, there can be no AVATAR (hey, have a look at these two names in the identical sentence!). If John hadn’t damaged his leg, been given a few CDs to go the time, gotten obsessesed [sic], researched Lars Ulrich’s drum set, purchased a @officialtamadrums package and satisfied Jonas to start out a band, Johannes wouldn’t have seen the observe on the lookout for a singer and so forth, and so forth.
Tips on how to even clarify this? No phrases will ever do it justice. We have now no different selection than to indicate you thru our actions. We’ll seize this chance and make you are feeling the identical as we have been made to really feel. It’s like a circle of violence you DON’T need to break.
Let’s deserve this!
And in a recent chat with Loudwire Night radio host Chuck Armstrong, frontman Johannes Eckerstrom confirmed that Avatar’s new album — the successor to 2023’s Dance Satan Dance — will probably be out later this 12 months.
“I really feel like we did one thing that kills Dance Satan Dance as a result of we discovered a recent angle for ourselves … I can not wait to indicate you,” he teased.
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Metallica 2026 Tour Dates
Might 09 — Athens, Olympic Stadium, Greece*
Might 13 — Bucharest, Area Națională, Romania*
Might 19 — Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, Poland*
Might 22 — Frankfurt, Deutsche Financial institution Park, Germany*
Might 24 — Frankfurt, Deutsche Financial institution Park, Germany+
Might 27 — Zurich, Stadion Letzigrund, Switzerland*
Might 30 — Berlin, Olympiastadion, Germany*
June 03 — Bologna, Stadio Renato Dall’Ara, Italy*
June 11 — Budapest, Puskas Area, Hungary+
June 13 — Budapest, Puskas Area, Hungary*
June 19 — Dublin, Avia Stadium, Eire+
June 21 — Dublin, Avia Stadium, Eire*
June 25 — Glasgow, Hampden Park, Scotland*
June 28 — Cardiff, Principality Stadium, Wales*
July 03 — London, London Stadium, UK*
July 05 — London, London Stadium, UK+
* Gojira and Knocked Free help
+ Pantera and Avatar help
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