Metallica to release footage from world tour in movie theaters

SAN FRANCISCO — Metallica and Trafalgar Releasing have revealed a brand-new event trailer for the upcoming “Metallica: M72 World Tour Live From Arlington, TX — A Two Night Event,” featuring footage captured throughout the band’s European tour stops this summer.

Presented in cinemas worldwide, this unprecedented global theatrical event brings Metallica’s M72 World Tour live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, to the big screen live in cinemas in the U.S., Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela on Aug. 18 and Aug. 20 at 9:15 p.m. with encore showings on Aug. 19 and Aug. 21 at 9 p.m.

Movie audiences in all other exhibiting countries, including throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania, will view the concerts on Aug. 19 and Aug. 21 as best suited for local time zones. For the most detailed exhibition times and dates by location, visit metallica.film.

The worldwide cinematic event presents Metallica fans with a unique opportunity to experience — or relive — the band’s acclaimed M72 World Tour. A special event T-shirt created by the band to mark the occasion can be purchased from https://metallica.lnk.to/LiveInCinemasTShirtTr.

“Metallica: M72 World Tour Live From Arlington, TX — A Two Night Event” will see the band playing two nights with two completely different setlists, with songs from across the group’s 40-plus-year career, ranging from 1983’s debut “Kill ‘Em All” to 2023’s new release “72 Seasons.” Fans won’t see the same song twice for a total of more than 30 songs across both nights.

The M72 tour features a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed Metallica Snake Pit to center stage so that fans will have a complete 360 view of the show. With a state-of-the-art multicamera set up, you will feel like you’re right in the middle of the action, no matter where you are in the world.

Hailed as “some of the deepest, hardest-hitting music of their career” (Rolling Stone), Metallica’s “72 Seasons” was released April 14 via the band’s own Blackened Recordings. Produced by Greg Fidelman with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, and clocking in at more than 77 minutes, the 12-track “72 Seasons” is Metallica’s first full-length collection of new material since 2016’s “Hardwired … To Self-Destruct.” For album orders and further information, go to https://www.metallica.com/store/72-seasons/.

Formed in 1981 by vocalist/guitarist Hetfield and drummer Ulrich, Metallica have become one of the most influential and successful rock bands in history, selling nearly 120 million albums worldwide and generating more than 15 billion streams while playing to millions of fans on all seven continents. Metallica’s catalog of multi-platinum studio albums includes “Kill ‘Em All,” “Ride the Lightning,” “Master of Puppets,” “… And Justice for All,” Metallica (commonly referred to as The Black Album), “Load,” “Reload,” “St. Anger,” “Death Magnetic,” “Hardwired … to Self-Destruct,” and the new “72 Seasons.”

Metallica’s awards and accolades include nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, multiple MTV Video Music Awards, a 2009 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Sweden’s Polar Music Prize. In 2017, Metallica established the “All Within My Hands Foundation” to give back to communities that have supported the band. To date, All Within My Hands’ collective efforts have raised nearly $12 million — providing $5.9 million in grants to career and technical education programs, over $2.5 million to combat food insecurity, and more than $3.3 million to disaster relief efforts.

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