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Metallica has confirmed the title and release date of its forthcoming 12th studio album: 72 Seasons will be available April 14, 2023 via the band’s own Blackened Recordings. Produced by Greg Fidelman with Hetfield & Ulrich, and clocking in at over 77 minutes, the 12-track 72 Seasons is Metallica’s first full length collection of new material since 2016’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. The album will be released in formats including 2LP 140g black vinyl and limited edition variants, CD and digital—for a full listing of configurations, pre-orders and further information, go to metallica.com/72-seasons-info.

72 Seasons is heralded by first single “Lux Æterna”, a short, sharp blast that distills 40 years of Metallica into three and a half minutes. “Lux Æterna” is available now to stream and download, and as an instant grat track with all pre-orders of 72 Seasons. To watch the “Lux Æterna” video, directed by Tim Saccenti.

Speaking on the concept of the album title, James Hetfield said: “72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told ‘who we are’ by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are. I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world today. Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry.”

The complete track listing for 72 Seasons is:

72 Seasons

Shadows Follow

Screaming Suicide

Sleepwalk My Life Away

You Must Burn!

Lux Æterna

Crown of Barbed Wire

Chasing Light

If Darkness Had a Son

Too Far Gone?

Room of Mirrors

Inamorata

Today also marks the announcement of every Metallica show booked through 2023 and 2024: Presented worldwide by Liquid Death and Blackened American Whiskey (in North America only) and promoted by Live Nation, Metallica’s M72 world tour will see the band playing two nights in every city it visits—with each No Repeat Weekend featuring two completely different setlists and support lineups. The M72 tour will feature a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed Metallica Snake Pit to center stage, as well as the I Disappear full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16 years of age. Two-day tickets will be on sale Friday, December 2^nd at ticketmaster.com and will include the option of pre-ordering 72 Seasons vinyl and/or CD. Single day tickets will be available beginning January 20th. For further information including fan club presales, enhanced experiences and more, go to metallica.com/m72-info.

A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to the band’s All Within My Hands foundation. Founded in 2017, AWMH’s efforts to assist and enrich the lives of members of the communities who have supported the band have raised nearly $13 million – providing $5.9 million in grants to career and technical education programs in the US, over $2.5 million to combat food insecurity, and more than $3.2 million to disaster relief efforts worldwide.

Citi is the official card of the M72 tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in North America beginning Wednesday, November 30th at 2:00pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program.  For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com

METALLICA

M72 WORLD TOUR 2023-2024

Thursday, April 27 2023                 Amsterdam NL         Johan Cruijff Arena
Saturday, April 29 2023                  Amsterdam NL         Johan Cruijff Arena

Wednesday, May 17 2023             Paris FR                   Stade de France*                 
Friday, May 19 2023                       Paris FR                   Stade de France
Friday, May 26 2023                       Hamburg DE             Volksparkstadion
Sunday, May 28 2023                     Hamburg DE             Volksparkstadion
Friday, June 16 2023                      Gothenburg SE        Ullevi Stadium**
Sunday, June 18 2023                    Gothenburg SE        Ullevi Stadium

Friday, August 4 2023                     East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium
Sunday, August 6 2023                  East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium
Friday, August 11 2023                   Montreal, QC            Olympique Stadium
Sunday, August 13 2023                Montreal, QC            Olympique Stadium
Friday, August 18 2023                   Arlington, TX             AT&T Stadium
Sunday, August 20 2023                Arlington, TX             AT&T Stadium
Friday, August 25 2023                   Inglewood, CA          SoFi Stadium
Sunday, August 27 2023                Inglewood, CA          SoFi Stadium
Friday, September 1 2023              Glendale, AZ             State Farm Stadium

Sunday, September 3, 2023          Glendale, AZ             State Farm Stadium
Friday, November 3, 2023              St. Louis, MO            Dome at America’s Center
Sunday, November 5, 2023           St. Louis, MO            Dome at America’s Center
Friday, November 10, 2023           Detroit, MI                  Ford Field
Sunday, November 12, 2023         Detroit, MI                  Ford Field

Friday, May 24 2024                       Munich DE                Olympiastadion
Sunday, May 26 2024                     Munich DE                Olympiastadion
Friday, June 7 2024                         Helsinki FI                 Olympic Stadium
Sunday, June 9 2024                      Helsinki FI                 Olympic Stadium
Friday, June 14 2024                      Copenhagen DK      Parken Stadium
Sunday, June 16 2024                    Copenhagen DK      Parken Stadium
Friday, July 5 2024                          Warsaw PL                PGE Narodowy
Sunday, July 7 2024                        Warsaw PL                PGE Narodowy
Friday, July 12 2024                        Madrid ES                 Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano
Sunday, July 14 2024                     Madrid ES                 Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano

Friday, August 2 2024                     Foxborough, MA      Gillette Stadium

Sunday, August 4 2024                  Foxborough, MA      Gillette Stadium

Friday, August 9 2024                     Chicago, IL                Soldier Field

Sunday, August 11 2024                Chicago, IL                Soldier Field

Friday, August 16 2024                   Minneapolis, MN      US Bank Stadium

Sunday, August 18 2024                Minneapolis, MN      US Bank Stadium

Friday, August 23 2024                   Edmonton, AB          Commonwealth Stadium

Sunday, August 25 2024                Edmonton, AB          Commonwealth Stadium

Friday, August 30 2024                   Seattle, WA               Lumen Field

Sunday, September 1 2024           Seattle, WA               Lumen Field

Friday, September 20 2024           Mexico City MX        Foro Sol***

Sunday, September 22 2024         Mexico City MX        Foro Sol

Friday, September 27 2024           Mexico City MX        Foro Sol***

Sunday, September 29 2024         Mexico City MX        Foro Sol

Show 1 Support Europe: Architects & Mammoth WVH**

Show 2 Support Europe: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills

*Five Finger Death Punch/Ice Nine Kills play show 1 in Paris, Architects & Mammoth WVH play show 2 in Paris 

**Volbeat replaces Architects on show 1 in Gothenburg

Show 1 Support North America: Pantera & Mammoth WVH***

Show 2 Support North America: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills

***Greta Van Fleet replaces Pantera on show 1 both weekends in Mexico City