The metal icons touch down in November, 2025 to headline stadium shows with support from Evanescene and Suicidal Tendencies.

The band will play six shows in Australia and New Zealand in November 2025, beginning in Perth in Western Australia on November 1 and visiting Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney before crossing the ditch to wrap things up in Auckland on November 19. Evanescence and Suicidal Tendencies will support at all shows.

Metal giants Metallica will be stopping Down Under as part of their M72 world tour, marking their first Aussie shows in more than 10 years.

Metallica has officially announced that their M72 World Tour will make its way to Australia and New Zealand in November 2025. The tour, which has already hit several countries, will see the Bay Area metal legends performing at stadiums across Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, and Auckland.

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The tour will mark the first time Metallica will hit Aussie shores since the 2013 Soundwave festival, where they headlined along with Linkin Park and Blink-182.It follows a cancelled Australian stadium tour in 2020,