Metallica announces 2027 M72 World Tour, here's how to get tickets - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

The tour kicks off May 8 in Vancouver and works its way through a dozen North American cities, including San Diego, Kansas City, Indianapolis and Buffalo before circling back through West Texas. For metal fans in Lubbock who don't want to wait until 2027, the band has something sooner. In 2026, months ahead of the full tour, Metallica starts a 24-show residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

Special guests on select tour dates include Limp Bizkit and Avatar, so the openers alone are pulling in a mix of crowds. The Vegas residency comes with a twist too. Metallica is billing it as "No Repeat Weekends," meaning every single show gets its own setlist instead of the band running the same production night after night.

For anyone in Lubbock weighing a road trip, El Paso is the practical option, a straight shot down I-20 instead of a flight to Vegas or a haul to Kansas City. The Sphere residency will likely draw plenty of Texans willing to make the longer trip too, given how much buzz that venue has generated since it opened.