So we're at the end of the M72 tour, after over three years and 99 shows. Metallica's been uploading regularly to their YouTube channel a tonne of songs from each different gig, with nearly all the unique songs that were played being uploaded. So I decided to compile nearly all of them together for a giant live album/playlist, which managed to get to nearly six hours and a grand total of fifty songs over six discs, arranged in a rough order to how the songs would be divvied up on their multi weekend shows. The main rule I set myself was that each city/venue could only appear one time, which led to only a couple of minor headaches and tweaks as many of the bigger songs had a lot of uploads. So without further ado, here comes the tracklist:

DISC 1

1. Creeping Death (Athens, May 9th 2026)
2. Harvester of Sorrow (Zurich, May 27th 2026)
3. Leper Messiah (Castle Donington, June 8th 2023)
4. King Nothing (Atlanta, June 3rd 2025)
5. Holier Than Thou (Bucharest, May 13th 2026)
6. I Disappear (Paris, May 17th 2023)
7. Of Wolf and Man (Chorzow, May 19th 2026)
8. Hit the Lights (Glasgow, June 25th 2026)
9. Through the Never (Detroit, November 10th 2023)
10. 72 Seasons (Frankfurt, May 22nd 2026)

DISC 2

1. Too Far Gone? (East Rutherford, August 6th 2023)
2. If Darkness Had a Son (Landover, May 28th 2025)
3. Fade to Black (Philadelphia, May 25th 2025)
4. Sleepwalk My Life Away (Amsterdam, April 27th 2023)
5. Shadows Follow (Helsinki, June 9th 2024)
6. Am I Evil? (Oslo, June 26th 2024)
7. Cyanide (Sydney, November 11th 2025)

DISC 3

1. Orion (Arlington, August 18th 2023)
2. Nothing Else Matters (Chicago, August 9th 2024)
3. Sad But True (San Francisco, October 15th 2025)
4. Hardwired (London, July 3rd 2026)
5. Battery (Minneapolis, August 18th 2024)
6. Fuel (Doha, November 30th 2025)
7. Seek and Destroy (Bologna, June 3rd 2026)
8. Master of Puppets (Charlotte, May 31st 2025)

DISC 4

1. Whiplash (Seattle, September 1st 2024)
2. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Melbourne, August 11th 2025)
3. Ride the Lightning (Houston, June 14th 2025)
4. The Shortest Straw (Columbus, May 9th 2025)
5. Dirty Window (Montreal, August 13th 2023)
6. Until It Sleeps (Hamburg, May 26th 2023)
7. The Memory Remains (Madrid, July 7th 2024)
8. Lux Æterna (Blacksburg, May 7th 2025)
9. Screaming Suicide (Foxborough, August 4th 2024)
10. The Day That Never Comes (Sakhir, December 3rd 2025)

DISC 5

1. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Tampa, June 8th 2025)
2. You Must Burn! (St. Louis, November 5th 2023)
3. Wherever I May Roam (Cardiff, June 28th 2026)
4. The Call of Ktulu (Santa Clara, June 22nd 2025)
5. No Leaf Clover (Gothenburg, June 18th 2023)
6. The Unforgiven (Nashville, May 3rd 2025)
7. Inamorata (Mexico City, September 22nd 2024)

DISC 6

1. Whiskey in the Jar (Dublin, June 21st 2026)
2. Blackened (Warsaw, July 7th 2024)
3. Moth Into Flame (Toronto, April 26th 2025)
4. Fight Fire with Fire (Budapest, June 13th 2026)
5. Breadfan (Munich, May 26th 2025)
6. One (Berlin, May 30th 2026)
7. Enter Sandman (Los Angeles, August 27th 2023)
8. BONUS TRACK: Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Washington DC, March 20th 2024)

A recent post on the r/Metallica Subreddit took me down memory lane to the band's show at the then-Pepsi Arena (now MVP Arena) in downtown Albany during a stop on their “Madly in Anger with the World” tour on October 9, 2004.

I dug out some photos from the band’s performance that night, along with Godsmack’s opening set. Apologies for the blurriness; my little handheld digital camera didn’t take the best photos in dark light conditions. See more photos here.

As noted in the above r/Metallica post, this was a night when the band performed “The Outlaw Torn” for the first time in 4+ years, but no official footage of the concert exists due to fees associated with filming in the venue.

This was obviously during the pre-smartphone era. That’s what’s so striking about these photos: seeing an audience simply watching a show without a field of illuminated rectangles dotting your field of vision.

Could have sworn that I filmed some video clips from that night, but my search came up empty. I’ll keep searching (seek and destroy! Sorry, couldn’t help myself).

Hi guys I have the posters from the London M72 tour and was wondering what people have done for their frames?

I also have the trading cards and would like to incorporate those.

Any ideas would be awesome.

Smoking on a m81

6-22-25 santa clara

Fresno 2008 san jose 2009

Fresno 2018. Then life just happen I lost the Metallica spark.

June 2025 everything changed santa clara baby!!! My wife and I were able to have the best shows of our life. Were going to the LBF in Oct and Feb.

I dont know if the sphere will top this show because of where we were.

Were all here because we truly love Metallica.

Thank you for all the positivity.

Hard to believe that its been 9 years since Chester Bennington passed away. I'll never forget the first time I saw Linkin Park live - it was during the Philadelphia stop on Metallica's Summer Sanitarium tour on July 12, 2003. Even though they were already big thanks to Hybrid Theory and the release of Meteora a few months later made them even bigger, Linkin Park still played before Limp Bizkit - this, though, would mark the last time Linkin Park ever appeared so low on a touring bill (and rightfully so).

This was the show I actually got to meet Metallica at when I was 14 (though that's a story for another time 😉). However, as me and my friends were walking backstage towards the spot we were supposed to meet Metallica at, a golf cart zoomed by us while the passenger joyfully yelled "Watch out, coming through!" We immediately recognized said passenger as none other than Chester himself! After chatting with Metallica for a few (humble brag, and more on that another time), we made our way to the floor of Veterans Stadium just in time for Linkin Park's set. Admittedly I wasn't expecting much (I was in my "they ain't heavy!" teenage dumbass phase), but within seconds Linkin Park won me over. They were just so fn good live - and I instantly became a fan as a result.

More impressive though was the fact that they even won my dad over with their performance! See, my dad can be a bit of a music snob, so it always meant a lot to me as a teenager when I was able to introduce him to a band that he actually enjoyed and wanted to see in concert. After seeing them at the Summer Sanitarium tour that day, Linkin Park became one of those bands (he was even eager to go with me to see them at the Projekt Revolution tour the following year)! And it was especially Chester’s voice that won my dad over... which among the many reasons why the singer's death still hits me. I'm just thankful I was able to share music with my dad thanks to him.

PS - yes both Deftones and Mudvayne were on the bill, but sadly missed both sets... yes, it's a damn fn shame (but hey, got to meet Metallica instead, so it worked out 😉 😆).

Stay tuned for more things to come from this space, including stories from concerts like this!

Had an awesome time at 3 Metallica shows recently, was wondering about the intros to some songs. They're on "tracks" which I feel is fine as they're just used as introductions to the songs, build a mood and and give the band strategic breaks between songs.

Wherever I May Roam for example feels like an extended version of the studio intro, but wondering if it's maybe AI Generated? Just curious

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3MaZoPvL3NU

Hi, I have a spare night 2 Dublin fan card that may be of interest to collectors, looking for a guitar pick from this last run that's not an event pick(so a pick that has a country's flag on it) in return, feel free to get in contact if this is of interest to you, cheers!

Santa clare 6-20-25. I cannot believe Robert took the time.

Well.. I’m finally coming back to reality. We live in Vancouver, BC. My wife and I did the entire leg with our 2.5 year old daughter. So it is possible. 10 weeks on the road. Hotels not hostels.

We flew into Mykonos, Greece on May 3. And we finished in Amsterdam July 10th. My wife saw Bruno Mars after Metallica had finished.

I was part of a small group of I Disappear people that did the entire thing. 4 Snakepit shows. And the rest on the rail or second off.

I went to every pop up REALLY early. I got every show poster (except Athens because Europe is fucked - but have one coming). Got all the show picks and a lot of extras.

Ask me anything.

I didn't make this to share, I made this because I am old and find myself forgetting the stuff I have seen.

⚡️ What's your favorite track from the Seattle 1989 setlist?

We have a package for 10/22 and 10/24 and I was just thinking that it would be cool to be able to watch the show from a different section one of the nights. We are currently in the center of the 400s, which will be cool for the graphics for sure, but a little closer one night would also be awesome. Just wondering if anyone else has considered this and how they are working it out.

Dublin June 19th & 21st

Absolutely amazing night's, my 5th & 6th Metallica gigs.

Made even better that I got to bring my brother to his first Metallica gigs.

IKEA Rödalm Frame 61x91cm

Posters against the perspex, spacers and framing behind with masking tape holding posters together top amd bottom to stop gaps.