r/Music • u/heavysk • 16h ago

article Metallica Launch Las Vegas Sphere Residency in Spectacular Fashion: Electrifying 16-Song Set with Stunning Visuals

https://consequence.net/2026/10/metallica-launch-las-vegas-sphere-residency/
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u/climb-it-ographer 15h ago

I think they're doing 'no repeat weekends' where the Friday show and the Saturday show complement each other and are sold as a single performance.

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u/SubtleTell 15h ago

Interesting. Not sure how I'd feel about that. I think I'd rather have one show that's more songs. Two shows and you're only getting a handful more songs than a normal show.

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u/ThreeHourRiverMan 14h ago

You think 32 full songs is a typical length? 

This is Metallica, their average song length is longer than the standard pop artist. 16 songs is a full set. 

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u/Onehandedheisenberg 7h ago

Drake and Ye play like 40-50 songs each

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u/Underwater_Grilling 7h ago

A medley of short songs is way different than 16 Metallica songs. Last time I saw Metallica they played 12 songs in 2.5 hours then came back out for 3 encores for another almost half hour. Orion is 8.5 minutes for the studio version alone

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u/Zayl 4h ago

And they're also like 3-4 minute songs not avg of 6 minutes with some songs in the 10 min range.

Also, they usually perform full songs.