Metallica Expand Sphere Las Vegas Residency With 16 More Dates

By Editorial Staff | Published: Mar 05, 2026 9:42 PM EST

Metallica have announced that they have added six additional dates to their upcoming Life Burns Faster at Sphere in Las Vegas residency that will include their No Repeat Weekend shows.

The new dates are set to take place on October 8 & 9, November 5 & 7, January 28 & 30, February 4 & 6, followed by February 18 & 20, February 25 & 27, March 4 & 6 and March 11 & 13. The band launched pre-sale tickets for Legacy & Fifth Members as well as the Ticketmaster artist presale for the February dates and the March pre-sale takes place tomorrow. Find details here

The band shared this with the original announcement about the residency: The band's Sphere residency will see live staples and surprises spanning the Metallica catalog enhanced by the venue's immersive technologies that will allow fans to experience the sound and fury of the band's live performance in new experiential dimensions. Whether you've seen Metallica from the upper reaches of a stadium or arena, at an intimate club or theater gig or from the famed Snake Pit surrounded by the 360-degree M72 stage, Sphere's technology, including the world's highest resolution LED display that wraps up, over and around the audience; Sphere Immersive Sound, which delivers audio with unmatched clarity and precision to every guest; and multi-sensory 4D technology, will present a wholly unique and entirely new Metallica experience for all who attend - including James, Lars, Kirk and Robert.

Metallica co-founder/drummer Lars Ulrich commented, "About 12 seconds into the opening night of Sphere with U2 back in '23, I thought 'We have to do this, it's completely uncharted territory!' This residency gives us another chance to reinvent how we interact with our fans in a live setting. We are beyond excited to share this with the world in six months time, and way f***in' psyched to go next level!"

The originally announced eight shows will take place on October 1 and 3, 15 and 17, 22 and 24, and 29 and 31, 2026 - and will continue the No Repeat Weekend tradition that began with the 2023 kick-off of the band's M72 World Tour, with no songs repeated on each Thursday and Saturday throughout the course of the run.