WHAT WENT DOWN
Metallica drew 94,000 fans to Berlin's Olympiastadion on May 30, breaking the venue's all-time attendance record and setting a new mark for Germany's biggest stadium concert *, †. The band's in-the-round stage design pushed capacity well past the venue's usual 72,000 concert limit †.
THE DETAILS
- The Berlin show on May 30, 2026 topped U2's previous venue record of 90,000 from 2009 *, †.
- Metallica's M72 tour stage sits in the round with a hollow center, surrounded by eight monitor towers with VIP platforms in black and yellow †.
- The band played a 16-song set opening with Creeping Death and closing with Enter Sandman *.
- Metallica set another record at Athens Olympic Stadium on May 9 with over 90,000 attendees *, †.
- The M72 tour has now grossed over $600 million from 4.9 million fans across 80 shows since April 2023 †.
- The tour continues through Europe with stops in Bologna, Budapest, Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff, and two London dates on July 3 and 5, before a Sphere residency begins October 1 in Las Vegas *.
THE TAKE
Metallica is operating at stadium-headliner scale in their sixties, a career arc that didn't exist when they started. The M72 tour has now moved 4.9 million tickets across three years †.