Metallica announce 2020 South American tour with Greta Van Fleet
Metallica will proceed their seemingly unending “WorldWired Tour” into subsequent yr, because the steel giants have introduced a brand new string of South American dates. Becoming a member of the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame band as help will likely be none aside from younger retro-rockers Greta Van Fleet.
The temporary six-date outing will happen in April 2020, starting with an April 15th present in Santiago, Chile, and wrapping up with an April 27th gig in Belo Horozonte, Brazil. Get tickets right here.
In saying the information on their web site, Metallica implied there will likely be much more 2020 reveals in help of their 2016 album, Hardwired … To Self-Destruct. The band acknowledged, “Because the WorldWired tour hits the final leg in Europe, there are nonetheless so many locations left to go to; South America, you’re up first in 2020!”
Metallica continued, “The final time we had the pleasure was in 2017 as a part of the Lollapalooza competition and now it’s time to come back again with the full-on stadium expertise (as seen in N. America and Europe) for six headlining reveals together with two Brazilian cities we now have by no means performed in — Belo Horizonte and Curitiba. Opening the reveals will likely be latest Grammy winners Greta Van Fleet!”
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Greta Van Fleet, who’ve confronted their share of backlash for sounding much like Led Zeppelin, are engaged on a follow-up to their 2018 debut, Anthem of the Peaceable Military. This time round, the band guarantees a vibe that’s “undoubtedly a lot totally different” than their first LP.
Previous to the South American reveals, Metallica will kick off the ultimate leg of their European tour with Ghost tonight (August 14th) in Bucharest, Romania. In September, they’ll return to the States to carry out two “S&M2” reveals with the San Francisco Symphony, and in October they’ll hit Australia and New Zealand with Slipknot.
See Metallica’s full itinerary, together with the newly introduced South American reveals with Greta Van Fleet, beneath.
Metallica 2019-2020 Tour Dates:
08/14 – Bucharest, RO @ Enviornment Națională *
08/16 – Vienna, AT @ Ernst-Happel-Stadion *
08/18 – Prague, CZ @ Airport Letnany *
08/21 – Warsaw, PO @ PGE Narodowy *
08/23 – Munich, DE @ Olympiastadion *
08/25 – Mannheim, DE @ Maimarktgelande *
09/06 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Heart (S&M2 present)
09/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Heart (S&M2 present)
10/17 – Perth, AU @ Optus Stadium ^
10/20 – Adelaide, AU @ Adelaide Oval ^
10/22 – Melbourne, AU @ Marvel Stadium ^
10/24 – Melbourne, AU @ Marvel Stadium ^
10/26 – Sydney, AU @ ANZ Stadium ^
10/29 – Brisbane, AU @ QSAC ^
10/31 – Auckland, NZ – Mt. Sensible Stadium ^
11/02 – Auckland, NZ – Mt. Sensible Stadium ^
04/15 – Santiago, CL @ Estadio Nacional #
04/18 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Campo Argentino de Polo #
04/21 – Porto Alegre, BR @ Enviornment do Grêmio #
04/23 – Curitiba, BR @ Estádio Couto Pereira #
04/25 – São Paulo, BR @ Estádio do Morumbi #
04/27 – Belo Horizonte, BR @ Estádio do Mineirão #
* = w/ Ghost and Bokassa
^ = w/ Slipknot
# = w/ Greta Van Fleet