Metallica Close M72 World Tour in London With Full No-Repeats Night Two Setlist, Ozzy Tribute

The thrash metal icons wrapped their two-year world tour at London Stadium with an entirely different set from Friday, including ‘Blackened,' ‘One,' and a Black Sabbath doodle.

Metallica closed out the M72 world tour at London Stadium on July 5, 2026, delivering a second consecutive night of music with zero repeated songs from the Friday show. The band, which launched the tour in April 2023 in support of '72 Seasons,' capped the UK and Ireland leg with a set that ran from ‘Whiplash' through back-to-back closers ‘One' and ‘Enter Sandman,' with support from Avatar and Pantera.

Two Years, Two London Nights, Zero Repeats

The M72 tour began in April 2023 and circled the globe in support of '72 Seasons,' Metallica's fifteenth studio album. The final UK and Ireland leg included stops in Dublin, Glasgow, and Cardiff before the band settled in at London Stadium for a two-night stand billed as a ‘no repeats' weekend.

Night one on July 3 featured ‘Master Of Puppets,' ‘Seek And Destroy,' and ‘Sad But True,' along with a Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo doodle pairing Ian Dury's ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' with The Clash's ‘Guns of Brixton.' Night two delivered an entirely fresh program, as promised.

Just two songs from '72 Seasons' made the Sunday setlist, the title track and ‘Screaming Suicide,' mirroring the album-to-catalog ratio from Friday. The rest of the evening leaned heavily on catalog spanning from the early thrash era through the Black Album years and beyond.

The Night Two Setlist

Metallica opened with ‘Whiplash' and worked through a wide cross-section of their catalog before closing with four consecutive heavy hitters. The Hammett and Trujillo doodle segment covered Black Sabbath's ‘Electric Funeral' and the Sex Pistols' ‘Holiday In the Sun,' a nod to London's deep rock and punk heritage.

• Whiplash
• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Ride the Lightning
• The Memory Remains
• 72 Seasons
• Screaming Suicide
• Kirk and Rob Doodle: Black Sabbath's ‘Electric Funeral' / Sex Pistols' ‘Holiday In the Sun'
• The Day That Never Comes
• Wherever I May Roam
• The Call of Ktulu
• The Unforgiven
• Whiskey in the Jar
• Blackened
• Moth Into Flame
• One
• Enter Sandman

Support Acts and Crowd Reaction

Avatar and Pantera opened the Sunday show at London Stadium in Stratford. Friday's support had come from Knocked Loose and Gojira, giving both nights a distinct supporting lineup to match the no-repeats headliner policy.

Fan reaction on social media was enthusiastic, with several attendees noting that night two edged out Friday. One fan specifically cited hearing ‘Blackened' live for the first time as a highlight. The crowd response reflected the broader reception the M72 tour has generated across its two-plus years on the road.

What we know

• Metallica closed the M72 world tour at London Stadium on July 5, 2026, the second of two ‘no repeats' nights.
• The M72 tour launched in April 2023 in support of the album '72 Seasons.'
• The final UK and Ireland leg included shows in Dublin, Glasgow, and Cardiff before the two London dates.
• Night two opened with ‘Whiplash' and closed with back-to-back performances of ‘Blackened,' ‘Moth Into Flame,' ‘One,' and ‘Enter Sandman.'
• Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo performed a doodle covering Black Sabbath's ‘Electric Funeral' and the Sex Pistols' ‘Holiday In the Sun' on night two.
• Support on night two came from Avatar and Pantera; night one support came from Knocked Loose and Gojira.
• Only two songs from '72 Seasons' appeared in the night two setlist: the title track and ‘Screaming Suicide.'

The take

The no-repeats format Metallica has built into the M72 tour is one of the more fan-forward structural choices a legacy act has made in recent memory. For a band with a catalog as deep as theirs, it is a genuine commitment: maintaining two entirely separate setlists across back-to-back stadium nights requires rehearsing and keeping road-ready a much larger pool of material than a standard touring production demands. It also rewards the hardcore fans who buy tickets to both nights, a demographic that drives significant revenue and word-of-mouth for any major touring act.

The Hammett and Trujillo doodle segment has become a signature feature of the M72 run, functioning as a kind of living local history lesson. Choosing Black Sabbath and the Sex Pistols for London is exactly the right call: Sabbath essentially invented the sonic vocabulary Metallica built their career on, and the Pistols represent the punk energy that was coursing through the UK just as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal was taking shape. Both choices signal genuine knowledge of the city's musical lineage rather than generic crowd-pleasing.

Closing a two-year world tour in London carries its own symbolic weight. The city has historically been one of the most important markets for American heavy metal acts seeking international credibility, going back to the early 1980s when bands like Metallica first found audiences there who understood what they were doing before much of the US mainstream did.

Why it matters

For Classic Rock and metal fans, the M72 tour's conclusion marks the end of a major touring cycle tied to Metallica's first studio album in seven years. The no-repeats format raised the bar for what stadium-level legacy acts can offer audiences willing to attend multiple nights. It also demonstrated that a band more than four decades into its career can still generate genuine excitement rather than coasting on nostalgia, a meaningful data point as the broader industry watches how heritage acts sustain relevance.

What's next

With the M72 tour now officially closed, no further dates have been announced based on available reporting. Fans will be watching for any word on what follows '72 Seasons' in Metallica's recording and touring cycle, though no specifics have been confirmed in current sources.

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