Metallica made history over the weekend with its first concert of 2025.
The veteran Bay Area hard rock act set a new attendance record at New York’s JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, packing in more than 47,500 fans on Saturday, April 19. It surpasses the previous record of 47,319 attendees at the venue (formerly the Carrier Dome) set by The Who in 1982.
“Thank you, Syracuse!!! We had an amazing time kicking off this year’s #M72 Tour at JMA Wireless Dome, where you set a new all-time attendance record with over 47,500 of you welcoming us for our first show,” Metallica wrote in a Facebook post Sunday.
The concert was part of the band’s ongoing M72 World Tour, supporting its latest album, “72 Seasons.” Since its debut in Amsterdam in April 2023, the tour has taken Metallica across the globe, with upcoming stops scheduled for Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on June 20 and 22.
For the Syracuse show, Metallica used a unique circular stage setup, allowing concertgoers to surround the entire performance area. In addition to the seats around the stage, 7,500 fans filled the floor, where there was even an exclusive “Snake Pit” zone.
The 16-song setlist spanned the band’s entire career, from “Creeping Death” to “Enter Sandman,” representing all of Metallica’s studio albums, except 2003’s “St. Anger” and the 2011 collaboration with Lou Reed, “Lulu.”
The concert is estimated to have generated up to $15 million for the local economy, according to Visit Syracuse.
Metallica’s extensive setup required 79 trucks, nearly four times as many as those used for Bruce Springsteen’s 2023 Dome performance, according to Syracuse.com.
A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold on the M72 tour benefits local charities via the band’s All Within My Hands foundation.
- “Creeping Death”
- “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
- “Hit the Lights”
- “King Nothing”
- “Lux Æterna”
- “Screaming Suicide”
- “Broken, Beat & Scarred”
- “The Day That Never Comes”
- “Fuel”
- “Orion”
- “Nothing Else Matters”
- “Sad But True”
- “One”
- “Seek & Destroy”
- “Master of Puppets”
- “Enter Sandman”
