Metallica is headed to Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Ark., on May 26, 2027, as the band adds a new wave of North American stadium dates to its M72 World Tour. The run will pick up in Vancouver on May 8 and finish in Salt Lake City on June 19, putting Fayetteville in the middle of a summer stretch that now reaches a dozen new cities for the first time on this run.
The date is drawing attention now because tickets are about to move. Fan Club presales begin Monday, September 21 at 10 am local time, with local presales starting Thursday, September 24 at 10 am and the general on-sale set for Friday, September 25 at 10 am. Citi cardmembers get access beginning September 22 at 10 am through September 24 at 10 pm, and Verizon customers can use Verizon Shine for a separate presale window during the same period.
The announcement pushes the M72 World Tour deeper into 2027 after a long stretch that started in April 2023 and has already logged 99 shows in 26 countries. By the band’s own count, the trek has reached nearly five million people, a scale that makes the continued expansion unusual even by arena-rock standards. Support on the new North American leg will come from Limp Bizkit and Avatar, and a portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities through All Within My Hands.
That charitable tie-in has been part of the Metallica model for years, but the new routing also leaves one obvious question hanging for fans: which other cities were added to the 2027 North American run. What is clear is that Fayetteville is not a one-off stop. It sits inside a broader stadium sweep that now begins in Vancouver, runs through a string of first-time dates, and ends in Salt Lake City after more than two years of movement around the world.
For readers tracking the band’s schedule, the next step is straightforward. The presales open first, the general sale follows three days later, and the Razorback Stadium date is locked for late May 2027. For fans trying to plan around Metallica, that makes this the moment to decide whether the Arkansas stop is the one they want, before the tickets for the expanded run go live.
