Metallica brings its crushing riffs and decades of thrash metal pedigree to the Sphere, a pairing that feels almost inevitable once you think about it. This is a band built on scale and intensity, and the Sphere's wraparound screen and immersive sound system give them a canvas unlike any arena or stadium they've played before. Expect the guitars to hit as hard as ever, but surrounded by visuals that stretch 160,000 square feet in every direction.

James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo have spent over forty years refining a catalog of pounding, downpicked riffs and arena-sized hooks, and hearing it inside a venue engineered for maximum sensory impact promises something different from the typical Metallica show. The ticket covers two nights, bundled together, so the band likely plans to mix up setlists or visual themes across the pair of performances rather than repeat the same show twice.