98ROCK PRESENTS THE METALLICA M72 TOUR IN TAMPA AT RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM

It’s been 5,465 days since Metallica last played a show in Tampa Bay (October 3, 2009), and now, it finally ENDS!

98ROCK is PROUD to Present The Metallica M72 Tour, coming to Raymond James Stadium on Friday, June 6th and Sunday, June 8th!

It’s a No Repeat Weekend: 2 nights… 2 different sets….2 different opening acts…. In the round at the 50 yard line of Ray Jay.

June 6th: Limp Bizkit & Ice Nine Kills

June 8th: Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies

And we’ll be there, on-site, both nights, broadcasting live!

Ticket info available at Metallica.com with tickets on sale next Friday, September 27th at 10am, with numerous packages available.

No one plays more Metallica than 98ROCK, and NO ONE has more Metallica tickets than 98ROCK! We are the Official Station of the show, with TONS of chances for you to win a pair of tickets to both nights!

THURSDAY 9/19 ONLY, 98ROCK HAS CHANCES FOR YOU TO WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO BOTH SHOWS, EVERY HOUR!

• WIN :40 minutes after the hour, from 7:40a through 10:40p! How? Open up the free iHeartRadio App and drop us a TalkBack WITH THE SECRET PHRASE that on-air personalities give you!

MORE chances to win, with grand prizes coming this weekend and ALL next week on 98ROCK, including a chance on our IG page, @98ROCKSTHEBAY, that includes a Metallica Vinyl Catalog & turntable!

Two-night tickets for the newly announced No Repeat Weekends and tickets for the single-night engagements will be on sale September 27 at 10 am. Fan club pre-sales begin on September 23 at 10 am. For further information, enhanced experiences, travel packages and more, go to https://metallica.lnk.to/M72WorldTour2025

Each stadium show offers a variety of Enhanced Experiences, ranging from access to a meet and greet, production and stage tour, food and beverage in the “Black Box” lounge to early entry into the venue and the aforementioned Snake Pit. The very popular “I Disappear Ticket” is back and is the ultimate pass for the fan who wants to run away with us for all the shows. Grab one of these and attend every M72 show in North America! For more information about Enhanced Experiences and I Disappear Tickets, visit wearesuper.co/metallica. There is one more 2025 addition to the M72 experience; travel packages to most locations are also offered, including hotel, ticket, and shuttle options. Visit metallicatravel.com for all the info.

As always, a portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities via the band’s foundation, All Within My Hands. Established in 2017 as a way to give back to communities that have supported Metallica over the years, All Within My Hands has raised over $15 million, providing $8.2 million in grants to career and technical education programs, including the ground-breaking Metallica Scholars Initiative, now in its sixth year, over $3.6 million to combat food insecurity, and more than $3.5 million to disaster relief efforts.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PUT ON THE M72 WORLD TOUR? HERE’S SOME FUN FACTS FOR YOU:

• Metallica alone has over 150 crew.
• Roughly 800 people are employed locally at each tour stop.
• The production also requires 40 steelworkers, 160+ local hands and 92 truck drivers.
• The tower system takes 36 hours of labor to setup. Each speaker tower (there’s 8 total) weights 14 tons and stands nearly 100 feet high.
• The sheer weight is mind-boggling. There’s a tension system with 20,000 pounds of cabling hanging over the floor. The weight of all the speakers is over 120,000 pounds (558 speakers).
• There’s also 650 lights, 24 LED screens, and 37 miles of fiber optic cable.
• “It’s enough to be considered the largest touring audio system… ever.”

AND IT'S COMING TO TAMPA BAY!!!!! LFR- LET'S F'N ROCK!!!!