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Metallica is set to unleash their own residency at the Sphere this fall. Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich was there for U2’s historic opening night of the Sphere in Las Vegas — a moment that marked a stunning leap forward for the concert experience and rebooted the band after a long hiatus.
When speaking to U2 guitarist the Edge during his “Close To The Edge” show on SiriusXM, Ulrich shared how the experience reinvigorated his own sense of what was possible on stage. “I was there opening night and was so just fucking awestruck, inspired, energized — all of it,” said the drummer. “It was just, like, ‘Holy shit, this is somehow another frontier.'”
“Obviously, you guys were the first ones in and it was just so incredible to see that night,” Ulrich continued. “So, in that spirit, three years later, when we start here in a few months, we’re so excited and definitely have heard from a few folks about the filming and all of it.”
Metallica is set to unleash their own residency at the Sphere this fall. The band’s Life Burns Faster run (a lyric from “Master of Puppets”) initially began with eight scheduled dates. After overwhelming demand from fans, the residency soon expanded to an extensive 24 nights and will now run weekly in two-date increments from October 2026 through March 2027.
