Sound Company
Clair Global
Tour
M72 World Tour
Crew
- Creative Director: Dan Braun
- FOH Engineer: Greg Price
- FOH Assistant Mixer: Jay Day
- Monitor Mixers: Mike “Mic” Bollella (Lars Ulrich/James Hetfield), Bob Cowan (Kirk Hammett/Robert Trujillo)
- System Engineer: Chris Rushin
- Crew Chief: Emmitt Tubritt
- RF Tech: Stacey Handley
- P.A. Coordinator: Luiz Melo
- Techs: Sebastian Jordan, Hannes Dander, Karina Evstigneeva, Ryan Hannon, Anna Henson, Katlyn Manktelow
- Stage Manager: Craig Edwards
- Stage Crew Chief: Adam Correia
- Audio Designer: Bob McCarthy/Meyer Sound
- Network Designer: Josh Dorn-Fehrmann/Meyer Sound
Gear
FOH
- Consoles: Avid Venue S6L 32D-192 console; Waves SoundGrid
- Speakers: (288) Meyer Sound Panther, (96) 2100-LFC, (48) VLFC, (16) 1100-LFC, (22) Ultra-X40, (8) UPQ-D2. Configuration: Three concentric rings. Outer ring arrays are suspended from (8) towers with (2) Panther arrays [16/13 cabinets] and (6) VLFC per tower. 2100-LFC and 1100-LFC elements are ground-supported. The inner ring has (8) flown Panther arrays [7 cabinets each]. UPQ-D2 fire inward to the “snake pit” and Ultra-X40 units fire outward as fills.
- Networking: (3) Milan AVB networks (primary, secondary, end-point) using (35) Galileo Galaxy network platforms, 52 Luminex switches and Meyer Sound Nebra software.
MON
- Consoles: (2) Avid Venue S6L E6L-192 consoles
- Speakers: (36) MJF-210, (8) MJF-212A
- Wireless: Wisycom MTK982 dual wideband transmitters
Tour Details
Metallica’s M72 World Tour, in support of 72 Seasons, their 11th album, kicked off the same month the album was released in April 2023. The tour was structured for two shows per city, giving superfans “no repeat weekends” if they attended both shows. The itinerary, which included tour legs in Europe/UK and North America in both 2023 and 2024, included four nights in Mexico City. The band’s revenues for 2024 made it onto the top 10 charts for both Pollstar and Billboard, at $179.4 and $175.2 million, respectively. The tour continues this year, with shows planned from April through June in North America, wrapping up with a swing through Australia and New Zealand in November 2025.
