Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has stated the band would love the prospect to play the Las Vegas Sphere.
The venue has already seen the likes of U2, Phish and The Eagles carry out because it opened in September 2023.
It was additionally not too long ago confirmed {that a} new Sphere venue will probably be constructed in Abu Dhabi.
Talking in a brand new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, when requested if Metallica would take into account performing there, Hammett stated: “Oh, heck, yeah! That’s an important instance of how venues are altering. That’s utilizing trendy know-how to the fullest, to actually up the degrees of manufacturing and leisure, linked to AI and making it a loopy expertise.”
Reviewing U2’s Vegas residency the Sphere, NME hailed the present for “taking the dwell live performance expertise ‘to the subsequent degree’” and delivering “a nice balancing act of doing simply that whereas additionally guaranteeing their music stays very a lot on the forefront”.
Elsewhere, Metallica’s guitarist not too long ago stated he’s engaged on his first solo album.
“I suppose one of the best ways to explain it’s it’s gonna be a fusion of all types of kinds,” Hammett stated.
“Impulsively I’m writing classical progressions, and hastily I’m writing extra heavy stuff and hastily I’m writing like a funk factor,” he added. “There will probably be vocals as a result of the songs that I wrote scream for vocals this time round.”
Hammett additionally not too long ago stated he has already written 767 new riffs for the subsequent Metallica album, though he added that he doesn’t foresee the band engaged on it “for a minimum of one other yr”.
In the meantime, the band not too long ago introduced they may head to Bahrain for his or her first dwell efficiency within the nation. It will likely be held on December 3 on the Beyon Al Dana Amphitheatre.
Earlier this month, the band additionally launched the primary trailer for his or her new documentary Metallica Saved My Life.
The forthcoming movie is about to be screened in cities on the North American leg of the band’s ‘M72’ world tour. An official synopsis describes the challenge as “not-quite-finished”, and that it “explores the world of Metallica by way of the lives of their followers”.