Metallica have added yet another record to the ongoing European leg of their M72 world tour. On June 3, 2026, the band played Bologna, Italy, where they set their sixth attendance record on the current tour leg. Loudwire reported that more than 47,000 fans filled Stadio Renato Dall’Ara, making it another major milestone in a run that has already turned into a record-chasing streak.
The band celebrated the achievement on Instagram, thanking the Italian crowd and calling it another unforgettable night for the MetallicaFamily. The Bologna show was a 16-song set bookended by “Creeping Death” and “Enter Sandman,” while Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo again delivered a “doodle,” this time featuring “Ken il Guerriero” by Spectra.
Bologna was only the latest in a series of record-breaking stops. Metallica’s current run has already produced massive attendance figures in Athens, Bucharest, Chorzow, Frankfurt, and Berlin, with the band noting over 90,000 in Athens, a new attendance record in Bucharest, more than 90,000 in Poland, over 62,000 at each Frankfurt show, and more than 94,000 at Berlin’s Olympiastadion.
One reason those numbers keep climbing is the band’s in-the-round stage design, which frees up space that would normally be blocked by a conventional stage. Loudwire noted that the setup opens up extra seating and standing room, helping Metallica pack more people into stadiums and arenas than a traditional stage layout would allow.
The tour is far from over. After Bologna, Metallica head to Budapest for shows on June 11 and 13, with upcoming dates in Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff, and then London on July 3 and 5. The band will return to the U.S. in October for its Las Vegas residency at the Sphere
