Talk:M72 World Tour

The dates for Sphere are currently listed under the M72 Tour on the Metallica official tour page. It doesn't say anywhere that M72 is over after the London dates. The Sphere shows are continuing the No Repeat format of M72. It doesn't matter that a page already exists for the Sphere dates. As of this writing, they are officially part of the M72 tour. That obviously may change, but it hasn't - officially - just yet. Whigged (talk) 02:32, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

1. The page that lists those dates as seemingly part of M72 is just the general tour page for upcoming Metallica dates. Events like Dreamfest, AWMH, and the Sirius XM launch party were listed there in the past. That does not mean they are part of M72.
2. That cleared up, there is no source that they are part of M72, and everything else suggests otherwise. The announcement page doesn't even mention M72 at all.
3. The residency has a completely different name from M72. They are not advertised as such, and the way the pages are structured on the Metallica website is different.
4. The "I Disappear" tickets for the 2025-2026 tour do not apply to Life Burns Faster, and a separate dedicated ticket for those dates exists. If they were part of the tour, that wouldn't be the case. These are being treated separately in that regard.
5. Ticketmaster lists M72 and Life Burns Faster as separate things.
6. A separate page for Life Burns Faster already exists. I know you said that does not matter, but it does.
7. Not being announced separately from something (which they were, but whatever) doesn't mean that it's automatically part of that something, either. Where's the source they are part of M72? Because, again, that tour page means nothing.

λ NegativeMP1 02:40, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Also, here is a source that the dates take place after M72 is finished: : "It’s something that we’re looking at, at some point, when the 2026 tour is done", stated by Ulrich. This is something the band considers as separate from the "2026 tour". So, please, how are these dates part of M72? λ NegativeMP1 02:50, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

"Everything else suggests otherwise." You've said it yourself. It SUGGESTS otherwise. It is not official, and that's what this is about. You can point to all the signs that it is not part of the M72 World Tour, but there is nothing that specifically says it is not. In fact, it's the exact opposite. All current signs point to it being a part of M72.

You cannot say the official Metallica tour page means nothing. Think about that statement. It's the OFFICIAL Metallica tour page.

As far as the comment from Lars, it was just that, a comment. And he just as easily been referring to the 2026 dates that were already on the books, as in, "When those dates are done." But he didn't say that. He also didn't say, "When the M72 tour is done."

Look, like I said, this may change, in fact it probably will, but why jump the gun? Why classify it as something it is not? As of right now, there is nothing that says it is a new tour. There IS something that says it is part of M72, whether you think it matters or not, it is literally on the official Metallica web page. Ask 100 people if the official Metallica tour page says it's part of the M72 tour, is it part of the M72 tour? 100 people are going to say it's part of the M72 tour. Whigged (talk) 02:57, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

And, no, there being a Wiki page for "Life Burns Faster" is NOT a reason for it to be considered a separate tour. Especially when you created it. I could create a page for anything. So can you - obviously. Don't use that as part of your logic. Whigged (talk) 03:00, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

You're disregarding every point I made based on one that is, in-fact, irrelevant. Again, it being listed on the tour page does not mean anything. Because it is the general page for upcoming Metallica concerts. AWMH and Dreamfest were listed on that page once upon a time. They were definitively not a part of M72. Like those dates, the Sphere dates are being advertised as a separate residency. The tour page alone cannot be used as justification that these are part of M72. The rest of it I already went over. Do you have any signs that it is a part of M72 besides the tour page, given that's a bunk point? Because that is the only point you're making. λ NegativeMP1 03:06, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

There is nothing that officially says it's a new tour. It's that simple. If you want to play by your made up rules, then how about the fact that the M72 World Tour is the only time Metallica has done "No Repeat Weekends," which continues at Sphere? If they did do something like that in the past, there would be precedent, but there is not. When the band did By Request, that didn't continue into Lords of Summer, because that was a separate tour and announced as such.

Why can't you just wait until a clearer - and OFFICIAL - answer comes into view? Why do you need to jump the gun? If it's about being the guy who created the page, woo-hoo, you already did that. But there is no harm in leaving the dates as part of M72 until something else says they aren't. Whigged (talk) 03:15, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

We basically do have official word though: the residency name and promotional material is different from anything else for M72, and they're considered different things on Ticketmaster. That, alone, should be enough to classify it differently unless there is word it's officially part of M72. Which we don't have. What M72 dates had their own promotional material, name, or anything else for that matter?

At best, we have no "official word" on whether it is or isn't part of M72. And in that case, it'd still make more sense to classify it separately to not risk what is effectively synthesizing the two together. Editorial discretion is still a factor. And it is not "jumping the gun".

If you think that every point I'm making is my "made up rules", then go ahead. But it not constructive. Neither is your false accusations that I'm doing this just because I made the page for Life Burns Faster. See WP:ASPERSIONS. λ NegativeMP1 03:26, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Settle down. I didn't "accuse" you of anything. I asked if that was why you are so intent on removing the Sphere dates from the M72 tour page. Your rules are "made up" because everything you say "suggests" - by your own admission - that Life Burns Faster is a new tour. And while I am in full agreement that everything points to it being separate from M72, it has not been classified as such. There is absolutely no harm in leaving the dates on the M72 page until it is made clearer.

You can say that it is "effectively synthesizing the two together," and you are correct. Because it's an unclear situation. It's fluid. The announcement was made just over 12 hours ago. I'm sure someone from the band will do an interview or make a comment soon enough. Why you can't wait until it plays out in a more official manner is beyond strange. Whigged (talk) 03:34, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

So if you're in agreement that it's an unclear situation, why synthesize the two things if signs are pointing towards them being separate?

If official word comes out that they are separate or together, then we make a full decision there. But for now, I fail to see the harm in just keeping them separate. Synthesizing the two together is worse than keeping them separate at this point in time. λ NegativeMP1 03:46, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

This brings us back to square one.

The official Met tour page has zero differentiation from M72 and in fact has it listed there. To you that means nothing, while to any general fan, it means everything (This isn't Metallica Wiki, btw). I fail to see the harm in keeping the dates under M72. I also thing synthesizing two things for now is no different than keeping them separate. It is an unclear situation and it's ok that the Wiki page can reflect that.

Obviously you need to have your Life Burns Faster page be unencumbered by anything else - god forbid - so do whatever you want. I'm going to make a sandwich. Whigged (talk) 03:57, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Correction: you are back to square one You're going back to arguments that are already irrelevant.

Keeping the dates under M72 suggests a guarantee that the dates are part of a tour, and disregards the original promotion that the Sphere dates received. As a separate page, at least it's more in line with what we know at present given the original promotion and name the dates received. I've made the arguments enough times already: there's more reasons to list them separately for now than to conjoin them.

Either way, the more you cast aspersions that the only reason I'm contesting this is because I made a wiki page for Life Burns Faster, the less I take this seriously. I have made multiple arguments that they are separate things, the fact I made a page means nothing. If they ever came out and said they're part of M72, then I'd take the page down (or let someone else do it and not contest it). I do not hold personal attachments to the pages I create. I just try to make coverage of subjects the best they can here. If you think that's a problem, then I don't know what to tell you. λ NegativeMP1 04:08, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

"Correction: you are back to square one You're going back to arguments that are already irrelevant." Are you this insufferable in real life? Right, to YOU. And your arguments are about what "suggests" the official outcome will be while mine follow what is actually "official."

You can't see this in any manner other than your own. I have told you multiple times that it will probably be a separate tour, that I agree with your points, but that it is not enough to move forward YET. But you have blinders on and don't understand what the mainstream will see when they go to the official Metallica website, see the M72 tour and the Sphere dates under it.

I even told you to go ahead and do whatever you want, and you still felt the need to keep this going. Either let it go and set up your pages in your vision of how the Metalli-world should be represented, or keep going back and forth. Whigged (talk) 04:17, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

"I even told you to go ahead and do whatever you want" in an insult/casting aspersions fashion. Which you're still persisting here.

Thank you for your feedback. λ NegativeMP1 04:26, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

I agree with NegativeMP1 on this. There are multiple sources provided that state that the residency is not part of the tour. It would be absolutely pointless to even have the residency dates included here, in which there are no sources that suggest the residency is a part of the tour. Here are sources:

• "Metallica Officially Announces 'Life Burns Faster' Residency At Sphere In Las Vegas". Blabbermouth.net. February 25, 2026.
• Jenke, Tyler (2025-08-07). "Metallica Announce Intimate NYC Show, Address Las Vegas Sphere Rumors". Billboard.
• Kaufman, Spencer (2026-02-25). "Metallica Announce 2026 Residency at Las Vegas' Sphere". Consequence.
• "Metallica announces eight-show residency at Las Vegas Sphere". The Independent. February 25, 2026.

These sources are more than enough to suggest that they are not a part of M72. When even Lars Ulrich is stating that the residency isn't a part of the tour, it's time to keep it separate. HorrorLover555 (talk) 05:43, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Pinging Iron.secrets, a major contributor to the article, as I would like to see their thoughts on this. HorrorLover555 (talk) 21:17, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

I agree with your take HorrorLover555, there is no indication (as of now), that these concerts at the Sphere are in any way part of M72, so it is correct to have a seperate article for that. The only thing that might suggest otherwise is, that they are branded as "No Repeat Weekends", but Metallica did "No Repeat Weekends" also on their previous tour in 2021, so that is not a valid argument in my opinion. Iron.secrets (talk) 11:28, 28 February 2026 (UTC)