Metallica’s Kirk Hammett says the band would like to play Las Vegas Sphere: ‘Oh, heck, yeah’

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 just lately confirmed {that a} new Sphere venue might be constructed in Abu Dhabi.

Talking in a brand new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, when requested if Metallica would contemplate performing there, Hammett stated: “Oh, heck, yeah! That’s an incredible instance of how venues are altering. That’s utilizing trendy know-how to the fullest, to actually up the degrees of manufacturing and leisure, related to AI and making it a loopy expertise.”

Reviewing U2’s Vegas residency the Sphere, NME hailed the present for “taking the stay live performance expertise ‘to the subsequent stage’” and delivering “a positive balancing act of doing simply that whereas additionally guaranteeing their music stays very a lot on the forefront”.

Elsewhere, Metallica’s guitarist just lately stated he's engaged on his first solo album.

“I assume the easiest way to explain it's it’s gonna be a fusion of all kinds of kinds,” Hammett stated.

“Abruptly I’m writing classical progressions, and impulsively I’m writing extra heavy stuff and impulsively I’m writing like a funk factor,” he added. “There might be vocals as a result of the songs that I wrote scream for vocals this time round.”

Hammett additionally just lately 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 no less than one other 12 months”.

In the meantime, the band just lately introduced they may head to Bahrain for his or her first stay 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 mission as “not-quite-finished”, and that it “explores the world of Metallica by way of the lives of their followers”.