Metallica lastly introduced “Enter Sandman” to Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium — 25 years after it turned a college custom because the Hokies’ game-day hype intro.
Since 2000, the long-lasting steel tune has blared from the loudspeakers because the Virginia Tech soccer staff takes the sector on recreation days, changing into a college custom within the course of. Metallica have been effectively conscious of the tune’s significance in Blacksburg, as soon as paying tribute to legendary Va. Tech coach Frank Beamer in a video message that was performed earlier than his final recreation 9 years in the past.
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Eventually, Metallica themselves made their approach to Blacksburg for a live performance at Lane Stadium on Wednesday (Could seventh) as a part of their ongoing “M72 Tour.”
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The particular gig opened with an intro that simulated the soccer staff’s walkout, with a recording of “Enter Sandman” sending the group right into a frenzy, as captured in viewers footage. From there, Metallica launched right into a set-opening rendition of “Creeping Loss of life” earlier than working by way of their typical career-spanning “M72” setlist, which closed with an precise reside efficiency of “Enter Sandman,” with the group response apparently registering on the Richter scale.
Even present Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry was in attendance, taking within the gig from his non-public suite on the stadium. Earlier than the present, he met with the members of Metallica, presenting every with a No. 25 Hokies jersey and a No. 72 jersey, commemorating the “M72” tour.
The Metallica-Virginia Tech lore runs deep, and even took a tragic flip in 2009 when a Virginia Tech scholar, Morgan Dana Harrington, went lacking following a Metallica live performance in Charlottesville, Virginia, and was finally discovered to have been murdered. Metallica provided up a $50k reward, along with a $100k reward from Crimestoppers, for info resulting in a conviction (prime suspect Jesse L. Matthew, Jr. was later sentenced to 4 consecutive reside sentences for the homicide of Harrington and one other scholar, Hannah Graham, who attended the College of Virginia).
As for Metallica, the thrash legends’ tour rolls on with a cease on the Sonic Temple fest in Columbus, Ohio, the place they’ll play two separate units on Friday (Could ninth) and Sunday (Could eleventh). Get tickets right here.
You possibly can take a look at viewers footage from the Lane Stadium present, together with the setlist, beneath.
Lane such as you’ve by no means seen it earlier than 🤯 pic.twitter.com/BJmb4k1351
— HokieSports (@hokiesports) Could 8, 2025
Pry stated he’ll watch the live performance tonight from his suite, noting: “I’ve by no means been up there earlier than!” #Hokies https://t.co/rGZqBYr0qX
— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) Could 7, 2025
Setlist:
Creeping Loss of life
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Trip the Lightning
King Nothing
Lux Æterna
Screaming Suicide
Kirk and Rob Doodle (“Hell and Again” first efficiency since 2012)
The Day That By no means Comes
Gas
Orion
Nothing Else Issues
Unhappy however True
One
Search & Destroy
Grasp of Puppets
Enter Sandman
Metallica’ 2025 Tour Dates:
05/09 – Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple Music Pageant
05/11 – Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple Music Pageant
05/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Monetary Subject +
05/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Monetary Subject *
05/28 – Landover, MD @ Northwest Stadium *
05/31 – Charlotte, NC @ Financial institution of America Stadium *
06/03 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium *
06/06 – Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium +
06/08 – Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium *
06/14 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium *
06/20 – Santa Clara, CA @ Levi’s Stadium +
06/22 – Santa Clara, CA @ Levi’s Stadium *
06/27 – Denver, CO @ Empower Subject at Mile Excessive +
06/29 – Denver, CO @ Empower Subject at Mile Excessive *
* = w/ Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies
+ = w/ Limp Bizkit and Ice 9 Kills