Metallica to rock Slane Castle next year
Metallica's WorldWired Tour will descend on the banks of the Boyne next Summer.
The LA rockers will play their first Irish show in over a decade when they hit Slane Castle on 8th June next year.
Tickets from €89.50 will go on sale this Friday 28th September at 10am. Support acts will include Ghost and Bokassa as well as yet-to-decided local acts.
This will be Metallica’s first Irish show in a decade.
The announcement was made by Lord Henry Mountcharles at Slane Castle this morning flanked by MCD maestro Denis Desmond and Henry's children, Alex and Tamara Conyngham.
WATCH THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT HERE
Tickets from €89.50 including booking fee go on sale to the general public on Friday 28 September at 10:00am
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
May 1, 2019 Lisbon, Portugal Estádio do Restelo
May 3, 2019 Madrid, Spain Valdebebas
May 5, 2019 Barcelona, Spain Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
May 8, 2019 Milan, Italy San Siro Hippodrome
May 10, 2019 Zürich, Switzerland Letzigrund
May 12, 2019 Paris, France Stade De France
June 8, 2019 Dublin, Ireland Slane Castle
June 11, 2019 Amsterdam, NL Johan Cruijff Arena
June 13, 2019 Köln, Germany RheinEnergieStadion
June 16, 2019 Brussels, Belgium Koning Boudewijnstadion
June 18, 2019 Manchester, UK Etihad Stadium
June 20, 2019 London, UK Twickenham Stadium
July 6, 2019 Berlin, Germany Olympiastadion
July 9, 2019 Göteborg, Sweden Ullevi
July 11, 2019 Copenhagen, Denmark Telia Parken
July 13, 2019 Trondheim, Norway Granåsen
July 16, 2019 Hämeenlinna, Finland Kantolan Tapahtumapuisto
July 18, 2019 Tartu, Estonia Raadi Airport
July 21, 2019 Moscow, Russia Luzhniki Stadium
Aug. 14, 2019 Bucharest, Romania Arena Națională
Aug. 16, 2019 Vienna, Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Aug. 18, 2019 Prague, CZE Airport Letnany
Aug. 21, 2019 Warsaw, Poland PGE Narodowy
Aug. 23, 2019 Munich, Germany Olympiastadion
Aug. 25, 2018 Mannheim, Germany Maimarktgelände