Metallica Kick Off Sphere Residency With “…And Justice For All” For The First Time In 12 Years

Thursday night, Metallica kicked off their Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. Their 16-song set featured some insane visuals, as well as some cuts the band hadn’t revisited in years. They’re the first metal band to play Sphere.

Songs from the career-spanning performance included “Now That We’re Dead” from 2016’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct, which they hadn’t played since September 2021; “Battery” from 1986’s Master Of Puppets, which they opened with for the first time since 2014; and “…And Justice For All,” the title track from their 1988 album, which they hadn’t played at all since 2014.

The 24-night residency continues through March 2027, and Metallica will also uphold their No Repeat Weekend promise, which they introduced in 2023 with the M72 World Tour. They're promising that fans attending multiple shows will get different setlists each night. Per his Instagram, Jack White was in the audience for last night's show.

Check out the full setlist and clips below.

SETLIST:
01 ”Battery”
02 ”Creeping Death”
03 ”Now That We're Dead”
04 ”Sad But True”
05 ”The Shortest Straw”
06 ”Wherever I May Roam”
07 ”The Day That Never Comes”
08 ”…And Justice For All”
09 "Sleepwalk My Life Away" (Kirk and Rob Doodle)
10 ”Nothing Else Matters”
11 ”The Call Of Ktulu”
12 ”Lux Æterna”
13 ”Ride The Lightning”
14 ”The Memory Remains”
15 ”Seek & Destroy”
16 ”Master Of Puppets”