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Metallica’s second “Life Burns Faster” Sphere performance in Las Vegas featured different visuals and a 16-song setlist with no songs repeated from night one, Consequence reported. The set included several songs the band had not played live in years, alongside major hits absent from the first night.
Metallica played a different 16-song set and presented new visuals for the second night of its “Life Burns Faster” residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday, according to Consequence. The band kept its promise not to repeat songs from the first night, giving fans attending both shows a substantially different concert.
The second performance opened with “Blackened,” the first time Metallica had used the song as an opener since August 9, 2014, according to the report. The set also reached back into the band’s catalog with “Devil’s Dance” from ReLoad, performed live for the first time since June 7, 2008, and Load’s “The Outlaw Torn,” which had last been played on September 8, 2019.
The setlist included songs absent from night one, among them “Fuel,” “Welcome Home (Sanitarium),” “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” “One” and the closing song, “Enter Sandman.” Other selections were “Leper Messiah,” “72 Seasons,” “King Nothing,” “The Unforgiven,” “Orion,” “Hardwired” and “Whiskey in the Jar,” a traditional cover. Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo also performed a “Doodle,” as listed in the reported setlist.
Consequence said fans saw completely different visuals on the second night. The report linked to photographs and video from the performance, but the supplied material does not describe individual visual sequences or provide direct comments from the band about how the presentation was developed.
Two Nights, Two Concert Experiences
The no-repeat approach makes each night of the residency a distinct event for fans attending more than once. Rather than seeing the same songs with minor changes, attendees at both performances heard separate setlists and, according to Consequence, saw different visual material designed for the Sphere setting.
The choices also combined deep catalog selections with familiar concert staples. “Devil’s Dance” and “The Outlaw Torn” returned after lengthy gaps in live performance, while “One” and “Enter Sandman” brought major Metallica songs into the second-night set. That mix gives the residency room to appeal both to fans seeking rarer material and to those expecting the band’s best-known songs.
The change from night one is also relevant to how the group is using a multi-night run at a venue built around large-scale visuals. The report confirms a different visual presentation, but does not establish how much of the production changes from show to show or whether every future performance will follow the same no-repeat format.
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The Residency and Tour Ahead
The Sphere run is titled “Life Burns Faster.” Consequence described the Saturday concert as the residency’s second night and said the band had promised not to repeat songs from night one. The report’s setlist and account of the visuals are the basis for the details here; no independent setlist or production documentation is included in the supplied source material.
Metallica is also scheduled to play a new North American leg of its long-running “M72 World Tour” next year, according to Consequence. The report does not specify the dates or cities for that leg. The Sphere residency and the tour are separate live-performance developments, though both give the band opportunities to play for audiences in the coming period.
Details Still Missing from the Report
The supplied report does not provide direct statements from Metallica about the second-night production, the setlist choices or the residency’s plans beyond the reported performance. It also does not name the specific visual sequences or explain how the Sphere presentation differed from the first night beyond describing the visuals as completely different.
The account identifies several songs by their previous performance dates, but does not provide full historical context for those gaps or explain whether the band plans to rotate them into later shows. The source material also does not include the full schedule for the residency or dates and venues for next year’s North American tour leg.
Sphere Dates and Tour Plans
Metallica’s Sphere residency continues beyond the reported second night, though the supplied material does not list upcoming performance dates. Future setlists and visual presentations will show whether the no-repeat approach extends across more shows or was specifically a feature of the opening pair.
The band is also due to begin a new North American leg of the “M72 World Tour” next year, according to Consequence. Specific dates, locations and further tour details were not included in the source report. Those announcements, along with the next Sphere performances, should clarify how the band’s live plans develop.
Key Questions
What changed for Metallica’s second Sphere show?
According to Consequence, the band used different visuals and played a 16-song setlist with no songs repeated from night one.
Which songs had not been played live for years?
“Devil’s Dance” was played for the first time since June 7, 2008, and “The Outlaw Torn” for the first time since September 8, 2019, according to the report.
What opened and closed the second-night set?
The show opened with “Blackened” and ended with “Enter Sandman,” according to the setlist published by Consequence.
Is Metallica touring North America next year?
Consequence reported that the band will play a new North American leg of its “M72 World Tour” next year. The supplied report does not include dates or locations.
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