Metallica is coming to Australia! Heavy metal band to tour Down Under.

Concert promoter Live Nation took to Instagram this week to all but confirm the return of the Master of Puppets hitmakers sharing a simple posed image of the band.

One fan further confirmed the impending tour, sharing a quote from an email they received from camp Metallica on Reddit.

‘North America is not our only stop in 2025, as this year, we will return to Australia and New Zealand after far too long away,’ the email read.

‘Stay tuned for the full announcement coming VERY soon.’

Frequent visitors to our shores, Metallica have been venturing Down Under since 1998.

However, a 2025 tour would be the band’s first Australian run in 12 years with their last visit occurring in 2013.

Then band was scheduled to perform six Australian shows back in 2019, however that tour was scuttled after frontman James Hetfield entered rehab for addiction.

Taking to Instagram, guitarist Kirk Hammett, drummer Lars Ulrich and bassist Robert Trujillo released a heartbreaking statement about their band ‘brother’ announcing the cancellation of the Worldwired tour with Slipknot.

‘We are truly sorry to inform our fans and friends that we must postpone our upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand,’ the statement began.

Concert promoter Live Nation took to Instagram this week to all but confirm the return of the Master of Puppets hitmakers sharing a simple posed image of the band