Source: James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich of Metallica perform during the M72 World Tour at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on June 03, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
Legendary heavy metal band Metallica will be heading to Houston Saturday, June 14, for their massive M72 World Tour at NRG Stadium.
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Metallica seems to alternate primarily between two separate setlists, with a few songs overlapping. Based on this, it’s likely they’ll perform their “Setlist Version Two,” which I will outline in the song descriptions below. As this is the likely setlist for Metallica’s Houston show, I will display those songs first.
Before you go to the show, here are the songs to know:
1. ‘Creeping Death’
Setlist version two.
2. ‘Harvester of Sorrow’
Setlist version two.
3. ‘Leper Messiah’
Setlist version two.
4. ‘King Nothing’
Setlist version two.
5. ’72 Seasons’
Setlist version two.
6. If Darkness Had a Son
Setlist version two.
7. Kirk’s and Rob’s Doodle
Songs are a surprise.
8. ‘The Day That Never Comes’
Setlist version two.
9. ‘Cyanide’
Setlist version two.
10. ‘Orion’
Setlist version two.
11. ‘Nothing Else Matters’
Setlist version two.
12. ‘Sad but True’
Setlist version two.
13. ‘Blackened’
Setlist version two.
14. ‘Fuel’
Setlist version two.
15. ‘Seek & Destroy’
Setlist version two.
16. ‘Master of Puppets’
Setlist version two.
17. ‘Whiplash’
Setlist version one.
18. ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’
Setlist version one.
19. ‘Ride the Lightning’
Setlist version one.
20. ‘The Memory Remains’
Setlist version one.
21. ‘Lux Æterna’
Setlist version one.
22. ‘Screaming Suicide’
Setlist version one.
23. Kirk’s and Rob’s Doodle
Songs are a surprise.
24. ‘Welcome Home (Sanitarium)’
Setlist version one.
25. ‘Wherever I May Roam’
Setlist version one.
26. ‘The Call of Ktulu’
Setlist version one.
27. ‘The Unforgiven’
Setlist version one.
28. ‘Whiskey in a Jar’
Setlist version one.
29. ‘Battery’
Setlist version one.
30. ‘Moth Into Flame’
Setlist version one.
31. ‘One’
Setlist version one.
32. ‘Unforgiven’
Setlist version one.
