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FOX5's full list of dates opens with "2026 October 1 & 3"; Ticketmaster[2] lists "Metallica: Life Burns Faster ... Thursday, Oct 1, 2026, 8:30 PM | Sphere, Las Vegas".
The artist page's schema.org MusicEvent for 'Metallica: Life Burns Faster' at Sphere, 255 Sands Avenue, gives startDate 2026-10-01T20:30:00 (Thursday, Oct 1, 2026, 8:30 PM).[1]
The residency at Sphere in Paradise, Nevada: start date October 1, 2026, end date March 13, 2027, 24 shows.[1]
The Podcast That Rocked's episode "ROCK HALL 2026 Noms Are Weird & METALLICA X Sphere | The Podcast That Rocked" (2026-02-26) says: "we are bringing our No Repeat Weekends to Sphere in Las Vegas this fall!! Our Sphere weekend residency, Life Burns Faster, will debut on October 1 & 3, with six more shows to follow. As you’ve come to expect, each set of shows will be No Repeat Weekends, meaning if"[1]
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