Metallica. Photo by Wikimedia Commons.
The band will perform at CBS Canterbury Arena on September 22, before performing at two concerts in Auckland in October.
Metallica, which formed in Los Angeles in 1981, will begin the first leg of its Australasian "World Magnetic Tour" in Melbourne on September 15 and 16, before heading onto Sydney on September 18, then to Christchurch.
The band will then continue on to Japan for major stadium dates there, before returning to New Zealand and Australia in October and November for its 15 sold-out arena shows.
