On Friday, April 14, Metallica launched 72 Seasons, their highly-anticipated follow-up to 2016’s Hardwired…to Self-Destruct.
As if 77 minutes of brand-new music from the legends wasn’t sufficient to get the world excited, Metallica spent loads of time all through the week of the album’s launch to construct anticipation and pleasure much more.
From a four-night residency on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to a deep, one-of-a-kind dialog with Howard Stern, Metallica saved themselves busy as the world ready to listen to 72 Seasons.
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On the day of launch, file shops throughout the globe celebrated the new album with giveaways and listening events and the day after, there have been two very particular pop-up retailers in Europe that took the events to a complete new degree.
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No one gallery of pictures can fairly seize what it was like for the rock world to come back collectively to rejoice Metallica’s new album, however we figured we might attempt.
So, as we proceed to take heed to 72 Seasons and prepare for Metallica’s large two-year, worldwide M72 tour that kicks off on April 27 in Amsterdam, it will do us all some good to step again and reminisce about the many alternative methods the file was promoted and memorialized the week of its launch.
Metallica: The Week They Released ’72 Seasons’
There’s no query that Metallica’s new album, 72 Seasons, was already one of the world’s most anticipated releases of the 12 months when it got here out on April 14. Leading as much as that launch, Metallica solely upped the anticipation with performances and appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Howard Stern Show and with their world listening social gathering on Thursday, April 13. There was much more that occurred to rejoice the launch, too, so we put collectively some of our favourite moments of the 72 Seasons launch week in the gallery under.
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