Metallica has postponed their rescheduled South American tour. They posted a message on their website reading, “It is with a heavy heart that we’re back in this space seven months later to announce that our South American tour dates scheduled for December of this year are once again being postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We’re working closely with our local promoter partners to re-schedule these shows for hopefully in late 2021 and will have an update for you soon.”
Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich recently told CNBC that he thinks it will be a year “at the earliest” large concerts return. He said, “The good news is, on the live concert front, when Metallica and other bands like Metallica play big arena or stadium concerts again, you can pretty much count on the fact that Covid as we know it now it is over. … The last thing that will happen are big concerts — 20,00 people in an arena, 50,000 people in a stadium.”
Metallica will play their very first worldwide, live-streamed concert event this Saturday (Nov. 14th) at 2 p.m. PT. The concert is a fundraiser for the All Within My Hands Foundation.