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Metallica are apply for the super Bowl 2026

ByJohn

After more than forty years of career, the metal do not stop looking forward. Among their future ambitions there is an event that combines music, sport and global show: the super Bowl. And now, with the 2026 edition to be held in Santa Clara, a stone’s throw from their San Francisco, the possibility of seeing them protagonists at the Halftime Show could be concrete (and symbolic) more than ever. During a recent interview a The Howard Stern ShowLars Ulrich confirmed the band’s interest in the 2026’s super Bowl Halftime Show. “Of course we would do it,” said the drummer. “It would be a dream that comes true and the right thing to do. But in the end it does not depend on us.” A statement that has inflamed the enthusiasm of the fans, ready to see the limestone group one of the most viewed and followed stages in the world. The 2026 Super Bowl will be a particularly significant event for Metallica: It will take place at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, in the heart of the Bay Area, where the band was born and raised artistically. A return to the origins, but on a scale never seen before.

Despite their stature from Heavy Metal giants, the metallic have never been invited to perform during the interval of the Super Bowl – a showcase so far reserved especially for Pop and Balck Music Star. But in recent years the rock has shyly headed on the stage of Halftime (just think of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2014 with Bruno Mars), and the possible choice of the NFL to focus on the metal would represent a strong signal of opening to a more transversal audience. In parallel, Ulrich has also admitted that the band is evaluating a residency at Las Vegas’s spher After the conclusion of the M72 world tour in 2026: “I do not confirm it, but I don’t deny it. It is something we are considering seriously.” The immersive local mega inaugurated by the U2 looks like the perfect stage for the visual and sound power of the metal. With a new Siriusxm channel (Metallic mandatory), a record tour in progress and ambitious projects on the horizon, the metal continue to reinvent themselves. What if 2026 really marked their final landing in the pop Olympus of the Super Bowl?

John
John

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