Metallica Olympiastadion 2024

Pinkpop releases Metallica’s headlining show from 2008

Author Benedetta Baldin - 30.11.2025

On November 29, the Pinkpop Archive channel of the 2008 “Pinkpop Festival” released professionally shot footage of Metallica‘s headline performance, as reported by theprp. When the group performed on stage for the first time at that festival on May 30, 2008, they performed a performance of eighteen songs. Since then, they have performed at that festival twice more, once in 2014 and again in 2022. The thrash metal titans performed the following songs at their first appearance at the Landraaf, a NET early summer institution:

  1. Creeping Death
  2. For Whom The Bell Tolls
  3. Ride The Lightning
  4. The Four Horsemen
  5. Bleeding Me
  6. …And Justice For All
  7. Devil’s Dance
  8. The Memory Remains
  9. Fade To Black
  10. Master Of Puppets
  11. Whiplash
  12. Nothing Else Matters
  13. Sad But True
  14. One
  15. Enter Sandman
  16. Last Caress (Misfits cover)
  17. So What (Anti-Nowhere League cover)
  18. Seek & Destroy

Upcoming shows in 2026:

09* MAYATHENS, GREECEOLYMPIC STADIUM
13* MAYBUCHAREST, ROMANIAARENA NAȚIONALĂ
19* MAYCHORZÓW, POLANDSTADION ŚLĄSKI
22* & 24ˣ MAYFRANKFURT, GERMANYDEUTSCHE BANK PARK
27* MAYZÜRICH, SWITZERLANDSTADION LETZIGRUND
30* MAYBERLIN, GERMANYOLYMPIASTADION
03* JUNEBOLOGNA, ITALYSTADIO RENATO DALL’ARA
11ˣ & 13* JUNEBUDAPEST, HUNGARYPUSKAS ARENA
19ˣ & 21* JUNEDUBLIN, IRELANDAVIVA STADIUM
25* JUNEGLASGOW, SCOTLANDHAMPDEN PARK
28* JUNECARDIFF, WALESPRINCIPALITY STADIUM
03* & 05ˣ JULYLONDON, ENGLANDLONDON STADIUM

*Support: Gojira & Knocked Loose
ˣSupport: Pantera & Avatar

As always, a portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to local charities via the band’s foundation, All Within My Hands. Established in 2017 as a way to give back to communities that have supported Metallica over the years, All Within My Hands has raised over $20 million, providing $11.4 million in grants to career and technical education programs, including the ground-breaking Metallica Scholars Initiative, now in its seventh year, over $7.4 million to combat food insecurity, and more than $4.7 million to disaster relief efforts.