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Pull a thread
The Chicago radio DJ who got Limp Bizkit run off a Metallica stage, and the 2027 stadium run that makes the comeback official
In 2003 a local morning host spent a week telling his listeners to bring things to throw at Fred Durst. They did. Metallica brought the band back as an M72 opener in 2025, and has now booked them for twelve stadiums in 2027.
On 16 September 2026, Metallica announced twelve North American stadium dates for spring 2027, with Limp Bizkit and Avatar opening. The run goes from Vancouver’s BC Place on 8 May to Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on 19 June, with the band playing in the round at the 50 yard line. Limp Bizkit already opened a handful of M72 stadium dates in 2025. The last full tour they shared, in 2003, ended with Durst pelted off a stage outside Chicago by a crowd a radio host had spent a week building.