{"id":248424,"date":"2025-10-29T10:14:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/248424\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:14:15","slug":"metallica-to-open-m72-perth-pop-up-shop-at-murray-street-mall-ahead-of-optus-stadium-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/248424\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica to open M72 Perth pop-up shop at Murray Street Mall ahead of Optus Stadium concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Metallica fans have been anticipating the American rock band<\/a>\u2019s arrival in Perth<\/a>, and a pop-up merchandise shop opening in the CBD on Friday is set to bring the hype.<\/p>\n

The legendary band consisting of current members James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo and Lars Ulrich is set to rock out to a wild crowd at Optus Stadium on Saturday night for the start of their world<\/a> tour.<\/p>\n

With action set to get underway at 5pm, support acts Evanescence and Suicidal Tendencies will be on from 6pm before the main act.<\/p>\n

Much to fans\u2019 delight, Metallica announced the M72 Perth pop-up shop will open in the Murray Street Mall on Friday, allowing people one last chance to score merch ahead of the concert.<\/p>\n

The shop will feature its own splatter vinyl edition of 72 Seasons and an exclusive screen-printed poster and t-shirt by poster artist Ken Taylor, who is set to make an appearance on Friday at 10am to sign merch and do a live painting.<\/p>\n

Also available to purchase are a skateboard by artist Luke Preece, city patches, classic shirts, accessories and tour products not found anywhere else.<\/p>\n

Fans can also get their hands on an M72 fan card for a chance to win prizes which include Snake Pit passes \u2014 an exclusive standing section near the stage inside the stadium.<\/p>\n

Visitors on Friday will also be entered to win Ken Taylor\u2019s one-off original artwork from the pop-up.<\/p>\n

The shop will be open from 8.30am to 8.30pm on Friday and Saturday and from 8.30am to 6pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n

After their Perth concert, Metallica will jet off around Australia stopping off in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.<\/p>\n

Following that they are expected to zoom around the globe performing in New Zealand, Europe and the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Metallica fans have been anticipating the American rock band\u2019s arrival in Perth, and a pop-up merchandise shop opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,136,46,45],"class_list":["post-248424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-perth","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}