{"id":568352,"date":"2026-04-06T18:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568352\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:47:08","slug":"metallica-adds-2-connecticut-performances-to-nearly-sold-out-tour-nbc-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568352\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica adds 2 Connecticut performances to nearly-sold-out tour \u2013 NBC Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic heavy metal band Metallica added two November performances at Mohegan Sun Arena to their nearly-sold-out world tour. <\/p>\n<p>The Grammy-award-winning band will play in Uncasville on Thursday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 21. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Metallica&#8217;s first\u2011ever performance at Mohegan Sun Arena is a truly special moment as we celebrate the venue&#8217;s 25th anniversary,&#8221; said Jeff Hamilton, president and GM of Mohegan Sun. &#8220;The 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena has been home to so many unforgettable moments, hosting more than 3,000 events and welcoming over 15 million guests in its history. We couldn&#8217;t be more excited to honor that legacy by welcoming one of the most iconic Rock bands ever and celebrating this milestone with fans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The band is calling it a No Repeat Weekend, meaning they will play a completely different set list for the second night.<\/p>\n<p>The performances will be the first for Metallica in Connecticut since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can purchase Single-Day or 2-Day tickets, which will become available on Friday, April 10, at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Fan Club presale begins at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8. Fans can sign up to be Fifth Member to obtain a presale code through Metallica&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metallica.com\/login\/?scope=gated&amp;original=%2Fclub-news%2F2026-04-06-mohegan-sun-presale-information.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.metallica.com\/login\/?scope=gated&amp;original=%2Fclub-news%2F2026-04-06-mohegan-sun-presale-information.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iconic heavy metal band Metallica added two November performances at Mohegan Sun Arena to their nearly-sold-out world tour.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[6547,88,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-568352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-concerts","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}