Robert Trujillo Gives Update on Metallica’s 72 Seasons World Tour Coming to Australia

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Paul 'Browny' Brown

NEXT WEEK – Robert Trujillo will spend part of his 5 months off from Metallica‘s 72 Seasons World Tour to venture back to Australia with Mike Muir, Jay Weinberg, Dave Kushner and Dean Pleasants in Infectious Grooves. The last time the band were in Australia was for the 2008 run of Soundwave Festival.

In conversation with our very own Ricky Aarons, Rob shared anecdotes about his relationship with Australian fans, which dates back to before he joined Metallica in 2003.

“I feel like the two places for the Infectious Grooves that had a real solid, loyal following was Australia and actually France… so getting back down to Australia for me is really exciting – plus I haven’t been there in over 10 years even with Metallica.”

Coincidentally, Soundwave 2013 was also the last time Trujillo was last seen crab crawling across the stage down under when the Metal Titans headlined.

Since then, the question on every Aussie fan’s lips has been – “When and will we get Metallica to Australia any time soon?”

Ricky went straight to the source and asked Rob…

“Yes, we will be there and it’s definitely going to happen. I can’t give you specific dates right now but just understand, believe and know that we’re coming down to you. It’s gonna happen. We’re excited.

Kirk and I – whenever we go to Australia, it’s so special because it becomes not just a music experience, it becomes a surf experience! We almost forget we’re on tour because we’ll be going to Bells Beach, or we’re going to Kirra, hanging out on the Gold Coast. We even went surfing in Wollongong and we went to Kalbarri on the West Coast outside of Perth.

We go on these adventures and the music is a part of that. It’s almost the soundtrack to the experience that we’re having with our friends and the ocean – and we haven’t had that in a long time – so I’m looking forward to that part of the 72 Seasons Tour cycle – having that again with Kirk.

And kicking it all off is being down there with you all in a couple weeks. It’s all happening. The party’s getting started.”

So, Metallica ARE coming. There are plans, but no dates yet. Be patient.

Their latest album 72 Seasons dropped in April 2023. Before then, Aussie fans missed out on the chance to catch tracks from their 2016 release Hardwired… To Self-Destruct following the cancellation of their 2019 tour with Slipknot.

Something tells me we won’t be waiting too much longer for a triumphant return.

Until then, catch Rob in the country with Infectious Grooves from March 30 – NEXT WEEK!