Metallica announce VR immersive concert experience with Apple

12 Mar 2025, 00:59 · louder

By Stef Lach ( Metal Hammer ) published 12 March 2025

You can watch "overwhelming" Metallica live performance – as long as you've got a set of $2500 Apple Vision Pros

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Metallica have teamed up with Apple to launch a new VR immersive concert experience.

'Metallica: an Apple Immersive concert experience' will be available for free on Apple Vision Pro from Friday, March 14. But the equipment itself retails from around $2500 or £2000.

The film features performances of the songs Whiplash, One and Enter Sandman filmed on the band's M72 show in Mexico City last year.

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"When we were having the conversation about doing it and understanding the technology and the possibilities, understanding the cameras and all of it ... we were trying on the Vision Pros and looking at these sporting events and so on. It's fucking insanity.

"Then seeing a Metallica concert like that and on top of it, in Mexico City which is about as high on the fan engagement, fan passion and the sharing of that love ... the Mexican crowds are so giving and so completely unguarded. It's such a beautiful thing."

A preview of will be available as part of the Apple Vision Pro demo in Apple store locations worldwide from Friday, March 14.

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Stef wrote close to 5,000 stories during his time as assistant online news editor and later as online news editor between 2014-2016. An accomplished reporter and journalist, Stef has written extensively for a number of UK newspapers and also played bass with UK rock favourites Logan. His favourite bands are Pixies and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Stef left the world of rock'n'roll news behind when he moved to his beloved Canada in 2016, but he started on his next 5000 stories in 2022.

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