Apocalyptica have announced a 2025 North American tour in support of their new album, Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2. Guitar shredder Nita Strauss will provide support for all dates.
The “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour” launches February 6th in Washington, D.C., and runs through March 8th in Houston. The Finnish metal cellists will hit majors markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, and Dallas along the way.
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale begins Wednesday (June 12th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code CHORD. General ticket sales start Friday (June 14th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.
Apocalyptica released their new covers album Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2 this past Friday (June 7th). It arrived nearly two decades after the group released the now-iconic Plays Metallica by Four Cellos in 1996, the LP that launched the Finnish group to worldwide fame.
“We just loved Metallica and we wanted to play it with the instruments we were able to play, which just happened to be cellos,” recounted founding member Eicca Toppinen via a press release. “We played a metal club in Helsinki, and then we were asked to do an album. Five months after it was released, we were opening for Metallica. It’s still unbelievable to me.”
Concertgoers will be treated to the new Metallica interpretations from Vol. 2 on the upcoming run, the dates of which can be seen below.
Apocalyptica’s 2025 Tour Dates
02/06 – Washington, D.C. @ Warner Theatre *
02/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia *
02/08 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre *
02/11 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
02/12 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS *
02/13 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre *
02/14 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center *
02/15 – Chicago, IL @ Athenaeum Center *
02/16 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit *
02/18 – Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater *
02/19 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre *
02/20 – Saskatoon, SK @ Coors Event Centre *
02/21 – Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall *
02/22 – Calgary, AB @ Grey Eagle Event Centre *
02/24 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre *
02/25 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre *
02/26 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
02/27 – San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts *
02/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Orpheum Theatre *
03/01 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
03/03 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre *
03/05 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live – Moody Theater *
03/06 – Dallas, TX @ The Majestic Theatre *
03/08 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center *
* = w/ Nita Strauss