BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech’s luring of Metallica to play a concert at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg next year offers a lesson in the importance of dreaming big. Ahead of Saturday’s match-up with Rutgers, officials laid out how their big bet paid off.

The Hokies have set their team's entrance to "Enter Sandman" since 2000, when they installed a new scoreboard at Lane Stadium while at the absolute peak of their cultural power. The song's aura quickly became beloved by Virginia Tech fans and feared by the rest of the country.

Metallica has extended their M72 World Tour to perform in Lane Stadium on May 7, 2025. Enter Sandman has become part of the Virginia Tech identity and is renowned for exhibiting school spirit. The Virginia Tech football team runs out to Enter Sandman at the start of every home game. The tradition dates to Aug. 27, 2000.

After decades of rocking Virginia Tech football fans through Lane Stadium's sound system, Metallica is visiting Blacksburg to shake the stadium for the first time — in person.

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Start jumping, Hokies! Metallica is coming to Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium on May 7, 2025. The performance will be a part of the legendary band’s M72 World Tour. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

Get ready to shake Blacksburg to the ground. The legends of heavy metal Metallica are taking over Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium in May 2025.

Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium, known for its electric atmosphere during college football games, prepares to host a monumental event: Metallica‘s first-ever concert at the historic venue. The performance,