Metallica Tickets Hit €3,460 on Resale Market as Athens Braces for First Show in 16 Years

Tickets for Metallica's May 9 performance astatine Athens' Olympic Stadium are fetching up to 10 times their look worth connected the secondary market, with resellers listing premium seats astatine €3,460 arsenic the set prepares for its archetypal Greek quality successful 16 years.

Original tickets for the amusement — portion of the band's record-breaking M72 World Tour — ranged from €86 for modular introduction to €550 for the premier Snake Pit acquisition closest to the stage. Secondary platforms including Viagogo are present listing those aforesaid Snake Pit tickets astatine €3,460, portion modular arena seats initially priced astatine €147 are regularly appearing for €300 oregon more.

The surge followed mid-April activation of integer summons transportation codes, which opened the doorway to speculative resale connected a important scale.
Greece's taxation authorization has intensified enforcement crossed the retail assemblage successful 2026, but the secondary ticketing marketplace remains mostly unregulated, leaving fans with small ineligible recourse against terms gouging.

On the crushed astatine the Olympic Athletic Center, preparations are good advanced. Trucks carrying instrumentality for the band's signature in-the-round 360-degree signifier — positioned astatine the stadium's halfway to let the assemblage to situation the set — are already connected site.

Promoters person issued strict introduction requirements for an lawsuit expected to gully 80,000 fans. Bags larger than A4 size are prohibited, and nonrecreational cameras, metal-studded accessories and drones volition beryllium confiscated astatine the gates.

Special guests Gojira and Knocked Loose volition unfastened the show.

Officials confirmed the lawsuit remains connected docket contempt societal media speculation astir the stadium's structural readiness.

By Vassilis Goulas