The Virgina Tech Hokies have used the 1991 tune as their entrance song at football games for over 20 years Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

Traditions are what makes college football different than the NFL. From Auburn rolling Toomer's Corner after winning a game to Clemson touching Howard's rock and running down the hill in Death Valley, ...

“It probably goes against your UVA principles to be there,” he said. Actually, no. Big fan of Metallica, and I would love to see them in concert, and I assumed that environment down there in Lane ...

Playing “Enter Sandman” at Virginia Tech football games in Lane Stadium is a tradition dating back to 2000 when its first video scoreboard was installed. Combined today with jumping by fans, fireworks ...

New Head Football Coach for Virginia Tech James Franklin said he can't wait to run out to his first ever Enter Sandman. So back in 2000, Virginia Tech had just installed a new Jumbotron and needed ...

For the last 25 years, Virginia Tech begins every game at Lane Stadium the same way: by blasting Metallica‘s “Enter Sandman” while the Hokies take the field. “It’s just a different type of feeling,” ...

Last week Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry was at the ACC Kickoff with star players Kyron Drones, Antwaun Powell-Ryland, and Dorian Strong. All of which discussed different things involving the ...

The energy builds from the first guitar notes emanating across Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium, a low and ominous riff building to a thumping heavy-metal peak. As it does, the Hokies barrel out of the ...

The Hokies are featured on the new college football game.

Metallica put on an earth-shaking show at Virginia Tech this week. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers took the stage Wednesday night, May 7 at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, where upwards of 60,000 fans ...

Metallica played their first concert at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium on Wednesday, where the crowd’s rapturous reaction to “Enter Sandman” — which has doubled as the Hokies football team’s intro music ...