Metallica have donated $100,000 to help with wildfire relief efforts in California. The donation was made through their All Within My Hands foundation and it included $50,000 for the Sonoma County Resilience Fund and $50,000 for the Wildfire Relief Fund. The band commented: “Sadly, for the third year in a row, communities we have called…
Alice Cooper, Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), and Chris Robertson (Black Stone Cherry) have joined the list of artists contributing to Planet Rock‘s all stars charity single, a “rocked up” cover of John Farnham’s “You’re The Voice.” The track is being produced by Wayward Sons’ Toby Jepson and it will also feature members of Def Leppard, The…
X Japan’s Yoshiki has donated $100,000 to Earth Alliance’s Amazon Forest Fund in an effort to help out with the fight against the fires throughout the Amazon region. He had the following to say about that: “The Amazon fires deserve the world’s attention. I want to encourage people in every nation, including Japan, to take…
According to Reuters, Metallica donated 250,000 euros (approximately $279,000) to a Romanian pediatric oncology hospital prior to their sold-out August 14 show at Arena Națională in Bucharest. The donation was made to Daruieste Viata (Give Life) through the band’s All Within My Hands foundation.
Avenged Sevenfold have announced that they will be launching a Reverb shop on June 4 in an effort to raise money for Notes For Notes, a “non-profit organization that designs, equips, and staffs after-school recording studios inside Boys & Girls Clubs offering youth the opportunity to explore, create, and record music for free.” Over 20…
Robb Flynn (Machine Head) has shared a behind the scenes video from the “Stars To The Rescue XXVIII” fundraiser. That event took place on January 26 at the Lesher Center For The Arts in Walnut Creek, CA and it found Flynn performing with Craig Locicero (Dress The Dead, ex-Forbidden), Andy Galeon (ex-Death Angel), Harald O.…
Following the fall leg of their co-headlining tour, Five Finger Death Punch and Breaking Benjamin donated a portion of their ticket sales to two charities. Five Finger Death Punch chose to donate $30,000 to VETPAW (Veterans Empowered to Protect African Wildlife), while Breaking Benjamin chose to donate $30,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This…
Metallica will be donating $1 million in grants to community colleges as part of their All Within My Hands Foundation’s new “Metallica Scholars Initiative.” The charity has teamed up with the American Association Of Community Colleges for the initiative and ten colleges have been chosen to receive $100,000 each. The following statement was posted on…
Robb Flynn (Machine Head) has announced that he will be performing at “Stars To The Rescue XXVIII.” That event will take place on January 26 at the Lesher Center For The Arts in Walnut Creek, CA and proceeds will go towards Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation. Other confirmed artists include Bruce Hornsby and Christian…
Before Five Finger Death Punch’s show at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ivan Moody helped put together a sleeping bag donation for homeless people in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The frontman contacted local rock station 93X Minneapolis, and they were able to get the donation organized. 50 sleeping bags were donated to Catholic Charities…
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