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…
Metallica have donated $100,000 to help out with the wildfire relief efforts in California. The band made the donation through their All Within My Hands Foundation, which issued the following statement: “Sadly once again communities in California are experiencing historically devastating wild fires in both the Northern and Southern parts of the state. All Within…
Five Finger Death Punch’s Ivan Moody, who is originally from the Denver area, wanted to help out some local shelters when the band was in Colorado Springs, so he ended up working to put together a sleeping bag donation for Urban Peak Colorado Springs, a nonprofit that helps out homeless youth. According to Fox News…
Metallica’s recent acoustic show and auction, which took place at The Masonic in San Francisco, CA on November 3, ended up raising $1.3 Million for charity. The money “will go to food banks in cities the band has played on its current WorldWired Tour and carefully selected community colleges throughout the country.” The band’s All…
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