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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…
Metallica played a special acoustic show at The Masonic in San Francisco, CA on November 3 and some footage from the concert can now be seen below. The event also included an auction with proceeds going towards the band’s All Within My Hands foundation. Setlist: 01. “Disposable Heroes” 02. “When A Blind Man Cries” (Deep…
Pearl Jam have announced that their Home Shows initiative has raised close to $11 million, which will be distributed to nearly 100 organizations in an effort to fight homelessness in Seattle and King County. The money was raised with the assistance of over 170 partners and various individuals. The band commented: “A HUGE thank you…
Metallica have announced that they will be playing a special acoustic show at The Masonic in San Francisco, CA on November 3. The event will also include an auction and proceeds will go towards the band’s All Within My Hands foundation. Cage The Elephant will serve as support. Metallica commented: “A little over 18 months…
Following the summer 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 $95,000 to C.O.P.S., while Breaking Benjamin chose to donate $95,000 to Prevent Child Abuse America. Zoltan Bathory (Five Finger Death Punch) commented: “We’ve…
Metallica have been quite charitable in recent years through their work with local food banks on their “WorldWired” tour. In fact, the band recently presented a $10,000 check to North Dakota’s Great Plains Food Bank while they were in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The organization commented: “Thank You to Metallica and their All Within My…
X Japan’s Yoshiki has donated 10 million yen (approximately $89,000) to the Red Cross Society in an effort to provide disaster relief for those affected by the heavy downpours and flooding that has caused significant damage around Western Japan. The donation was made through his nonprofit organization Yoshiki Foundation America. The Japanese Red Cross Society…
Metallica were honored with the Polar Music Prize during a ceremony at Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden on June 14 and as part of the prize the band received one million Swedish krona (just over $130,000 USD). Now, the group’s All Within My Hands foundation have announced that the money will divided between three charities, with…
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