Metallica Raised £1 Million From Charity Livestream

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Metallica have raised $1.3 million (~£1 million) from their recent ‘Helping Hands’ charity livestream concert.

On November 14th, the band performed a half-acoustic, half-electric benefit livestream to raise money for their charity All Within My Hands. All Within My Hands is non-profit made by the band in 2017 in order to create “sustainable communities by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger and other critical local services”.

Posting to twitter about the great success from the stream the band said “We’re thrilled to announce that, thanks to all of you & our generous sponsors, #HelpingHands2020 has raised over $1.3 million!” the band tweeted. “Those funds will be used to continue our support of [All Within My Hands] partner organisations & COVID-19 & disaster relief efforts.”

We’re thrilled to announce that, thanks to all of you & our generous sponsors, #HelpingHands2020 has raised over $1.3 million! Those funds will be used to continue our support of @AWMHFoundation partner organizations & #COVID19 & disaster relief efforts. https://t.co/fPttNiepfJ

— Metallica (@Metallica) November 24, 2020

The band recorded the stream from their headquarters in California, where they played an eight-song acoustic set and a six-song electric one. The band also did some covers of Deep Purple, Bob Seger, and ‘The House Of The Rising Sun’, with the acoustic part of the show including acoustic versions of ‘Blackened’ and ‘Now That We’re Dead’.

You can still buy access to see a replay of the show here, there are a range of tickets available for this event, a standard ticket will be ~£11.50 ($14.99), an audio ticket bundle (which includes mp3 download of the show) will be ~£19.50 ($25), an audio and t-shirt bundle will be ~£42.50 ($55).

or you can check out this 30 minute preview for the show here:

During the show, frontman James Hetfield said “We’re super grateful to be a part of this and glad you’re here to witness it and be part of it as well, All your help is very much appreciated. And the fact that we get to play is a big bonus, right? We get to play, we get to employ some people here, we get to help out – it’s a win-win-win everywhere.”