Watch: METALLICA performs acoustic and electric set at fourth 'Helping Hands Concert & Auction'
16-12-2024
METALLICA‘s fourth “Helping Hands Concert & Auction” took place on Friday, December 13, at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.
In addition to METALLICA, this year’s “Helping Hands Concert & Auction” featured a performance by Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff, as well as by SistaStrings, the sisters-turned-classically trained duo named 2023’s “best instrumentalist” by the Americana Music Association.
Hosted once again by Jimmy Kimmel, this year’s event marked the return of All Within My Hands‘ “Helping Hands Concert & Auction” to Los Angeles — where the previous “Helping Hands” show in December 2022 raised approximately $3,000,000 — 100% of which went directly to All Within My Hands‘ efforts supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, disaster relief and other critical local services.
METALLICA‘s setlist for the fourth “Helping Hands Concert & Auction” was as follows, according to Setlist.fm:
Acoustic:
01. Low Man’s Lyric(with Avi Vinocur) (also with Henry Salvia; first performance since September 13, 1998)
02. Helpless (DIAMOND HEAD cover) (with Avi Vinocur) (also with Henry Salvia; first performance since April 7, 2018)
03. Away From Home (BACHMAN–TURNER OVERDRIVE cover) (with Avi Vinocur) (also with Henry Salvia; live debut)
04. If Darkness Had A Son (with SistaStrings) (also with Avi Vinocur and Henry Salvia; live debut of acoustic rendition)
05. Nothing Else Matters (with SistaStrings) (also with Avi Vinocur and Henry Salvia)
Electric:
06. Orion
07. The Shortest Straw
08. Until It Sleeps
09. Screaming Suicide
10. The Unforgiven II(with Avi Vinocur) (first performance since September 16, 2015)
11. Fuel (with Avi Vinocur) (also with Henry Salvia; new arrangement)
12. Hit The Lights (with Jeff Ament)
13. Master Of Puppets
Established in 2017 as a way to give back to communities that have supported METALLICA over the years, All Within My Hands has raised over $15 million — providing $8.2 million in grants to career and technical education programs including the ground-breaking Metallica Scholars Initiative, now in its sixth year, over $3.6 million to combat food insecurity, more than $3.5 million to disaster relief efforts.
All Within My Hands was established by METALLICA to invest in the people and places that have supported the band. It also allows METALLICA‘s fans to engage in philanthropy and volunteerism. The Foundation is dedicated to creating sustainable communities through workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services. All expenses of the Foundation are covered by the band, the board, and a few special friends so that 100 percent of donations go to the organizations it supports. AWMH is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Last year, All Within My Hands donated a portion of all ticket sales from METALLICA‘s “M72” world tour back into the communities visited during each tour stop. In partnership with local promoters, the Foundation worked diligently to find organizations that aligned with the AWMH mission and actively put funds to use to better the lives of people in need.
The METALLICA family and the All Within My Hands foundation board members are committed to running an organization of the highest integrity where expenses are kept to a minimum and are paid for entirely by the band, the board, and friends who have worked with the band over many years and are excited to help in this mission. As such, 100% of all donations from fans and third parties go to the organizations AWMH supports.
In January 2022, METALLICA announced the appointment of Peter Delgrosso as executive director to All Within My Hands. Pete had served on AWMH advisory board since 2018 and is focused on the future of the foundation.
METALLICA‘s 2021 “The Metallica Blacklist” compilation generated more than $1 million in donations. All the profits from the “Blacklist” project were divided evenly between All Within My Hands and charities chosen by the participating artists.
METALLICA‘s last album “72 Seasons” sold 146,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week of release to land at position No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. It marks the band’s 12th Top 10-charting album, of which eight have reached the top two.
“72 Seasons” had the biggest week for any rock or hard rock album since TOOL‘s “Fear Inoculum” arrived in September 2019 with 270,000 equivalent album units.
“72 Seasons” was released on April 14 via METALLICA‘s own Blackened Recordings. Produced by Greg Fidelman with guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, it is METALLICA‘s first full-length collection of new material since “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”.
In the seven years since the arrival of “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”, METALLICA has reissued some of its classic albums, released a second live album with the San Francisco Symphony, commissioned a covers album featuring the likes of GHOST, VOLBEAT, WEEZER, Corey Taylor and THE HU, and landed on the Billboard songs chart with “Master Of Puppets” after a prominent placement in the hit Netflix show “Stranger Things”.
METALLICA‘s “M72” world tour launched in late April in Amsterdam. The trek sees the band playing two nights in every city it visits — with each “No Repeat Weekend” featuring two completely different setlists and support lineups. The “M72” tour features a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed METALLICA Snake Pit to center stage, as well as the “I Disappear” full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16 years of age.
Opening acts include Floor Jansen, EPICA, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, ICE NINE KILLS, MAMMOTH WVH, PANTERA, ARCHITECTS, GRETA VAN FLEET and VOLBEAT.
METALLICA promises fans who purchase a two-day ticket that they won’t see the same song twice for a total of over 30 songs spanning the band’s 40-plus-year career.
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