Metallica is bringing back its Helping Hands Concert and Auction. On Monday, the rock band announced that it will perform at a charity concert on Dec. 13 at Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater with a yet-to-be-revealed lineup of guest stars hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
“We’re psyched to announce we’re adding one more show to the calendar this year,” the band wrote on Instagram. “Our @allwithinmyhandsfoundation’s Helping Hands Concert & Auction returns to Los Angeles.”
Profits from the tickets and the auctioned-off items will go back 100 percent to the Helping Hands organization. Tickets for this year’s edition go on sale on Friday, July 26, at 10 a.m. PT. Fans hoping to travel from outside of California can purchase travel packages through the band fan page’s website.
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Metallica last hosted the Helping Hands Concert and Auction in Dec. 2022, when they raised $3 million that went directly to the organization’s efforts in supporting workforce education, disaster relief, and the fight against hunger. The last show featured appearances from Robert Downey Jr., Tony Hawk, and St. Vincent. Greta Van Fleet also performed.
Metallica established the organization in 2017 and has since raised more than $15 million, including $8 million in grants for technical education programs and almost $4 million to combat food insecurity.
Metallica is currently on its M72 World Tour, where they’re performing two shows in each city with completely different sets and different openers. The group will perform their show pairs in Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Minneapolis next month. They’ll then play four nights in Mexico City in late September.
The band has brought along acts such as Pantera, Mammoth WVH, Five Finger Death Punch, and Ice Nine Kills on the road. (They also played a virtual concert on Fortnite last month called the “Metallica: Fuel. Fire. Fury” show.)
From Rolling Stone US
