Metallica just lost its long-running legal battle against Lloyds of London, with a California judge absolving the insurance market company of any financial losses that forced the band’s six 2020 South American shows to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. due to But just a day after the disappointing ruling was announced, Metallica were in good spirits, back and forth on stage at Los Angeles’ intimate Microsoft Theater for their third Helping Hands concert and auction fundraiser.
Frontman James Hetfield expressed his joy at being able to play for Metallica’s die-hard fans again, saying, “We’ve been together forever, for 200 years.” We are very grateful for what we are doing. “
Hetfield and company even treated Friday’s audience to a live debut of a brand new track from Metallica’s COVID-delayed 72 seasons The album, which is finally coming out in April 2023. “We thought it was such a special gig here that we would be playing ‘Lux Eterna’, which is the first single. [72 Seasons]. We will play it live for the first time here. How is that?” Hatfield asked rhetorically. A cymbal snafu caused the band to stop and restart the song, but the 7,100 excited concertgoers — among them Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum — hardly minded or even noticed. did not come
While “Lux Æterna” was the only show of the night 72 seasons, the event, which benefited the band’s All in My Hands Foundation, also featured a few other surprises. Metallica’s Thin Lizzy’s “Borderline” (“Phil Lent was writing that song about my life,” Hetfield said) and the UFO deep cut “It’s Killing Me,” the latter of which was requested by drummer Lars Ulrich. “We keep playing cover because it is funHatfield laughed.
Then “new friend” St. Vincent — who originally covered Metallica’s “Sad But True” on last year’s All-Star Covers compilation — The Metallica Blacklist – Out to jam on another The Black Album The power ballad, “Sad But True.” During the half-acoustic/half-electric concert, San Francisco folk singer/multi-instrumentalist and former AWMH intern Avi Vinocur also joined, playing mandolin and acoustic, electric, and 12-string guitar. (“All the things we don’t know how to do,” Hetfield said.)
Jimmy Kimmel hosted Friday’s fundraiser, raving about Metallica as “one of the best bands in the history of the world,” while Robert Downey Jr. and Tony Hawk also dropped in to sing praises and express their love for the band. Samples were presented. Rising hard rockers Greta Van Fleet opened the show.
Since Metallica founded All Within My Hands in 2017, the charity has raised $12 million to fight food insecurity, provide natural disaster relief, and build sustainable communities through workforce and community college programs. This year’s AWMH memorabilia auction, which began on December 5, runs through December 20; 100% of the proceeds from both the auction and the benefit show will go directly to people in need. Friday’s concert was streamed live via Paramount+, and will be available to watch in its entirety again on Monday, December 19.
As for what’s next for Metallica, post Case and Post Pandemic, on April 27, 2023 – two weeks after the expected summer release. 72 seasons, the band’s first studio album since 2016 – they will return to play stadiums on their two-year M72 World Tour. They will perform two songs in each city, with completely different set lists for each night. The full setlist for their December 16th Helping Hands concert is below.
Audio:
blacked out
unforgivable
border line
It’s killing me
Whiskey in a jar
interval (Introduced by Hetfield: “We’re gonna come right back, take a short break, and then come back and kick some metal ass”)
Electricity:
Chloe’s call
harvest of sorrow
pure from you
All in my hands
the walking dead
Enter the Sandman
Lux Æterna
Nothing Else (with St. Vincent)
Find and destroy
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