Metallica returns to the stage after losing the lawsuit, and triumphs at the Helping Hands benefit show

Metallica just lost A long-running legal battle v. Lloyd’s of London, with a California judge exempting the insurance market company from any financial losses arising from the band’s forced postponement of six 2020 South American shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But just a day after this disappointing ruling was announced, Metallica was in good spirits, taking to the stage and giving back, at the intimate Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, for the Helping Hands Concert & Auction fundraising event.

Frontman James Hetfield expressed his excitement at being able to play again for a die-hard Metallica audience, saying, “We’ve been together forever, for 200 years. We’re so grateful to do what we do.”

Hetfield and company even treated an audience Friday to the live debut of a new track from Metallica’s COVID-Delayed 72 seasons album, which will finally be released in April 2023. “We thought it would be a special party here, so much so that we would play ‘Lux Æterna,’ the first single from [72 Seasons]. We’ll be playing that for the first time here live. How about that?” Hetfield asked rhetorically. The sound of cymbals caused the band to pause and restart the song, but the 7,100 in attendance — which included Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum — didn’t seem right. or even noticed.

while “Lux Æterna” was the only preview of the night 72 seasonsan event that benefited the band Foundation all within my handSome other surprises appeared. Metallica played their first-ever covers of Thin Lizzy’s “Borderline” (“Phil Lynott was writing that song about my life,” Hetfield quipped) and the deep UFO piece “It’s Killing Me,” the latter a request of drummer Lars Ulrich. “We keep playing the covers because it is cheerfulHetfield laughed.

Then “new friend” St. Vincent – who actually covered Metallica’s “Sad But True” on last year’s all-star covers collection, Metallica blacklist – strut to stack on the other black album The power ballad is “sad but true”. During the half-acoustic/half-electric concert, San Francisco folk singer/multi-instrumentalist and former AWMH intern, Avi Vinokur, also joined in, playing mandolin, acoustic, electric and 12-string guitars. (All the things we don’t know how to do, Hetfield said.)

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Jimmy Kimmel hosted the fundraiser Friday, declaring Metallica “one of the best bands in the history of the world” to standing ovations, while Robert Downey Jr. and Tony Hawk also made surprise appearances to sing the band’s tribute and cheer for their fans. Up-and-coming rock star Greta Van Fleet opened the show.

Since Metallica created All In My Hands in 2017, the philanthropic initiative has raised $12 million to combat food insecurity, provide natural disaster relief, and build sustainable communities through workforce and community college programs. these years AWMH memorabilia auctionwhich began on December 5, and will run through December 20; 100% of the proceeds from both the auction and the benefit show will go directly to those in need. Friday’s ceremony was broadcast live via Paramount+, and will be Available to watch again in full On Monday, December 19th.

As for what comes next for Metallica, post-lawsuit, post-pandemic, on April 27, 2023 — two weeks after the highly anticipated release of 72 seasons, the band’s first studio album since 2016 – they will be back playing stadiums on their two-year M72 World Tour. They will perform two shows in each city, with completely different setlists for each night. Below is the full setlist for the Helping Hands concert on December 16th.

My voice:

blackening

the unforgiven

Border line

It hurts me so much

Whiskey in the jar

relaxation (Hetfield introduced it by saying, “We’ll be back right away, take a little break, and then come back and kick some metal”)

electrical:

ktulu call

reaper of grief

holier than

All in my hands

Death is approaching

A song by Metallica

Lux Sterna

Nothing Else Matters (with St. Vincent)

Seek and destroy

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