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Metallica Give Back With $1 Million Toward Major Workforce Education Initiative

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The titans of metal show their softer side by launching a generous community college grant program through their All Within My Hands Foundation
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Dec 11, 2018 - 1:37 pm

Not all heroes wear capes. In fact, some wear all black. Enter Metallica, by now known as much for their massive stadium-filling riffs as their enlarged hearts. The GRAMMY-winning quartet's All Within My Hands Foundation has announced a new workforce training intuitive that will spread $1 million across ten community colleges to support more than 1,000 students, who will be known as the first-ever Metallica Scholars.

According to a statement from the band, the funds will go to career and technical community college programs that "provide skills and services to students who are looking to enter a traditional trade or other applied learning program."

Each of the 10 community colleges chosen will receive $100,000 in support. For the selection process, the band partnered with the American Association Of Community Colleges to conduct a competitive application process.

“The All Within My Hands Foundation and Metallica are proud to announce this major new initiative,” said Dr. Edward Frank, executive director of AWMH. "The goal of our Metallica Scholars Initiative is to improve career opportunities for community college students in the trades… so that they have the skills and training necessary to find meaningful and well-paying jobs in their communities.”

Metallica drummer and co-founder Lars Ulrich added, “All of us in the band feel fortunate that music has provided us the opportunity to be successful doing something we are passionate about. We want to share our success with others so that they can find a job where they can do the same.”

For more information on All Within My Hands, including a full list of the community colleges selected, visit the organization's website.

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Metallica Launch Month Of Giving, Asking Fans To Support COVID-19 Relief Efforts Together

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The group will be fundraising for four charities with merch sales, concert streams and by encouraging their fans to donate
Ana Monroy Yglesias
GRAMMYs
May 6, 2020 - 1:52 pm

Yesterday, May 5, Metallica and their All Within My Hands foundation announced their plans for a "Month Of Giving." For the past two years, the GRAMMY-winning rock group typically hosts a national Day of Service this month with the foundation, so in lieu of being able to gather volunteers in person, they've chosen four charities to fundraise for.

"Inspired by today's #GivingTuesdayNow, a new global date of giving in response to the global need caused by COVID-19, we're going to spotlight four organizations we're supporting throughout this crisis," drummer Lars Ulrich said in the below video statement.

"Each week this month, we will share with you what these organizations do and show you how you can chip in to help. We'll be contributing proceeds from special weekly featured merchandise in the Metallica store and continuing to donate funds raised during the #MetallicaMondays streaming concerts."

The org they've selected for this week is national food bank network Feeding America. The three other non-profits they've selected are Crew Nation, a fund to support out-of-work music crews, the United States Bartenders Guild, whose Emergency Assistance Program is helping in-need bar staff, and Direct Relief, an org providing essential safety equipment to frontline healthcare workers in 22 countries. According to their website, AWMH is offering grants totaling $350,000 to these four important charities.

Additionally, their Monday concert stream series has already raised $15,000 and they will continue to fundraise with it as they roll out more archival concerts.

Launched a month ago, #MetallicaMondays brings one of the band's hard-rocking shows from the vault to stream on their YouTube and Facebook pages. The most recent show, posted on May 4, is from a 2016 concert in London, while the previous week's is all the way back from 1991 in Muskegon, Mich. Fans can enjoy all uploaded concerts at their leisure on either platform.

The "Enter Sandman" act also launched a SiriusXM channel for the month of May that will also dive into their rich concert archive to offer a "Virtual Metallica Tour" to their loyal fan base.

Back in January, the band and their foundation gave $750,000 AUD to support much-needed brushfire relief in Australia and asked fans to give what they can. In 2019, they offered $100,000 for wildfire relief as blazes tore through their homestate of California.

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Dave Grohl & Lars Ulrich Chat About New Foos Album, Paul McCartney

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The Foo Fighters frontman was the special guest on "It's Electric!," a Beats 1 radio show hosted by the Metallica drummer
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Sep 15, 2017 - 11:52 am

What do you get when put two of the most popular rock drummers of the last century in the same room for 45 minutes? We found out when Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich invited Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on his radio show "It's Electric!" on Apple Music's Beats 1.

In the interview, Grohl and Ulrich swap tales from the road, including behind-the-scenes stories from Glastonbury, jamming with Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney, The Foo' 'new album, a hilarious backstage moment with Oasis' Liam Gallagher and Taylor Hawkins, drinking too much coffee, spontaneous trips to Las Vegas, and much more.

A natural as a radio host, Ulrich has been broadcasting "It's Electric!" on Beats 1 since May. So far he's welcomed Iggy Pop, Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows, and Royal Blood. The show airs every Sunday at 3:00 p.m. PST on Beats 1.

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Metallica Fight Fire With Fire, Pledge $100K In Relief For California Wildfires

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The thrash metal pioneers' All Within My Hands non-profit foundation steps in to help those affected by the recent fires in Northern and Southern California... Find out how you can help
GRAMMYs
Nov 5, 2019 - 4:23 pm

Metallica have donated a total of $100,000 through their non-profit foundation, All Within My Hands, to help victims of the California wildfires taking place over the past month. The band made the announcement online, encouraging their fans to add donations of own to either the Sonoma County Resilience Fund or the Wildfire Relief Fund, each of whom will receieve $50k from the Bay Area-based GRAMMY winners. 

"Both organizations are dedicated to long-term recovery efforts, helping residents resume normal lives as they get back on their feet after the devastation of these firestorms," they wrote. "We would also like to encourage you to join us in supporting those in need as well as the first responders who have been working tirelessly to keep Californians safe. Whether you are able to contribute money, non-perishable food, clothing and other supplies, or your time by volunteering or providing temporary housing, every bit helps."

This marks the third consecutive year Metallica have offered wildfire relief, donating $100k in 2018 and playing a relief show in San Francisco in 2017.

"Sadly, for the third year in a row, communities we have called home throughout the state of California are again experiencing the tragedy left in the wake of wildfires," the post reads. 

Earlier this year, Metallica and All Within My Hands, along with Feeding America, held their second annual Day Of Service, inviting volunteers to visit food banks in communities that supported the band on their extensive WorldWired Tour. They also donated about $277,000 toward construction of Romania’s first children’s cancer center in August, and $70,000 to assist Germany's youth welfare services. 

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Back on the U.S. west coast, the recent fires have devastated areas of both Northern and Southern California displacing thousands and causing power outages for more than half a million people to prevent the fires from spreading. According to Cal Fire, the fires have burned over 75,000 acres this year in its jurisdiction. 

For more info on how you can support, visit the All Within My Hands website.

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Report: Global Music Sales Climb To $19 Billion In 2018, Nearly Half From Streaming

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A 9.7 percent overall increase marks the highest annual bump in recent history and is led by notable rises in Latin America, Asia and Australia
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Apr 3, 2019 - 4:34 pm

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has released the new Global Music Report 2019, showing an overall increase in sales of 9.7 percent in 2018. This jump is the highest rate since the IFPI began tracking the market in 1997.

“Last year represented the fourth consecutive year of growth, driven by great music from incredible artists in partnership with talented, passionate people in record companies around the world," said IFPI chief executive Frances Moore. “Record companies continue their investment in artists, people and innovation both in established markets and developing regions that are increasingly benefitting from being part of today’s global music landscape."

Streaming, which we know was ruled by rap and hip-hop in 2018, accounted for 47 percent of all income, according to IFPI. This reflects a 34 percent growth from 2017, illustrating there is no slowing in streaming's proliferation among consumers. The gap continues to widen between streaming and previous format titans such as physical music, which saw a 10.1 percent decline in revenue, and digital downloads, which dropped by 21.2 percent.

The fastest growing region, according to the report, is Latin America, which saw a big pickup especially in Brazil and Mexico. Asia and Australia came in as the second largest region for combined physical and digital revenue.

The K-pop explosion was also represented in the report, with an 18 percent rise in music sales in South Korea, which can be credited to breakout years from groups such as BTS and BLACKPINK. 

IFPI's full "State Of The Industry" report can be read here.

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