Metallica Share Footage Of Charity Livestream From Their HQ

Following Lars Ulrich's comments last week that Metallica are "in a very healthy place" right now, the band were able to demonstrate just how good things are in their camp over the weekend with a wonderful charity livestream to benefit their All Within My Hands Foundation.

After initially announcing the event as an acoustic set from their California headquarters, the metal titans surprised fans watching online with a 14-song performance that was half-acoustic and half-electric, with reworkings of their own classics, and covers of songs by Deep Purple, Bob Seger and The Animals.

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While you've still got time to buy tickets for the show and watch it back in full on-demand, Metallica have since uploaded several clips for free online: an alternate version of Disposable Heroes, their cover of The House Of The Rising Sun, and an acoustic rendition of Blackened (spoiler: all three are excellent).

Watch Disposable Heroes and The House Of The Rising Sun in the below video:

And check out Blackened in this clip:

Check out both setlists below:

Acoustic:

1. Blackened
2. Creeping Death
3. When A Blind Man Cries (Deep Purple cover)
4. The Unforgiven
5. Now That We’re Dead
6. Turn The Page (Bob Seger cover)
7. Nothing Else Matters
8. All Within My Hands

Electric:

9. Disposable Heroes
10. House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals cover)
11. Wasting My Hate
12. For Whom The Bell Tolls
13. Master Of Puppets
14. Enter Sandman

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