‘The Ultimate Metallica Show': Celebrating Past Helping Hands Benefit Concerts

On Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, Metallica held their third Helping Hands benefit concert to support their All Within My Hands foundation. As Metallica celebrated another amazing night for All Within My Hands, this past weekend's episode of The Ultimate Metallica Show was dedicated to those first two benefit shows.

The first concert was in 2018 at The Masonic in San Francisco and the second was in 2020 during the pandemic; it was live-streamed from Metallica HQ in San Rafael. While the shows already stand out because they raise money and awareness for All Within My Hands, what makes them even more unique is the fact that Metallica perform acoustically. In 2020, they added an additional electric set to the show, which they also did on Friday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Down the road, we will definitely be playing some of the live tracks from this year's Helping Hands concert, but it was really special to be able to look back on the first two shows and hear Metallica in such a different way than we're typically used to.

If you missed anything, you can check out the full playlist and recap below.

The Ultimate Metallica Show — Hour 1

• "Creeping Death" — Live at Metallica HQ, San Rafael, California, Nov. 14, 2020
• "When a Blind Man Cries" — Live at Metallica HQ, San Rafael, California, Nov. 14, 2020
• "The Unforgiven" — Live at Metallica HQ, San Rafael, California, Nov. 14, 2020
• "Now That We're Dead" — Live at Metallica HQ, San Rafael, California, Nov. 14, 2020
• "All Within My Hands" — Live at Metallica HQ, San Rafael, California, Nov. 14, 2020
• "Sad But True" — Cover by YB, The Metallica Blacklist Album
• "Lux Æterna" — 72 Seasons
• "Fade to Black" — Ride the Lightning

The Ultimate Metallica Show — Hour 2

• "Disposable Heroes" — Live at The Masonic, San Francisco, California, Nov. 3, 2018
• "Please Don't Judas Me" — Live at The Masonic, San Francisco, California, Nov. 3, 2018
• "Bleeding Me" — Live at The Masonic, San Francisco, California, Nov. 3, 2018
• "Hardwired" — Live at The Masonic, San Francisco, California, Nov. 3, 2018
• "Ender Sandman" — Live at The Masonic, San Francisco, California, Nov. 3, 2018
• "Nothing Else Matters" — Cover by Darius Rucker, The Metallica Blacklist Album
• "Fuel" — Reload
• "Hit the Lights" — Kill 'Em All

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This coming weekend is Christmas, so we'll have plenty of loud and heavy presents ready to unwrap. If you want to get a request in for the show, make sure to hit me up in the Ultimate Metallica app. Just let me know what song you want to hear and where you listen to the show and I'll be sure to put you on the nice list!

Watch Metallica Perform "Bleeding Me" Live in San Francisco