Fans Help Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation Raise $3M

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Metallica's All Within My Hands charitable foundation had a banner end to 2022, raising $3,000,000 for a variety of causes.

The massive sum came courtesy of the band's third Helping Hands Concert & Auction. You might remember it taking place in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theatre back in December. That's the one that was hosted by Jimmy Kimmell and streamed live on Paramount+. It was a killer show. St. Vincent joined the band for a cover of "Nothing Else Matters." You can revisit that here.

A killer show that raised a killer amount of money. Here's a quote from a recent press release:

“The funds raised from the Helping Hands Concert & Auction will have a lasting impact on [our] ability to grow our Metallica Scholars Initiative, combat hunger, and aid in response to natural disasters,” said Peter Delgrosso, Executive Director, All Within My Hands. “The Los Angeles event was the largest fundraiser in our history, and we profoundly appreciate the generosity of everyone involved. We could not have achieved these results otherwise."

Fans Help Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation Raise $3M

Who were the beneficiaries, you might ask?

As part of the Helping Hands Concert & Auction, All Within My Hands honored several mission-aligned organizations and provided grants to each to donate additional resources, including: Baby2Baby, First Star, Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, mikeroweWorks Foundation, and The Skatepark Project.

Workforce education, the fight against hunger, disaster relief...good on Metallica for using their might to raise a mighty amount of money to benefit these worthy causes. If you're a Boston-area Metallica fan and you're feeling inspired, look into MASSter of Puppets (Metclub Chapter of Massachusetts). We've worked with theme here at ROCK 92.9 and they do an excellent job of raising funds for All Within My Hands on a local level.

Top 20 Highest-Grossing Rock Tours of 2022

The tour industry bounced back significantly in 2022 following a shutdown of nearly 18 months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Billboard has an extensive breakdown of nearly every fact and figure related to touring in 2022. The biggest ranking of them all is the top 100 list of the highest-grossing tours of the year. While rapper Bad Bunny topped the list grossing over $373 million, many of rock's biggest names weren't far behind. In fact, five rock artists made up the top 10 highest-grossing tours of 2022.

So, which artists are likely swimming in tour revenue cash Scrooge McDuck-style? Scroll below to see the top 20 artists that grossed the most money on the road in 2022.

Machine Gun Kelly

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$40,778,471 (Ranked #48 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Metallica

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$43,398,993 (Ranked #47on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Dead & Company

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$45,943,957 (Ranked #45 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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$54,649,313 (Ranked #36 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Dave Matthews Band

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$62,563,364 (Ranked #34 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Billy Joel

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$65,906,424 (Ranked #33 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Phish

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$68,598,398 (Ranked #31 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Roger Waters

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$69,813,262 (Ranked #30 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Iron Maiden

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$76,147,773 (Ranked #26 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Genesis

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$81,935,379 (Ranked #25 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Imagine Dragons

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$87,531,563 (Ranked #21 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

My Chemical Romance

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$87,926,378 (Ranked #20 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Guns N' Roses

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$93,383,197 (Ranked #17 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

The Eagles

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$104,175,869 (Ranked #16 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Paul McCartney

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$105,077,796 (Ranked #15 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Def Leppard & Motley Crue

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$173,474,649 (Ranked #8 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Red Hot Chili Peppers

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$176,998,650 (Ranked #7 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

The Rolling Stones

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$179,349,815 (Ranked #6 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)

Coldplay

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$208,000,727 (Ranked #5 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2022 chart.)