{"id":2017996,"date":"2026-06-29T13:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017996"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:59:12","slug":"metallica-donate-20000-to-cardiff-foodbank-with-empty-shelves-after-sell-out-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017996","title":{"rendered":"Metallica donate \u00a320,000 to Cardiff foodbank with \u201cempty shelves\u201d after sell-out gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/live-metallica-cardiff.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Metallica donate \u00a320,000 to Cardiff foodbank with \u201cempty shelves\u201d after sell-out gig<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>It came after the foodbank were forced to appeal for donations on social media just weeks before the metal band hit the city for their &#8216;M72&#8217; date<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Poppy Burton<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-29T14:59:12+01:00\">29th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/live-metallica-cardiff-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Metallica\" title=\"Metallica\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammet of Metallica perform onstage during a concert at Principality Stadium on June 28, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales. CREDIT: Mike Lewis Photography\/Redferns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Metallica have donated \u00a320,000 to a foodbank in Cardiff after playing in the city on Sunday night (June 28).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>READ\u00a0MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Metallica live in Amsterdam: still the greatest heavy metal band around<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They made a stop there as part of the ongoing \u2018M72 World Tour\u2019, which so far has also seen the band become the first-ever metal group to collaborate with UK blood services as part of a charitable effort to urge fans to donate blood and plasma around their UK tour dates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s emerged that they also donated to Cardiff Foodbank through their All Within My Hands foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had an email saying \u2018This isn\u2019t a scam, please get in touch with the foundation\u2019,\u201d Rachel Biggs, CEO of Cardiff Foodbank told the <em>BBC<\/em>. \u201cThey said, \u2018We are going to donate \u00a320,000 to you\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It came after the foodbank were forced to appeal for donations on social media, saying they were \u201cvery worried\u201d because they had never seen their warehouse so empty.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible amount of money which will make such a difference and replenish our empty shelves,\u201d Biggs added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaKq2Ojl_Y3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cardiff Foodbank supports 20,000 people a year and has eight centres across the city, as well as a mobile service delivering pre-packaged bags.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Metallica now joined Taylor Swift in donating to the cause, after she made her own donation in\u00a02024 after her \u2018Era\u2019s Tour\u2019 stop at the Principality Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Having described the latest donation from Metallica as their \u201clargest celebrity donation\u201d, they added: \u201cWhat\u2019s great for us [is] it helps raise the profile and what Metallica are doing is mobilising their fans, mobilising the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the Cardiff stop, the band hit Dublin and Glasgow, covering The\u00a0Proclaimers\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m Gonna Be (500 Miles)\u2019 and The Pogues\u2018 \u2018Dirty Old Town\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>At their first show in\u00a0Dublin\u00a0on June 19,\u00a0Hammett fell from the stage during \u2018Seek &amp; Destroy\u2019, with\u00a0the guitarist losing his footing near the edge of the stage, before being helped back up and continuing the song. He later joked about the moment on Instagram, captioning a clip: \u201cSlip &amp; Destroy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u00a0came days after\u00a0Hammett drew criticism from Swift fans\u00a0for wearing a T-shirt reading \u201cTaylor Swift Is A CIA Psyop\u201d\u00a0at a\u00a0June 13 show in Budapest.\u00a0Hammett\u00a0appeared to address\u00a0the controversy in a recent interview,\u00a0criticising\u00a0the current state of popular music\u00a0by\u00a0claiming: \u201cRight now, songwriting and pop music is crap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping that all these great musicians who can teach themselves through the internet step up and put all that great learning and all that great inspiration into creating new stuff, new songs, the future of music, and at a higher standard than what it is now,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause\u00a0I\u2019ll\u00a0say it again, K-R-A-P. Crap. Sorry for all you pop fans out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Metallica are currently on\u00a0the UK and European leg of their \u2018M72\u2019 world tour, which began in 2023 in support of their 11th studio album \u201872 Seasons\u2019.\u00a0Remaining UK and European dates are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>JULY\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3 \u2013 London, London Stadium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5 \u2013 London, London Stadium<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find any remaining tickets\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>In a four-star review of Metallica\u2019s \u2018M72\u2019 tour opener in Amsterdam,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>wrote: \u201cMetallica have always been a gateway band for heavy music, but there\u2019s a renewed excitement around them now. 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class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Metallica have donated \u00a320,000 to a foodbank in Cardiff after playing in the city on Sunday night (June 28).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>READ\u00a0MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Metallica live in Amsterdam: still the greatest heavy metal band around<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They made a stop there as part of the ongoing \u2018M72 World Tour\u2019, which so far has also seen the band become the first-ever metal group to collaborate with UK blood services as part of a charitable effort to urge fans to donate blood and plasma around their UK tour dates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s emerged that they also donated to Cardiff Foodbank through their All Within My Hands foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had an email saying \u2018This isn\u2019t a scam, please get in touch with the foundation\u2019,\u201d Rachel Biggs, CEO of Cardiff Foodbank told the <em>BBC<\/em>. \u201cThey said, \u2018We are going to donate \u00a320,000 to you\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It came after the foodbank were forced to appeal for donations on social media, saying they were \u201cvery worried\u201d because they had never seen their warehouse so empty.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible amount of money which will make such a difference and replenish our empty shelves,\u201d Biggs added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaKq2Ojl_Y3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cardiff Foodbank supports 20,000 people a year and has eight centres across the city, as well as a mobile service delivering pre-packaged bags.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Metallica now joined Taylor Swift in donating to the cause, after she made her own donation in\u00a02024 after her \u2018Era\u2019s Tour\u2019 stop at the Principality Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Having described the latest donation from Metallica as their \u201clargest celebrity donation\u201d, they added: \u201cWhat\u2019s great for us [is] it helps raise the profile and what Metallica are doing is mobilising their fans, mobilising the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the Cardiff stop, the band hit Dublin and Glasgow, covering The\u00a0Proclaimers\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m Gonna Be (500 Miles)\u2019 and The Pogues\u2018 \u2018Dirty Old Town\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>At their first show in\u00a0Dublin\u00a0on June 19,\u00a0Hammett fell from the stage during \u2018Seek &amp; Destroy\u2019, with\u00a0the guitarist losing his footing near the edge of the stage, before being helped back up and continuing the song. He later joked about the moment on Instagram, captioning a clip: \u201cSlip &amp; Destroy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u00a0came days after\u00a0Hammett drew criticism from Swift fans\u00a0for wearing a T-shirt reading \u201cTaylor Swift Is A CIA Psyop\u201d\u00a0at a\u00a0June 13 show in Budapest.\u00a0Hammett\u00a0appeared to address\u00a0the controversy in a recent interview,\u00a0criticising\u00a0the current state of popular music\u00a0by\u00a0claiming: \u201cRight now, songwriting and pop music is crap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping that all these great musicians who can teach themselves through the internet step up and put all that great learning and all that great inspiration into creating new stuff, new songs, the future of music, and at a higher standard than what it is now,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause\u00a0I\u2019ll\u00a0say it again, K-R-A-P. Crap. Sorry for all you pop fans out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Metallica are currently on\u00a0the UK and European leg of their \u2018M72\u2019 world tour, which began in 2023 in support of their 11th studio album \u201872 Seasons\u2019.\u00a0Remaining UK and European dates are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>JULY\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3 \u2013 London, London Stadium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5 \u2013 London, London Stadium<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find any remaining tickets\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>In a four-star review of Metallica\u2019s \u2018M72\u2019 tour opener in Amsterdam,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>wrote: \u201cMetallica have always been a gateway band for heavy music, but there\u2019s a renewed excitement around them now. Tonight\u2019s surprising, ambitious and giddy gig matches that energy at every turn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the gorgeous \u2018Nothing Else Matters\u2019 through to the unifying \u2018Seek &amp; Destroy\u2019, the majesty of heavy music is on full display throughout the gig as Metallica prove why they\u2019re clearly still the greatest metal band around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band also released \u2018Reload (Remastered)\u2019, an expanded reissue of their 1997 album featuring previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, live performances and more, yesterday (June 26).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/metallica-donate-20000-to-cardiff-foodbank-with-empty-shelves-after-sell-out-gig-3953964&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/live-metallica-cardiff.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Metallica donate \u00a320,000 to Cardiff foodbank with \u201cempty shelves\u201d after sell-out gig It came after the foodbank were forced to appeal for donations on social media just weeks before the metal band hit the city for their &#8216;M72&#8217; date By Poppy Burton 29th June 2026 Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, Lars [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2017996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2017996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2017996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2017996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2017996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}