Metallica will be honored as the visionary partner of the year at the 2026 Red Cross Gala in San Francisco, CA, which takes place on March 21. They have issued the following statement:
“We’re beyond honored to be named the Visionary Partner of the Year at this year’s Red Cross Gala in San Francisco!
Giving back as a united, engaged community has always been at the core of All Within My Hands, and working alongside the Red Cross has shown us just how powerful that can be.
From last year’s fan-fuelled Red Cross × Metallica blood drive series — which blew us away by hitting more than 1,000 donations in its first month — to years of teaming up on disaster relief, we’ve seen first hand how acts of kindness can save lives.
Thank you to the Red Cross for this incredible recognition, and thank you to the Metallica Family, who prove every day that doing good is something we all can amplify. Seeing fans, volunteers, and entire communities show up again and again shows just how much this work matters.”
Metallica recently checked in with the following update:
“For our final show of 2025, we rejoined the F1 traveling circus in Abu Dhabi, which also played host to the final race of the season. Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen won the race, but it was McLaren’s Lando Norris who took home his first World Championship by just two points. After a thrilling season concluded, a record crowd packed Etihad Park to join the closing celebration.
Relive the complete set mixed by the Metallica Audio Team now on nugs or grab the CD in The Metallica Store here.
Setlist:
“Creeping Death”
“For Whom the Bell Tolls”
“Fuel”
“The Memory Remains”
“The Unforgiven”
“Wherever I May Roam”
“The Day That Never Comes”
“Sad But True”
“Nothing Else Matters”
“Seek & Destroy”
“One”
“Master of Puppets”
“Enter Sandman”
