James Hetfield and Sammy Hagar have announced the line-up for their third annual “Acoustic-4-A-Cure” concert benefiting the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. “Acoustic-4-A-Cure” returns to The Fillmore in San Francisco on Sunday, May 15th with another star-studded lineup (in alphabetical order): Melissa Etheridge, Sammy Hagar, James Hetfield, Tommy Lee, John Mayer, Pat Monahan and Joe Satriani – performing acoustic sets with true once-in-a-lifetime musical moments, collaborations and more.
Tickets will go on sale beginning April 1st at 10 am via livenation.com. Tickets will not be available at The Fillmore box office, charge by phone or outlets. There is a two-ticket limit per customer.
A very limited amount of VIP tickets will be available. VIP tickets include: Access to an exclusive VIP area to view the concert and mingle with the select artists, an Acoustic-4-A-Cure gift bag, complimentary food & drinks, and more. All proceeds from the concert will be donated to fund children’s brain tumor research at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, one of the nation’s leading children’s medical facilities.
“Acoustic-4-A-Cure” was created by Bay Area rock legends Sammy Hagar and James Hetfield, whose vision was to raise needed funds and awareness for the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF by bringing together some of their legendary friends and throwing a must-see concert for fans. In past years, artists including Billie Joe Armstrong, Jerry Cantrell, Pat Monahan, Linda Perry, Chad Smith, Adam Sandler, Joe Satriani, Nancy Wilson, and more have joined Hagar and Hetfield to rock the sold-out benefit concerts.
Highlights from 2015 included a surprise appearance from Adam Sandler who performed “Ramble On” and “Dream On” alongside Monahan, Satriani and Smith; Cantrell, Smith and Hetfield joined together for Metallica’s power ballad, “Mama Said”; Hetfield accompanied his daughter Cali, who wowed the audience with her performance of Adele’s “Crazy for You”; and Satriani and Perry got the crowd rocking with “Communication Breakdown.”
Among the 2014 highlights included Hetfield’s acoustic rendition of The Beatles “In My Life”; Billie Joe Armstrong, Hetfield and Satriani bringing the house down with a medley of Bob Seger’s “Turn the Page” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” and the Hagar promised, “only-in-San Francisco moment” when Hetfield, Armstrong, Satriani, Monahan and Nancy Wilson joined him on stage for an all-star jam of Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” to close the show.
Please note that in an effort to make sure that fans get the best tickets, this concert is a “will call only” event. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the concert begins promptly at 8 pm so guests are encouraged to arrive early. All ticket orders over the two ticket limit will be subject to cancellation without notice. This includes duplicate orders having the same name, billing address, or credit card.
Each customer will need to bring their government issued photo ID and credit card used to purchase the tickets to the box office window on day of show to redeem the tickets. Once the ticket order is redeemed the customer must directly enter The Fillmore. All will call tickets must be picked up by the card holder. Alternate names for Will Call will not be permitted. You cannot leave tickets at will call to be picked up by someone else. No “drop-offs.” Live Nation will cancel any and all orders without notice that exceed the ticket limit.
