2016 Concert

James Hetfield and Sammy Hagar hosted another astounding evening of music at their third annual "Acoustic-4-A-Cure" concert. Benefiting the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, "Acoustic-4-A-Cure" returned to The Fillmore in San Francisco on Sunday, May 15 with another star-studded lineup (in alphabetical order): Melissa Etheridge, Sammy Hagar, James Hetfield, Kris Kristofferson, Tommy Lee, John Mayer, Pat Monahan, and Joe Satriani - performing acoustic sets with true once-in-a-lifetime musical moments, collaborations and more.

"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.

Acoustic-4-A-Cure "delivered on its promise of once-in-a-lifetime musical moments, duets, jams and surprise guests" - Rolling Stone

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."

"From the moment the doors opened at the venue... more than anything else it felt like a great big party among friends." - The San Francisco Chronicle

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.