Metallica - November 9, 2017
AT&T Park
photo by Styrous®
Years
ago a friend told me, "When traveling, never turn down an invitation,
you never know where you'll end up!" I have always followed this advice
and I have wound up in the most amazing places and situations.
This was the case about a month ago. My friend Rick told me he had a spare ticket for "the Band concert." I have loved The Band
for decades so I immediately jumped on the offer but did not go online
to research the concert; it didn't matter, I was going to see a
phenomenal group perform!
Three weeks ago, on November 9, 2017, I showed up at AT&T Park located in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California,
hot and ready for the concert. I quickly discovered it was NOT the
group I had been expecting but something even more spectacular.
It was the Band Together benefit concert for the survivors of the North Bay fires that had happened the month before. An amazing variety of groups performed:
The lineup:
The music performed by the various groups was stellar; setlist.fm has
posted the songs played for each of the groups, except Dave Matthews (links below).
The concert was sponsored by Another Planet Entertainment and Live Nation, two competing concert promotion venues that had joined for this special event. It was an amazing act of uniting for a cause that should be followed by others. The event raised $17 million for the survivors.
The concert was sponsored by Another Planet Entertainment and Live Nation, two competing concert promotion venues that had joined for this special event. It was an amazing act of uniting for a cause that should be followed by others. The event raised $17 million for the survivors.
The October 2017 Northern California wildfires were a series of wildfires that started burning across the state of California,
United States, beginning in early October; 21 of the wildfires became
major fires that burned at least 245,000 acres (99,148 ha). The wildfires broke out throughout Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Mendocino, Butte, and Solano counties during severe fire weather conditions effectively leading to a major red flag warning from much of the Northern California area. Seventeen separate wildfires were reported at that time. These fires included the Tubbs Fire (which grew to become the most destructive wildfire in the history of California), the Atlas Fire, Nuns Fire, and others. These wildfires were also the most destructive ones of the 2017 California wildfire season.
North Bay fires
By
October 14, the fires had burned more than 210,000 acres (85,000 ha)
while forcing 90,000 people to evacuate from their homes. The Northern
California fires killed at least 43 people and hospitalized at least
185, making the week of October 8, 2017, the deadliest week of wildfires
in California history. Collectively, this event constitutes the largest
loss of life due to wildfires in the United States since the Cloquet Fire in 1918. In total, an estimated 8,900 structures were destroyed.
There is a second concert planned for the survivors on December 14, 2017. It will feature the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
There is a second concert planned for the survivors on December 14, 2017. It will feature the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
My sincere thanks to Rick who invited me to the concert.
Rick - November 9, 2017
photo by Styrous
Viewfinder links:
Net links:
YouTube links:
Enter Sandman!
Fade To Black
Master of Puppets
The Unforgiven
Wherever I May Roam
The Memory Remains
Dead & Company ~ Band Together songs
Touch of Grey
Fire on the Mountain - Band Together Bay Area, 11-9-17
Band Together 11/9/17 AT&T Park San Francisco Touch of Grey
Fire on the Mountain - Band Together Bay Area, 11-9-17
Rancid ~ Band Together songs
Live at Band together Bay Area, San Francisco 2017
Telegraph Avenue
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Band Together 11-9 -17
Eazy Live at Band Together Bay Area, San Francisco 2017
Band Together Benefit Concert (concert 1 hr, 12 min.) Band Together Benefit Concert (complete concert 5 hrs, 35 min.)
KPIX News ~ Band Together' Benefit Concert
It's amazing what life holds in store!
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, November 29, 2017
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