Metallica, the venerable stalwart metalhead ensemble, will show their unabashed solidarity for their favorite baseball team, The San Francisco Giants, in their hometown on Friday, May 3, 2013 at AT&T Park in San Francisco as they will not only sing what is sure to be a bone-crunching version of The National Anthem, but will also throw out the first pitch as well.

The entire evening, dubbed “Metallica Night” (the first of its kind), will sport Metallica-themed entertainment, and fans who purchase a Special Event Ticket Package will received a special edition baseball cap which showcases the familiar Metallica and Giants logos done up in the team’s familiar orange-and-black colors.

Special event tickets for this game go on sale today, Saturday, February 9 at 8 AM PST here: http://atmlb.com/XoA9Po.

Here’s what the band posted on their official site:

The Giants won the World Series last year and have remained one of the more legendary clubs in the game’s rich history, having employed Hall of Fame players such as Willie Mays and pitcher Juan Marichal at one time. Controversial player Barry Bonds also did a long stint there, even eventually breaking the great Hank Aaron’s All-Time Home Run record, a record which still stands today, although shrouded in doubt and division due to Bonds’ alleged steroid usage. But regardless of that, Giants fans are some of the most rabid in the game, and loyalty has run nosebleed high for the team ever since they moved out of New York and planted their new foundations in San Francisco back in 1958.

And Metallica are also one of the team’s staunchest allies, hence the special event coming up. The game will be against the arch-enemy Los Angeles Dodgers, a team who also has a special legacy for baseball fans and the history of the game, and also left New York (Brooklyn as a matter of fact) in 1958 too, but is a decidedly different team all together. The fact that both clubs share space in The National League has created a rivalry of the bitterest kind, as fans and foes alike have special reverence for their respective clubs, be it positive or negative, which ultimately created a splintering between the two teams and its fans akin to a Hatfield’s and McCoy’s showdown. It should make, along with Metallica’s involvement, a night to remember in the San Francisco Bay Area indeed.

Some of the ticket gate proceeds will go to funding The Bill Graham Foundation, named after the late concert promoter who showcased acts ranging the musical spectrum from Miles Davis to Jimi Hendrix, back in the old Fillmore West and East in the late 60s-early 1970s. The foundation supports social work, supplies grants for music, arts and education, environmental protection, and spiritual and compassionate projects in the community.

Check out the official San Francisco Giants website for further information.

[Source: Metallica]