On May 15th, vocalist Sammy Hagar (Van Halen, Chickenfoot) and Metallica frontman James Hetfield held their Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California. The third annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert benefiting the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital also featured appearances by: Joe Satriani, Melissa Etheridge, John Mayer, Train frontman Pat Monahan, Vic Johnson and Kris Kristofferson.

Hagar recently delivered a $100,000 cheque to the hospital, and he spoke to The Pulse Of Radio about the charity effeort:

"This lady is building immune systems through diet and through vitamin therapy and stuff that are extending their lives. Because these children have strong immune systems if she could just get it back going again. And she's squeezing 10, 12, 14 years out of some children and so I'm supporting her. And how I'm supporting her is I get her $100,000 a year for two assistants so that she could spend more time in the lab and less time doing interviews and filling out paperwork. Just to put money into cancer research there's so much money going into cancer research and it's a tough one. This lady I think has got a handle on something and I want to give her a good shot at it."

Acoustic-4-A-Cure was created by Hagar and 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.