Metallica left ears ringing in Winnipeg but also left behind a donation for the city's food bank to the tune of $10,000. The heavy metal legends set an attendance record at Bell MTS Place on Thursday night with more than 17,000 fans and then cut a cheque to Winnipeg Harvest. They've made the same sizable contributions to food banks in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska in recent weeks. Funds raised through the foundation have also been donated to a cross-section of national and local charities and music education programs. Breaking recordsIn Winnipeg, the band broke its own arena attendance record on Thursday, set in 2009 when 16,130 people bought tickets.

Source: CBC News September 14, 2018 13:30 UTC