Judas Priest's Rob Halford and Thunder's Danny Bowes support Metal Merch Day

Get involved on Friday 20th October

Rob Halford in his Metal For Good T-shirt
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 18th Oct 2023

The Metal God himself Rob Halford and Thunder frontman Danny Bowes have both lent their support to the inaugural Metal Merch Day.

Taking place this Friday (20th October), Metal Merch Day encourages rock music fans to wear their favourite merchandise in support of registered charity Metal For Good.

Run entirely by volunteers, Metal For Good helps to fund community projects that use music to change lives, improve mental health and address inequalities.

Rock music aficionados who take part in Metal Merch Day are being urged to use the hashtag #MetalMerchDay and share photos on social media.

If you decide to take part, you can make a small donation (suggested £5) at the Metal Merch Day JustGiving page right here.

Showing his support for the charity, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has posted the above photo of himself wearing a Metal For Good T-shirt.

Metal For Good auction:

Danny Bowes' silver disc

Thunder vocalist and Planet Rock presenter Danny Bowes has donated his silver disc awarded for the classic ‘Back Street Symphony’ album to the Metal Merch Day online auction.

Still with four days of bidding left to go, at the time of writing the top bid for the silver disc is a whopping £720.00.

Elsewhere in the auction, there items from Motörhead, Smith/Kotzen, Thunder, Nickelback, and more.

Visit Metal For Good’s online auction

Thunder frontman and Planet Rock's Danny Bowes

Metal For Good co-founder Katy Baker said: “We’re delighted to be launching our first #metalmerchday campaign, we know that the rock and metal community are some of the loveliest people around, and take huge comfort and benefit from music being such a huge part of their lives.

“We can’t wait to see social media flooded with pictures of people in their favourite merch, and raise much needed money for grassroots projects using music to change lives.”

You can download a Metal Merch Day fundraising guide here, donate to wear your favourite merch via JustGiving here, or buy the official Metal Merch Day t-shirt here.

Metal Merch Day T-shirt

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