Metallica has donated its monetary award from the Polar Music Prize to three charities. Fifty percent of the prize, which was the Swedish equivalent of just over $130,000, went to the Stockholm City Mission, which supports the homeless. Twenty-five percent went to the World Childhood Foundation and the final 25 percent to the Afghanistan National Institute Of Music, also a recipient of this year’s Prize.

Metallica was awarded the prestigious Swedish prize last Thursday night (June 14th) at a ceremony in Stockholm, where drummer Lars Ulrich and bassist Robert Trujillo watched Ghost frontman Tobias Forge, along with members of Swedish metal act Candlemass and the duo Vargas & Lagola, honor the band with a performance of the Metallica classic “Enter Sandman.”

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Frances Bean Cobain has put her Los Angeles mansion on the market for $2.7 million, shortly after winning possession of it in her acrimonious divorce settlement with ex-husband Isaiah Silva. According to Variety, Cobain paid $1.8 million in 2011 for the Spanish Colonial in the Hollywood Hills, after inheriting 37 percent of the estate of her late father, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

The 3,357 square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bathroom home was built in 1930 and features a gated entrance, period tile, hardware, wrought iron, stained glass, a spacious living room and a central fireplace, while the kitchen is equipped with Viking appliances, a farmhouse sink and walk-in pantry. The garage, which is detached from the house, has been converted into a recording studio and screening room.

The nightly jams between the Steve Miller Band and Peter Frampton will form the basis of a new joint live album from the rock legends due out sometime next year. The pair of old friends, who are once again out on the road together all summer, have about a dozen live blues standards in the can be culled from Frampton’s guest spot during the Miller Band’s set in which the two square off on some hard-edged blues classics.

• Steve Miller Band & Peter Frampton tour dates (subject to change):
  June 20 – Burgettstown, PA – KeyBank Pavilion
  June 21 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
  June 22 – Erie, PA – Presque Isle State Park
  June 24 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
  June 26 – Oxon Hill, MD – MGM National Harbor
  June 27 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
  June 29 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
  June 30 – Watertown, NY – Watertown Fairgrounds Arena
  July 2 – Lenox, MA – Tanglewood
  July 3 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Amphitheatre
  July 5 – Bangor, ME – Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
  July 6 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
  July 14 – Mashantucket, CT – The Grand Theater at Foxwoods
  July 15 – Bensalem, PA – Xcite Center at Parx Casino
  July 17 – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Amphitheatre
  July 18 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
  July 20 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
  July 21 – Hollywood, FL – The Event Center at Hard Rock
  July 23 – Nashville, TN – Grand Ole Opry House
  July 24 – St. Louis, MO – River City Casino & Hotel
  July 26 – Springfield, MO – Ozark Empire Fair
  July 27 – Allen, TX – Allen Event Center
  July 28 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre
  July 30 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theatre
  August 2 – Lincoln, NB – Pinewood Bowl Amphitheatre
  August 4 – Greenwood Village, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
  August 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
  August 12 – Costa Mesa, CA – OC Fair and Event Center / Pacific Amphitheater
  August 15 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
  August 17 – Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
  August 18 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion
  August 20 – Boise, ID – Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden
  August 21 – Bend, OR – Edgefield Amphitheatre
  August 23 – Troutdale, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheatre
  August 25, 26 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle
  August 27 – Jacksonville, OR – Britt Pavilion (Peter Frampton only)
  August 29 – Funner, CA – Harrah’s Resort Southern California (Peter Frampton only)
  August 31 – Indio, CA – Fantasy Springs Resort Casino (Peter Frampton only)
  September 1 – Laughlin, NV – Harrah’s Laughlin Casino & Hotel (Peter Frampton only)
  September 2 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort (Peter Frampton only)
  September 4 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center (Peter Frampton only)