Chief executive got quite emotional

One of the world’s biggest rock bands has stunned a small homelessness charity – by giving it £40,000.

Ahead of a gig in Manchester, members of legendary heavy rock band Metallica presented local organisation Coffee4Craig with the cheque.

The band then gave leftover food from their show that night to the charity's drop-in.

Chief executive Hendrix Lancaster said Metallica wanted to support them through the band's foundation All Within My Hands a few weeks previously.

Volunteers were given the chance to meet the band and attend the concert, and it was then that they were presented with the cheque.

Lancaster said he turned to lead singer James Hetfield and said: "I'm trying not to cry.”

"The donation blew us away, not only the financial donation but all the leftover food from catering and dressing rooms went to our out-of-hours drop in," he said.

"They were very humble and really interested in what we do and who Craig was."

Coffee4Craig was founded by Mr Lancaster and his wife Risha, in memory of her brother Craig White who died while sleeping rough.

It costs the charity about £2,000 a week to stay open and the money will help them to keep going, Lancaster said.