Performed for Canada for Haiti

Haines and Shaw performed an acoustic version of “Help I’m Alive” on January 22, 2010 for the Canada for Haiti telethon. During the 2010 Winter Olympics , Metric, along with several other Canadian music acts, came together in Vancouver to re-record K’Naan ‘s song ” Wavin’ Flag ” to benefit Haiti in a movement called Young Artists for Haiti . Haines and Shaw also performed at a Neil Young tribute event alongside their friends in Broken Social Scene . It was at this event that Haines met Lou Reed , leading to later collaborations between the two of them.