FireAid took over The Forum and Intuit Dome on Thursday night with two stacked lineups supporting wildfire relief and recovery.
The FireAid benefit was fueled by some of music’s best performers to raise money for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts.
Comedian and actor Billy Crystal also shared a moving story about the loss of the home he's lived in with his family for 46 years, and the power of laughter was a method of perseverance. Green Day opened up the benefit concert and were quickly joined by Eilish for a performance of the band's "Last Night on Earth" from their 2009 album "21st Century Breakdown.
Actor Billy Crystal welcomed the crowd, wearing the clothes he had on when he escaped his home during the wildfires. He had lived in the Palisades for 46 years and spoke from the heart about losing his home. He revealed that Dublin band U2 donated $1 million to relief efforts.
The recent film "The Six Triple Eight" follows a group of African American women in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, a unit charged with routing mail to soldiers overseas during World War II.
Billie Eilish sang with Green Day and Stevie Nicks thanked the firefighters who saved her home at two star-studded concerts on Thursday to raise money for
Billie Eilish, Dr. Dre, Stevie Wonder, Green Day, Joni Mitchell, No Doubt and the remaining members of Nirvana all performed.
There were moments during Thursday night's epic FireAid concert/webcast that got off-point from the otherwise prevalent "We love L.A." theme. Even several states' worth of off-point. Like, for instance,
Two concerts collectively referred to as FireAid kicked off at the Kia Forum and the Intuit Dome in the city of Inglewood in Los Angeles County to support relief efforts in the wake of the deadly wildfires that ignited earlier this month in the LA area, claiming 29 lives and causing billions of dollars in damage.
The “Shallow” singer closed out the star-studded benefit concert with a song she co-wrote for the show with her fiancé, Michael Polansky.
Legendary grunge band Nirvana reunited at Fireaid for a benefit concert on Thursday, January 30, to support the LA wildfire relief effort.
Pop stars, rock legends, first-responders and wildfire survivors came together for FireAid, a star-studded, two-venue benefit concert that stretched into the early-morning hours Friday to raise money for those affected by the recent wildfires.