FireAid: Stars take to stage for LA benefit concert

A star-studded line-up is taking implicit 2 venues successful Los Angeles for a payment performance to assistance the country retrieve from 2 of the largest fires successful its history.

More than 20 artists from assorted genres are connected the line-up for the FireAid payment show, which is happening simultaneously astatine 2 ample venues successful the city.

Among those acceptable to preform are Sting, P!nk, Lil Baby, Rod Stewart, Lady Gaga and Earth Wind & Fire. The lineup besides includes aggregate acts who were calved successful the LA area, including Billie Eilish, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and No Doubt.

Proceeds from the performance and donations during the amusement volition spell toward rebuilding communities and preventing aboriginal fires successful the region.

The shows are taking spot astatine the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome, 2 ample arenas astir a mile apart, connected Thursday evening. The shows volition commencement astir an hr and fractional isolated and reportedly see 2 to 4 songs from each artist.

At Intuit Dome, those preforming include: Billie Eilish, Gracie Abrams, Jelly Roll, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby, Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Tate McRae and Earth, Wind & Fire.

At the Kia Forum, those preforming include: Alanis Morissette, Anderson .Paak, Dawes, Graham Nash, Green Day, John Fogerty, Joni Mitchell, No Doubt, Pink, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stephen Stills, Stevie Nicks, the Black Crowes, and John Mayer.

Dave Matthews was besides expected to execute astatine the 2nd show, but pulled retired connected Wednesday night, owed to a "critical unwellness successful the family".

Organisers accidental performances volition beryllium staggered, and shown connected ample screens astatine some arenas truthful there's nary down clip betwixt acts.

The shows are besides expected to diagnostic peculiar guests and person an accent connected those who person been impacted by the fires and the archetypal responders who helped douse the infernos.

Yes. Organisers accidental it volition beryllium streamed for escaped connected platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Disney+, Hulu, Facebook, Instagram, Max, Netflix, Tudum, DirectTV, Paramount+, Peacock, NBC News Now, YouTube and KTLA.

The performance volition besides beryllium shown successful prime AMC and Regal theatres crossed the US.

The euphony kicks disconnected astatine 18:00 successful LA (21:00 successful New York, 02:00 Friday successful the UK).

Viewers volition beryllium capable to donate wealth to alleviation efforts during the show, either by substance connection oregon by visiting FireAidLA.org.

Donations volition beryllium overseen by the Annenberg Foundation, focusing connected some short-term alleviation efforts and semipermanent occurrence prevention projects.

Additionally, Connie and Steve Ballmer - who ain the LA Clippers hoops team, arsenic good arsenic the Intuit Dome and Forum - volition lucifer each donations made during the broadcast.

The Palisades and Eaton fires became the largest fires ever seen successful the LA country earlier this month. Both erupted connected 7 January arsenic the portion saw a beardown upwind event, making the tiny blazes successful brushy, mountainous areas hard to contain.

Embers travelled miles, igniting full communities and levelling neighbourhoods.

Nearly 7,000 structures were levelled successful the Palisades occurrence successful northwest LA. Another 9,400 were destroyed successful the Eaton occurrence successful the Altadena country of Los Angeles County. The fires besides claimed a fig of victims.