Organizers announced the first names in a star-studded lineup of a benefit show for wildfire relief, though the biggest surprise is that the previously announced FireAid is now two concerts taking place simultaneously at Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum on Thursday, Jan. 30.
The lineup announced Thursday includes Billie Eilish and Finneas, Green Day, Joni Mitchell, Jelly Roll, and Sting. Other performers include Earth, Wind & Fire, Pink, Rod Stewart, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Dave Mathews and John Mayer performing together for the first time.
Additional performers include Stevie Nicks, Stephen Stills, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, Katy Perry, Tate McCrae, Gracie Abrams, Lil Baby, and Tate McRae.
Most of the artists on the bill have ties to Southern California, where the Palisades and Eaton fires have caused the deaths of at least 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in Pacific Palisades.
Stills and Mitchell hark back to the ’60s and the Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter scene, with Nicks part of the ’70s crowd. Red Hot Chili Peppers and Stefani represent the late ’80s and ’90s alternative rock crowd.
Billie Eilish, her brother Finneas O’Connell, and Abrams are younger artists from the L.A. region. Others, like Sting, Stewart and Lady Gaga, are from the East Coast or England but have long had homes here.
More artists and special guests, and information on specific lineups for Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum, which are just blocks apart in Inglewood, will be announced soon, organizers said in a news release.
Tickets will go on sale at noon Pacific on Wednesday, Jan. 22 through Ticketmaster.
FireAid will also be broadcast at some AMC Theatres in 70 different markets. It will also be live-streamed through a plethora of platforms that normally are competitors, including Apple Music and the Apple TV app, Max, iHeartRadio, KTLA+, Netflix/Tudom, Paramount+, Prime Video and the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch, SiriusXM, Spotify, SoundCloud. Veeps, and YouTube.
Fans anywhere can donate to the wildfire relief efforts during the live streams on the platforms listed above.
Funds raised by FireAid will be distributed in consultation with the Annenberg Foundation and will target both short-term relief efforts and long-term projects to prevent future fire disasters. All proceeds from the concerts will go to relief efforts thanks to the Los Angeles Clippers, whose home is Intuit Dome, will cover expenses related to the benefit.
FireAid is being produced by Shelli and Irving Azoff and the Azoff family, with Live Nation and AEG Presents.
For more information, see FireAidLA.org.