STORY: :: Green Day, Rod Stewart and Alanis Morissette were among stars playing at the FireAid concert for LA
:: January 30, 2025
:: Inglewood, California
:: Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day
:: FireAid
“L.A… Like I said, it’s been a second home to us. So we’ve made a lot of records here, you know, in Hollywood and in different studios. We’ve been coming here for 30 years, so it’s just really important for us to sort of do our part in a small way to maybe one of the most important gigs I think, that we’ve ever played.”
:: Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart
:: FireAid
“Hearing about friends saying, you know, we were given 5 minutes to evacuate. So what do you grab in 5 minutes?”
“Passport.”
“Passport. But like, there’s so many things that you just don’t want to let go of. And then some were able to go back to the homes and some went back to nothing. It was just, it’s unbelievable to imagine what that must be like.”
:: Alanis Morissette
:: FireAid
:: “Beautiful. What a, what a room filled with a giant hug energy. A lot of people really want to show up and contribute, you know, and some people don’t know how. So it’s money, time, care, contributing, whatever you can. Yeah.”
Other acts for the fundraising event include Gracie Abrams, Katy Perry, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sting and Stevie Nicks. Dave Matthews and John Mayer will perform together for the first time.
The shows are scheduled for Thursday at the Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum in Inglewood, just outside of Los Angeles. They will be shown live in select AMC Theaters and stream on Netflix, Max, Apple TV, Prime Video, Spotify, YouTube and elsewhere. Audio will be available through iHeartRadio.
Parts of Los Angeles, the second-largest U.S. city and the home of many musicians, were devastated last week by fast-moving wildfires that killed 28 people and destroyed more than 16,000 homes and other structures.
