Actor Billy Crystal, who was there to welcome to the crowd at the Kia Forum, revealed he also lost his house in the Pacific Palisades.

“Our goal is simple tonight, to spend more money than the Dodgers spent on free agents,” he joked. He told the audience U2 offered the first big donation of the night: $1 million dollars.

Stevie Nicks then thanked the first responders who managed to save her house before dedicating ‘Landslide’ to them.
Green Day then hit the stage, launching into “Last Night on Earth” at the Kia Forum and were soon joined by Billie Eilish for the first surprise of the night. The lyrics are surprisingly astute: “If I lose everything in the fire / I’m sending all my love to you.”

Alanis Morissette, Rod Stewart took to the stage with other big names like Green Day, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Joni Mitchell and Jelly Roll.

Steve Ballmer, owner of the Clippers and a former Microsoft executive, made a pledge to match every dollar riaded at the to FireAid Benefit Concert.

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“It’s one of the most important gigs we’ve ever played,” Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day’s lead singer, said in an interview before the show. The Bay Area punk-rock group has recorded several albums in Hollywood, he said, and regarded Los Angeles as a second home.
“It’s just really important for us to sort of do our part in a small way,” Armstrong said.
Eilish, a Los Angeles native, later teamed with her brother Finneas for a “quiet and chill” acoustic set featuring “The Greatest” and “Birds of a Feather.”