After joining Green Day for their FireAid-opening set at the Kia Forum earlier Thursday night (Jan. 30), Billie Eilish took the stage again at the neighboring Intuit Dome for the benefit concert, this time with her brother Finneas.

Introduced by Sting, who named himself a “devotee” of the singer’s “exquisite voice,” Eilish and Finneas encouraged fans to sit down if they were tired — which they immediately refused — before delivering a three-song set of stripped-back, acoustic tracks from Hit Me Hard and Soft, including “Wildflower,” “The Greatest” and “Birds of a Feather.”

“Birds of a Feather” reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is nominated for song of the year, record of the year and best pop solo performance at Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

“L.A. is my favorite place in the world and my only home. My brother and I live here and grew up here. It’s my favorite place in the world, and it’s so devastating what’s going on,” Eilish told the crowd of her hometown. “To everyone who’s going through this, I love you and I got you. I will not forget about you and we will keep doing this for you.”

The duo’s fellow performers at Inglewood, California’s Intuit Dome included Earth, Wind & Fire, Gracie Abrams, Jelly Roll, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby, Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Sting and Tate McRae. Next door at the Kia Forum, the show kicked off with performances by Stevie Nicks, Anderson. Paak, Alanis Morissette, John Mayer, Dawes, Graham Nash, Green Day, John Fogerty, Joni Mitchell, No Doubt, P!nk, Stephen Stills and The Black Crowes, as well as a surprise reunion of the living members of Nirvana with a revolving door of female vocalists.

Those wanting to donate to Los Angeles wildfire relief funds are encouraged to visit fireaidla.org. For every donation pledge made during the concert, Connie and Steve Ballmer — owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the Intuit Dome — will match it.

When Olivia Rodrigo hit the stage at Intuit Dome on Thursday (Jan. 30) night, the FireAid LA Benefit Concert had already been going for four-and-a-half hours between two venues. But based on the crowd’s ecstatic response to the Grammy winner and Billboard Hot 100 topper, you wouldn’t have known it. From the opening lines of her breakout smash “Drivers License,” Rodrigo had the audience eating out of the palm of her hand. It’s a devastating breakup tune, but Rodrigo seemed to be enjoying herself, waving and pointing at fans throughout the verses and rocking out on the chorus.

“It has been so heartbreaking to witness the devastation in this incredible city,” Rodrigo told the crowd after her first song. “I love L.A. so much. I’ve lived here my whole life. I find this place so beautiful and so inspiring.”

Talking about her love for Los Angeles, Rodrigo cited the city as one of her lyrical and musical muses before treating fans to “Déjà Vu,” another hit that she says was inspired by her life in the City of Angels.

Split between the Kia Forum and the Intuit Dome, FireAid also featured appearances and performances from Lady Gaga, Stevie Nicks, Lil Baby, Jelly Roll, Olivia Rodrigo, Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder, Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell and many others. All proceeds from the event will go toward rebuilding efforts in Los Angeles and offer aid to displaced families.

In 2014, when Nirvana was being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, surviving members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear reunited onstage to perform a raucous selection of the culture-shifting grunge band’s beloved songs. With Kurt Cobain gone, lead vocals fell to an assortment of guest singers – St. Vincent, Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and Lorde. Dubbed “Hervana,” the musical collective delivered what turned out to be one of the most legendary Rock Hall performances of all time.

On Thursday (Jan. 30) night, Hervana rode again. During the FireAid LA Benefit Concert – which is raising money to rebuild communities and assist people affected by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires – Nirvana once again reunited with three of the aforementioned four vocalists.

The unannounced performance at the Kia Forum ripped open with St. Vincent snarling through the bratty, punky Nevermind classic “Breed,” absolutely ripping it up on her guitar alongside Smear while Grohl pounded on the drums. After that, Kim Gordon – a friend of the band’s during Cobain’s lifetime – shuffled on stage to growl through an uncompromising “School” from the band’s debut album, Bleach. After the former Sonic Youth member’s appearance, Joan Jett took the stage to thunderous applause, singing Nevermind’s “Territorial Pissings” while a sweaty Grohl banged away in the background. (She missed a couple of lyrics, but who cares? If you’re expecting perfection from a Nirvana cover, you’re missing the point.)

Then came what was perhaps the biggest surprise: Violet Grohl, Dave’s 18-year-old daughter, singing lead vocals on Nirvana’s In Utero highlight “All Apologies.” Her vocals were strong and well-suited for the song, and while the magnitude of the Kia Forum’s crowd wasn’t lost on her, she was remarkably comfortable in front of the massive crowd.

Aside from demonstrating promising musical chops, that performance (not to mention the song title) was noteworthy for another reason. Just last fall, Dave Grohl announced that he had fathered a child outside of his marriage and he would do his best to be a father to that baby while simultaneously working to repair his marriage. “I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness,” he wrote on Instagram in September. This performance with Violet Grohl marks his first high-profile public appearance since then.

Jelly Roll didn’t write “I Am Not Okay” specifically about the Los Angeles fires, but like many of the songs performed during the Thursday (Jan. 30) FireAid benefit concert, it took on added meaning given the emotional upheaval Los Angelenos have gone through the past month as fires have ravaged parts of the county.

Striding out on the Intuit Dome stage sporting an L.A. Dodgers cap, he declared he was “going to bring some country music” to the evening before launching into the song, whose refrain — “I’m not OK, but it’s all going to be all right” — struck the perfect chord for the evening. The song’s message of resilience and Jelly Roll’s confident, sympathetic delivery felt like a reassuring promise.

After he finished the tune, which Jelly took to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart last year, he introduced himself to the audience calling himself Jason “Jelly Roll” Deford, before adding, “I think it’s important while I’m on this stage to sing a song about one of my favorite cities in America, but I can’t do that without someone from Los Angeles. I would like to bring my big brother Travis Barker out to play tonight.”

With that, the Blink-182 drummer settled in behind the drum kit and the band barreled through a propulsive, driving version of Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band’s “Hollywood Nights,” Seger’s 1978 classic about a Midwest guy who gets lost in the excesses of the Los Angeles hills and in the allure of one particular woman, as he who wonders after it all goes south, if it’s too late to go back home.

Jelly Roll was one of more than two dozen performers — including Stevie Nicks, John Mayer, Rod Stewart, P!nk and No Doubt — who took over the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum for the benefit, which is raising money for victims of the fires and for future fire prevention.  

It’s been almost a year since No Doubt made their long-awaited reunion at Coachella, and the Southern California natives came back together on Thursday night (Jan. 30) to perform at the FireAid benefit concert at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.

The band took the stage about halfway through the night, where they kicked off their performance with a rendition of their enduring 1995 hit “Just a Girl.” Showing off her impressive stage presence, frontwoman Gwen Stefani led the crowd in a boys versus girls chant of the “I’m just a girl” line in the chorus. As expected, the girls won.

The three-song performance featured two more classics from 1995, “Don’t Speak” and “Spiderwebs,” both featured on the band’s third studio album, Tragic Kingdom.

Formed in 1986, No Doubt released six albums — including the nine-week Billboard 200 chart-topper Tragic Kingdom — before disbanding in the mid 2010s. As a group, the band won two Grammys and nominated for nine overall, including a nod for Tragic Kingdom in the best rock album category and a best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal nomination for “Don’t Speak.” Stefani released her debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., in 2004.

Throughout the FireAid broadcast, those looking to donate to the victims of the devastating Los Angeles fires were urged to visit fireaidla.org. For every pledge made during the show, Connie and Steve Ballmer — owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the Intuit Dome — will match it. The donations “will be distributed under the advisement of the Annenberg Foundation and will be distributed for short-term relief efforts and long-term initiatives to prevent future fire disasters throughout Southern California,” per the website.