By Nicole Fell. Actor and comedian Billy Crystal , who lost his home in the Palisades Fire , took the stage after Green Day to officially welcome the crowd. He spoke about his own experience, telling concertgoers that he was wearing the clothes when he evacuated from his home and which he wore for a week. Alanis Morissette and Anderson. Paak kept the evening going. The artist also gave the crowd a big surprise in the form of a special appearance of legendary rapper Dr.
I appreciate all the first responders and all the firemen who put their lives on the line. Paak and singer and drummer Sheila E. Legendary singer Joni Mitchell serenaded the crowd, a rare live appearance for the year-old artist. The benefit also included words from those directly impacted by the fires, including Eshele Williams, her sisters and mother from Altadena, with ties to the community dating back to when their grandmother bought a home in the area.
Williams explained that of the five of them onstage, four lost homes in the fire. Griffin lost his home in the fire, while Taylor lost his studio, including almost all of their instruments. Dawes also brought out Stephen Stills to perform together before facilitating one of the several surprises of the night — a reunion between Stills and Graham Nash.
Samuel L. Jackson kicked off the Intuit Dome portion of the night. The actor told the crowd the show was so big two arenas were needed.
Yu described evacuating his family and then immediately getting to work. The actor then brought out legendary singer, and his former neighbor, Rod Stewart. Stevie Nicks emotionally recounted that, as she was evacuated, she expected to see her home on fire, fearing it would spread to the entire street.
