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Live updates: Los Angeles wildfires, Palisades and Eaton fires, Auto fire in Ventura continue to burn | CNN

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Live updates: Los Angeles wildfires, Palisades and Eaton fires, Auto fire in Ventura continue to burn | CNN

Intuit Dome, the home of the LA Clippers in Inglewood, California, will host FireAid, a benefit concert aimed at raising funds for rebuilding communities devastated by wildfires in Los Angeles, according to Live Nation, the live entertainment promoting company. The event is set for January 30.

Together with his wife Shelli, Irving Azoff, who represents a roster of iconic artists including The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Maroon 5, among others, is spearheading the initiative in collaboration with Live Nation and AEG Presents, which belongs to Anschutz Entertainment Group. Azoff’s son, Jeffrey, manages former One Direction’s Harry Styles, fueling speculation about potential hosts for the concert. Azoff is partly owner of MSG, the entertainment company operating the Madison Square Garden in New York.

Live Nation says the lineup for the concert, described as “an evening of music and solidarity,” will be announced soon.

Proceeds from the concert will go towards a nonprofit created for this event that will focus on rebuilding infrastructure, supporting displaced families, and advancing fire prevention technologies and strategies to ensure Southern California is better prepared for fire emergencies, the release says.

The announcement follows a pledge from The Recording Academy and nonprofit MusiCares, which committed $1 million to support music professionals impacted by the wildfires, according to a release.

“The entire Grammy family is shocked and deeply saddened by the situation unfolding in Los Angeles,” Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy and MusiCares said in a statement. “The music community is being so severely impacted, but we will come together as an industry to support one another.”

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