U2, whose members include Bono and the Edge, committed during the event to donating $1 million to the relief efforts. Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and his wife, Connie, also pledged to match that donation and all donations made during the live broadcast of FireAid.

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,