Irving Azoff on His A-List L.A. FireAid Concert, and Six Decades in the Music Business

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Matt is joined by legendary music industry executive Irving Azoff to discuss FireAid, the massive benefit concert on January 30 to help L.A. fire victims. As the Los Angeles area continues its recovery from devastating wildfires, the benefit concert will raise millions for relief efforts. Irving explains how this concert came together so quickly, including the unprecedented streaming effort that will allow millions to watch for free, as well as how many of the major acts got involved like Billie Eilish, Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anderson .Paak, and more. They also discuss the state of the music business, why many prominent voices in the music business are English, how streaming is affecting the business, and more (02:25). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about the benefit concert proceeds (31:52). Click HERE to help those affected by the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Irving Azoff Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.1	It is Wednesday, January 29th. In the aftermath of the fires here in L.A., there's been all kinds of charity events and performances,
1:15.0	but the biggest of them all so far is happening on Thursday at both the Forum and the Intuit
1:20.6	Dome, the new Clippers Arena next door.
1:22.9	It's called Fire Aid.
1:24.2	There are about 27 A-level acts that have been announced, plus a few surprises planned.
1:29.1	All the money, at least 60 million so far, will go to fire relief, and the show will air as a
1:33.9	telethon, or I should say a stream-a-thon across nearly all the major streaming services, from
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