Stephen Stills & Graham Nash Join Dawes During FireAid L.A. Benefit Concert

Rock royalty was onstage at the Kia Forum on Thursday night (Jan. 30), as Dawes welcomed a few very special guests to join them during their set at the FireAid L.A. Benefit Concert — including Stephen Stills and Graham Nash.

After Dawes, the Los Angeles folk-rock band whose members suffered devastating losses in the wildfires across the city earlier this month, opened their set with “Time Spent in Los Angeles,” the group welcomed Stills and Mike Campbell to the stage for a performance of “For What It’s Worth” from Stills’ old band, Buffalo Springfield. Then, the supergroup was joined by Nash, who lauded his musical “partner of so many years.”

“Whenever the city of Los Angeles gets into trouble, the musicians are right there,” Nash continued, “and I’m proud to be one of them!” With that, the musicians launched into the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young all-timer “Teach Your Children,” complete with a sing-along by the Forum audience to close out the special mini-set.

Dawes previously performed “Time Spent in Los Angeles” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Jan. 13, less than a week after several of the band’s members lost homes and musical equipment in the fires.

The FireAid Benefit Concerts kicked off at the Forum with performances by Green Day, Alan’s Morissette, Joni Mitchell and Anderson .Paak, among others. Gracie Abrams, Rod Stewart, Lady Gaga and Olivia Rodrigo are among the artists scheduled to play the Intuit Dome across town later on Thursday night.

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