Inside LA’s huge £50m FireAid concert as massive 90s band reunite and Lady Gaga debuts new track

DAVE Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear turned backmost the timepiece arsenic they reformed Nirvana for FireAid successful Los Angeles.

The band — which divided successful 1994 aft the decease of pb vocalist Kurt Cobain — agreed with St Vincent, Kim Gordon, Joan Jett and Dave’s girl Violet to play a repetition of the four-song acceptable from their 2014 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame induction.

And it was hauntingly brilliant.

St Vincent, pictured close with the band, wowed fans with her stunning vocals connected Breed astatine the packed retired Intuit Dome successful Los Angeles to rise wealth for the alleviation effort aft the Californian chaotic fires.

Simultaneously, different amusement took spot astatine the Kia Forum, with acts including Billie Eilish, Dr Dre, Pink, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sting and Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks connected the prima billings.

Olivia Rodrigo, Joni Mitchell, Slash, Katy Perry and Gwen Stefani's set No Doubt besides performed sets astatine Thursday’s concerts, which person truthful acold raised implicit £50million.

Meanwhile, Lady Gaga enactment connected a amusement to remember, debuting her caller song, All I Need Is Time.

We caught up with Sir Rod Stewart backstage astatine the Intuit Dome, wherever helium told america helium was among the archetypal to respond to calls from euphony brag Irving Azoff, who organised the monolithic fundraisers.

“I privation I was present nether amended circumstances,” Rod said.

“It’s the top privilege ever. I americium mislaid for words.”

Sir Rod was implicit successful the Caribbean celebrating his 80th day erstwhile the blazes engulfed truthful overmuch of LA.

Penny Lancaster, who joined her megastar hubby backstage, told us: “We were precise fortunate to beryllium together. To person each the kids astir us, reasoning astir however galore families were displaced and their memories from the past lost . . . 

“Rod was the archetypal to connection up his dependable and everyone is present and hopefully that volition bring everyone retired successful droves to springiness wealth to this important cause.”

Rod added: “It was important to beryllium the archetypal 1 connected board. And I person travel each the mode from London.

“I don’t cognize what we are trying to raise, but I americium hoping for a satellite grounds possibly successful 1 night.”

Recalling the infinitesimal helium heard astir the fires, Rod said: “Everyone was calling maine up, saying, ‘Is your location OK?’.”

Penny added: “We support proceeding astir friends who were fixed 5 minutes to evacuate. What bash you drawback successful 5 minutes?”

Ever the gent, Rod besides helped retired members of his squad who mislaid belongings successful the fires — including idiosyncratic who worked with him connected his autobiography.

Recalling his speech with the man, Rod said: “He mislaid perfectly everything.

“He told me, ‘Rod, the astir important happening I mislaid was 2 suits and my tuxedos’. I said, ‘Go and get yourself measured up, I’ll regenerate them’.”

Never change, Rod.

Album acceptable successful Stones

I REVEALED yesterday that the Rolling Stones had shelved plans for a immense European and UK circuit this summer.

But portion it’s rubbish quality for america fans who wanted to spot Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood playing unrecorded – it does mean they person clip to get moving connected different album.

And erstwhile Stones guitarist Bill Wyman has admitted he’s already recorded a opus for the record, which would beryllium the travel up to their past No1 medium Hackney Diamonds.

Bill said: “I did different track, I don’t cognize the rubric of it.

“But I played connected different track, and I said, ‘What’s happening with that?’ They said, ‘We’re going to prevention it for the adjacent album.’ It was a much bluesy track, much relaxed, much open.

“I conscionable enactment what I thought was a beauteous decent bass connected it, due to the fact that they didn’t person bass connected it.

“It was much open, the benignant of happening I prefer.”

Bill’s tune connected Hackney Diamonds, Live By The Sword, besides featured drumming by The Stones’s precocious bandmate Charlie Watts.

Bill added: “It was a pleasance to bash it and it was beauteous to bash it with Charlie, who was my champion friend.”

Insiders adjacent to the set told maine they anticipation to deed the roadworthy connected our shores adjacent year, if promoters tin get the close woody done.

Here’s hoping they propulsion their fingers out.

Yung emotion is successful the aerial for Anais

THERE could beryllium different personage romance connected the horizon, aft Yungblud and Anais Gallagher were spotted unneurotic during her day celebrations.

Yungblud, existent sanction Dominic Harrison, was seen putting his limb astir Anais successful my exclusive representation – which showed them heading location aft her day enactment successful Primrose Hill, London.

Dating Anais isn’t for the faint-hearted though, fixed her dada is Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher.

Still, Dominic from my acquisition is 1 of the astir charming blokes astir – truthful I’m definite that he’d person Noel eating retired the thenar of his hand.