Now, at this ecstatic point, were we all willing to think of Aberdeen, Washington as a distant greater-L. Yes, we were. But for the most part, there was some adherence to the idea that this was spiritually a local event, even as an appeal was being made to the rest of the country to feel the pain of affected Southern Californians and generously give.
That meant keeping the artist bill mostly to artists that had some kind of known connection to the area. But for now, stay home. Is it ironic that L. Gwen Stefani was impossibly toned, and Flea was in a Speedo, so the watching could rest assured that L.
But it informed what might have been the most spontaneously explosive moment at either locale β early on, at the Forum, when Dr. Dre made a surprise appearance during an already peak-form blowout set by Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals. Sheila E. And when it comes to modern successors to these L. The siblings made their appearance at Intuit after midnight and after 3 a.
ET , not to wake up sleepy viewers but to offer them a lullaby with a three-song acoustic set. Nothing speaks to being a true Angeleno like being willing to take a shuttle for art. That self-muffling was predictable and maybe even warranted, in light of the larger cause.
Some performers tailored their material to the themes of the night, and some just did a three- or four-song greatest-hits set. Los Angeles may be the only city that continually generates artists who openly point to what a melancholy place it is, or can be, a recognition that hardly cancels out the civic pride.
