{"id":78337,"date":"2025-12-02T16:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/78337\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:12:21","slug":"foo-fighters-to-play-benefit-concert-in-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/78337\/","title":{"rendered":"Foo Fighters to Play Benefit Concert in L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/foo-fighters\/\" id=\"auto-tag_foo-fighters_1\" data-tag=\"foo-fighters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foo Fighters<\/a> are holding a special benefit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/concert\/\" id=\"auto-tag_concert_1\" data-tag=\"concert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">concert<\/a> on Jan. 14 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAll the proceeds from the event, which also falls on Dave Grohl\u2019s birthday, will go to organizations that Dave, Jordyn Grohl and the band have long supported, including\u00a0Hope The Mission\u00a0and\u00a0Los Angeles Mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGrohl wrote in a statement, \u201cWhat better way to spend my 57th birthday than making a bunch of noise with a bunch of people for a good cause. This ain\u2019t just a big ass rock show, it\u2019s a big ass party with a heart.\u00a0Turn up the volume, turn up the hope, but most of all\u2026.TURN UP.\u00a0 The best gift is TO GIVE. Can\u2019t friggin wait x.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe only pre-sale opportunity for the concert will be on Dec. 7 with an in-person-only advance ticket purchase\/donation drive at the Forum. Those participating in the presale are asked to bring donation items for Hope the Mission and Los Angeles Mission, including socks and underwear (all sizes \u2014 new\/packaged only), dried pinto beans (bagged), spaghetti or macaroni pasta (bagged or boxed) and dried rice (bagged). No canned goods or perishable items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cDave, Jordyn and Foo Fighters are a striking example of what\u2019s possible when we decide to show up and give back. This concert will be more than just a celebration, it\u2019s a statement that it will take all of us working together to end homelessness in our city so that no one is left suffering on our streets,\u201d\u00a0Rowan Vansleve, president of Hope the Mission, said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly grateful to partner with the band. Foo Fighters and their fans have a reputation of always stepping up to help when people need it, and this concert will be no different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDennis Oleesky, Los Angeles Mission CEO, added, \u201cThe impact of this event goes far beyond one night of incredible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/music\/\" id=\"auto-tag_music_1\" data-tag=\"music\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">music<\/a>. Every ticket purchased and every donation will directly help feed and house our unhoused neighbors. We\u2019re honored Foo Fighters are joining to bring real help and real hope to people across Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Foo Fighters are holding a special benefit concert on Jan. 14 at the Kia Forum in Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[17876,24905,48,52,51,47,50,49,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-78337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-concert","9":"tag-foo-fighters","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-headlines","12":"tag-la-news","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","15":"tag-los-angeles-news","16":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}