Bill Burr, Shane Gillis Announce Comedy Show to Help Fund L.A. Fire Relief

Comedians Bill Burr and Shane Gillis announced a one-night comedy gig in support of L.A. wildfire relief efforts. All proceeds to the benefit show will go toward the Wildfire Relief Fund.

Burr and Gillis join a coterie of celebrities donating show and merchandise proceeds to fire relief efforts. Following a Sunday performance of new single “4X4,” Travis Scott announced he’s donating proceeds from his merchandise shop to the California Fire Relief. Artists including Pink, Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell, Olivia Rodrigo, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and others will perform at the FireAid benefit concert at the end on Jan. 30, with funds directed to short and long-term fire relief efforts.

The benefit comedy show takes place Jan. 27 at Los Angeles’s Wiltern Theater, and tickets are available via Live Nation. The show tacks on an additional date to Gillis’ 27-city global comedy tour, which began Jan. 10.

Burr has been outspoken about online trolls spreading misinformation around the California wildfires. He addressed the social media warriors on a Jimmy Kimmel Live! appearance, after thanking firefighters and rescue teams.

“I think everyone did a great job,” Burr said to Kimmel. “Unlike the internet. Oh, my God, all of these fire experts. ‘Why don’t you just fly a helicopter into the ocean?’ Fuck it. I don’t know, because there’s 100-knot winds? You want to do that? You want to do that at night, you fucking lunatic? ‘This was definitely mismanaged.’ Like some idiot on the internet knows how to manage the worst fire in L.A., sitting there in his underwear.”

As of Monday, the Palisades Fire, which first swept the Palisades area on Jan. 7, has destroyed more than 6,000 structures and killed at least 10 people; whereas the Eaton Fire has flattened more than 9,400 structures and killed 17 people.