The Academy canceled some of its events leading up to the Awards show and has repurposed others to heighten focus on fundraising for relief

The Recording Academy has released a 'condensed' Grammy Week schedule, focusing on 'events that can be most impactful' for L.A. wildfire relief.

The Recording Academy announced it had condensed pre-Grammy week plans to just four events, each featuring a fundraising element.

Grammys will proceed as planned on Feb. 2, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said, as Los Angeles faces several deadly wildfires.

Every year, the Recording Academy uses the weekend of the Grammy Awards to salute a musical legend with its MusiCares benefit show. This year, the MusiCares Persons Of The Year — awkward-ass phrase — are the Grateful Dead,

As the Los Angeles fires continue to rage across the city, the Recording Academy and MusiCares made a combined pledge of $1 million to kick off a new relief effort to support musicians and industry professionals impacted by the devastating fires.

MusiCares' Person of the Year event, honoring the Grateful Dead, is moving ahead 'with a special appeal for donations to support wildfire relief.'

Adam Blackstone will return as music supervisor for the Recording Academy Honors event. Blackstone won a Primetime Emmy in 2022 as music director of The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent

Garth Hudson, the final surviving member of The Band, died at 87 on January 21, 2025. A talented musician, he played a crucial role in defining The Band’s sound and was honored with a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dave Matthews, Norah Jones, Sammy Hagar, John Mayer and Zac Brown are just some of the artists who will perform Jan. 31 at the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year tribute concert honoring the

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, MusiCares — the Recording Academy’s charitable wing — distributed more than $25 million in relief funds for people in the music community. And less than two weeks after wildfires began ravaging Los Angeles,