by Jeroslyn JoVonn
January 14, 2025
Main document labels have canceled their Grammy Week occasions, selecting to redirect funds to assist reduction efforts for the LA wildfires.
Regardless of the continued wildfires raging via Southern California, the 67th annual Grammy Awards are nonetheless set to happen on Feb. 2. However Common Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Group have introduced they won’t be internet hosting any occasions to have fun the event.
On Jan. 14, Sony Music Group joined Common Music Group (UMG) and Warner Music Group in canceling its Grammy Week get together, opting as a substitute to redirect the funds to assist native reduction efforts, Billboard reported. It got here in the future after the Recording Academy confirmed that this yr’s Grammy Awards would proceed as deliberate, regardless of the wildfires affecting numerous Los Angeles residents, together with stars and trade professionals throughout music, movie, and tv.
Shortly after the Recording Academy’s announcement, UMG launched its personal assertion canceling all Grammy-related occasions, together with its artist showcase and after-party. The corporate introduced it might as a substitute “redirect the sources that may have been used for these occasions to help these affected by the wildfires.”
“Our deepest gratitude goes to the primary responders and emergency personnel, who proceed to carry out heroically,” Common mentioned in a press release.
“L.A. is house to so many people. We’re dedicated to serving to and supporting the music neighborhood, our artists, our groups and the individuals of Los Angeles get via this horrific episode.”
Inside 24 hours of UMG’s announcement, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group additionally introduced the cancellation of their deliberate Grammy occasions. Together with UMG’s reduction efforts for these impacted by the wildfires, Warner Music Group introduced its canceled Grammy Week get together to as a substitute redirect funds to wildfire reduction efforts and support these affected by the devastation.
It follows Warner Music Group’s earlier pledge of $1 million to assist hearth reduction and rebuilding efforts within the Los Angeles space via its Warner Music Group/Blavatnik Household Basis Social Justice Fund.
“Our hearts exit to everybody affected by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles,” Recording Academy and MusiCares CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and Tammy Harm, chair of the board of trustees, mentioned in a press release. “This metropolis is our house, and we mourn the lack of life and destruction which have come to it in current days.”
“In shut coordination with native authorities to make sure public security and accountable use of space sources, the 67th Grammy Awards telecast on CBS on Feb. 2 will proceed as deliberate,” they continued. “This yr’s present, nevertheless, will carry a renewed sense of function: elevating extra funds to assist wildfire reduction efforts and honoring the bravery and dedication of first responders who threat their lives to guard ours.”
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