Regardless of the quite a few delays which have swept the leisure business within the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, the 2025 Grammys will proceed as scheduled.
Final week, town of Los Angeles confronted 5 wildfires concurrently, forcing the evacuation of over 150,000 residents, the destruction of numerous properties and enterprise, 24 confirmed deaths and 16 individuals lacking.
Now, in a press release to members of the Recording Academy, group CEO Harvey Mason Jr. confirmed that the 2025 version of the Grammys will happen on February 2 as deliberate. Per Rolling Stone, Mason Jr. stated within the letter: “In shut coordination with native authorities to make sure public security and accountable use of space assets, the 67th GRAMMY Awards telecast on CBS on February 2nd will proceed as deliberate.”
Nevertheless, moreover persevering with its run as the largest evening in music, Mason Jr. additionally confirmed that the ceremony this 12 months will help the wildfire aid efforts: “This 12 months’s present, nonetheless, will carry a renewed sense of objective: elevating further funds to help wildfire aid efforts and honoring the bravery and dedication of first responders who threat their lives to guard ours.”
Moreover, the Recording Academy and MusiCares on January 11 introduced that they’ve launched the Los Angeles Fireplace Reduction Effort, and are donating US$1million to “present each rapid aid and long-term help to people and households within the music business dealing with displacement and loss because of the catastrophe.”
Common Music Group has additionally confirmed that will probably be cancelling all of its deliberate Grammy-related events, and can as an alternative “redirect the assets that may have been used for these occasions to help these affected by the wildfires”. Their resolution has prompted Paramore lead Hayley Williams to voice her help for Common Music, writing in an Instagram story: “Respect”.
Warner Music have additionally pledged $1million to aid efforts specializing in “group wellbeing, music business help, and equipping first responders with urgently wanted assets”. In a press release to Rolling Stone, Warner has additionally confirmed that it might be cancelling its Grammy events and would redirect these funds to aid efforts.
In the meantime, different leisure business awards have introduced the postponement of their very own occasions following the Californian disaster. The Oscars have postponed the announcement of this 12 months’s nominees two instances, and can now reveal this 12 months’s record on January 23. The ceremony itself will happen on March 3.
The Critics Selection Awards have additionally been postponed from its authentic date of January 12 to January 26.
As for the music scene in Los Angeles, a profit live performance for the victims has been introduced. Dubbed FireAid, it can happen at LA’s Intuit Dome on January 30, with proceeds going to the rebuild program and to displaced households. No line-up has at the moment been introduced.
