The lineup for the 2025 MusiCares Particular person of the Yr profit gala held in tribute to the Grateful Useless in Los Angeles has been revealed.
On Monday (Jan. 20), The Hollywood Reporter introduced the artists hooked up to the Grammy Week occasion scheduled for Jan. 31 on the Los Angeles Conference Middle.
Useless & Firm (which incorporates Grateful Useless co-founders Bob Weir and Mickey Hart), John Mayer, Mick Fleetwood with Stewart Copeland, Norah Jones, Maren Morris, Noah Kahan, Vampire Weekend, Sierra Farrell and Lukas Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Billy Strings, My Morning Jacket, Sammy Hagar, the Battle and Treaty and the Battle on Medication are set for the occasion, in addition to earlier Grateful Useless collaborator Bruce Hornsby. Andy Cohen would be the MC.
Authentic Grateful Useless members Mickey Hart, Invoice Kreutzmann and Bob Weir will be acknowledged for his or her contributions to music, their philanthropic efforts and the group’s pioneering position in fostering communities by their concert events and activism. Two of the band’s founding members, the late Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh, who handed away in October, shall be honored posthumously.
The Grateful Useless is the third band to obtain the dignity, following Fleetwood Mac (2018) and Aerosmith (2020). The esteemed checklist of MusiCares Particular person of the Yr honorees additionally consists of Jon Bon Jovi, Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton, Tom Petty, Lionel Richie, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Neil Younger, Neil Diamond, Aretha Franklin, Don Henley, James Taylor, Brian Wilson, Sting, Bono, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Elton John, Stevie Surprise, Luciano Pavarotti, Phil Collins, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, Gloria Estefan, Natalie Cole, Bonnie Raitt and David Crosby.
It was confirmed that the 2025 MusiCares Individuals of the Yr occasion will go on as deliberate final week, amid the wildfires which have devastated the Los Angeles space. The announcement got here a day after the Recording Academy stated the Grammys are nonetheless on for Feb. 2.
“Your attendance at Individuals of the Yr and your ongoing generosity will assist these continued important efforts, serving to these in pressing want and signaling to the world that this vibrant metropolis is on its ft,” MusiCares stated in a press release. “At our upcoming Individuals of the Yr, we are going to make a particular enchantment for donations to assist our wildfire reduction efforts. We invite you to affix us in spreading the phrase to your family and friends by sharing this hyperlink: www.musicares.org/FireRelief.”
Since 1991, the MusiCares Particular person of the Yr gala has raised funds to assist MusiCares’ well being and human companies packages, which provide bodily and psychological well being care, habit restoration, preventive clinics, unexpected private emergencies and catastrophe reduction to music professionals.
