WMG, Sony, BMG Cancel Grammy Events
• Warner Music Group, Sony Music and BMG have confirmed that they are canceling their Grammy Week events due to the wildfires still raging in Los Angeles, a rep for the company confirms to Variety. The moves come a day after Universal Music Group made a similar announcement.
Sources say Warner’s decision was made over the weekend, when WMG committed $1 million to the relief effort, via the WMG / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund. A rep for Sony Music confirms that the decision was made Tuesday morning to cancel all events during Grammy Week and redirect the company’s efforts and funds to focus on local relief efforts.
In a Tuesday email announcing the cancellation, BMG wrote, “It is with heavy hearts that we announce BMG will no longer host its Pre-Grammy Party on Tuesday, January 28. Our thoughts are with everyone affected, and we extend our deepest gratitude to the firefighters and first responders in Los Angeles County who are working tirelessly to contain the fires.”
UMG announced on Monday that its annual showcase (which was canceled last year as well, due to company layoffs) and Grammy afterparty have been called off this year, just hours after the Recording Academy posted a statement saying that the Grammy ceremony will go on as scheduled on Sunday, Feb. 2 at the Crypto .com Arena in Los Angeles.
