By james art 
Grammy in 2025 not only mentioned the fires in Los Angeles, which devastated the city in the bigger part of January. The ceremony on television made the Fire Relief at the heart of the show, while broadcasting various performances, gave awards to today’s best music artists for four hours, and as the host Trevor Noah revealed at the end of the show, he raised $ 7 million for efforts to relieve relief.
As the ceremony broadcast by Arena crypto.com in Los Angeles, on Sunday, the producers of the show and musicians of A-spice, actors and celebrities worshiped Angelens and those affected by the fires, starting with Noah to celebrate the spirit of El Hey, in his opening monologue and folk rock, the Dowes band opens the ceremony with the All-Star version of the Randy Newman classic, “I Love La” the group more than doubled in size, as they were joined by Grammy Brad Paisley, Brittany Howard , John Legend, Cheryl Crowe and St. Vincent support them during the biggest performance of the group’s career so far.
Dowes, a native of LA, has had different members and rebirths in the last 15 years, but the outfit now consists of the Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith brothers. Combined, they lost their home, home studio and much of the band’s music equipment in La Fires last month. Ethan’s fire took Griffin’s home in Altadan, the city area, most affected by this deadly and historical flame. Taylor is the husband of actress Mandy Moore.
“One thing that is hard to convey to anyone who is not there is the level of destruction and how much is in Altadena,” Griffin told The Press, including The Hollywood ReporterBehind the scenes of Grammy. “It’s huge and it’s hard to say only from the photos we see online about how massive the road fee is.”
The star and pleasant performance of the group was only the top of Grammy, which landed for an emergency this year after the massive fires ate 57,000 acres of land and destroyed over 10,000 structures. This year, the awards raise funds to support efforts to relieve wild fire in Los Angeles and take moments to look at and think about the courage and dedication of LA’s first respondents who risk their lives against incredible chances of suppressing the many digits that began on January. 7 And finally they are contained.
During the show, the Palisadi Commons and Altadena, devastated by the fires, were consistently mentioned in speeches, while the city of LA was excellent in performances and closed or affected local companies were presented in advertising every commercial vacation. Billy Eiley and Chapel Roan finished their performances at the beginning of the night, confessing their love for LA, while Kendrick Lamar dedicated his late victory for the record of the year of LA’s neighborhoods
“Compton, Watts, Long Beach, Inglewood, Hollywood, went to the valley, Pacoima, IE, San Bernardino, all that,” Lamar told the crowd. “This is my door to the forest that held me … since I was in the studio to write the best rape and all this to make records like these. So I can’t give enough thanks to those places I have been rolling from high school. Most importantly, people and families outside in the palisades and Altadena. This is the real covenant that we can continue to restore the city. “
The organizers of Grammy had said on Wednesday that Sunday night would include a greeting to the late Quincy Jones and the moments “Celebrating the Spirit of the City of Los Angeles” as a result of wild fires. While worshiping the legendary producer who died in November, living legends Stevie Wonder and Herbi Hancock joined students affected by fires when the Pasadena Waldorf and Charter Charter Hears school appeared on stage, applying a “LA” sweatshirt School heart, along with the soul and jazz characters. Ethan’s fire influenced five schools in Pasadena University Quarter.
After Nui discussed the fires in his initial segment and showed a clip of the devastation, he launched an accompanying QR code on the screen and called on those in the room and watched at home to donate. The QR code reappeared throughout the show, with noah calling some of the companies that make donations.
The most touching tribute to LA came at the end of the night – in front of Beyonce was awarded the Covenant Album of the Year Grammy – when members of the district fire services were announced on stage. After thunderstorms and emotional applause settled, La Anthony Marron County County and La Sheila County captain were boarded by the microphone.
“Aunt, thank you,” said Marron, who thanked the first answers that came close, as well as to the audience for welcoming their stars, and shared condolences for those who lost loved ones, homes and companies in the fires. “Thank you for supporting all of us and recognizing the characters behind me and she-res. … I am confident that we will recover and recover together because we are strong. “
The Academy of Sounds and Musicares have allocated over $ 4 million in emergency assistance to nearly 3,000 music experts affected by fires according to a message sent to Thr On Sunday. This was done in partnership with direct relief, Community Foundation in California and the Pasadena Community Foundation to support the city of Los Angeles.
Grammy, a major annual affair in Los Angeles, saw many of the typical pre -excellent events, canceled or reformatted to help Angelos need help after massive fires were torn through parts of the city.
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