Seeing The Impact Of The Los Angeles Forest Fire, Will The Grammy Awards Be Postponed?

JAKARTA - The major forest fire that hit Los Angeles, United States raises questions about the sustainability of the Grammy Awards among music lovers.

As is known, the 67th Grammy Awards are scheduled to be held at the Crypto.com Arena located in downtown Los Angeles on February 2.

According to several sources reported by The Hollywood Reporter, there have been talks about the fate of this year's Grammy Awards.

Given that this event is known for its luxury in featuring famous musicians, CBS as the party that has played a major role in broadcasting this event around the world, is said to be discussing the possibility of delaying events or diverting its broadcast to fundraising.

A senior television executive said it was very likely that the Grammys would be postponed, mainly due to the fire, which was triggered by strong winds early in the week and the overall city disaster status is still active," the Hollywood Reporter said in a statement, quoted Monday, January 13.

Meanwhile, another source from the United States music industry said what will happen in the coming days will be key to determining whether the Grammys are really still going on.

Special considerations have to be done. The reason is, the complexity that comes from forest fires greatly affects logistics. Grammys need hundreds of hotel rooms for their participants, artists, and teams, not to mention musicians whose instruments may be damaged.

Even at the local stage, so many people in the music business were affected, from label staff to public relations for top talents such as Billie Eilish and The Weeknd.

Meanwhile, plans to hold a charity concert in the days leading up to the top night celebrations will involve MusiCares, a Grammy foundation that aims to help music professionals in need.

Live Nation, Azoff's family, and AEG Presents have also announced that the event on January 30 will be held in Intuit Dome. Participants and broadcast partners are still determined.

For information, the Recording Academy has postponed the Grammy Awards twice in recent years. The event in 2021 was moved from January to March due to COVID-19, then in 2022 faced the same fate, moved from January to April. At the second delay, the event was even moved for the first time in Las Vegas.