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Bobby Weir, front, and Mickey Hart of 'The Grateful Dead' perform during the MusiCares Person of the Year gala honoring The Grateful Dead on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Tie-dye and dancing bears: Grammy weekend begins with Grateful Dead honored as Persons of the Year

The Grateful Dead kicked off Grammy weekend being honored as MusiCares Persons of the Year. Guitarist Bob Weir and drummer Mickey Hart were on hand as other artists took turns performing the legendary jam band’s songs during a 2 1/2-hour show in Los Angeles on Friday night.
 
Dave Matthews performs ahead of the keynote speech during the first day of Dreamforce, the annual tech conference hosted by Salesforce, in San Francisco, Sept. 12, 2023. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Dave Matthews won’t perform at FireAid or a MusiCares benefit, citing a critical family illness

 
Music producer Zedd poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Q&A: Zedd waited nine years to release a new album. He says the kaleidoscopic ‘Telos’ is ‘timeless’

 
Kim Kardashian attends the Victoria Beckham Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer)

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 15-21

 
This combination of images shows, from left, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and Stephen Colbert. The late-night hosts are scheduled to return to the air on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, the first time in five months that they’ll have new shows due the writers strike, which concluded last week. (AP Photo)

Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff