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Dave Matthews Withdraws From FireAid Benefit and MusiCares Gala Following ‘Critical’ Family Illness


Dave Matthews dropped out of FireAid benefit concert and MusiCares‘ 2025 Persons of the Year benefit gala for the Grateful Dead over family emergency.

The remaining lineup includes Alanis Morissette, Anderson .Paak, Dawes, Graham Nash, Green Day, John Fogerty, Joni Mitchell, No Doubt, P!nk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stephen Stills, Stevie Nicks, and the Black Crowes. Without Matthews, the lineup includes Dead & Company, John Mayer, Mick Fleetwood with Stewart Copeland, Norah Jones, Maren Morris, Noah Kahan, Vampire Weekend, Sierra Ferrell and Lukas Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Billy Strings, My Morning Jacket, the War and Treaty, Sammy Hagar, Zac Brown, Maggie Rose, Wynona Judd, and the War on Drugs. “Established in 1999, the Bama Works Fund supports charitable programs primarily in the Charlottesville, VA area but has also responded to a wide variety of needs both nationally and internationally,” the organization’s mission statement reads.

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