The Grammy Award-winning band shared that they had to pull out of two shows due to a 'critical illness' in the family.

Dave Matthews, who was part of a star-studded lineup of performers at a Los Angeles concert to raise money for wildfire relief, said on Wednesday he would not be able to perform.

Lady Gaga is ramping up to the release of new album Mayhem, and she’s popping up all over the place, from December’s A Carpool Karaoke Christmas to next month’s SNL 50th anniversary concert. Also on her schedule as FireAid,

CNN has reached out to a representative for Matthews for comment. The FireAid benefit concert, a music event set up to aid the relief efforts following the deadly and devastating Los Angeles wildfires, is set to take place on Thursday at the Kia Forum and the new Intuit Dome, both located in the LA city of Inglewood.

Dave Matthews and former Berklee School of Music student John Mayer will perform live together for the first time at FireAid.

There are a bunch of benefit concerts for the LA wildfires coming up, and FireAid is the biggest. Taking place at both the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Inglewood, the event has Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish,

Lady Gaga closed the FireAid benefit concert with a heartfelt new song she co-wrote with her fiancé, Michael Polansky, to bring hope to those affected by the LA wildfires.

A family emergency has prompted Dave Matthews to drop out of the FireAid benefit concert and the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Gala. “Due to a critical illness in the family, Dave

Tate McRae, No Doubt, Katy Perry, Alanis Morissette, Anderson .Paak, Dawes, Graham Nash, John Fogerty, Peso Pluma, Stevie Wonder and the Black Crowes are also set to take the stage for the benefit show,

In addition to the performances, original Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir will be recognized for their musical contributions and philanthropy, while late band founders Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh will be honored posthumously.

Relief efforts for the still-burning fires in California have now reached the “massive benefit concert by very famous people” stage of developments, as organizers for an upcoming event titled FireAid have now sent out their initial line-up for a benefit concert.

The FireAid benefit concert will go down in history not only because it features some of the biggest names in music on the same stage, but for the message of hope those artists spread. And, hopefully,