In celebration of the legendary band’s 60th anniversary, The Grateful Dead will be honored as the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year at the organization’s benefit gala during Grammy Week.

Bob Minkin Since forming from the revolutionary crosswinds of the Bay Area’s counterculture in 1965, the Grateful Dead have accrued a legacy

The Grateful Dead are the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year. Original members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bobby Weir, as well as the late bandleader Jerry Garcia, will be honored for their music and philanthropy with a tribute night at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Friday,

MusiCares has set the Grateful Dead—members living and dead—as honorees for the Persons of the Year gala concert and dinner, prior to the '25 Grammys.

The Grateful Dead will be honored as the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year based not only on their musical legacy but philanthropic efforts.

Grateful Dead, a band that was never even nominated for a Grammy, and which became one of the most legendary live acts in history despite having a grand total of one top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100,

On October 23 the Recording Academy announced that the legendary band The Grateful Dead will be honored as MusiCares Persons of the Year for 2025. Original members of the band Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann,

Earlier this year, Grateful Dead were one of several acts to receive a Kennedy Center Honor. Today, MusiCares revealed the seminal rock band as its 2025 Persons Of The Year.