Jon Bon Jovi shall be honored as MusiCares’ Individual of the 12 months forward of the 2024 Grammy Awards.
MusiCares introduced on Thursday that artists pays tribute to the Bon Jovi frontman with reside performances on the Los Angeles Conference Heart on Feb. 2, 2024. The occasion takes place two days earlier than the Grammys air reside from Crypto.com Enviornment and performers shall be introduced at a later date.
The 61-year-old rocker has gained one Grammy Award and earned 11 nominations. His band has logged 10 High 10 hits on the Billboard Sizzling 100, together with No. 1 successes like “Livin’ On a Prayer,” “You Give Love a Dangerous Identify,” “Dangerous Drugs” and “I’ll Be There for You.”
Bon Jovi is the thirty third recipient of the Individual of the 12 months honor. Proceeds from the occasion will present important help for MusiCares, the charity that provides well being and human companies to music professionals, from bodily and psychological well being help to dependancy restoration, preventive clinic help, unexpected private emergencies and catastrophe reduction.
Bon Jovi shall be honored for his musical achievements and philanthropic work, together with his Jon Bon Jovi Soul Basis, which he launched in 2006 to disrupt the cycle of starvation, poverty and homelessness.
“I’m actually humbled to be this 12 months’s MusiCares honoree. MusiCares’ work with music professionals is vitally necessary in creating a lot wanted help and wellness packages that domesticate a more healthy and extra vibrant group for us all,” Bon Jovi stated in a press release. “Philanthropic work has been a cornerstone of my life and has at all times run in tandem to my music profession and achievements. Almost 20 years in the past after I shaped the JBJ Soul Basis and JBJ Soul Kitchens, I noticed firsthand and proceed to see as we speak the affect of charitable community-based work. I do know this for positive: serving to one’s group helps one’s self.”
Others who’ve been named Individual of the 12 months embrace Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Carole King.
