U2 has been named the 2027 MusiCares Persons of the Year.
MusiCares, the Recording Academy’s charity supporting the health and wellbeing of the music community, selected U2’s Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. due to the band’s longstanding commitment to supporting a wide range of causes, including global health, disaster response, addiction recovery, mental health and access to music education. The band will be honored at the 36th annual Persons of the Year benefit gala on Friday, February 5th, 2027 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, which coincides with Grammy Weekend. As is customary with the gala, a star-studded concert will take place celebrating the honorees’ discography, with the performers set to be revealed at a later date.
“We are huge fans of MusiCares and the lifelines they provide across the incredible pool of talent that is the music industry,” U2 said in a statement. “We’ve been recording and touring for 50 years because of that pool, from producers and engineers to carpenters and riggers. ‘Persons of the Year’ couldn’t be a better title as it’s the people we’ve been so fortunate to work with, and of course our indomitable audience, that have given us the opportunity to keep making music and keep rocking the boat on things we really care about. It’s such an honour, and we’re very excited to be in the front row of our first ever U2 gig… we know we’re gonna be outplayed.” Past Persons of the Year recipients include Mariah Carey, Grateful Dead, Jon Bon Jovi, Joni Mitchell, Aerosmith, Dolly Parton, and Fleetwood Mac.
