In May 2018 , it was revealed that money intended for the Recording Academy charity MusiCares was siphoned off to pay for the cost overruns of hosting the 60th Annual Grammy Awards at New York City 's Madison Square Garden . Concerning the controversies of hosting the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in New York , Dana Tomarken , the former Executive VP of the MusiCares foundation claimed wrongful termination . She alleges that she was fired for pushing back against the academy 's " boys club " . She claimed that by having the MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Radio City Music Hall , the event had to forgo its traditional VIP dinner and silent auction . She had already been offered a deal to have the event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn . The Barclays Center is owned by AEG , which competes directly with The Madison Square Garden Company which owns Madison Square Garden and Radio City . Irving Azoff who then had a joint venture with the Madison Square Garden Company told Tomarken that the event ca n't be held at the Barclays Center and instead had to be held at Radio City . Oak View Group which is associated with Azoff received 300 of the highest price tickets to the MusiCares event at Radio City . Oak View Group was supposed to sell them as a package deal which also included tickets to the Grammy Awards itself . MusiCares was promised to received $ 1.5 million from those tickets according to Dana Tomarken . Those 300 tickets were never sold and were then returned to MusiCares , which resulted in a loss
60th Annual Grammy Awards
60th Annual Grammy Awards
Neil Portnow