When the 60th Annual Grammy Awards were held in New York City , Azoff informed former MusiCares Executive VP , Dana Tomarken that the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute to Fleetwood Mac would be held at Radio City Music Hall ( which is owned by The Madison Square Garden Company ) and not at the Barclays Center ( which is operated by AEG ) . Dana Tomarken had been negotiating a deal to have the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute to Fleetwood Mac to be held at the Barclays Center . Neil Portnow , president of The Recording Academy , decided to have it at Radio City Music Hall without consulting Tomarken , who was instead informed of this change by Irving Azoff as head of Azoff MSG Entertainment . Tomarken subsequently made a claim of wrongful termination . This resulted in cost overruns of up to $ 8 million for the Grammy Awards in 2018 . An independent investigation was also launched to look into Tomarken 's allegations . In May 2019 , it was reported that by having the MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Radio City Music Hall , Oak View Group which is associated with Azoff received 300 of the highest price tickets to the MusiCares event . 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 not sold and were then returned to MusiCares , therefor resulting in a loss
60th Annual Grammy Awards
60th Annual Grammy Awards
Irving Azoff