Singer was scheduled to perform with John Mayer for the first time at the FireAid concert on Jan. 30, followed by a Grateful Dead tribute at the MusiCares event on Jan. 31

Dave Matthews will no longer perform at FireAid, the star-studded benefit concert organized for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief taking place Thursday.

The sudden cancellation was announced in a brief statement shared on the official Dave Matthews Band Instagram page on Wednesday, Jan. 29, just one day before he was due to take the stage at the Kia Forum with John Mayer for the star-studded FireAid benefit concert raising funds for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief.

The Dave Matthews Band is sharing why they have been forced to pull out of performing at the benefit concerts for victims of the Los Angeles wildfires this week.

CNN has reached out to a representative for Matthews for comment. The FireAid benefit concert, a music event set up to aid the relief efforts following the deadly and devastating Los Angeles wildfires, is set to take place on Thursday at the Kia Forum and the new Intuit Dome, both located in the LA city of Inglewood.

The Dave Matthews Band have announced a North American tour, which kicks off on April 27 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Once a yearly staple at Hartford's Xfinity Theatre, Dave Matthews Band is skipping Connecticut and instead touring in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.

While expected to perform during FireAid, Dave Matthews announced he was backing out of the benefit concert due to family illness.

The concert including some of the biggest names in music is raising money for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts.

Dave Matthews announced that he will no longer be performing at the FireAid benefit concert due to a ‘critical illness’ in his family

Originally appeared on E! Online Dave Matthews has to briefly stop the music. While the Dave Matthews Band frontman was slated as one of the many celebrities taking the stage during the Jan.