2 weeks ago
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE and KEVIN McGILL
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is usually akin to a 14-ring philharmonic circus — a assortment of philharmonic acts playing simultaneously connected stages dispersed passim nan sprawling infield of a historical equine racing track.
That changes Thursday afternoon, erstwhile 13 stages spell silent earlier The Rolling Stones make their first quality astatine nan 54-year-old festival.
“We didn’t want to person 13 quiet stages and nary group successful beforehand of them erstwhile nan Stones commencement singing favorites for illustration ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash,’” show shaper Quint Davis told The Associated Press up of nan festival. “Everyone who bought a summons for that time chiefly bought 1 to spot The Stones.”
Jazz Fest is nan 2nd extremity for nan Stones connected their Hackney Diamonds tour, launched successful support of nan well-received medium they released past year, their first medium of original worldly successful 18 years. They had been scheduled to look astatine nan 50th Jazz Fest successful 2019 but had to cancel because of Mick Jagger’s bosom surgery. A consequent planned quality was scrubbed successful 2021 erstwhile nan show was canceled because of nan COVID-19 pandemic.
Fans of New Orleans hit and blues artists will beryllium watching to spot if nan legendary group performs “Time Is On My Side,” which was an early deed for nan band. New Orleans psyche queen Irma Thomas had occurrence pinch nan opus successful an earlier recording, and Thomas told WVUE-TV successful an question and reply that “there’s a possibility” she mightiness execute it pinch nan band.
Thursday’s upwind for nan outdoor show is simply a small sketchy. Forecasts show a mostly cloudy skyline, pinch temperatures successful nan mid-80s (around 30 Celsius), but there’s up to a 40% chance of rainfall successful nan afternoon.
Dumpstaphunk, a funk-fusion set calved successful New Orleans pinch descendants from nan city’s well-known Neville family, plays conscionable earlier nan Stones deed nan festival’s largest stage. Dumpstaphunk is mourning nan caller decease of bassist Nick Daniels III, a co-founder of nan group who died Sunday. A origin of decease has not been released.
