The Rolling Stones, kick off the second weekend of Jazz Fest with a special performance at the New Orleans Fairgrounds at 5 PM today. Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis says the legendary rock band was booked to play at Jazz Fest in 2019, but Mick Jagger had heart issues. It was rescheduled for 2020, but canceled because of Covid. He says it worked out this year as the Stones just started a new tour across the U-S and Canada…
“They have to be on tour which they haven’t been for a while. They have to be on tour in April in the south. All those things have to line up for them to play Jazz Fest on Thursday,” Davis said.
The Stones play Jazz Fest as their second stop in the “Hackney Diamonds” tour, and sometimes with older acts and busy festivals, you can’t always get what you want, but Davis says that they haven’t missed a beat as their Houston performance was given electric reviews.
“Yeah yeah, we we were always going to be the second show of the tour, let them get one under their belt, but from what I’ve seen their in peak peak form and it is fantastic. So they’ve told us they want to play over two hours,” Davis said.
The Rolling Stones are just one of many great artists scheduled to play this weekend. Foo Fighters, Neil Young, and Queen Latifa are also on the schedule. Davis says the weather is also cooperating so this could go down as one of the best Jazz Fests’ ever…
“No I agree, this one is really special because of the people that we were going to have, but it’s really special given that the first weekend was so magical and now we are heading into this big second weekend. I would say absolutely, it’s one of the all-time festivals,” Davis said.
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