NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is often like a 14-ring musical circus: A variety of acts perform simultaneously on stages spread across the sprawling field of a former horse racing track.
That will change Thursday afternoon, when 13 stages fall silent before the Rolling Stones make their first appearance at the 54-year-old festival.
“We didn’t want to have 13 empty stages with no people in front of them when the Stones started singing favorite songs like ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash,'” producer Quint Davis told The Associated Press prior to the start of the festival. “Everyone who bought a ticket for that day primarily bought one to see the Stones.”
The jazz festival is the Stones’ second stop on their Hackney Diamonds tour, launched in support of their album last year, their first of original material in 18 years. They were originally going to perform at the 50th anniversary of the Jazz Festival in 2019, but had to cancel due to Mick Jagger’s heart surgery. Their second attempt, in 2021, was canceled when the festival did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fans of New Orleans rhythm and blues artists will be watching to see if the legendary group performs “Time Is On My Side,” one of the band’s early hits. New Orleans soul queen Irma Thomas had success with the song on a previous recording, and she told WVUE-TV in an interview that “there’s a chance” she would perform it with them.
The only thing left to do was hope that the 40% chance of rain would not affect the festival, which takes place at around 30 degrees Celsius (80 Fahreinheit) on Thursday.
Dumpstaphunk, a funk-fusion band born in New Orleans with descendants of the city’s well-known Neville family, will perform just before the Stones hit the festival’s biggest stage. Dumpstaphunk is mourning the recent death of bassist Nick Daniels III, the group’s co-founder, who passed away on Sunday. The cause of his death has not been released.
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2024-05-05 16:32:23
