Bon Jovi going... Jazz?
Friday, February 6, 2009
Bon Jovi joins New Orleans Jazz Fest roster as daily schedule is announced
Posted by Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune February 05, 2009
New Orleans, meet New Jersey: Bon Jovi is coming to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell.
The veteran Jersey rock band that lorded over MTV in the 1980s and continues to fill arenas worldwide performs at the Fair Grounds on May 2. That is the biggest surprise on the day-to-day Jazz Fest schedule released today.
The festival's initial talent roster, unveiled in December, included Aretha Franklin. She was slated to precede the Neville Brothers on the final Sunday, May 3. Now a "TBA" is listed in place of Franklin's name.
"We have a change, an addition and an I-don't-know," Jazz Fest producer/director Quint Davis said of the schedule changes. "The change is Julian Marley (substituting) for Toots & the Maytals. The addition is Bon Jovi.
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I'm also adding here a vido from the Hillary Clinton benefit that Jon performed at. This is why the guys got asked to perform at the Jazz Festival. That boy's got soul...
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