Jazzfest to Return in New Orleans With the Who, Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters Among Headliners
variety.comChris Willman Music WriterThe New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is counting on 2022 being the charm, after the annual event was repeatedly postponed and finally canceled in 2020 and 2021.
The festival popularly known as Jazzfest announced its return Thursday, with headliners including the Who, Stevie Nicks and Foo Fighters set to take the city’s stages across two weekends, April 29 through May 8.Among the dozens of other artists set for the fest, encompassing rock, R&B, roots music, country and, of course, the native sounds of Louisiana: Jimmy Buffett, Luke Combs, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Erykah Badu, the Black Crowes, Lauren Daigle, the Avett Brothers, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Randy Newman, Norah Jones, Ludacris, Billy Strings, Trombone Shorty, Death Cab for Cutie, Melissa Etheridge, Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas, Arturo Sandoval, the Revivalists, Nelly, Tank and the Bangas and Terence Blanchard.
Many of those artists are returning from the lineups promised for 2020-21. But some prominent names who’d previously been on deck are not making the 2022 bill, notably the Rolling Stones, Demi Lovato, Lizzo, and Dead and Company.For 2021, the festival had been tentatively set for its usual spring dates in April, but in January, amid the pandemic, the decision was made to push things back to October, before the festival was canceled altogether for the year in August.
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