Coronavirus forces cancellations in Jazz Fest's 2nd weekend
2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - Weekend 2 - Day 1 Festivalgoers are seen at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, on Thursday, May 5, 2022, in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP) (Amy Harris)NEW ORLEANS — (AP) — Willie Nelson is cancelling an upcoming performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival and postponing other shows after a positive case of the coronavirus in his band. The news comes after Melissa Etheridge announced Thursday that she would not be able to perform Saturday at Jazz Fest due to “COVID hitting my crew." COVID heartbreak,” tweeted Etheridge after news that Staples would appear on Saturday was announced. The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reported that Porter played multiple shows during Jazz Fest's first weekend and had a number of performances scheduled outside the festival during the second weekend.
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But for Karen Pearl, God’s Love We Deliver’s president and CEO, what this one night generates for her group year-round is what makes it even more special. Pearl says God's Love We Deliver will provide about 2.6 million meals this year to more than 10,000 people. Happily, we never had to stop.”Greg Williamson, co-executive producer of Love Rocks NYC, said there are plenty of ways charities can fundraise, but concerts are something special. God's Love leaders count themselves lucky that their Love Rocks benefit was one of the last indoor benefits before the COVID-19 lockdowns and one of the first major in-person indoor benefits as pandemic restrictions relax. “Providing that sort of resource, that nutrition for people who couldn’t get it, that’s just God’s Love.
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This year’s Love Rocks, which takes place at The Beacon Theatre in Manhattan Thursday night, boasts enormous star power – including headliners Melissa Etheridge, Keith Richards, with his “other” band The X-Pensive Winos, Mavis Staples, and others.
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