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Artist News Gigs & Festivals
Franklin cancels jazz fest appearance
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 13 February 2009
Aretha Franklin has cancelled a scheduled appearance at The New Orleans Jazz Festival, apparently because she has decided to take a break from performing.
The event’s Quint Davis told reporters that the singer had schedule and travel issues, and had “decided not to do any more work for a while”, but implied that Franklin would be back to perform another year, adding: “She’s made it clear that New Orleans and the festival are important and that she would like to be a part of this and raising the spirit of New Orleans”.
The festival, now in its fortieth year, also announced that Neil Young will make his first appearance at the 2009 event, joining other first time acts such as Bon Jovi and Kings Of Leon.
