2022 New Orleans Jazz Fest Remains Its Schedule Even After the Foo Fighters Drop Out

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The 2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicked off just minutes before the scheduling cube changed.

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Jazz Fest director Quint Davis was taking questions from reporters after a staff member pulled over after a Tuesday afternoon press conference at Fair Grounds Race Course.

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The employee showed Davis a tweet from the Foo Fighters, the stadium-filled rock band to be held on the main stage of Jazz Fest on Sunday

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May 1. The tweet said the band had canceled all upcoming concerts following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last week.

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Aware of the cancellation, Davis returned to reporters and provided an update in real time

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even as "TBA" replaced "Foo Fighters" on the festival's newly posted cubes.

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