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‘Endless Summer Gold Tour.’Along the way, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are scheduled to stop into Saratoga Springs (May 25), Staten Island (May 30), New Jersey (June 1) and Long Island (Aug. 8).They’re also scheduled to headline at the star-studded New Orleans Jazz Festival and Louisville, KY’s stacked Bourbon and Beyond Festival this year.Amazingly, this will be the group’s 63rd year together after having formed way back in 1961.To put that in perspective, that’s three whole years before The Beatles ever performed in the good old U.S.

Taylor performs.Thankfully, the 12-time Grammy winner is returning to the stage after a two-month hiatus starting next month.The ‘Eras Tour’ will pick up in Tokyo on Feb. 7 but if heading overseas doesn’t work for your busy schedule, you can also catch Tay Tay in America and Canada later this year.From October 18 through Dec.

The News Tribune, a Tacoma-based newspaper.During their visit to New Orleans, Carter and Blagovich met with fellow entrepreneurs Jeff Hinson and Breanne Kostyk, owners of New Orleans-based Flour Moon Bagels.“Just after they landed, they sent us a message about how charming our city is,” Hinson told Nola.com. “You could hear the excitement they had about discovering this town, which makes it even more saddening.

The Eagles just announced an additional 12 concerts as part of their sprawling, multi-year farewell ‘The Long Goodbye Tour’ with special guest Steely Dan.Newly announced concerts will take place from January through March in major markets like Phoenix (Jan. 19-20), Omaha (Feb.

set to hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art this fall after half a century in hiding.The Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans attributed work from 1837, titled “Bélizaire and the Frey Children,” depicts the three kids of wealthy New Orleans French Quarter banker Frederick Frey alongside 15-year-old Bélizaire — whom the family reportedly purchased as a 6-year-old.“The Frey portrait shows a surprising intimacy between the four children, suggesting that Bélizaire was a valued member of the household, despite his enslaved status,” according to ArtNet.“But at some point around the turn of the century, someone painted over Bélizaire, not only erasing him from the Frey family history but obscuring a rare example from the era of a realistic portrait of an enslaved person.”The altered portrait was kept by the Frey clan for over a century. In 1972, a descendant of the family matriarch, Coralie D’Aunoy Frey, donated the painting to the New Orleans Museum of Art and reportedly explained that Bélizaire was erased.“However, the institution chose not to do anything with that information,” the outlet reported.

Taylor Swift just officially announced a second North American leg of her ‘Eras Tour’ with special guest Gracie Abrams in October and November 2024.This time around, she’ll swing into Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Toronto for 15 additional gigs.Over the past few months, Swifties speculated that the 12-time Grammy winner would add surprise dates to the tour making sure to hit major cities she skipped over during the first leg.Lo and behold they were correct.Best of all, you can swiftly pick up tickets as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Thursday, Aug. 10, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all upcoming tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.If you need more details about Taylor’s 2023-24 plans, you can find a complete calendar of all remaining ‘Eras Tour’ dates here.On top of that, as an added bonus, we a) broke down all the best pricesfor each upcoming show, b) shared some helpful tips from a Swiftie who made it out to to see Taylor on the first weekend of the tour and c) came up with a list of all the most exciting fan trends.The rumors began swirling when popular gossip blog DeuxMoi tweeted “A list singer will be doing a second US leg of her very popular tour.” Fans were quick to assume Ms.Swift was the A-lister in reference and to no surprise the buzz spread like wildfire.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a team to keep an eye on as the offseason officially begins. They have already been active in trade talks and are sure to be active when free agency hits. Things seem to be brewing in Cleveland lately.

and now reads “Unfortunately, the Event Organizer has had to cancel your event.”Before it was taken down, Nola.com reported that ticket sales were scarce — with fewer than 500 purchased for an arena that can hold 14,000 concertgoers — for as low as $35 a pop.Those who did buy a ticket will be automatically refunded, according to Ticketmaster. On his website, DaBaby now only has two more scheduled tour dates left: one in Paris on Oct. 29 and another in Houston, Texas, on Nov.

Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in the late summer of 2005.The eight-episode series, premiering Aug. 12 on Apple TV+, is based on Sheri Fink’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name chronicling the hellish five-day timespan at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans as Katrina ravaged the city, breached levees, submerged most of the area underwater and forced the hospital and LifeCare — a private health facility on the 7th floor — to evacuate its patients with deadly results that no one could have foreseen … or, perhaps, even avoided.The series opens on Sept. 11, 2005, 13 days after Katrina first made landfall, when 45 bodies were discovered in the abandoned hospital’s chapel, with no explanation of what happened to them or how they got there.

Ambré delivered her love letter to New Orleans. The aptly titled 3000°serves not only as an ode to the legends that have preceded her, but a dedication to her experiences while living in one of the most unique cities in the entire world.Ambré spoke to ESSENCE about her new project, her journey in the music industry, and just how important the Crescent City has been to her life and career.In recent years, this self-musician has collaborated with notable acts such as 6LACK, Thundercat, Alex Isley, and Eric Bellinger, and has also written songs for H.E.R., Kehlani, and Chlöe & Halle, just to name a few.

his band’s website on Friday that “due to a positive Covid case in the Willie Nelson Family Band” two upcoming shows scheduled to happen May 6 and May 7 would be postponed and that Nelson’s Sunday performance at Jazz Fest would be cancelled.Nelson was slated to close the Gentilly Stage — the same stage where his son Lukas Nelson is performing earlier in the day with his band the Promise of the Real. No replacement for the elder Nelson has yet been announced.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.” Mavis Staples will perform during that time period instead.“Oh my heart hurts not to be there.

Big Freedia knows a thing or two about what draws visitors to her city, and where to find the local sounds, sights, and flavors that keeps them coming back again and again. That’s why the Queen of Bounce was a natural choice for Jägermeister’s “Local Snapshot” campaign.

Dawn Richard’s evolution into the artist that she is today has been several years in the making.The New Orleans-born singer and songwriter rose to prominence in 2005 after having success in the commercial pop genre with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ all-girl music group, Danity Kane, and later with Dirty Money. Following her departure from Bad Boy Records in 2011, Richard began her journey as a solo artist, and crafted a career without any creative limitations.After her recent set at the BAM Spring Music Series in New York, the former NBA cheerleader spoke about being able to perform live again post-pandemic and the difficult yet fulfilling process of creating a live experience of this magnitude.“It feels so good,” Richard said to ESSENCE about the atmosphere of a live show.

“Grandpa” Elliott Small was a New Orleans street musician known for his singing and harmonica playing.Small began playing the harmonica as a child, and he began a career as a soul singer when he was a young man. He recorded songs in the 1960s and ‘70s including “I’m a Devil” and “Girls Are Made for Lovin’.” But it was as a street musician that he found his greatest fame.

COVID-19 required only in indoor public spaces.Parade routes are shorter than usual, because there aren’t enough police for the standard ones, even with officers working 12-hour shifts as they always do on Mardi Gras and the end of the Carnival season leading up to it.But with COVID-19 hospitalizations and case numbers falling worldwide and 92% of the city’s adults at least partly vaccinated, parades are back on after a season without them.And people are out and ready to let the good times roll.The crowd Sunday, when the huge Krewe of Bacchus paraded, “was a record for us in the 10 years we’ve been open,” said Thomas Houston, bar manager at Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar, located at the start of the truncated parade route.He expected similar crowds on Fat Tuesday — a state holiday — if the weather is good.

Jonshel Alexander starred as Joy Strong in the 2012 movie “Beasts of the Southern Wild.”Jonshel Alexander played the role of Joy Strong when she was 12 years old in the critically acclaimed 2012 movie “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” The film, which was directed by Benh Zeitlin, told the story of a poor community in the Louisiana Bayou threatened by a storm through the eyes of a child called Hushpuppy, who was played by Quvenzhane Wallis. Alexander played her friend Joy.

vowing to never perform at any venue that required a COVID-19 vaccination for entry, Eric Clapton did exactly that on Saturday night. Last weekend, the rock legend and vaccine critic did a show at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center, where — in accordance with city regulations — all staff and attendees over the age of 12 are required to show proof of at least their first COVID-19 vaccine shot or be able to present a negative coronavirus test taken in the past 72 hours, Rolling Stone reported. “Masks will also be required at all times other than when actively eating or drinking,” the Smoothie King’s website notes, before adding that “FREE vaccines are readily available at health centers and pharmacies in every community,” alongside a linked

NOLA.com.He was able to mostly remove the red tag from piece. “I said, ‘What is that red?’” Julie Posner told the local news outlet of the moment she noticed the tag while leaving the building the other mural is on this Saturday.

Carol Sutton was an actress known for roles in movies and TV shows including “Steel Magnolias” and “Queen Sugar.”One of Sutton’s most recognizable roles was as Nurse Pam in “Steel Magnolias.” Her other movies include “Ray,” “Monster’s Ball,” “The Pelican Brief,” and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.” She was frequently seen on TV, appearing in shows including “Lovecraft Country,” “Queen Sugar,” “American Horror Story: Coven,” “Treme,” “Claws,” and “True Detective.” Sutton was also a well-known stage actress in New Orleans, widely considered one of the bright lights of the city’s theater scene.On behalf of the QUEEN SUGAR family, we celebrate the life of the stellar Carol Sutton.

Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Eve’s Bayou, and Steel Magnolias star had an extensive career spanning nine decades that began in the southern city. Sutton initially began performing in the theater. She appeared in the plays The Last Madam, Native Tongues, and A Raisin in the Sun before pivoting to television in 1974.

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Lucille Bridges was the mother of Ruby Bridges, who made history in 1960 when she began attending an all-white school in New Orleans.Civil Rights trailblazerBridges, who had to leave school after eighth grade to help her sharecropper parents, was determined that her own children would get good educations. So she moved her family from Mississippi to New Orleans, and when an opportunity arose for Black children to test for entry into the city’s all-white schools — five years after school segregation had been federally outlawed — Bridges jumped at the chance to have kindergartener Ruby take the test.

–Sterling MageeDamn this virus. RIP to the mighty Sterling Magee, AKA Mr. Satan of Harlem street blues duo Satan and Adam.

Music is mourning the loss of a giant following the passing of New Orleans jazz legend Ellis Marsalis Jr., who passed away Wednesday due to complications from COVID-19. Marsalis was 85.

Jazz pioneer Ellis Marsalis Jr has died at the age of 85 after being diagnosed with coronavirus, his son has said.

NEW ORLEANS — Ellis Marsalis, the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85.

New Orleans bounce DJ and radio personality, DJ Black N Mild, died Thursday at the age of 44 after testing positive for COVID-19. The Times-Picayune reports that the DJ, born Oliver Stokes Jr., was one of two coronavirus-related deaths in Louisiana on Thursday.

As if we can take any more pain and suffering right now, New Orleans is mourning the loss of local musician and rapper, Marrero Desto.