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Nelson has canceled his Jazz Fest show and postponed several other shows following a "positive COVID case in the Willie Nelson Family Band," according to a statement from Nelson's representatives that Jazz Fest posted to its social media accounts Friday afternoon.
Additionally, Meters bassist George Porter Jr. announced Friday that he has tested positive for COVID and will miss his scheduled nighttime shows during Jazz Fest's second weekend.
Sounding hoarse in a video posted to Instagram, Porter said he feels the virus "Mostly in my head. I feel better today than I did yesterday and I assume that tomorrow I'll feel even better."
The festival has not yet announced a replacement for Nelson, who was scheduled to close the Shell Gentilly Stage on Sunday, the 2002 festival's final day. His son Lukas Nelson's band Promise of the Real is still slated to perform on the same stage Sunday at 2:15 p.m.
The country music legend previously canceled a March show at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, citing COVID concerns.
Nelson has canceled his Jazz Fest show and postponed several other shows following a "positive COVID case in the Willie Nelson Family Band," according to a statement from Nelson's representatives that Jazz Fest posted to its social media accounts Friday afternoon.
Additionally, Meters bassist George Porter Jr. announced Friday that he has tested positive for COVID and will miss his scheduled nighttime shows during Jazz Fest's second weekend.
Sounding hoarse in a video posted to Instagram, Porter said he feels the virus "Mostly in my head. I feel better today than I did yesterday and I assume that tomorrow I'll feel even better."
The festival has not yet announced a replacement for Nelson, who was scheduled to close the Shell Gentilly Stage on Sunday, the 2002 festival's final day. His son Lukas Nelson's band Promise of the Real is still slated to perform on the same stage Sunday at 2:15 p.m.
The country music legend previously canceled a March show at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, citing COVID concerns.
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