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 Jon Bon Jovi is going to rock the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for the first time this year. In fact he has returned to Louisiana after contributing 1 million dollar in the year 2005 for building houses for families who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
"I'm thrilled," added Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis on Thursday, thereby calling the group "one of the greatest American rock bands of all time."
In the wake of Katrina, which laid devastation on New Orleans and many areas of the Gulf Coast in August 2005, John Bon Jovi donated 1 million dollars to help to build twenty eight homes for low-income families who were displaced by the storm.
The homes were built in Houma, a coastal community that was built nearly 50 miles southwest of New Orleans, through Habitat for Humanity and Oprah's Angel Network.
Davis added, “That really says something about this group's sense of humanity and responsibility," "It says that they're unique and extraordinary, that they have a spirit and a soul ... to be that generous."
Jazz Fest will be continued for 7 days over two weekends i.e, April 24 to 26 and April 30 to May 3.
Other celebrities who will perform at the festival's 40th anniversary are Joe Cocker, Henry Butler, Wynton Marsalis, and Trombone Shorty. They will entertain all the audiences on different stages on 24th April, the opening day of the festival. Other first weekend acts include James Taylor, Wilco, Irma Thomas, Erykah Badu, Pete Seeger and Etta James.
Ben Harper, Emmylou Harris, Sugarland, Tony Bennett, Bonnie Raitt, Allen Toussaint and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly will perform on the second weekend.
Like last year, on 3rd May the Neville Brothers will do the closing act of the festival.
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