After a fraught lead-up that saw several big names pulling out for reasons ranging from illness to a boycott, the 34th Bluesfest has gone ahead under blessedly clear skies, but with significantly fewer festivalgoers than last year.
pulling out for reasons ranging from illness to a boycott, the 34th Bluesfest has gone ahead under blessedly clear skies, but with significantly fewer festivalgoers than last year.
“To me this is one of the best bills we’ve ever had,” he said. “This is what it used to be like before COVID. I guess it’s fair enough to say we haven’t got as many people as we had last year, but we’re not dying and we’ll be back next year. Earlier this year, Bluesfest dominated headlines for all the wrong reasons following a backlash after Sydney band Sticky Fingers was included in the line-up. The band’s lead singer, Dylan Frost, has long faced allegations about his behaviour towards other artists.Edwina Pickles
More recently, headliner Elvis Costello pulled out due to illness, as did multi-Grammy-winning American pianist and producer Robert Glasper, as well as Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows.Noble remained philosophical. “These things happen,” he said. “I’m not here to cry the blues, I’m here to present the blues.”“I do have a strong belief that everybody’s got a right to salvation,” he said. “Everybody’s got a right to show that they want to do better.
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