The Montreal International Jazz Festival (FIJM) had to revise its closing show, scheduled for Saturday evening, in extremis, following the cancellation of the performance originally scheduled to be given by renowned American singer Macy Gray on the Place des Festivals. .
The FIJM made the announcement on its social networks on Tuesday evening, without specifying the reasons for the cancellation of the holding of this show, which was to take place at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. “It’s only gone,” added the festival on its Facebook page. Joined by The dutyÉquipe Spectra, which is responsible for the FIJM, could not provide the exact reasons for the cancellation of this show.
“It is not a question of health problems, but of a problem of agenda”, specified the department of the communications of the organization by email. Thus, “Macy Gray will not be from the 43e edition of the FIJM for reasons beyond our control”, adds the Spectra Team.
Soul and R’n’B singer Macy Gray, who has sold over 25 million albums since the release of her debut album How Life Is, in 1999, will be replaced on the main outdoor stage of the festival by the Canadian funk group The Brooks, founded in 2013 in Montreal. The group will be accompanied on stage by singer-songwriter and singer Dominique Fils-Aimé, who will release a fourth album this fall, and Montreal singer Hanorah, who draws her influences notably from Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse.
ANNOUNCEMENT ????
The Brooks are preparing a Montreal funk party at the end of the Festival on the stage @TD_Bank with Dominique Fils-Aimé Hanorah ????
For reasons beyond our control, Macy Gray will unfortunately not be able to attend this year. pic.twitter.com/0Fq1WYBzHf
— Mtl Jazz Festival (@mtljazzfestival) July 4, 2023
A new cancellation
This is not the first time that a show by Macy Gray, who in 2001 won the Grammy for best pop vocal performance for its title I Tryis canceled in Montreal.
On June 30, 2022, a show that Macy Gray was to perform alongside Joss Stone at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier in the Place des Arts complex was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The singer had also canceled a performance she was to give on the stage of L’Olympia in August 2013, this time because the plans surrounding the launch of her next album remained unresolved.
Macy Gray’s upcoming shows are scheduled to take place in Lincoln, Calif., on July 8, as well as New York and Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 8 and 10.