Green Day canceled their appearance and will no longer be the headliner band for this year’s Voodoo Festival at the end of this month in New Orleans. Organizers Rehage Entertainment are searching to revise the weekend’s schedule and find a suitable headlining alternative.
The organizers are supporting lead singer of Green Day , Billie Joel Armstrong, with a statement “We are obviously disappointed in the news, but realize the health and well being of Billie Joe is the most important thing right now. We wish him and the entire Green Day family the best and offer them our full support.”
Voodoo Fest is held during the weekend of October 26, 27,28th and is known for its incredible line up. Fans from all over the country come out to festival and guest can even set up camp at the festival during the 3-day weekend held at New Orlean’s historical City Park.
Green Day’s 2004 performance at Voodoo was considered one of their greatest. This year will mark the festival’s 14th consecutive year.
As for now, this is the current line up for Voodoo 2012:
FRIDAY OCTOBER 26: Neil Young & Crazy Horse; The Avett Brothers; Kaskade; Bootsy Collins; JFK of MSTRKRFT; Die Antwoord; Gary Clark Jr.; Say Anything; Thomas Dolby; Delta Rae; George Porter & His Runnin’ Pardners; CC Adcock + The Lafayette Marquis; Nervo; Beverly Skilllz; Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Roadshow featuring cast members of 9 Lives; 101 Runners Presents “We Love Big Chief,” a Tribute to Big Chief Bo Dollis featuring Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Members of the Original Wild Magnolias, Dirty Dozen and Rebirth Brass Bands; Little Freddie King with Guitar Lightnin Lee; Sherik, Mike Dillon, George Porter, Johnny Vidacovich and Edward “Kidd” Jordan; Noisician Coalition; Cheick Hamala Diabate; Infantree; Andy Suzuki & the Method; Supagroup; Star & Dagger; Big History; Force Feed Radio; Coyotes; Luke Winslow King; TBC Brass Band; Y LUV; and Money Mitch
SATURDAY OCTOBER 27: Justice; Silversun Pickups; Awolnation; Toots and the Maytals; Dave Stewart; K’Naan; Etienne De Crecy;
The Gaslamp Killer; DJ QBert & D-Styles of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; The Features; The Revivalists; Anders Osborne with Johnny Sansone & Big Chief Monk Boudreaux; Mynameisjohnmichael; Ingrid Lucia Presents New Orleans Nightingales with special guest Irma Thomas; Soul Rebels with Special Guests; Treme Brass Band; Fleur De Tease with Special Guests; Chicano Batman; Casa Samba with Special Guests AfricaBrass; Feufollet; Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory; Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds; Noisician Coalition; Zeale; Jim-E Stack; Filthy Warm Up with Carmine P. Filthy, Unicorn Fukr and Rekanize; Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires; Debauche; The Vettes; and Mainline.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 28: Jack White; Skrillex; Nas; Coheed & Cambria; Tomahawk; Borgore; Modestep; Dev; Kid Koala; Black Box Revelation; Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Big Al Carson; Vintage Trouble; The New Orleans Bingo! Show; Lil Band O Gold; DallasK; Lost Bayou Ramblers with special guests members of GIVERS and Preservation Hall Horns; New Orleans Bounce Azztravaganza Presents The Dream Team featuring Katey Red & Cheeky Blakk with special guests Magnolia Rhome, Ha’ Sizzle, Walt Wiggady and DJ Lil’ Man; JD & The Straight Shot; Royal Teeth; Marcia Ball; Tangiers Blues Band; Noisician Coalition; Christopher Joseph and Christoph Andersson; New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra; Tribute to Jimmys with Models, Sexdog, Dash Rip Rock and Stephie & The White Sox; New Rebel Family; Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds; and St. Cecilia’s Asylum Chorus.
