LAUSANNE, April 19 — Prince, Leonard Cohen and Marcus Miller will headline the Montreux Jazz festival in July, expanded by the opening of a third concert hall “Lab”, organisers said yesterday.
Cohen will open the 47th edition of one of Europe’s most prestigious summer music events, on July 4, and give a second concert the following night.
Prince was already booked for three back-to-back evenings (July 13-15) at the festival running from July 4-21, the first since the death of founder and director Claude “Funky” Nobs in January after a skiing accident.
“Three nights, three shows, he’s back. It is a huge honour,” festival director Mathieu Jaton said at a news conference in Lausanne. “We never know what Prince will do, or who he’s coming with, but we’re used to his incredible surprises.”
Tickets for Prince — ranging from 175 Swiss francs (RM572) to 395 francs — are already sold out, while all others go on sale this morning (0800 GMT)
Other highlights include Sting on the 16th, the electronic group Kraftwerk on the 17th, Diana Krall on the 18th and Joe Cocker on the 20th.
For blues fans, Bonnie Raitt opens on the 11th for Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite. Brian May of Queen fame and Deep Purple appear on the 19th and are likely to jam, says Jaton.
Claudia Leitte headlines the traditional Brazilian night on the 12th, along with Tulipa Ruiz and Gal Costa.
Miller, a top American bass player injured in a bus accident in Switzerland in November, returns to the Montreux stage on the 21st, opening for an 80th birthday concert for Quincy Jones.
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