Just hours after announcing ticket sales would be delayed for Queen Latifah’s recently announced Jazz Festival concert - the concert has now been canceled completely.
At issue is a prior commitment the singer and actress made to a press tour for a movie.
“Despite having a bonafide agreement in place with Queen Latifah, we were informed that a scheduling conflict had arisen that would prevent her from appearing here on June 23," Festival Co-producer and Artistic Director John Nugent said in a statement.
Tickets were scheduled to go on sale Friday morning at 10:00, but organizers of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival said they wanted to wait until they can work out the potential conflict for the scheduled June 23 concert date here in Rochester. No word on if any replacement headliner will be sought for that night.
Festival organizers promise updates in the near future. You can find out more about Queen Latifah and all the artists coming to this year’s festival at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival website.