Rapper and singer Andre 3000 will not be performing at Portland’s Back Cove Music & Arts Festival that is set for Aug. 2 and 3.
Festival organizers announced the lineup change on Monday, the Portland Press Herald reported. The Roots, made up of Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, will be playing in Andre 3000’s place at 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 2.
The Roots will be among the 21 performers slated to play the festival, which takes place at Payson Park, a 47-acre park in Portland’s Back Cove neighborhood.
Legendary singer and guitarist and founder of the White Stripes Jack White will be playing the main stage show on the second day of the show on Aug. 3.
White and The Roots will be joined by other headliners including indie rockers Lord Huron, country rock band the Turnpike Troubadours and singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus.
There are still a limited number of single day and multi-day tickets for sale at the festival website, backcovefestival.com.
The rest of the festival lineup includes artists Thee Sacred Souls, Margo Price, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Ripe, Chance Pena, Madi Diaz, Cimafunk, Sarah Kinsley, Crowe Boys, the Greeting Committee and Eliza McLamb, as well as Maine artists Griffin William Sherry, Weakened Friends, the Oshima Brothers, Pihcintu Multinational Chorus and performers from the Maine Academy of Modern Music.
It will be the first large outdoor music festival in Portland since Mumford and Sons brought its Gentlemen of the Road festival to the Eastern Promenade in 2012. When Back Cove Festival was first proposed last year, some local residents and city councilors did not support the idea, saying a public park should not be used for a private event, and that parking and crowds would disrupt the neighborhood. The festival was finally approved in December.
Former BDN writer Emily Burnham contributed to this report.
