Rolling Stones Joined By Soul Legend at Jazz Fest, Then Ronnie Wood Returns the Favor

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The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood, with Irma Thomas, performing “Time is On My Side” at Jazz Fest, May 2, 2024

The Rolling Stones played the 2024 edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, better known as Jazz Fest, last night (May 2), just their second concert of their “Hackney Diamonds” tour, named for their 2023 studio album. The 18-song set offered a few changes to the tour’s kick-off on April 28 in Houston. Gone were “Rocks Off,” “Beast of Burden,” and “Mess It Up”; in their place were “Let It Bleed,” “Whole Wide World” and “Time Is on My Side.” The latter was noteworthy not just for reportedly being the first time the band played it since 1998, but for the guest appearance of Irma Thomas, known as the “Soul Queen of New Orleans.” Watch their performance below.

On “Let It Bleed,” they were joined by New Orleans Zydeco musician Dwayne Dopsie.

Watch the 83 year-old Irma Thomas join the Rolling Stones at Jazz Fest

After the Stones’ set, Ronnie Wood returned the favor, joining Thomas and “her amazing band,” to perform the song at her set at midnight set at Preservation Hall.

Irma Thomas and Ronnie Wood at Preservation Hall in New Orleans in the early morning hours of May 3, 2024

The Rolling Stones, Jazz Fest, New Orleans, La., May 2, 2024 Setlist
Start Me Up
Get Off of My Cloud
Out of Time
Angry
Let it Bleed
Time is On My Side
Whole Wide World
Tumbling Dice
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Little T&A
Sympathy For the Devil
Honky Tonk Women
Miss You
Gimme Shelter
Paint It Black
Jumpin’ Jack Flash