Alicia Keys at Dubai Jazz Fest
The singersongwriter joins Snow Patrol and Jamiroquai on the three-day bill
Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys will be the third and final headliner of the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival, performing on February 22 at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre.
This will be her fourth time performing in the UAE. Keys performed at Dubai Media City in 2004, Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi in 2008, and once again at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre in 2013.
The 15-time Grammy Awardwinning artist, known for chart-topping hits such as
If I Ain’t Got You, No One and Empire State of Mind, will wrap up three nights of Dubai Jazz Festival next year.
British funk-jazz band Jamiroquai will headline the second night of the festival on February 21, joining Irish rockers Snow Patrol (February 20) who were announced earlier this week.
The Virtual Insanity hitmakers are returning to the city after a five-year gap.
Fronted by Jay Kay, the band has three UK number 1 albums to its credit, with more than seven in the UK Top 10 charts and have sold more than 26 million albums worldwide.
Interestingly, the group is also reportedly the proud title holder of two Guinness World Records. Their 1996 album Travelling Without Moving went on to become the best-selling funk album in history, while the band has also won the accolade of the ‘fastest ever performance on an aeroplane’.
In March 2017, Jamiroquai released its eighth studio album, Automaton, and embarked on a world tour later that year, following Kay’s medical setback that required him to undergo spine surgery last September. However, the band bounced back earlier this year, performing at the Coachella Music Festival, accompanied by Snoop Dogg.
Single-day tickets to the concerts are available online, starting from Dh350. The Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival runs from February 20 until 22.