{"id":1486,"date":"2025-05-25T03:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T03:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/dangelo-drops-out-of-roots-picnic\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T03:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T03:11:18","slug":"dangelo-drops-out-of-roots-picnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/dangelo-drops-out-of-roots-picnic\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u2019Angelo Drops Out Of Roots Picnic Due To \u2018Unforeseen Medical Delay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1304769095-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1290\" height=\"858\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>D\u2019Angelo fans anticipating just his second full concert since 2016 as part of next weekend\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/02\/dangelo-roots-picnic\/\">Roots Picnic<\/a> in Philadelphia will have to wait a bit longer. The reclusive R&amp;B artist has dropped out of the festival \u201cdue to a longer-than-expected surgical recovery.\u201d He will be replaced by Maxwell at the May 31-June 1 event at the Mann in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to an unforeseen medical delay regarding surgery I had earlier this year, I\u2019ve been advised by my team of specialist[s] that the performance this weekend could further complicate matters,\u201d D\u2019Angelo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKA6bznx3cz\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cIt is nearly impossible to express how disappointed I am not to be able to play with my brothers the Roots. And even more disappointed not to see all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/robert-glasper-blue-note-napa\/\">Robert Glasper, The Roots Set For Blue Note\u2019s Black Radio Experience<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/04\/newport-jazz-festival-lineup-3\/\">Janelle Monae, The Roots To Anchor Newport Jazz Festival<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/02\/dangelo-roots-picnic\/\">D\u2019Angelo Returning To Live Action At Roots Picnic<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so thankful to my beautiful fans for continuing to rock with me and I thank you for your continued support,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m currently in the lab and I can\u2019t wait to serve up what\u2019s in the pot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Angelo has a long association with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/tag\/the-roots\">the Roots<\/a>\u00a0and their drummer Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson, who was instrumental in coaxing him to release the 2014 album\u00a0<em>Black Messiah<\/em>\u00a0after a nearly 15-year hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Angelo\u2019s only on-stage appearances since concluding promo work behind\u00a0<em>Black Messiah<\/em>\u00a0have been at a 2021 Verzuz show at New York\u2019s Apollo Theater and at that year\u2019s Tribeca Film Festival, plus an April 2022 cameo with Questlove and Raphael Saadiq while covering Sly &amp; the Family Stone\u2019s \u201cBabies Makin\u2019 Babies\u201d during the Netflix Is a Joke festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Saadiq\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p6HHx3PyHfI&amp;list=PLutjSNT2sWl2zXDACq-5IfuGJ1TKZFjE7&amp;index=17&amp;pp=iAQB\" target=\"_blank\">told\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>\u00a0last September that D\u2019Angelo was actively working on new music, but nothing has come to light beyond \u201cI Want You Forever,\u201d his Jay-Z-assisted contribution to last year\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Book of Clarence<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond D\u2019Angelo, the Roots Picnic will also feature Lenny Kravitz, Meek Mill, GloRilla, Miguel, Tems, Kaytranada, Jeezy, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Musiq Soulchild, Backyard Band featuring CeeLoo Green and dance music icon Crystal Waters.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u2019Angelo fans anticipating just his second full concert since 2016 as part of next weekend\u2019s annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia will have to wait a bit longer. The reclusive R&amp;B&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[866,6,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dangelo","category-news","category-the-roots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}