Shaggy calendar: recent and upcoming concerts, releases and more:
2008 January 5, 6, 9, 11, 12 and 13 Shaggy concerts in Belgium January 21 Jay Leno on NBC January 22 E! Online February 17 Arash feat. Shaggy Donya single release in club Ritual Hollywood February 20 What's Love World Video Premiere on MySpace February 24 Jamaica International Music Awards February 28 EURO 2008 Party, Bern, Switzerland March 8 Blues & Rhythm Festival, St Vincent March 8 Documentary on German ZDF TV March 9 Heineken Reggatta, St Maarten March 14 99FM Waggy T Bashment Party Explosion, Miami, Florida March 16 Power 96 FM Calle Ocho 30th Anniversary Party, Miami, Florida March 17 Negril Spring Break, Jamaica March 28-30 Haiti April 3 New York City April 4 DJ Buck, WZMX, Connecticut / Reggae Riddims Live, Springfield, US April 27 Sierra Leone, Africa May 4 IRAWMA May 9 Digicel launch, Tonga May 14-21 Promotion in France May 17 Reggae By the Beach Festival, Valencia, Spain May 21 Radionight 2008, Vienna, Austria May 22 La Méthode Cauet, TF1 TV, France May 25 105.5 The Beat (WBTT) Summer Jam 2008, Fort Myers, Florida, USA May 23-25 Cannes Film Festival, France May 31 DJ Willie Daniels Birthday Party, Rochester, New York, USA June 5 Making the video on Bayerischen Fernsehen (TV) June 6 Making the video on 3-Sat (TV) June 6 Stefan Raab's(TM) Autoball Europameisterschaft 2008, TV Total, Cologne, Germany June 7 UEFA Club, Basel, Switzerland June 7 Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria June 8 UEFA Fan Zone Event, Klagenfurt, Austria June 12-15 Romantic Rhythms Festival, Antigua June 14 St. Lucia June 16 - August 24 2008 European Tour among which June 21 Afro-Latino Festival, Belgium June 22-23 XJAM 08 Spring Break Event, Maturareise, Turkey June 23 Exclusive French Intoxication album release June 28 Garance Reggae Festival, Paris, France July 4 Reggae im Park, Hamburg, Germany July 5 Summerjam 2008, Cologne, Germany July 6 Two Sevens Splash, Amsterdam, the Netherlands July 11 Jamaica Day, Zaragoza, Spain July 12 Splash! 2008 Festival, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany July 15 Arena del Mare, Genoa, Italy July 16 Rome, Italy July 17 Colonia Sonora Festival, Collegno, Turin July 18 Summer Festival, Offida, Italy July 19 Pori Jazz Festival, Pori, Finland Roma Rock Festival, Rome, Italy or Wroclaw 2012 Festival, Poland (both unconfirmed) July 20 Free People Festival (Wroclaw 2012 Festival) Poland July 22 Tunisia July 24 Algeria July 26 Blue Balls Festival, Switzerland July 27 Lodz, Poland August 1 Frankfurt Hof, Mainz, Germany August 2 RPR1 Open Air 2008, Mainz, Germany August 3 Allegro Cup Formula European Windsurfing Championship, Leba, Poland August 8 Shaggy Nite, Uganda or Tanzania? August 9 Lugogo Cricket Oval, Kampala, Uganda August 14 Afrika Karibik Festival, Germany August 16 Champions In Action August 22 Krone Stadtfest 2008, Linz, Austria August 23 Chiemsee Reggae Summer 2008, Germany August 24 Acqua In Testa, Bari, Italy Also: August 25 Notting Hill Carnival August 29 Romania August 30 Semtex Cultural Festival, Czech Republic August 31?? Golden Voices Festival, Toulouse, France (date pending) September 4 SevenOne Media Party, Vienna, Austria September 6 104.6 FM Stars For Free, Berlin, Germany September 7 Donauinselfest, Wien, Austria September 20 Usain Bolt's Homecoming celebration September 26 Die Welt Erleben, free concert in Zurich, Switzerland October 3 Live tv show, I Migliori Anni, RAI Uno, Rome, Italy October 4 Voice of Jamaica, Bamboo Free & Chic, Romania October 5 TV show, Bulgaria October 6 Ultimative Chart Show, RTL Cologne, Germany October 7 Club Felix, Berlin, Germany
October 18 Champions in Action, Kingston, Jamaica October 30 Antillian CarnivalOctober 31 Bahamas November 14 Star Academy, TV Station TF1, France November 15 VIP Room, Paris, France November 29 Asylum Nite Club 11's Anniversary, Bad Man Nuh Cry world video premier, Kingston, Jamaica December 13 MTN Concert, Stade Amahoro, Rwanda December 19 Shaggy will be handing out gifts to the children in the Bustamente Children's Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica ?
2009 January 3 Charity concert for Bustamente Children Hospital January 24 2009 Raggamuffin Festival, Fremantle Oval, Australia January 17 Cayman Islands January 26 2009 Raggamuffin Festival, Byron Bay, Australia January 30 2009 Raggamuffin Festival, Brisbane, Australia January 31 2009 Raggamuffin Festival, Lindemans Hunter Valley, Australia February 1 2009 Raggamuffin Festival, Melbourne, Australia February 3 2009 Raggamuffin Festival, Sydney, Australia February 5 2009 Raggamuffin Festival, Wellington, New Zealand February 7 2009 Raggamuffin Festival, Rotorua, New Zealand February 12 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
&Church Heathen &Bonafide Girl &What's Love &Like a Superstar &Feel Like Making Love &Intoxication &Feel the Rush &Donya &Don't Wanna Fight &Those Days &Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection &Body A Shake & Bad Man Nuh Cry
After one decade, six albums, two of them multi-platinum, five #1 hits,
and eleven top ten singles world wide, Grammy winning Big Yard
recording artist Shaggy is still on the grind. Making music that
celebrates his culture and being an ambassador for Reggae music has
always been the driving force in the heart of Jamaica’s only
living Diamond-plus selling artist.
In the early 1990’s Shaggy entered the scene with his deep
throaty remix of the Ska classic ‘Oh Carolina’, the
first major Reggae record to come out of the dancehall underground.
Soon after, the steady dub rhythm of the platinum selling Boombastic
solidified Shaggy as a dancehall hit-maker winning the 1996 Grammy
Award for Best Reggae Album.
When Hotshot dropped in 2000 no one could have predicted that this was
going to be the album to set Shaggy totally apart from any artist on
the dancehall stage. Hotshot, the best-selling album in 2001, sold over
13 million albums world wide and topped the charts in the US, UK,
Germany and Australia simultaneously. The album was seven times
platinum certified in Canada and six times platinum in the US. Hotshot
rocketed to the top of the charts with two phenomenal singles,
“It Wasn’t Me” and
“Angel”, which featured Big Yard
protégés Rik Rok and Rayvon, respectively.
Fall of 2005 found Shaggy releasing Clothes Drop an album that gave his
audience chart topping dancehall singles like
“Wild2Nite” and “Ready Fi Di
Ride”. Steady contributions to the dancehall are what keep
Shaggy current. He is one of very few Reggae artists who always have a
fresh new record pulsing through the dancehall market. And fall 2006
being no exception, he released one to keep the masses guessing with
“Reggae Vibes”, a well-received tune that finds
Shaggy taking on the role of singing. “Vibes” is
the first song to ever feature this famed deejay singing, just more
proof that with Shaggy’s ingenuity anything is possible.
To date, Shaggy has sold over 20 million albums, but he
doesn’t take that achievement lightly. Knowing that records
are meant to be broken, today we find Shaggy in the studio putting the
finishing touches on his eagerly anticipated but still untitled album
due in 2007. “Church Heathen” on Big
Yard’s new Heathen riddim is the hottest new song in heavy
rotation on Jamaican radio and in the clubs, and this single is just a
taste of what’s to come. In his new project Shaggy is going
full circle, pulling together the original crew for collaborations that
include artists such as Redd Foxx and Screechy Dan, alongside side Rik
Rok and the ever-solid Rayvon. For production, the project boasts the
creative excellence of Sting International, Robert Livingston, Tony
Kelly, Christopher Birch, and Dave Kelly. Working from his strong
foundation and always expecting the best, Shaggy is doing his part to
make good music, make a difference and prove that the ‘world
is just one big yard!!’