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Shaggy, Enrique Iglesias, Jojo, XZibit, Kelly Rowland, Sophie-Ellis Bextor, Rufus Wainwright and Good Charlotte among others, are helping MTV Networks International to generate attention for MTV Switch, a major climate change campaign aimed at slowing down the rate of global warming by encouraging their viewers to lower their carbon emissions and help save the planet.

The campaign is designed to reach an audience of 1.5 billion people world wide across the MTV network of 55 local TV channels in 162 countries. Among others, a “green” Pimp My Ride special will air and also Nickelodeon will participate by showing kids what they can do to help decrease their family’s energy consumption.

MTV produced PSA s (Public Service Anouncements) to connect with the audiences and show them how they can help lower their energy emission. The PSAs can be used by all other broadcasters free of costs and rights to serve this cause. The campaign will encourage people to visit the yet to launch MTV Switch web site.

Every time I go online I seem to find some more Shaggy in Dubai stuff. This time it’s something especially good: a video of the press conference! Shaggy was being his very charming self and answering questions as to what people can expect from his concert, the reason why he’s releasing a new album (Intoxication), the record company shizzles, what kind of person he is and more.

There’s also one more Dubai pre-concert article featured (I had seen it before but it looked so much the same as another article I had already linked), with two other pictures of Shaggy at the press conference and some more of what he told the press. “It’s all about the song”, he says.

“I have worked under five different record labels over the years which has resulted in a bumpy ride. But I was never willing to compromise the music for a look or policy. I’ve always stood by my songs and am proud to say that I have made it work and stayed true to myself.”

And last but not least there are also three new videos online of Shaggy’s performance in Dubai, at the Life Music Festival on June 7 2007 in the Madinat Areena. You can see Shaggy perform It Wasn’t Me and Boombastic (though the sound quality of the Boombastic video is pretty bad) and interact with the crowd.

I bet you wanna see this.
Sources.

The first videos of Shaggy’s concert last night at the 2007 second edition of the Life Music Festival in Dubai are online. Curious? You can watch them right here.
 

Shaggy wowed the crowed last night on his performance at the Life Music Festival in the United Arab Emirates, where he sang his own songs as well as some Bob Marley classics. You can read more about the concert and view a few pictures on Gulf News.

removed upon request uhmmm demand – you’re not supposed to see the stuff I linked until the next months 😉

Some old, some new, some were already linked from this site, others weren’t yet

DJ Kue (the fourth song on the music player)
Reggae Fest (go to Shaggy)
Robbo Ranx (Tuesday’s Dancehall Splurt)
more to follow…hehe

As you read earlier, Shaggy’s currently in Dubai for his concert tonight at the Life Music Festival at the Madinat Areena, Madinat Jumeirah. Zawya has a promo for the concert with a new Shaggy pic from the press conference. What’s fun about the article, is that you can also download it in PDF format, including the pic.

Robbo Ranx played a dub version of Shaggy’s Church Heathen of Shaggy’s upcoming 2007 album Intoxication on the Tuesday Dancehall Splurt once again yesterday. You can listen to it here until next week’s show is up.

VP Records created a site about their soon to be released Reggae Gold 2007 album, which of course features Shaggy (More Woman). You can listen to some of the songs on the album there (not Shaggy’s), download wallpapers, see if there’s a Reggae Gold release party close to where you live and in a few days there’ll also be a contest. Interestingly, Shaggy’s song on the Reggae Gold 2007 album, is also listed on some of the latest dancehall radio only compilations that mention it as a new single.

The track list:

OR:
1. Watch Dem Roll – Sean Paul
2. More Woman – Shaggy
3. Hideaway – Tessanne
4. My Fada Seh – Gyptian
5. Top Shotta Nah Miss – Mavado
6. Bad From Mi Born – Munga
7. Sacrifice – Alaine
8. Love & Affection – Pressure
9. Need Her In My Arms – I Wayne
10.Sticky – Jah Cure

Reggae Gold 2007
official site
Reggae Gold Myspace

Shaggy performing Boombastic and Wild 2Nite in Oceana, Kingston in May 2007 live videos are just one click away.

Right now, Mr. Lover Lover is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for a concert tomorrow night at the Life Music Festival in the Madinat Arena, which also features DJ Bliss. In an interview with the City Times there, published just 10 minutes ago – yeah I’m fast :), he tells about the last news in his life. Intoxication is due for release in late August, as he says. The paper writes he has two sisters and one step brother as mentioned on Wikipedia a while ago and a cute dog named Sammy (I don’t know whether this info is true). He jokingly says he’s still single (yeah right. Men – or male artists who want to sell records – whatever!!). They also have a picture of him up and some more content. So if you want to know more, go read the article!

There’s a new video of Shaggy performing at Massive B’s anniversary at club Amazura 02/06/2007 on the site. Watch it right here.

Like I promised, I added some more of Shaggy’s upcoming concert tour dates:

One newspaper claims July 28 will have the rescheduled (due to the weather on May 28)
World Beat Houston Reggae Fest

August 11-12
Ghana with Elephant Man and Mr Vegas

There have also been articles claiming Shaggy will be performing in Eindhoven, the Netherlands and in Sao Paolo, Brasil soon, but I have no idea of whether it’s actually “Mr Lover Lover Shaggy”, “DJ Shaggy” or someone else performing. Since I can’t tell you whether these events actually involve Mr Boombastic or not I’m not including them here – not yet anyway :).

Shaggy talks about feeling liberated from his former restraining record deal and tells about his upcoming album Intoxication, his new big hit single Church Heathen and reggae being in the best place it has been in years, as it is embraced by mainstream. Watch the interview by WPBT through this link (Quicktime video).

June 3
Link Up Media’s Jamrock Reggae Fest in New York

June 7
Life Music Festival in UAE

June 23
Funkmaster Flex Custom Car And Bike Show in Edison, New Jersey

July 14
Rotom Sun Splash in Osoppo, Italy

July 20
Red Stripe Reggae SumFest in Vibes City, Montego Bay, Jamaica

July 21
Funkmaster Flex Custom Car And Bike Show in Hartford, Connecticut

August 4
Reggae on the River in Humboldt County, Piercy, California event has been cancelled

August 18: double booked?
Champions In Action in Jamaica
Rheinland-Pfalz Open Air in Mainz, Germany (free entrance)

5, 6 and 11 January 2008
Natalia Meets Shaggy and En Vogue in Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium

I read about more upcoming concerts but generally I don’t really care who’s performing where and when unless it’s close to where I live or I can put it on the site, so you’ll have to wait for this info a little longer. What I care about more are of course the music releases:

June 4 2007
Official Church Heathen single release date

July/August 2007
The new album: Intoxication release!

Yesterday and today I added two more YouTube videos to the list. One is of Shaggy feat. Rayvon – It Wasn’t Me, the other one of Shaggy feat. Na’Sha – Wild 2Nite.

The road to the videos