American Friends of Jamaica Fundraiser, Capitale, New York (October 18)
Shaggy has been involved in a lot of charity events, including the Shaggy & Friends benefit concerts for the Bustamente Hospital for Children. On October 18, Shaggy will perform at the American Friends of Jamaica 29th Annual Hummingbird fundraiser Gala in New York! The fundraiser gala takes place at the Capitale in New York on October 18. More info about the fundraiser.
Howard University Caribbean Homecoming: Washington D.C. and Lanham (October 29)
Shaggy will perform at the Howard University Homecoming International YardFest Celebration in Washington D.C. on October 29 (12-6 PM)!
Also on October 29 (9-11.30 PM) Shaggy and Destra will perform at Ménage, the HUCSA Homecoming, at La Fontaine Bleue in Lanham, Maryland, on October 29! You can buy your tickets at Pumpstation Entertainment!
Shaggy to Brooklyn Music Festival
Shaggy, Fabolous, Lady Saw, Barrington Levy, Yellowman, Tanya Stephens, Assassin (Agent Sasco), Ding Dong, Gregory Isaacs, Marcia Griffiths, B.O.B., Da’Ville, Tanya Stephens and many more will perform at the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Music Festival!
The Brooklyn Music Festival will be held on July 4 at Aviator Sports and Recreation at Floyd Bennet Field, Flatbush Avenue Extension South, New York. For more info about the festival and tickets, visit the official festival site!
Shaggy organizes a Walk for Peace: Save Jamaica!
Jamaica has had a long standing problem with violence and after the recent shootings of dancehall artists Oneil (of the group Voicemail) and Mad Cobra, the entertainment community is planning a Peace March on May 23. Edit: please note that the Peace March has been postponed due to the recent unrest in Jamaica.
Shaggy, organiser and spokesperson for the Peace March, spoke to the Jamaica Star about the violence in Jamaica and the event he is organizing. You can read more in this article!
Shaggy for Operation: Angels Rise charity
The Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and Sow a Seed collaborate to raise funds for new and refurbished wings at Bustamante Hospital for Children. The collaboration, which is called OPERATION: Angels Rise, will be launched on May 15 at the Fiction Lounge in Jamaica! More: Jamaica Observer article.
Shaggy endorses and supports the Sow a Seed charity
The Jungle photos and reviews
Shaggy, Rayvon, Elephant Man, Chino, Laden, Timmi Burrell, Ras Noble and Tiana performed at the Heineken Red Star Concert at The Jungle, Negril, Jamaica. The Jamaica Observer and Out A Road have reviews and photos of the concert: “Spring Breakers get their money’s worth at Red Star concert” and “Good Performances At Heineken Red Star Concert”!
Shaggy & crew at Travelers charity in Negril
Shaggy & crew purchased blocks at Travelers while they were in Negril, Jamaica for their show at The Jungle. The Negril Message Board has photos of Shaggy & crew signing the blocks! The purchases go to the Bethel Town Basic School’s new library!
Shaggy & Rayvon perform It Wasn’t Me at The Jungle in Negril, Jamaica
Shaggy performs Boombastic at The Jungle in Negril, Jamaica!
Videos of the Crowd Teaser and Angel, Strength of a Woman and In the Summertime are behind the cut!
Video and song for Haiti: We Shall Rise Again / Rise Up Haiti!
Shaggy, Sean Kingston, Sean Paul, Etana, Tessanne Chin, David Rudder, Mika and Belo and more Caribbean artists recorded a song and a video “We Shall Rise Again” / “Rise Up” for Haiti!
You can view (parts of) the brand new video at Il Secole XIX, MSN (for another version of the MSN video, go to the photo link below) and at Zoom In TV!
The proceeds of the song will be donated to the victims of the Haiti earth quake. It’s great to see so many great artists collaborating to help Haiti!
Shaggy interview about the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation
The Voice Online interviewed Shaggy about his charity efforts for the Bustamente Hospital for Children and his Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation. They talked about what lead Shaggy to organize the Shaggy & Friends concert, his involvement in the community, receiving the Gleaner Honour Award and more! Interview article.
Strike 3 Foundation Gala pictures
Shaggy and Rayvon performed at the Strike 3 Foundation Second Annual First Pitch Celebrity Gala in benefit of pediatric cancer research and the Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, Connecticut, last week. The official Strike 3 Foundation site now has photos of the benefit gala.
Possible upcoming tour (dates)?
Ali Campbell told The National in Abu Dhabi that he might go on a North American tour with Sean Paul, Sean Kingston and Shaggy! Article. At any rate, he’s going to perform at the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert on January 2. Shaggy might also perform at the One Love Reggae Series at the Negril Escape in Jamaica on February 23, but as far as known this isn’t out of negotiations yet.
Shaggy & Tessanne Chin in the studio: video
Here’s a video of Shaggy & Tessanne Chin having fun with Never Let Me Go in Big Yard’s studio! This video was removed by the uploader, so I replaced it with a live video of Shaggy & Tessanne singing Never Let Me Go. Enjoy!
Shaggy & Tessanne Chin in the studio: Never Let Me Go
New song! Shaggy & Tessanne Chin – Never Let Me Go!
Shaggy & Tessanne Chin recently recorded a hot tune together! The song is called Never Let Me Go. It has been produced by Christopher “Langman” Birch for Birchill Records and mixed by Shaun “Sting Int’l” Pizzonia. Thanks for the info to Danny Pepperseed!
Dancehall Vibes
Do you wanna hear the song premier in a maaad radio show that has the hottest, newest and best dancehall songs? Then tune in to Danny Pepperseed’s Dancehall Vibes show today at 10 PM CEST (GMT+1) at the Stadsradio Helmond live stream!
Update: you can view the show’s playlist and get the show’s mp3 (download part 1 and part 2) as well!
Never Let Me Go is the first song played in the first part of the show. Dancehall Vibes is broadcast every Wednesday at 10 PM CEST on Stadsradio Helmond!
Shaggy, Beenie Man, Lady Saw and Mighty Mystic in Club Lido photos
Marlono has a photo gallery with lots of photos of Mighty Mystic’s Birthday Bash in Club Lido, Revere, Massachusetts, where among others Shaggy, Beenie Man and Lady Saw performed! If you wanna see videos from all Club Lido performances, follow this link!
Win tickets to Shaggy’s Magic City Casino concert
You can win tickets to Shaggy’s concert at the Magic City Casino in Miami on November 14 on the Magic City Casino’s Facebook! Tickets can be bought at the official Magic City Casino site.
Shaggy on Talk Radio Europe
Maurice Boland and Hannah Murray interviewed Shaggy for Talk Radio Europe yesterday. Shaggy talked about his charity activities, being called “Shaggy”, Oh Carolina, Boombastic, It Wasn’t Me and how he has been supporting the Bustamente Hospital for Children in Kingston, Jamaica for nine years.
He also spoke about the new Shaggy & Friends concert in Jamaica on January 2, which features Joe, Ali Campbell, Babyface and many more and about hosting the Chain of Hope fund raiser in the UK yesterday.
It was a fun interview, you can listen to it in the On Demand service! Select the show for Tuesday, 10th November 2009 11:00-12:00, download the mp3 and then go to last 15 minutes of the show to hear the Shaggy interview.
New single! Ida Corr feat. Shaggy Under the Sun Jason Gault radio edit!
The new hot single by Ida Corr featuring Shaggy, Under the Sun, is now available worldwide! Don’t have the single yet? You can listen to 20 seconds audio snippets and get the single here!
New Shaggy song! Shaggy and Tesanne Chin – Never Let Me Go
Shaggy and Tesanne Chin recorded a song together: it’s Never Let Me Go, on Birchill Records. It sounds good!
Shaggy interview on Talk Radio Europe
Shaggy will be interviewed live by Hannah Murray on Talk Radio Europe at 10.30 AM GMT this morning! You can listen to the interview in the Talk Radio Europe web stream!
Shaggy on Angela and Friends
Shaggy will be on the new Angela and Friends show on Sky1 tv at 2pm GMT today!
Shaggy on Live
Mitch Winehouse will interview Shaggy today in his cab for his Showbiz Rants show on online tv station Liv!
Shaggy to host Chain of Hope Fund Raiser
Shaggy is hosting the Chain of Hope fund raiser today!
The Chain of Hope organisation provides children, suffering from life-threatening disease, with the surgery and treatment to which they do not have access in their own country. It brings children to the UK for treatment and sends surgical teams and support staff to countries with an acute lack of medical provision.
More Club Lido videos
Shaggy, Lady Saw, Beenie Man, Mighty Mystic and other artists performed at Club Lido in Revere, Massachusetts this weekend. Here are a couple more videos! If you wanna watch more videos from the show on this blog, go here.
Shaggy live at Club Lido compilation video: Hear Dis, Church Heathen and Bonafide Girl!
Shaggy, Lady Saw and Beenie Man live at Club Lido
Featured songs are among others Angel, It Wasn’t Me, Big Up, Hot Gal, Here I Am, Hey Sexy Lady, Row Like a Boat, Come Again, Toy Friend, Dude, MJ tribute and King of the Dancehall
Shaggy and Friends I Dare You 2009 and 2010 videos
Shaggy organized a benefit concert for the Bustamente Hospital for Children in 2009. In 2010, a new Shaggy & Friends concert in benefit of the children’s hospital will be organized! More info.
Here are two new videos for the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, courtesy of DJ Kue. One has live footage from the Shaggy & Friends 2009 charity concert! The other video is a PSA for the Shaggy & Friends 2010 Dare to Care concert and the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, his charity in benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children!
Shaggy & Friends concert footage 2009 Save a Life
Shaggy, Elephant Man, Tesanne Chin, Etana, Sean Paul, Lady Saw, Macy Gray, Marcia Griffiths, Luciano, Freddie McGregor, Gramps Morgan, Tony Rebel, Rayvon, Rik Rok, Christopher Martin and other artists sing Save a Life live on the Shaggy & Friends concert in 2009!
Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation Dare to Care 2010 PSA
Glow Club photos
Shaggy, Rayvon and DJ Kue performed at the Glow Club in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Saturday October 31. Before that, they visited The Box club in St. Gallen (photos). Here’s a photo gallery of the performance at the Glow Club! Looking pretty cool, right?
Laut und Spitz also has a three pages photo gallery of Shaggy’s and Rayvon’s performance at Glow Club, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Photos on page 7-9.
Shaggy to Italy
It looks like Shaggy will perform in Italy this month!
Shaggy, Rayvon, Gibraltar Music (this is Shaggy’s tour manager Paul “Rossi” Lee, I guess, Shaggy started out as a dj on this sound system!), Golden Bass and High Grade will perform at the Demodè Disco Club in Bari on November 26.
Shaggy will play Teatro Palapartenope / Casa della Musica in Napoli, Italy on November 27, according to Go2 and Campania Tickets, as well as Rastasnob.
Shaggy, Rayvon, Golden Bass and the Groove Society Band will do a concert at the Leoncavallo in Milan on November 28.
Shaggy, Rayvon and band will perform at Fucina Controvento, Malghera, Venice, Italy on November 29! You can get more info at the source: the official Fucina Controvento site.
Update: These concerts have been confirmed on Shaggy’s MySpace!
Shaggy & Bruck Up live on Good Day New York
Shaggy and Bruck Up will perform their cool Sunglasses a.k.a. Keep Ya Shades On single live in the studio of Good Day New York this morning between 7 and 10 AM on WNYW/FOX5! More info.
You can either watch the show live in an online webstream here or maybe later in the GDNY webcast!
Update: Bruck Up, Shaggy and Rayvon were just on! They were all sharply dressed and wearing sunglasses. Shaggy talked about his time in the Marines, Bruck Up spoke about his Jamaican background, Bruck Up and Shaggy performed their hot new single Sunglasses a.k.a. Keep Ya Shades On and Shaggy & Rayvon sang Angel live in the studio! Here’s the pretty cool interview and performance video featuring Shaggy, Bruck Up and Rayvon. Enjoy!
Shaggy, Bruck Up & Rayvon interview, Sunglasses and Angel live!
Shakti Love Fest photos
A lot of photos of the Shakti Love Fest are online! The Shakti Love Fest is a charity event that was organized on October 3 in association with the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation for the benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children. You can view the first part of the photos of the Shakti Love Fest (Shaggy is on page 2 and 3) here and a five-page photo gallery of the Shakti Love Fest Launch on Facebook!
Yard Edge also has an article with photos of the Shakti Love Fest, which was organized in association with the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation for Shaggy’s Bustamente Hospital for Children charity, and writes it’s a huge success. You can read the article and view the photos here.
2003 video: SOS-Kinderdorf, Shaggy for Kids for Kids and more
Here’s a video from 2003 which shows Shaggy singing Boombastic. It also shows one of Shaggy’s other charity involvements: SOS-Kinderdorf and the track Suffer on the Kids for Kids album.
Back to 2003: Shaggy live, SOS-Kinderdorf, Kids for Kids cd and more
Shaggy wins Marcus Garvey Humanitarian Award at the IRAWMA 2009
Shaggy was honored with the Marcus Garvey Humanitarian Award at the IRAWMA 2009 (International Reggae And World Music Awards) for his humanitarian work! Shaggy has been supporting the the Bustamente Hospital for Children in Kingston, Jamaica for years and he organized Shaggy & Friends, a huge benefit concert, for the hospital, he recorded a single with fellow Jamaican artists, Save a Life, for the cause and did much, much more. Congratulations on a well deserved award to Shaggy!
Shaggy’s African tour in May Shaggy’s official Myspace has the following dates on which Shaggy will perform in Africa in May:
May 21 Fairground Holdings, Gaborone, Botswana
May 22 Harare Rainbow Towers, Harare, Zimbabwe – more info
May 23 Orange Karnival and Lugogo Cricket Oval, Uganda
This means both South African tour dates will probably not be taking place.
Botswana concert and tickets info
Shaggy will perform at Fair Grounds in Botswana on Ascension Day, May 21. He’s the first international artist to visit the country since Shabba Ranks’ visit in 1994! Tickets will only be sold before the concert from Orange shops for P220 and P440, starting April 24. Botswana Daily News.
Uganda concert info
Shaggy will perform in Uganda on May 23, at the Orange Karnival that starts at 9 am at Shoprite Lugogo. Later that day, Shaggy will also perform at the afterparty at the Lugogo Cricket Oval at 4 pm. Shaggy’s official Myspace confirmes this new tour date! You can find more info and view a picture of Shaggy at Uganda Online.
Shaggy’s Very Special Swiss Showcase at the Kulturfabrik Kofmehl in Solothurn, Switzerland
Shaggy’s Very Special Swiss Showcase at the Kulturfabrik Kofmehl in Solothurn, Switzerland, exceeded all expectations. You can get to know more about it at the Kofmehl photos and review!
Usgang.ch has a lot of photos of Shaggy, Rayvon and DJ Kue performing at Kulturfabrik Kofmehl!
Boomboxx Sound, the soundsystem that played before and after yesterday’s Shaggy concert at Kulturfabrik Kofmehl in Switzerland, has a dedicated MySpace dubplate of Angel by Shaggy & Rayvon online. Jamas Man of the Boomboxx soundsystem also has a photo of himself and Shaggy.
Shaggy and Rayvon sing Angel at Shaggy’s Very Special Swiss Showcase in Kulturfabrik Kofmehl in Switzerland
Shaggy and crew at the SeeFestTage 2009
The Kleine Zeitung has a photo of Shaggy backstage at yesterday’s SeeFestTage in Austria. The paper has more photos of Shaggy backstage and live in concert in the photo gallery on pages 1, 3, 15, 17, 22, 36, 38, 49, 50, 51, 52 and 53 (click on Originalbild for the original, larger pictures).
Shaggy is doing a beautiful thing for the Bustamente Hospital for Children in Kingston, Jamaica, and you can help! The Bustamente Hospital is the main pediatric hospital in the West Indies, which’ resources to treat children are stretched to the limit because of a lack of facilities. Expensive medical equipment and a lack of public and private funding counteract the hospital’s ability to provide the necessary health care required to treat each and every child.
Shaggy has been supporting the hospital for years and he now created the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation to help raise funds for the hospital to save many more children’s lives. You can read all about it on Shaggy’s official Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation site. It has information about how you can help and about Shaggy’s upcoming benefit concert. The site also has a lot of photos and videos.
The Shaggy & Friends benefit concert, 1 ticket equals saving 1 life, will be held on Saturday January 3 2009 on the Jamaica House Lawn featuring
none other than Shaggy himself, Macy Gray, Buju Banton, Sean Paul, J. Holliday, Tony Rebel, Sean Kingston, Tarrus Riley, Luciano, Tesanna Chin, Da’Ville, Freddie McGregor, Etana, Allison Hinds, Elephant Man, Marcia Griffiths, Tyson Beckford and many more.
The gates open at 6 PM, the concert starts at 8 PM. Tickets are available at Susie’s Bakery, White Bone’s Restaurant and Music Mart at Twin Gates Plaza. All proceeds will be donated to the Bustamente Hospital for Children!
Here’s a video featuring Shaggy and many more supporting Shaggy’s benefit concert on the lawns of Jamaica House on January 3. I hope the support turns out huge, it can help save many children’s lives! The line-up for the concert is stellar, check out the video below!
Shaggy was present at the launch of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival 2009 on the lawns of Devon House on Wednesday. There’s a picture and article with photo at the Jamaica Gleaner.
He announced his plans to stage a big benefit concert, to raise $2 million USD for the Bustamente Hospital for Children in Kingston, Jamaica. Shaggy will organize the concert on January 3 on the lawns of Jamaica House. The line-up hasn’t been announced yet, but according to Dancehall.mobi and the Jamaica Gleaner big artists will be there: among others J. Holliday, Macy Gray, Sean Kingston, Alric & Boyd and Tyson Beckford and of course Shaggy himself.
