Here are the first videos of Shaggy’s concert at the BMO Music Fest 2009 in Okinawa, Japan, thanks to gizzlethizzle! They include live performances of Church Heathen, Big Up, It Wasn’t Me, Angel, Wild 2Nite and Boombastic featuring Rayvon, Na’Sha, Tony Gold, Michael Fletcher and Robert “Dubwise” Browne. You can also watch a video from the BMO Music Fest Welcome Party in Tokyo, Japan and Shaggy’s drop for the BMO Music Festival ’09 here.
It Wasn’t Me
Church Heathen
Big Up
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).
There’s also a large gallery with photos on Puls 4 by Milos. Shaggy, Rayvon, Na’Sha, D’Major, Robert “Dubwise” Browne, Michael Fletcher and Tony Gold on page 1 and page 11 and beyond. Here are a couple of the photos!
Shaggy ft. Leo Aberer Call Me up freestyle
SeeFestTage Shaggy live videos
– It Wasn’t Me
– Boombastic
Shaggy and Rayvon perform Angel at the SeeFestTage 2009
Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band
Shaggy contributed to a beautiful book-and-CD set for children, which introduces them in a fun way to reggae music and educates them about pollution! Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band is a book-and-CD set for children from ages 0 to 8 years old. The story is about a waterfall in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, that is polluted by people. The waterfall feels sad about the pollution, so a team of sea animals try to cheer it up. Shaggy Parrot, whose voice is read by Shaggy, and friends make reggae music while they help clean up the waterfall.
The book has beautiful illustrations and the CD features 9 music tracks by Shaggy. The sales will benefit two of Shaggy’s charities, St Andrew’s Bustamante Hospital for Children in Jamaica and the Tatiana McIntosh Scholarship fund based in Florida. Read more about the book-and-cd set in the Jamaica Gleaner review article. Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band is set to be released in November this year; it will first be available in Jamaica, after which a release in the US will follow.
You can buy Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band at Reggae Pickney! The second and third audio clips on the page feature Shaggy. You can also hear some more, take a look in the teacher’s guide and watch a tv ad here.
New single by the end of the year, new Shaggy album will follow in 2009!
Shaggy is working hard on new music in his Big Yard studio. He will release a new single by the end of this year… and a new album will follow in 2009!
Tour schedule update
Swiss, Bulgarian, Italian, German and Jamaican Shaggy fans, you’re in luck! Shaggy’s Official MySpace confirmed the following new tour dates:
September 26 free concert in Zurich, Switzerland
Shaggy, Bligg and Elijah will perform on the 175 years of Zurich high schools’ existence celebration on this Friday, September 26. You can read more about it on Tages Anzeiger or the official site die Welt Verstehen and you can get tickets and more info about the open air concerts on die Welt Erleben. Shaggy’s performance is on the main stage and starts around 21.30h.
October 3 Live tv show, I Migliori Anni, Rome, Italy TV Show page on Rai Uno
October 5 TV show, Bulgaria More info and video ad
October 6 Ultimative Chart Show, Cologne, Germany TV Channel RTL
October 10 Champions in Action, Kingston, Jamaica
Usain Bolt’s homecoming
Shaggy performed at Usain Bolt’s Homecoming Celebration concert. Article at the Jamaica Gleaner.
Jay Will and Shaggy tribute to Usain Bolt and the Jamaican Olympic team, from Germany
Shaggy VIP Room video in St Tropez: Boombastic, It Wasn’t Me and Church Heathen
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