Shaggy and Rayvon Intoxication Release Party at Club I to I live performance of Angel
Shaggy and Rayvon Intoxicated Release Party in Club ItoI in Osaka, Japan live video of Church Heathen
Shaggy and Rayvon at Shaggy’s Intoxicating Album Release Party in Club I 2 I live concert video of Big Up
Intoxication free in-store Apple Soho NYC concert
Shaggy will be performing new songs from his upcoming 2007 album Intoxication live at a free in-store event on November 7 in the Apple Soho Store in New York at 9pm. He will perform Bonafide Girl, Church Heathen, What’s Love and many more. Sounds pretty hot!
Location: Apple Soho Store, 103 Prince Street, New York City
When: November 7, 9pm
Flyer courtesy of Big Yard Music, get your own to promote the concert from Shaggy’s MySpace. There are also a couple of pictures of Shaggy receiving his Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander at Jamaica’s National Heroes Day. 
Shaggy in Japan
Akiko Okawachi has pictures of Shaggy and Rayvon performing live at one of his Intoxication release parties in Japan (I think it was in Club ItoI in Osaka), as well as a picture of a shawl she has with Shaggy’s name on it. Nice photos!
Reggae Academy Awards
Tropical Fete has more information about the Reggae Academy Awards that Shaggy will be at on February 24 2008. If you wanna know more about them, visit the official Reggae Academy site.
Chris Goldfinger played a very new Shaggy song on his show on BBC Radio 1 last night that I haven’t heard anywhere else yet: it’s Alicia Keys featuring Shaggy, No One (remix)! You can listen to it on Goldfinger’s page until next week’s show. So…do you like this new Shaggy tune?
Shaggy will be speaking at the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization’s International Conference on IP and the Creative Industries in Geneva, Switzerland, tomorrow, on October 29 at 11.30h. He will be one out of three speakers on the theme “The Concept and Origins of Creativity”. His presentation is called “The Birth of the Creative Idea”.
World Intellectual Property Organization official site
Program information
Shaggy’s bio at the WIPO site
Article: Jamaican Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports Olivia Grange and world renowned artist Shaggy to present eagerly awaited papers at the WIPO Meeting.
Shaggy live at club ItoI in Osaka, Japan photos
Shaggy celebrated the release of his new 2007 album Intoxication in club ItoI in Osaka, Japan yesterday, after having had a first release party in club AgeHa in Tokyo yesterday. This second Intoxication release party in Japan was a big success as well… Shaggy and Rayvon performed a lot of songs and the audience loved it. You can view some pictures and read an article about the concert (in Japanese) on Rockers Island.
Shaggy live at Chiemsee Reggae Summer DVD
The Shaggy Live at Chiemsee Reggae Summer DVD of Shaggy’s performance in 1998 will be released internationally on November 5. Nestor Publishers (Jazz) has a review.
The track list includes:
1. SEXY BODY GIRL 2. MIDNITE LOVER 3. SOMETHING DIFFERENT 4. MY DREAM 5. NICE AND LOVELY 6. OH CAROLINA * 7. BIG UP
8. HEARTBREAK SUZIE * 9. GEENIE * 10. THANK YOU LORD * 11. IN THE SUMMERTIME * 12. PIECE OF MY HEART * 13. BOOMBASTIC * 14. THAT GIRL * 15. BOB MARLEY MEDLEY * 15a. ONE LOVE * 15b. THREE LITTLE BIRDS * 15c. GET UP STAND UP * 15d. IRON LION ZION * 16. THE TRAIN IS COMING * 17. DAY O (BANANA BOAT SONG) *
* = song is also on the bonus live cd
Bakanaal TV has put a long version of the Machel Montano, Shaggy and X-Tatic video “Toro Toro”, which is sometimes also called “Mad Bull Fever”, online. It’s a longer and clearer Toro Toro soca video than the other ones that are online elsewhere. Enjoy!
Machel Montano featuring Shaggy and X-Tatic Toro Toro (Mad Bull Fever) nineties soca video long version
Shaggy will be at Saturday Night’s Special Reggae Jam at Club I to I tonight to celebrate the release of his 2007 album Intoxication, together with among others Rayvon, Soldier, Dodge and Jah-T from Killasan Movement and Bionic Skank. Both Club ItoI and Rockers Island have nice promos for the Good Time Meets Shaggy Intoxication album release party. It is being said that Mr Lover Lover will also have a release party on November 8 at Club Festivals in Philadelphia, US, but I haven’t read any confirmation about that yet. Acary wrote about Shaggy’s Intoxication release party in club Ageha in Tokyo, Japan and she has two more photos of Shaggy and Rayvon in concert.
International press agency Reuters had an interview with Shaggy about his new 2007 album Intoxication, which is set for release on November 13 in the US and the Caribbean. The article is called “Shaggy reconnects with reggae roots on indie debut”. It says a lot about Shaggy’s new found freedom now that he isn’t on any major record company that tries to hold him back anymore and his unique style of performing live. You can read the very interesting article here.
If you wanna read a funny review of the Bonafide Girl video for Shaggy’s new single featuring Rik Rok and Tony Gold – or rather Rik Rok’s painting in it, check Blender.
Shaggy had his first Japanese Intoxication Release Party in Club AgeHa in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday, and the celebration was a big success! Shaggy and Rayvon wowed the crowds when they performed a couple of the songs on the new Intoxication album as well as some of their older hits. Suya and Tammy have very nice pictures and stories (in Japanese) about the release party.
If you wanna read more about Shaggy in Japan(ese), visit Omarilove and Smile Jamaica.
Did I mention Shaggy was a busy boy on October 20? I have to correct myself: he was a VERY busy boy, he did even more than two shows that day. He went to and from England for the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2007, he raced in the Stock Car Challenge 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and he also represented at the Riddim Soundclash 2007 in Dusseldorf, Germany – the sound clash between world famous David Rodigan, Sentinel Sound and Black Scorpio warmed up by Pow Pow Movement sound system. Shaggy performed as a surprise guest. Oh yeah, David Rodigan once again won the Dub Fi Dub. Picture and article at riddim.de.
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2007
Another interview of Shaggy at the Red Carpet of the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2007. He just got there in between racing in Germany and says it’s still really early for him. His kids watch Nickelodeon as well. Shaggy likes the UK and his UK fans. When asked about the Spice Girls, he says it’s surprising they sold out so soon but now he maybe has to go see them as well.
Shaggy, Rayvon and Tony Gold interview video
Shaggy, Rayvon, Tony Gold, DJ Kue and Rossi video with Alena 7 from WPGC 95.5 FM at Club Crossroads in Maryland. Cool video and it’s also the first Tony Gold interview video I’ve seen so far!
Shaggy did a lot of interviews in Germany to promote his new album Intoxication which was released earlier this month in Germany (this week, it’ll be released in the UK while the US and the Caribbean still need to wait until November for their version of Intoxication). Prosieben (TV Total, et cetera) has a tv interview video with Shaggy online! You can watch it right here (click on “Interview mit Shaggy”) – the page also has some cool pics of Shaggy and more. Shaggy talks about his new 2007 album Intoxication, Church Heathen, the Bonafide Girl video shoot and more. The video also shows Shaggy walking around and taking pictures with people. Some parts of the interview:
Rockstar lifestyle?
When asked about his nickname Mr Lover Lover in contrast with not leading the rockstar kind of lifestyle, Shaggy says he understands why people would welcome that kind of life, but being in the game as long as Shaggy has, things get old. His nickname Mr Lover Lover doesn’t relate as much to his alleged lifestyle as it does to the type of music he makes. Make-baby music that is. Initially when he went into music, being a successfull performing artist was a big reason though since he got in to clubs free, he got drinks for free and he got the hottest chick every night.
Private life
Shaggy likes to keep his personal life private, especially now that he has kids. He does tell though that he has three children, two boys and one girl, who go to public school just like Shaggy did himself when he was a kid, he’s seeing someone, he has 7 large dogs (he used to have 9) and 3 homes but he doesn’t spend a lot of time at any of them since he does a lot of concert touring – which sometimes makes him forget in what city he’s in exactly.
Clothes
Shaggy employs a young lady who buys his clothes, but he’s the one who mainly puts his outfits together. She shows him the clothes since he doesn’t do department stores or like shopping, but he likes nice things – like clothes.
After attending the UK Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2007, Shaggy took part in yesterday’s Stock Car Challenge 2007 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in a 3000ccm Ford Capri for Team Napster and he did pretty well! Do you wanna know how far he got or see Shaggy in action? You can watch videos of Shaggy being interviewed and racing at the TV Total Saturday’s video page, the videos of the Stock Car Challenge Qualifying are still available at TV Total’s Friday’s videos.
As for the videos of the Stock Car Challenge (Saturday’s videos), Shaggy is in several! Shaggy raced in the 3000ccm class, so the videos he’s in are the ones that say they’re about the “3000ccm”, including “Die Konigsklasse vor dem Start” and “Der kronende Abschluss” (the last part of the last video is NSFW/NSFS). Enjoy!
If you wanna hear some more of Shaggy, there’s one more radio station interview you can listen to. Shaggy called in to 929 (the biggest radio station from Perth, Australia) to talk with Tim and Biggzy. You can directly download the mp3 podcast from the episodes list (go for the Hot 30 – Thursday October 11 podcast).
Shaggy was quite a busy boy yesterday! First up, on Friday, he qualified for a 9th starting position in the Stock Car Challenge 2007 Qualifying in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Yesterday, Shaggy quickly went to the UK to present at the first ever Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards at the ExCel in London. Then he went back to Germany to race in the TV Total Stock Car Challenge 2007 with Stefan Raab and others (more on the actual race will be up later today).
Wire Image has a couple of pictures of Shaggy at the Kids Choice Awards and Getty Images has more and much bigger pictures!
The Sun has an article and an interview video of Shaggy at the red carpet of the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2007. He tells the interviewer he’s there to hand out an award for best female actress and he also sings part of Bonafide Girl! Go here for the video.
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