Shaggy’s surprise performance at Tarrus Riley’s free pre-Christmas concert in Jamaica
Shaggy gave a special guest performance of Church Heathen at Tarrus Riley’s free pre-Christmas concert “Let Music Live” at Emancipation Park in Jamaica! He sang Church Heathen with Tarrus, Dean Fraser and band, he encouraged patrons to attend the upcoming Shaggy & Friends charity concert for the Bustamante Children’s Hospital and he brought Etana on stage.
You know what? Shaggy told the crowd that Tarrus Riley will be co-hosting the Shaggy & Friends charity concert for the Bustamante Hospital for Children on January 7!
Shaggy, Tarrus Riley and Etana live at Tarrus Riley’s Let Music Live
Shaggy makes a cameo appearance in RSNY’s new video One Night feat. Dai Burger
Shaggy makes a pretty hilarious cameo in RSNY’s new video One Night feat. Dai Burger! Check it out below!
One Night is the first single off RNSY’s upcoming mixtape Fly or Die 3. The video was directed by Charles Hstyler Terrell. For more on RSNY, visit their official site and Facebook.
RSNY feat. Dai Burger – One Night (with a cameo by Shaggy)
OnStage TV interviews Shaggy and Wayne Marshall
Winford Williams interviewed artists Shaggy and Wayne Marshall for the New Year’s Eve episode of OnStage TV on CVM TV! They spoke about their recent and upcoming projects, their upcoming combination and the Shaggy & Friends charity concert for the Bustamante Hospital for Children!
Shaggy & Wayne Marshall on OnStage TV
Shaggy & Friends Charity Concert
The Shaggy & Friends charity concert is taking place on January 7 on the Lawns of Jamaican House. The line-up is pretty impressive as it features Shaggy, Lauryn Hill, Eve, Half-Pint, Coco Tea, Maxi Priest, I-Octane, Gyptian, Mr Vegas, Wayne Marshall, Tami Chynn, Deniece Williams, Agent Sasco and Romain Virgo. All proceeds of the concerts go to the Bustamante Hospital For Children!
Shaggy, Mavado, Serani, Marcia Griffiths and more for Best of the Best 2012
Shaggy, Mavado, Serani, Wayne Marshall, Frankie Paul, John Holt, Admiral Bailey, Marcia Griffiths, Khago, Demarco, Ghost, Ace Hood, Jabba, Jamusa and DJ Khaled will perform at the Best of the Best 2012 concert! Best of the Best 2012 will take place at Bicentennial Park in Downtown Miami on May 27 (in the Memorial Day weekend)!
Get your tickets online now on the Best of the Best concert site! There’s an early bird special if you buy your tix before February 15!
More tour dates
All upcoming concert dates as known so far!
Shaggy for CD for the Troops V
Shaggy, John Ondrasik, Train, Chicago, REO Speedwagon and a few other artists have teamed up to give thanks to soldiers, airmen, sailors, marines and their families by contributing a song to CD for the Troops V! This CD is available free for a million service members and their legal dependents with a valid military ID. They can order their copy here.
Shaggy, who served in the Marines during the first Gulf War, contributed his 2011 song Soldier’s Story to CD for the Troops V! Soldier’s Story is one of the songs on Shaggy’s Grammy nominated album Summer in Kingston.
Tamer Hosny & Shaggy’s Smile video preview
Tamer Hosny and Shaggy’s single and video Smile will be released in January 2012. The video was directed by Tarik Freitekh and shot at various locations in New York. Check out a preview of the hot new video below!
Fox News Shaggy interview
Fox News interviewed Shaggy today about his Grammy nominated new album Summer in Kingston! Visit the Fox News interview video here! .
New Christmas single: Jamaican Drummer Boy
Shaggy’s reggae Christmas holidays single Jamaican Drummer Boy – an adaptation of Christmas song The Little Drummer Boy – went straight to number 1 on the iTunes charts! Jamaican Drummer Boy is available here!
New hard copy album: Summer in Kingston and new single: Dame featuring Kat DeLuna! Shaggy told Fox News that Summer in Kingston is going to be released as a physical album on February 7, 2012! Sugarcane was the first single of the album and the next single is going to be Dame featuring Kat DeLuna! The new hard copy album will feature 2 more tracks than the digital album.
Shaggy spreads the Jamaican Christmas holiday cheer on the NBC Today Show
Shaggy performed his Jamaican Christmas holidays single Jamaican Drummer Boy live on the Today Show on NBC this morning! Missed his performance? Or wanna watch it again? Don’t worry, you can watch an interview and his awesome live performance right here!
New Christmas single: Jamaican Drummer Boy
Let Shaggy get you in the mood for the Christmas holidays in the sunny Caribbean with his new single Jamaican Drummer Boy, which is now available on iTunes! It went straight to number one on the iTunes charts!
New hard copy album: Summer in Kingston
Shaggy told The Today Show that his Grammy nominated album Summer in Kingston, which is available digitally, is going to be released as a physical album!
Shaggy on the NBC Today Show: interview & Jamaican Drummer Boy!
Shaggy on the NBC Today Show: Christmas in Jamaica
New: Tamer Hosny & Shaggy – Smile
Let Egyptian superstar Tamer Hosny and Jamaican superstar Shaggy put a smile on your face with their new single Smile! The song was arranged by DJ Frizzo. The video to Smile will be released soon!
New single: Shaggy – Jamaican Drummer Song!
Let Shaggy get you in the mood for the Christmas holidays and check out Shaggy’s new single Jamaican Drummer Boy! Grab your copy of the new single on iTunes!
Shaggy is going to premier his new song live on The Today Show on NBC tomorrow!
Newly added tour dates
Jamaica, US and Sri Lanka Shaggy fans, here’s good news for you! Shaggy will perform near you soon!
NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno (January 4)
Shaggy will make a special appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC on January 4, 2012! Don’t miss it!
Shaggy & Friends charity concert (January 7)
Shaggy is organising the third installment of his Shaggy & Friends charity concert for the Bustamente Hospital for Children and the Chain of Hope Foundation on January 7!
The concert takes place on the Lawns of Jamaica House in Jamaica and the artists who have been confirmed to perform so far are Shaggy, Lauryn Hill, Romain Virgo, Coco Tea, Half Pint, Tami Chynn, Wayne Marshall, Chino and Assassin. Reggae singer Maxi Priest has also been added to the list of performers!
Read more about the concert in the Jamaica Observer and the Jamaica Star. You can watch a video of an earlier Shaggy & Friends charity concert below!
Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka (January 21)
Shaggy and crew are going to perform at the Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka on January 21! This concert has been canceled.
Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica (January 26)
Shaggy will perform at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival at the Greenfield Stadium in Trelawny, Jamaica on January 26! Other artists to perform at the festival are Celine Dion, Cee-Lo Green, Tickets are available at the official site of the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival. You can watch an earlier performance at the festival by Shaggy & John Legend below!
Shaggy and John Legend live at the 2006 Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival
Shaggy to appear on NBC’s Today Show with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb (December 19)
INTERNATIONAL reggae recording artiste Shaggy will be spreading some Christmas cheer when he appears on the NBC’s Today Show, with hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on Monday, December 19.
Shaggy will perform two Christmas songs and discuss his new album Summer in Kingston with Kathie Lee and Hoda.
Shaggy performed Sugarcane, which is the first single on Shaggy’s awesome new feel good album Summer in Kingston, earlier this year on the Today Show as well. Watch a video clip of his performance here!
New: Rayvon & Shaggy – Wedding Song (Dixie Riddim)
Rayvon and Shaggy recorded the beautiful Wedding Song on the upcoming Dixie Riddim! The Dixie Riddim will be released on December 16 and was produced by Bassrunner Productions. It features among others tunes by Shaggy & Rayvon, Red Fox, Natalie Storm, Trixstar, Onton feat. Voicemail and Rojah. You can get it on iTunes or Amazon!
The Dixie Riddim premiered on Sentinel Sound’s Kingston Hot Radioshow. Here you can listen to the premiere of the hot new riddim and the beautiful Wedding Song by Rayvon & Shaggy!
New! Dixie Riddim feat. Rayvon & Shaggy – Wedding Song
The original version of Wedding Song is one of the songs on Rayvon’s newest album Rayvon!
Shaggy & Friends charity concert (January 7, 2012)
Shaggy is organizing the third edition of his Shaggy & Friends charity concert for the Bustamente Children’s Hospital and the Chain of Hope foundation on January 7, 2012! Shaggy, Lauryn Hill, Eve, Half-Pint, Coco Tea, Maxi Priest, I-Octane, Gyptian, Mr Vegas, Wayne Marshall, Tami Chynn, Deniece Williams, Agent Sasco a.k.a. Assassin, Romain Virgo more are set to perform.
The concert will raise much needed funds for the children hospital in Jamaica as well as for the Chain of Hope foundation. Tickets will be available for 25,000 (Platinum), 10,000 (Gold) and 5,000 (Silver) Jamaican Dollars. If you’re in Jamaica, make sure you attend and Make a Difference!
Shaggy’s new album Summer in Kingston nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
Shaggy’s awesome new album Summer in Kingston is nominated at the Grammy Awards for Best Reggae Album!
Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced last night by The Recording Academy. The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony will be held on February 12, 2012, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Grammy Awards ceremony will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 P.M. (ET/PT).
Did you get your copy of Summer in Kingston yet? You can get Shaggy’s amazing feel good album Summer in Kingston on among others iTunes and Amazon.
Summer in Kingston track list
01. Just Another Girl (Ft. Tarrus Riley)
02. Sugarcane
03. Dame
04. Feeling Alive (Ft. Agent Sasco)
05. End Of The World (Drink Up)
06. Soldiers Story (Ft. Jaiden)
07. Fired Up (Fuck The Rece$$ion)
08. The Only One (Lie To Me) (Ft. Jaiden)
