Shaggy and Alison Hinds to rock Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, today!
Top Caribbean entertainers Shaggy and Alison Hinds will rock the Design Caribbean 2011 Formal Launch in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic with a concert today! The Design Caribbean is the region’s foremost tradeshow for showcasing the creativity and craft products of the Caribbean, mainly for the international market.
More info: Jamaica Gleaner and Cana News!
On Da Reggae Tip video
Shaggy, Alison Hinds, Barrington Levy, Gyptian, Serani, Ding Dong, Mr Vegas and Elephant Man were among the artists who performed at last night’s Hot 97 FM On Da Reggae in New York. Here’s a video of their performances! Shaggy sings his hot song Can’t Let My Luv Go with Alison Hinds as well as Boombastic in this video.
Hot 97 FM On Da Reggae Tip 2010 live video:
Alison Hinds, Shaggy, Barrington Levy, Gyptian, Serani, Ding Dong, Mr Vegas and Elephant Man!
On Da Reggae Tip 2010 photos
Hot 97 has a photo gallery (Shaggy, Rayvon and Alison Hinds are pictured on page 3 and 4) of On Da Reggae Tip 2010! You can also view photos featuring Shaggy, Alison Hinds, Alaine, Gyptian, Mr Vegas, Serani, Ricky Blaze, Barrington Levy, Ding Dong and Elephant Man and other artists at Getty Images, Contact Music (Shaggy & Alaine performing their hot new single), Life and Wire Image!
The new and long awaited video for Shaggy’s hot collaboration with Alison Hinds is online: it’s Can’t Let My Love Go! The video was directed by Jay Will for Game Over. Check it out below! Enjoy!
You can get Can’t Let My Love Go on iTunes: it’s featured on Alison Hinds’ album Caribbean Queen and Christopher Birch’s Mash Up Riddim cd!
Alison Hinds & Shaggy – Can’t Let My Love Go
Shaggy to International Festival of Life, Chicago, Illinois
Shaggy’s official MySpace confirms that Shaggy will headline the 18th African Caribbean International Festival of Life (IFOL) in Chicago, Illinois. Shaggy will perform on July 3!
The African Caribbean International Festival of Life will take place July 2-5 in Chicago, Illinois! Artists to perform are Shaggy, Alison Hinds, Gramps Morgan, 2Face, Calypso Rose, Mighty Sparrow and Admiral Bailey. Info about tickets and more: (at Martin’s Interculture) IFOL festival site.
More Canada concert info
The official Festivent site writes that Shaggy will headline the Festivent festival in Lévis, quartier St-Jean-Chrysostome, Canada on August 7! Shaggy will perform at the Loto-Québec stage. Source and more info: Festivent.
Colombia and Florida Shaggy fans, here’s good news for you! Shaggy will perform in Colombia and Florida in June.
Discotheca Palmahia, Medellin, Colombia, June 4
Shaggy will perform at the Discotheca Palmahia in Medellin, Colombia on June 4! Tickets are available on Ticket Style. This event has been confirmed on Shaggy ‘s MySpace.
Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival, June 13, St. Petersburg, Florida
Shaggy will headline the Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival in Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg, Florida on June 13! Alison Hinds and Rikki Jay will also be on! More info at the official festival site, tickets are available on Complete Ticket Solutions.
Shaggy and Alison Hinds shot a video for their new hot single Can’t Let My Love Go last week! The video director is Jay Will (Game Over), who also made other videos with Shaggy like Feel the Rush, Church Heathen, the Street Bullies Riddim Medley, Save a Life, Rise Again and more!
Here are photos of the Can’t Let My Love Go video shoot in Jamaica by Jay Will, Shaggy & Alison Hinds:
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Can’t Let My Love Go is featured on Alison Hinds’ new album Caribbean Queen and Christopher Birch’s Mash Up Riddim!
Shaggy featured on new Cisco Adler album
Shaggy, John Legend, Mickey Avalon, Dirt Nasty, Space Cowboy, Warren Jamez, Too Short, Eddie Rap Life, Cobra Starship and Cold Flamez will be featured on Cisco Adler’s upcoming 2010 album, which will be released late spring. Baller Status.
Shaggy on Alison Hinds’ new album!
The hot collaboration by Shaggy and Alison Hinds, Can’t Let My Love Go, is featured on Alison Hinds’ new album Caribbean Queen! Wanna get the album and Can’t Let My Love Go? It’s now available on iTunes!
International Reggae and World Music Awards 2010 Community Service Award Nomination
Save a Life by Shaggy & Friends has been nominated for the Community Service Award at the International Reggae And World Music Awards (IRAWMA) 2010! Other nominees are Capleton, Queen Ifrica, Usain Bolt and Help Jamaica.
Vote for Shaggy
Wanna cast your vote for the IRAWMAs? You can vote right here! The Community Service Awards are category 31 on the list of nominations.
Upcoming tour dates
Here are all newly added upcoming tour dates (all of them are yet to be confirmed). For the full list of 2010 concerts, go here.
Trinidad and Tobago (April 3-4)
Several media write that Shaggy, Morgan Heritage and Beres Hammond will perform at the I Am Legend 3 concerts at Queen’s Park Savannah stage in Trinidad on April 3 and at Tobago on April 4! More info: Trinidad and Tobago’s New Today and City 94 FM, where you can win tickets to the concert!
International Kite Festival Jamaica (April 5)
According to several sources, Shaggy, Beenie Man, D’Angel, Macka Diamond, Junior Reed, Chino, Freddie McGregor, Laden, George Nooks, Richie Stephens, Kiprich, Anthony Cruz, I-Octane, Lust, QQ, Wasp, Jimmy Riley, Stacious, Neville Lindo, Steele and many more will perform at the International Kite Festival in Ocho Rios, St Ann, Jamaica on April 5! Sources and more info: Keep It Jiggy, Andre Glegg (flyer) and Jamaica Observer.
Win tickets to St Lucia Jazz Festival (May 9)
Shaggy will perform alongside Maxi Priest at the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival 2010 on May 9 in Saint Lucia! If you’re a resident of the US, Canada or the Caribbean, you can enter the sweepstakes to win a trip for two and tickets to Saint Lucia Jazz in May 2010, where you can see Shaggy, Maxi Priest, Ne-Yo, Jean-Luc Ponty, Corinne Bailey Rae, T-Vice and many more live!
Queima das Fitas, Portugal (May)?
The Diario Beiras writes that Shaggy might perform at the Queima das Fitas in Coimbra, Portugal. The festival is held from May 7 to 14.
Best of the Best 2010, Miami (May 30) Shaggy will not perform at the Best of the Best concert this year, he will take the stage at Pure Nightclub and Venus Pool Club in Las Vegas during the Memorial Day weekend!
The South Florida Caribbean News and the Broward-Palm Beach New Times write that Shaggy will perform at the Best of the Best 2010 concert on May 30 in Miami! The line-up includes Shaggy, Gucci Mane, Mavado, Serani, Bounty Killer, Baby Cham, Mr. Vegas, Anthony B, Demarco, Gyptian, Tony Matterhorn and the New Kingston Band. Shaggy also performed at the concert in 2007 and says it’s awesome to be back!
Agárdi Zenei Fesztivál, Hungary (July/August)
Shaggy, Sean Paul, Akon, Kardinal Offishal and many more artists will perform at the Part 1 Agárdi Zenei Fesztivál in Agard, Hungary! The festival will be held July 28 – August 1. For more information and tickets, visit the official Agárdi Zenei Fesztivál site!
Unfortunately, the festival has been canceled.
Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Tessanne Chin and Etana (from Jamaica), Alison Hinds, Shontelle Layne and Edwin Yearwood (from Barbados), David Rudder, Kees Dieffenthaller and Destra Garcia (from Trinidad) and Belo (from Haiti) recorded a song to benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti and it’s available now!
The song, which is called Rise Again, was written by Shaggy and produced by Christopher ‘Langman’ Birch for Birchill Records, to raise money for the Digicel Haiti Relief Fund. The Jamaica Observer writes that Rise Again is the #1 song in Ireland and the #2 song in Japan (on the Japanese reggae charts, it is #1), according to a Splash analysis!
Rise Again official full length music video
A music video for the single was shot by director Jay Will, who also produced a lot more of Shaggy’s videos, among others Church Heathen, Save a Life, Bad Man Don’t Cry, Here I Am, Feel the Rush, Bonafide Girl and the Street Bullies Riddim Medley video. You can watch it below!
Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Etana, Tessanne Chin, Alison Hinds and other Caribbean artists: Rise Again official full length video
The Jamaica Observer spoke to several artists involved about the new video Rise Again for Haiti. Wanna know how the video can be shot and released just a few days after the song was recorded? You can read it in this article. Cayman Net News has an article with photos as well. BVI Platinum also as a lot of info about the Rise Again video.
Rise Again lyrics
Wanna know what Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Tessanne Chin, Etana, Alison Hinds, Shontelle Layne, Edwin Yearwood, David Rudder, Kees Dieffenthaller, Destra Garcia and Belo are singing in Rise Again? You can read the lyrics here!
More about Shaggy, Sean Kingston, Sean Paul and others Rise Again Haiti
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!
Jolly Rancher Riddim and Street Bullies Riddim
Shaggy’s hot new song featuring Tessanne Chin, Never Let Me Go, is one of the tunes on the Jolly Rancher riddim. The riddim also features contributions by Christopher Martin (Here For You Always), Ce’Cile (Mek Dem Know) and Elephant Man (Call Out Yuh Man Name).
Shaggy’s new tune Long Time, which is currently number one on among others the German reggae charts, is available on iTunes together with the other tunes on the Street Bullies Riddim! Get the tunes and the riddim here!
Street Bullies Riddim track list
1. Shaggy – Long Time
2. Red Foxx – Bounce (Radio Version)
3. Vybz Kartel – Slow Motion
4. Beenie Man – Humility
5. Elephant Man – Poverty
6. Christopher Martin – Vibe Is Right
7. Ce’Cile – Nah Stress Over Man
8. Alison Hinds – Rags Up (Give It to Them)
Dance for Climate Change Concert
Shaggy performed at the Dance for Climate Change in the Parken stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday. The concert will be broadcast on tv and radio in over 40 countries! A quote by Shaggy is quote of the day on Campaign Archive. Lenk Photos has a photo gallery of the concert, as does Powless!
Shaggy at the Dance for Climate Change Concert: Hey Sexy Lady (cellphone) video
Despite the big line-up, the turn out for the concert wasn’t high, but the concert will be broadcast in over 40 countries. You can read reviews in the New York Times, Copenhagen Post, COP 15 Post and at Com 4 Dev.
Back to 2001: Shaggy at 125 milioni di Caz..te
Shaggy performed with Celentano on 125 milioni di Caz..te in 2001, both with casts and in chairs. Here’s the video of the Boombastic performance!
Shaggy at 125 milioni di Caz..te in Italy, performing Boombastic together with Celentano!
Intoxication Music Skins
MusicSkins has skins featuring Shaggy’s Intoxication album cover for iPod, Blackberry, PSP, Guitar Hero, Sidekick, laptops and more products here.
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