BRAND NEW: Shaggy – Summer in Kingston Lava Edition!
Shaggy’s new album Summer in Kingston (Lava Edition) is being released today in physical and digital form! The new feel good album has 10 tracks featuring Kat DeLuna, Tarrus Riley, Agent Sasco and Jaiden. Grab your copy now on iTunes, Amazon or Juno!
Shaggy's new album Summer in Kingston Lava Edition
Shaggy – Summer in Kingston Lava Edition track list
01. Just Another Girl feat. Tarrus Riley
02. She Gives Me Love
03. Feeling Alive feat. Agent Sasco a.k.a. Assassin
04. Dame feat. Kat Deluna
05. Sugarcane
06. Fired Up (F*ck The Rece$$ion!)
07. Hurting
08. Soldier’s Story feat. Jaiden
09. The Only One (Lie To Me) feat. Jaiden
10. End of the World (Drink Up)
Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 2012
On Thursday night, the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival opened celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s independence. The night featured only reggae performances by among others Shaggy, Marcia Griffiths, Maxi Priest, Etana, John Holt, Mykal Rose and Christopher Martin and saw a record turnout.
Reggae greats honored at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival
Shaggy, Yellowman, Marcia Griffiths, John Holt, Maxi Priest, Richie Stephens, Derrick Morgan and Lloyd Parkes were honored for their past, current and future contribution to the development of Jamaica’s music at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival!
Shaggy’s performance
Shaggy gave a great performance! He entered performing Sugarcane, Strength of a Woman and Angel with Rayvon, after which he brought Tarrus Riley on stage for a live rendition of Just Another Girl (off Shaggy’s Grammy nominated album Summer in Kingston & the Kingston 13 Riddim, to be released on January 31)!
Tarrus Riley went on performing She’s Royal and Shaggy performed Bad Man Don’t Cry, What’s Love and his upcoming single Dame (to be released on the Summer in Kingston Lava Edition, in stores February 7) accompanied by Aisha Davis.
When the first sounds of Shaggy’s worldwide number one hit It Wasn’t Me were resonating through Trelawny, Shaggy brought another surprise guest on stage… It was Ne-Yo, who performed It Wasn’t Me together with Shaggy! Ne-Yo also performed Miss Independent and Shaggy and Tony Gold concluded the festival’s first night with Hey Sexy Lady. Attendees and live stream viewers say the concert was amazing!
OnStage TV Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival special OnStage TV broadcast a Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival special on CVM TV. You can watch a video from the special below!
Shaggy and surprise guests Tarrus Riley and Ne-Yo are featured starting at 11:30 minutes into the video!
OnStage TV Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival video: Thursday night
Shaggy & Friends 2012 first video and photos
Last night the third edition of the Shaggy & Friends concert was held. A huge number of people, including Jamaica’s Prime Minister, came to enjoy the event and to support the only pediatric hospital in the West Indies. Many people from all over the world also watched the concert in the LIME TV live stream. According to attendees and live viewers, the event and the concert were great!
All proceeds of the Shaggy & Friends concert will go to the Bustamante Children’s Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. This year’s edition focuses on raising money for the cardiac unit of the only pediatric hospital in the West Indies.
Shaggy along with Tarrus Riley, Romain Virgo, Tami Chynn, Wayne Marshall, Tifa, Future Fambo, Deniece Williams, Ms Kitty, Maxi Priest, Eve, Mystic Davis, Half Pint, Agent Sasco, Mr Vegas, Gyptian, Rayvon, Tessanne Chin, Cocoa Tea, Junior Reid, I-Octane, Stephen Marley, Damian Marley, Beres Hammond, Lauryn Hill, Rohan Gunter and more graced the stage and made the evening unforgettable for anyone who attended.
Shaggy and Tessanne performed Shaggy’s new single Dame feat. Kat DeLuna – which premiered on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno earlier this week. Check out the video below!
Shaggy and Tessanne Chin perform Dame live on Shaggy & Friends
Shaggy & Friends concert
Tomorrow, the third edition of the Shaggy & Friends charity concert is taking place at the Lawns of Jamaica House in Jamaica! The concert, which includes performances by Lauryn Hill, Eve, Maxi Priest and Shaggy, will raise funds to the construction of a 15-bed cardiac intensive care unit at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrews, Jamaica. All proceeds go to the Bustamante Hospital. If you’re in Jamaica on January 7, I dare you to come support the Shaggy & Friends charity concert and Make a Difference!
Line-up
Shaggy, Eve, Lauryn Hill, Maxi Priest, Half-Pint, Coco Tea, I-Octane, Gyptian, Mr Vegas, Wayne Marshall, Tami Chynn, Deniece Williams, Assassin, Romain Virgo and two huge surprise acts are going to give a performance on Shaggy & Friends!
Tickets
Tickets to the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert are available at Liguanea Drug & Garden, Susie’s Bakery & Coffee Bar (Southdale), Music Mart, LG Service Stations (C. Spring Rd.), Sun Island outlets islandwide, Tracks & Records, The Jamaica Pegasus, Wyndam Kingston and selected LIME outlets (Half Way Tree, Carlton Crescent, Bargain Main, Portmore Mall, Knutsford and Sovereign). There are three tickets levels for adults and two ticket levels for children. For more ticket info, visit the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation!
Tickets to the concert live stream
Can’t attend? No worries! You don’t have to miss this prestigious benefit concert or any of the performances, as LIME TV is offering a pay-per-view live stream. Get access now! Proceeds of the live stream will be donated to Shaggy & Friends.
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!
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 & 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 brings you the feel good vibes of Sugarcane for the summer of 2011. The video was all shot in Jamaica, in the areas of Port Royal, Falmouth, and Portland. Sugarcane was produced by Teflon the Producer. The Sugarcane Remix was produced by Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor. Both the original and the remix are great!
Did you catch the original Sugarcane video yet? If not, you can watch it here. Director Jay Will for Game Over released an extended version of the Sugarcane video (the official director’s cut), watch it below! Wanna know what Shaggy’s saying? Check the video with lyrics! Sugarcane is the first single on Shaggy’s awesome 2011 album Summer in Kingston!
Shaggy – Sugarcane Extended Video Version (Official Director’s Cut)
Director: Jay Will (Game Over)
Producer: Carleene Samuels
DP: Chris Browne, Richard Lannaman, Storm, Garteh Cobran
Editor: Kritik (KAOARTS)
Musical Score: Smokey (Sakiynah)
Sneak peek of the brand new hot remix of Sugarcane featuring
Chino & Agent Sasco, produced by Stephen Di Genius McGregor
Summer in Kingston is the #1 album on the iTunes Reggae Album Charts and Sugarcane is the #1 single on the iTunes Reggae Song Charts! Get your copy of Summer in Kingston now!
Shaggy’s Summer in Kingston album launch in Jamaica
Shaggy launched his awesome new album Summer In Kingston on Saturday night at the Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston, Jamaica. New Kingston was blocked off for the event and patrons were treated to a full-fledged stage show and the Sugarcane video launch. The concert and video were received with great enthusiasm!
Shaggy, Ity & Fancy Cat, Chino, Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor, Agent Sasco, QQ, Khago, Elephant Man, Bounty Killer, Ragashanti and Stone Love and Renaissance performed. Watch a video by the Jamaica Star with interviews and parts of concert below! Enjoy!
Let Shaggy take you to Jamaica as well and get his awesome new album Summer in Kingston, which is available for a time-limited special fan-appreciation price of just $2.99!
Shaggy’s Summer in Kingston album launch in Jamaica
Sneak peek: Shaggy feat. Tarrus Riley – Just Another Girl
Check Shaggy’s official Facebook for a link to a sneak peek of one of the tracks on the awesome upcoming album Summer in Kingston and an interview about the album title, the Sugarcane video and more! Wow!
Shaggy just tweeted: “Summer in Kingston sneak peek listen to “Just Another Girl” ft. Tarrus Riley on Boomshots!”
Just Another Girl is the extra-heavy lead cut off Shaggy’s Summer In Kingston, which is set to be released on July 19 on iTunes and other digital outlets only! Just Another Girl features the great Tarrus Riley. Singy Singy reprises a classic Ken Boothe hook—with its haunting contradiction of trying to get over a girl while you’re still singing about her—and the DJ’s skills are on point as usual. You can front on Shaggy if you like, but reggae’s biggest living hit-maker just keeps knockin’ them out the park. Run that!
Summer in Kingston album release party
Shaggy’s awesome upcoming album Summer in Kingston and the video to his off the hook new single Sugarcane will be launced with a massive party and free concert at the Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston on July 16 in Shaggy’s home country, Jamaica! New Kingston will be on lockdown for this massive event and MTV and Rolling Stone will be there to cover the massive party! Shaggy, Chino, Agent Sasco, Di Genius, Stone Love, Renaissance, the Tantrum Band and Ity and Fancy Cat will perform at the event, that starts at 7 PM.
Boomshots Shaggy interview
The Boomshots article features an interview with Shaggy as well! Shaggy talks about how he wants the Sugarcane video to showcase the “splendidness” of Jamaica. Read the interview and listen to Just Another Girl on Boomshots!
New tour date: Suikerrock, Belgium
Shaggy will perform at the Suikerrock festival in Tienen, Belgium on July 31! Other artists to perform at Suikerrock on July 31 are The Opposites, Customs, Das Pop, Arid and Grace Jones. You can get more info about the festival and tickets at the Suikerrock site. Shaggy will also perform at Kursaal in Ostend, Belgium on July 29!
Brooklyn Music Festival promo video
Shaggy, Fabolous, B.O.B., Barrington Levy, Lady Saw, Marcia Griffiths, Tanya Stephens, Tony Matterhorn, Ding Dong, Assassin, Ricky Blaze, Little Hero, Daville, Yellowman, Gregory Isaacs and more will perform on July 4 at the Brooklyn Music Festival. Here’s a hot new promo video (and a shorter promo video too)! Sounds like it’s gonna be a siick festival!
International Reggae Day
On July 1 the International Reggae Day festival will be held, celebrating Jamaica’s rich cultural legacy, history, and musical impact all across the world. The virtual media event is designed as a Red, Gold and Green I Love Jamaica campaign and global reggae party. Shaggy will be one of the featured artists at the IRD virtual Media Festival! Jamaica Observer and IRD official site.
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!
Rise Again #1 reggae song in Atlanta Rise Again, the song Shaggy wrote to help the earthquake victims in Haiti, is the number one reggae song in Atlanta! Read it here in the Atlanta top 30.
Aid Haiti Telethon on CVM TV Jamaica
CVM TV Jamaica, Solid Agency, Lime and Shaggy’s Big Yard Music Group present the Aid Haiti Telethon, which will be broadcast live on CVM TV today between 1 and 6 pm coming live from Hilton, New Kingston, Jamaica. There will be performances by many dancehall, reggae and soca superstars, among whom Shaggy!
Artists who will perform on the telethon are Shaggy, Elephant Man, Alison Hinds, Freddie McGregor, Etana, Marcia Griffiths, Mykal Rose, Ding Dong, Da’Ville, Gramps Morgan, Demarco, Alaine, Una Morgan, Richie Stephens, Assassin (Agent Sasco), Tessanne Chin, Judy Mowatt, Kris Kelli, Richie Spice, Christopher Martin, Brick & Lace, Barbee, Chino, Wasp, Tami Chynn, Tarrus Riley, G-Whizz and Wayne Marshall and more! Sources and more info about how to help Haiti: Dancehall.mobi, Lime and SociaLingua.
If you’re in Jamaica, text 444 4357 or call 1-800-744-2484 (a regional toll free number) to contribute!
Negril Escape photos and review
Shaggy’s concert at the Negril Escape in Jamaica “took the series to a new level” and “was very exciting; no wonder he is such a revered star world wide”: you can read this and more in the Out A road review! People say the show was great. Cathie and Jammin Negril uploaded many photos of Shaggy, Rayvon and crew with fans and in concert at the Negril Escape One Love concert series in Jamaica!
Negril Escape video
Here’s the first live video of Shaggy in concert at the Negril Escape One Love concert series in Jamaica: it’s Strength of a Woman!
Strength of a Woman at the Negril Escape One Love concert in Jamaica
