Upcoming song & video: Shaggy & Leo Aberer record “Football is My Life” for the UEFA EURO 2012!
Shaggy and Leo Aberer recorded “Football is my life” for the upcoming UEFA EURO 2012 Championships! Chili TV visited them on set in New York and reports!
Chili TV: Shaggy & Leo Aberer “Football is My Life” interview
Wanna know more about how they got to work together? Visit Leo Aberer.com for an article with photos by Krone and Orf.at for the story behind this duet!
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MTV Inside Shaggy in Jamaica video MTV Japan
Wanna take a look in Shaggy´s Big Yard music studio in Jamaica, watch interviews and hear a lot of cool music? MTV Japan did a documentary about Shaggy in Jamaica. Shaggy talks about his origins in Rae Town, Kingston, his music from the Ruff Entry Crew, his situation with different record companies until Church Heathen and Intoxication (which was being released when this video documentary was made) and you get to take a look in his house and his studio. Bob Marley’s studio is also featured in the video. The music in the video is among others Big Up (live), Boombastic, Luv Me Luv Me, Why Must She Treat You So Bad, Angel, It Wasn’t Me, Wild 2Nite, More Woman, Woman Scorned, What’s Love, Reggae Vibes and the rare Call Me Up!
Big Yard´s manager and producer Robert Livingston also talks about Shaggy and how their collaboration came about. He says Shaggy’s one of the greatest artist he’s ever met. Fellow artists Chuck Fender, Blacker, General Degree, Christopher Martin and Voicemail also speak about Shaggy. Shaggy made a special Church Heathen and Call Me Up dubplate for MTV Japan as well. You can now watch the video online!
BMO Music Fest 2009 Tokyo and Okinawa photos
Spotted Stripes has a photo of Shaggy in Tokyo and a pic of Shaggy in Okinawa. Positive Productions also has a picture.
BMO Music Fest 2009 Okinawa video of Angel
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
Festa dell’Unità in Rome Shaggy videos
Shaggy performed at the Festa dell’Unità in Rome, Italy yesterday. Here are a couple of videos from the concert including one where Shaggy calls two of his kids on stage. Shaggy’s little daughter Sydney dances to Shaggy singing Call Me Up – so cute!
Call Me Up featuring Sydney
More Genoa and Festa dell’Unita videos (It Wasn’t Me, Boombastic and Hey Sexy Lady) are behind the cut
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