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July 29, 2011

Upcoming and new UK interviews

Shaggy NOT at Merah Club, London tonight
Shaggy tweeted: “I will not be at that Club in London that is advertising me for tonight. You can see me Sunday at the One Love Peace Festival, Wembley Arena”

Shaggy with Westwood on BBC Radio 1Xtra (today 6 P.M.)
Shaggy will join Vis (in for Westwood) to count down the 6@6 GMT+1 on BBC Radio 1Xtra! Tune in! And check the 1Xtra webcam as well!

Shaggy’s Top 10 on BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra (July 31)
BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra will broadcast Shaggy’s Top 10 on BBC Radio 1Xtra and BBC Radio 1 at 5 A.M. GMT+1 on Sunday, July 31! Shaggy is performing at the One Love Peace Festival at the Wembley Arena in London later that day. Tune in!

Shaggy on Choice FM
Shaggy was on Choice FM with Max and Kojo this morning and the interview was great fun! Here’s a photo of Shaggy and Max! And one of Shaggy and Kojo! Haven’t heard the interview yet or wanna listen again? We got you covered, listen to part of the interview again on the Choice FM Breakfast podcast!

Max and Shaggy at the Choice FM Breakfast show in London UK interviewKojo and Shaggy at Choice FM studio London UK

 
Shaggy on Daybreak on ITV
Shaggy joined Dan and Kate to talk about his performance at Sunday’s One Love Peace Festival at the Wembley Arena in London. UK: watch the interview video online!

Heatwave Shaggy interview: music, One Love Peace Festival and more
Loukia C interviewed Shaggy for Heatwave ahead of his concert at the One Love Peace Festival on July 31. Was it Shaggy or not? How has Shaggy’s music evolved and what’s the importance of cross-over music? How did Bob Marley’s music influence Shaggy? What can people expect from the One Love Peace Festival? Read the answers and much more in the Heatwave interview!

We’re looking forward to having you here in the UK, are you looking forward to performing?
“Absolutely! It’s been about five years since I have been here and actually done a concert in the UK. So you know, Wembley Arena is a fitting venue for the occasion and I think and the occasion is fitting as it’s for a good cause. The best way to stop violence is through music: the celebration of music is a celebration of peace, love and harmony.”

As you mentioned, the One Love festival is supporting a campaign against gun and knife crime. Is this something you feel strongly about?
“Well there’s always been an issue about these things in dancehall and West Indian culture in itself, so yes. A lot of people have thought of dancehall as the music of violence and guns and homophobia. But I remember when reggae music was the music of sun, fun, peace, love and weed; you know what I mean?

Is it important to cross over?
Absolutely! We have to engage with it. When a hip hop artist goes on tour you see all these big sponsors for them but this doesn’t happen for reggae artists. We need to get a level of consumerism for reggae music.

And your new album Summer In Kingston – what was the stimulation for that?
You’re going to love it and you’re going to live with it. It’s a real feel good album. It’s only got eight tracks and will only be released digitally.

The first single, Sugarcane, is a catchy little number…
Yes! It’s that cheeky, tongue in cheek, ambiguous type of song with a comedic undertone, which is true of Shaggy. When you listen to it it’s uplifting – it’s feel good music. It’s a new Shaggy, with a new vibe.

Shaggy supports new mentoring system
Shaggy and the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, are teaming up to launch a new mentoring system, to encourage more Londoners to become mentors, at City Hall at 9.30 AM today!

More UK Shaggy interviews

July 28, 2011

UK Shaggy interviews

Shaggy in the UK for the One Love Peace Festival (July 31)
Shaggy, Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes, Gyptian and many more are going to perform at the One Love Peace Festival at the Wembley Arena in London, UK this Sunday, July 31! Shaggy arrived in the UK this morning. He tweeted: “Jus touchdown ina London town!!!”

Did you get your tickets to the One Love Peace Festival yet? Tickets are still available and extra tix have been made available at several ticket stores. Go get your tickets now, the festival is gonna be maaadd!

Tomorrow morning: ITV & Choice FM
Tune in to ITV1 or ITV1 HD tomorrow morning to catch Shaggy live on Daybreak between 6 and 8.30 A.M. GMT+1! He’ll be on the Kojo & Max Breakfast show on Choice FM tomorrow morning, tune in at 6 A.M. GMT+1 to listen to Mr Boombastic live on air! More to be added!

 
More UK interviews

Voice Online: music, critics, being a role model, what his grandmother taught him and more
Voice Online interviewed about Shaggy’s music, critics, being a role model, lessons he learned from his grandmother, what people can expect from his performance at the One Love Peace Festival and much more!

“IN AN industry where hype and bravado are often on par with actual talent, it’s always refreshing to hear an artist telling it like it is, without the pretence. Case in point: Shaggy.” Read the full interview on Voice Online!

“Once you’re in a position of prominence, you will be a social role model,” he says. “But role models aren’t just celebrities. Role models are in your everyday life. Parents, friends, they’re all role models. But anytime somebody looks up to you, you automatically become a role model. So yeah, I consider myself a role model.”

 
Phina Oruche of BBC Radio Merseyside interviews Shaggy for Upfront
Phina Oruche interviewed Shaggy about his performance at the One Love Peace Festival in London on July 31 and his new album Summer in Kingston. Here’s the interview audio of part 2 (Shaggy is featured at around 25 minutes into the show, after Luv Me Luv Me)!

 
Daddy Turbo of ICRFM: Summer in Kingston & One Love Peace Festival
Daddy Turbo of ICRFM interviewed Shaggy about his new album Summer in Kingston and performing at the One Love Peace Festival in London (for which you can win meet & greet tix on the festival site), listen to the interview audio here!

 
Teen celebrity & showbiz reporter Eve-Yasmine interviews Shaggy for Superstar Magazine
Teen celebrity & showbiz reporter Eve-Yasmine interviewed Shaggy about his style, swagger, confidence, kids, music, new album, the One Love Peace Festival and more… Read the interview on Super Star Magazine!

A quote from the interview: How would describe the sound and special style for this new Summer in Kingston album? What made you decide to go for a digital album?

Summer in Kingston
I just wanted to create a real feel good album, when you’ve been doing it for as much time I as I have, you want to re-invent and do something that still lives. It’s a digital album and the best part is, I’m giving you a recession price – $2.99! A sign of a appreciation more so than anything, I just wanted to get everybody back, involved, feelin’ it and lovin’ it.

Next year: physical cd release with more songs to be added!
It’s a 2 year project that we are having, we will eventually put the hard copy out with more tracks to it. At the moment there are 8. Sugarcane is the first single which is doing really well over here in the states, lots of buzz, lots of vibes…. we’re doing our thing, so fingers crossed. Read more.

 
Unique Radio: Shaggy’s music, One Love Peace Festival, new album and more
Shaun Powerz of Unique Radio interviewed Shaggy! They talked about Shaggy’s songs from Oh Carolina to Intoxication, his upcoming show at the One Love Peace Festival and his upcoming album Summer in Kingston, to be released on July 19 on Ranch Entertainment! And Shaggy says he’s going on a world tour next year, yay!!

 
Tellstream Radio: new album, launch, charity, 2012 Olympics and more
Big John New000 interviewed Shaggy for Tellstream Radio about Shaggy’s new album, album & video launch, charity concerts, the 2012 Olympics and much more!

Shaggy & Friends charity concert 2011
Shaggy told Big John New000 he’s going to launch a Shaggy & Friends charity concert again this year! In 2009 and 2010, Shaggy organized concerts through the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation benefiting the Bustamente Hospital for Children, and the proceeds provided the Bustamente Hospital for Children with much needed equipment!

Jamaica Village at the Olympics 2012
Shaggy is the spokesperson for the Jamaica Village at the Olympics 2012 in the UK! The Jamaica Village will feel like Jamaica and it’ll have 10 nights of concerts! Shaggy, who performed alongside Barrington Levy at the Jamaica Village Launch (photos), says: “Jamaica will run the place!”

Unfortunately, Jamaica Village was canceled due to lack of funding.

Check back later for more interviews – or you can add a link to another interview in the comments!

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