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, 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, Celine Dion and Kelly Rowland to perform at Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 2012
The Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival organization just announced that Shaggy, Celine Dion, Kelly Rowland, John Holt, Yellowman, Half Pint, Marcia Griffiths and Toots Hibbert are going to hit the stage at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival at the Greenfield Stadium in Trelawny, Jamaica!
The festival, which is known to attract visitors from all over the world, takes place from January 26 to 28 2012. Tickets will be available soon in Kingston and Montego Bay, as well as online at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival site.
Shaggy performed at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival before. Below you can watch a video of Shaggy and John Legend performing Broadway & Dennis Brown’s classic tune Revolution!
Shaggy and John Legend live at an earlier installment of the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival
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!
Shaggy on WPIX (today)
New York Shaggy fans! Shaggy will be on the Morning News on WPIX this morning! Tune in to WPIX at 8.40 AM to watch Shaggy live!
Watch the WPIX Morning News live!
Wanna watch the WPIX Morning News live? Here’s the link to the live stream! And here are the videos of Shaggy on WPIX!
Shaggy interview about his new album Summer in Kingston and performing at the Martin Luther King Jr. concert series at Wingate Fields, Brooklyn, New York on August 22! And he tasted deliciously looking jerk chicken and jerk lobster for the item on the upcoming Jamaican Jerk Festival NY!
Reeds Festival, Pfäffikon, Switzerland (July 23)
Swiss Shaggy fans, it’s gonna be your lucky day again soon! Shaggy is headlining the second day of the Reeds Festival in Pfäffikon, Switzerland on July 23! You can get tickets on StarTicket!
Shaggy on Lopez Tonight (July 26)
US Shaggy fans, listen up! Shaggy will perform at Lopez Tonight on TBS on July 26! Don’t miss out and tune in on July 26, it’s gonna be great!
One Love Peace Festival, Wembley Arena, London, UK (July 31)
Shaggy, Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes, Gyptian, Ky-Mani Marley, John Holt and more will perform at the One Love Peace Festival at the Wembley Arena in London on July 31! Tickets are available at several ticket outlets.
Win meet & greet tix at the One Love Peace Festival
Would you like to meet the artists? And win tickets to the festival? You can win meet & greet tickets at the One Love Peace Festival site this week!
Win regular tix to the One Love Peace Festival
Would you like to get free entry to the festival? Then enter these ticket competitions as well: Urban World, South Harrow, Kilburn Times and Klick Radio!
Win tickets to Shaggy at P.C. Richard & Son Theater for iHeartRadio Live, New York (July 6)
Shaggy will perform an exclusive live concert at the P.C. Richard & Son Theater in New York for iHeartRadio Live on July 6! He’ll perform Sugarcane as well as other songs of his hot upcoming album. You can’t buy tickets anywhere, but you can win them! Click here to enter for free tickets!
Shaggy tweeted: “NYC – few days left to enter to win tix to my private show at the PC Richard and Son Theater on 7/6!” Join in now!
Win a meet & greet at the One Love Peace Festival, Wembley Arena, London, UK (July 31)
Shaggy, Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes, Gyptian, Ky-Mani Marley, John Holt, Etana, Third World, Aswad, Natty King, Trinity, Skepta, Princess Nyah, Wayne Wade and more will perform at the One Love Peace Festival at the Wembley Arena in London on July 31!
Do you want to win tickets to the One Love Peace Festival at the Wembley Arena in London on July 31? You can win meet & greet tickets at the One Love Peace Festival official site! The Choice FM Breakfast show is giving listeners the chance to win meet & greets with Shaggy, Busta Rhymes, Gyptian and Sean Paul at the One Love Peace Festival too, tune in to Choice FM this week between 6 and 9 AM for your chance to win! Also, Urban World is offering a chance to win regular tickets!
Shaggy tweeted: “Win Meet and Greet tickets to see me live at the One Love Peace Festival 31 July at the Wembley Arena. Check One Love Peace Festival for details.” This week is the last week that you can win meet & greet tickets to the festival!
March 22: New Cruise Ship Pier Opening, Falmouth, Jamaica (confirmed)
Shaggy will perform live at the inauguration of the new Cruise Ship Pier in Falmouth, Jamaica on March 22! Source: Shaggy’s official MySpace.
July 31: One Love Reggae Festival, Wembley Arena, London, UK (confirmed)
UK Shaggy fans, get ready! Here’s good news for you! Shaggy will be back in the UK for a concert at the One Love Peace Festival alongside among others Sean Paul and Busta Rhymes at the Wembley Arena in London on July 31!
One Love Peace Festival 2011
The 2011 One Love Peace Festival in London marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Bob Marley, aiming to make his message of peace live on in contemporary London and the UK. It purports to emphasize the importance of peace and togetherness and reduce gun and knife crime. Ky-Mani Marley, Busta Rhymes, Shaggy, Sean Paul, Gyptian, John Holt, Etana, Third World, Aswad, Natty King, Trinity, Skepta, Princess Nyah, Wayne Wade and the Abyssinians are among the artists who will perform at the One Love Peace Festival! Further acts are to be announced.
One Love Peace Festival History
The One Love Peace Festival has been inspired by the 1978 One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica, which was held to bring about peace between the warring factions in Jamaica and Kingston’s inner city areas. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Peter Tosh, Dennis Brown, Beres Hammond and Big Youth were among the performers. As for footage of this historical concert: here’s a video in which Bob Marley sang Jammin’ and had rivaling political leaders Michael Manley and Edward Seaga shake hands after bringing them on stage.
