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January 29, 2012

Shaggy, Tarrus Riley and Ne-Yo at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival (video and photos)

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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

Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival photos
Check the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival and Visit Jamaica for photo galleries!


From left to right: Shaggy performing with Tarrus Riley and Ne-Yo (2), hanging out with Ne-Yo & Maxi Priest and backstage with Marcia Griffiths.

December 31, 2011

Best of the Best 2012 concert

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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!

The Best of the Best Concert 2012 will take place in the Memorial Day Weekend May 26 May 27 2012 at Bicentennial Park in Downtown Miami featuring Shaggy Mavado Serani Frankie Paul John Holt Admiral Bailey Marchia Griffiths Wayne Marshall Khago Ghost Demarco Ace Hood Jabba Jamusa DJ Khaled and more artists to be announced

More tour dates
All upcoming concert dates as known so far!

December 16, 2011

Newly added upcoming tour dates: NBC The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Shaggy & Friends charity concert and Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival, Jamaica and Sri Lanka!

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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

 

More upcoming tour dates
For Shaggy’s 2011 and 2012 tour schedule, check the Shaggy concert tour dates page!

November 9, 2011

Shaggy to perform at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues Fest 2012

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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

More upcoming tour dates
For Shaggy’s full 2011 and 2011 concert tour schedule as known so far, check the Shaggy’s 2011 & 2012 concert tour schedule page!

July 16, 2010

New video: Hopeton Lindo, Shaggy, Freddie McGregor, Marcia Griffiths, Courtney John, Peter Gee, Fiona, Sophia Brown and Anthony Cruz – I am Jamaica!

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I am Jamaica
Reggae artists Hopeton Lindo, Shaggy, Freddie McGregor, Marcia Griffiths, Courtney John, Peter Gee, Fiona, Sophia Brown and Anthony Cruz recorded the theme song for the I am Jamaica campaign, which aims at inspiring Jamaicans at home and abroad in support of a better and unified Jamaica.

The song was produced by Hopeton Lindo and the accompanying video was directed by Lukkee Chong and Max Earle of Frame by Frame Productions. All artists volunteered their time and all proceeds from the song will go towards various charities in Jamaica.

Hopeton Lindo, Shaggy, Freddie McGregor, Marcia Griffiths, Courtney John, Peter Gee, Fiona, Sophia Brown and Anthony Cruz – I am Jamaica!

Official links:

June 23, 2010

Newly added tour dates: New York and Belgium

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Shaggy’s official MySpace confirms the following new tour dates in New York and Belgium and offers special price tickets to the Brooklyn Music Festival:

Brooklyn Music Festival tickets
Shaggy writes that you can get special price tickets for the Brooklyn Music Festival by entering the promo code SHAGGY on Tix 4 Me when purchasing tickets!

The Brooklyn Music Festival will take place on July 4 and the line-up is stellar! Among others Shaggy, Shabba Ranks, Fabolous, B.O.B., Barrington Levy, Lady Saw, Marcia Griffiths, Tanya Stephens, Tony Matterhorn, Ding Dong, Assassin, Ricky Blaze, Courtney John, Daville, Yellowman and Gregory Isaacs will perform. More info. It’s gonna be a maaad festival!

Party FM Mega Jam 2010 (July 17)
Shaggy, Gyptian, Black Dada, Ultimate, Kardinall Offishal and many more artists will perform at the Mega Jam 2010 on July 17 in the Country Fair Entertainment Park in Medford, New York. You can get more info on the Party FM site. Tickets are available at Wan Tickets.

Suikerrock, Tienen, Belgium (July 31)
Shaggy’s official MySpace confirms that Shaggy will perform at the Suikerrock festival in Tienen, Belgium on July 31! Other artists to perform are The Opposites, Customs, Das Pop, Arid and Grace Jones. More info on the Suikerrock site, tickets are available at Tickoweb and Free Record Shop.

Shaggy’s full tour schedule

New upcoming song: I Am Jamaica!

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New song and video: Shaggy & other artists – I Am Jamaica
Shaggy, Freddie McGregor, Marcia Griffiths, Courtney John, Hopeton Lindo, Peter G, Sophia Brown, Fiona and Anthony Cruz recorded a new song, called I Am Jamaica. It is aimed at encouraging Jamaicans to come together and unite for charity. A music video is being made for the song! You can read more about it in this Jamaica Observer article.

June 10, 2010

New tour date: Suikerrock, Belgium

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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’s full tour schedule

May 16, 2010

Shaggy to perform at Brooklyn Music Festival and organizes a Walk for Peace in Jamaica

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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’s full tour schedule
 

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!

February 28, 2010

Aid Haiti Telethon on CVM TV, Negril Escape One Love concert photos and videos

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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

November 5, 2009

Shaggy & Friends Dare to Care continues, Save a Life live, Glow Club photos, Shaggy to Italy

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Shaggy and Friends I Dare You 2009 and 2010 videos
Shaggy organized a benefit concert for the Bustamente Hospital for Children in 2009. In 2010, a new Shaggy & Friends concert in benefit of the children’s hospital will be organized! More info.

Here are two new videos for the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, courtesy of DJ Kue. One has live footage from the Shaggy & Friends 2009 charity concert! The other video is a PSA for the Shaggy & Friends 2010 Dare to Care concert and the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, his charity in benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children!

Shaggy & Friends concert footage 2009 Save a Life
Shaggy, Elephant Man, Tesanne Chin, Etana, Sean Paul, Lady Saw, Macy Gray, Marcia Griffiths, Luciano, Freddie McGregor, Gramps Morgan, Tony Rebel, Rayvon, Rik Rok, Christopher Martin and other artists sing Save a Life live on the Shaggy & Friends concert in 2009!

Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation Dare to Care 2010 PSA

Glow Club photos
Shaggy, Rayvon and DJ Kue performed at the Glow Club in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Saturday October 31. Before that, they visited The Box club in St. Gallen (photos). Here’s a photo gallery of the performance at the Glow Club! Looking pretty cool, right?

Laut und Spitz also has a three pages photo gallery of Shaggy’s and Rayvon’s performance at Glow Club, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Photos on page 7-9.

Shaggy to Italy
It looks like Shaggy will perform in Italy this month!

Shaggy, Rayvon, Gibraltar Music (this is Shaggy’s tour manager Paul “Rossi” Lee, I guess, Shaggy started out as a dj on this sound system!), Golden Bass and High Grade will perform at the Demodè Disco Club in Bari on November 26.

Shaggy will play Teatro Palapartenope / Casa della Musica in Napoli, Italy on November 27, according to Go2 and Campania Tickets, as well as Rastasnob.

Shaggy, Rayvon, Golden Bass and the Groove Society Band will do a concert at the Leoncavallo in Milan on November 28.

Shaggy, Rayvon and band will perform at Fucina Controvento, Malghera, Venice, Italy on November 29! You can get more info at the source: the official Fucina Controvento site.

Update: These concerts have been confirmed on Shaggy’s MySpace!

January 6, 2009

Part II Shaggy and Friends concert reviews and videos, new Shaggy, Mighty Mystic and Leelie video!

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Part II Shaggy & Friends concert reviews, photos and videos
Here’s part II of the Shaggy & Friends reviews, pictures and videos post about Shaggy’s benefit concert for the Bustamente Hospital for Children. You can find part I here. Enjoy!

Reviews and photos
Jamaica Observer concert review: The Friends came out – Jamaica Gleaner pictures of guests and performers among others Rik Rok – Jamaica Observer review: Shaggy & Friends take a bow – Cambodia Jamaica concert photos.

Video of Shaggy & Rayvon at the Shaggy & Friends charity concert: Oh Carolina, Hope and Angel thanks to Outaroad.com

New Shaggy video: Mighty Mystic, Lelie and Shaggy Here I Am
A video was shot for Mighty Mystic’s single Here I Am featuring Shaggy and Lelie. Here’s a video preview!

Mighty Mystic, Lelie and Shaggy Here I Am video preview

January 5, 2009

Happy New Year and Shaggy and Friends reviews, video and photos

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Happy New Year!

The Shaggy & Friends benefit concert for the Bustamente Hospital for Children was a huge success! The number of people who came to view the show that took place on the lawn of Jamaica House on January 3 was very high. Artists who attended were among others Shaggy, Rik Rok, Rayvon, Na’Sha, Barrington Levy, Elephant Man, Macy Gray, D’Angel, Etana, Buju Banton, Luciano, Freddie McGregor, Tony Rebel, Tarrus Riley, Sean Paul, Allison Hinds, Ce’Cile, Christopher Martin, Marcia Griffiths, Da’Ville, Milk, Usain Bolt, Ity and Fancy Cat, Dean Fraser, Morgan Heritage and Lady Saw. Here are the first links!

Jamaica Observer review: Shaggy gives hope – Jamaica Gleaner review – Concert review and a photo of Shaggy and RikRok – Photos – Review: Nuff respect to Shaggy – a video of Etana performing at the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert – Outaroad pictures – LTTS review – Caribbean EMagazine review.

Jamaican prime minister Bruce Golding and opposition leader Portia Simpson Miller (she’s the former prime minister) also got on stage! Jamaica Star review. Shaggy and Friends recorded a tune and a video for this occasion which is called Shaggy & Friends – Save a Life. You can watch the video and read the lyrics here.

December 30, 2008

New: Shaggy & Friends – Save a Life: the video!!

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Here’s the video by Shaggy & Friends Save a Life for the Bustamente Hospital for Children Benefit Concert on January 3! The video was directed by Jay Will and features Shaggy, Elephant Man, Gramps Morgan, Christopher Martin, Sean Paul, Etana, Da’Ville, Marcia Griffiths, Luciano, Tesanne Chin, D-Lynx, Freddie McGregor and Robert Livingston.

Visit Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation to find all the info you want about Shaggy’s charity project for the Bustamente Hospital including the Shaggy & Friends Benefit Concert, 1 ticket = 1 life or this compilation!

Shaggy & Friends – Save a Life: the video!!

Shaggy & Friends Save a Life lyrics
Here is part of the Shaggy & Friends Save a Life lyrics:

(Shaggy) Yeah!
Shaggy & Friends yuh know
We all gotta do a part
(Gramps Morgan) Ey, ey, we can make it right
(Shaggy) Represent, I dare you!

(Gramps Morgan) Well I dare you to make a difference and I dare you take a stance (let them know Gramps!)
And I dare you to think of someone else, who’s in need of a helping hand
(Christopher Martin) What if I dare you to show our children what it really means to love (yeah yeah)
Well I dare you to just imagine, there’s nothing we can’t rise above
(Etana) And I dare you to be a person, with the will to make it right
And I dare you to have the conscience, to the cause and join the fight (wha yuh a seh!)
(Da’Ville)Well I dare you take a moment, to imagine how it feels
I dare you to take a look at someone else’s pain and offer some relief

(Chorus)
Take a stand, make it right
Lend a hand, save a life (save a life)
Understand, it’s alright
Lend a hand, save a life

(Marcia Griffiths) Should I dare you to be a person, with the will to make things right (yes sister Marcia)
I dare you to have the conscience, see the causant of the fight
(Luciano) Could I dare you to take a moment, to imagine how it feels
Take look at someone else’s pain and try to offer some relief
(Tesanne Chin) Well I dare you to make a difference and I dare you to take a stand
Let me dare you to think of someone else who’s in need of a helping hand
(Freddy McGregor) What if I dare you to show our children, what it really means to love
Could I dare you to just imagine, there is nothing that we can’t right

(Chorus)
Take a stand, make it right (we can make it right)
Lend a hand, save a life
Understand, it’s alright
Lend a hand, save a life

(Shaggy) Gotta express how I feel, you know the deal, the situation is real
(Elephant Man) Come on!
Full time we give a helping hand, show some love, listen now, you better have a stand
I dare you to try save a life, let’s make a change, for once and take a stand
We still putting up resistance and fight with the help up, Sean, Shaggy and Elephant man
(Sean Paul) Yow yow inna di circle of life, if we nah unite in the light, then we going nowhere
Time to reach new heights, every man gotta rise, we haffi chant it in di air
Help we brothers and sisters through the hard time inna life and the burden that we bear
Reach out for the helping hand, take a stand, just to show you care

(D’Major) Let us take the lead, yeah, (Tessanne Chin) love is what we need
(D’Major) This is how we feel yeah yeah yeah yeah
(Tessanne Chin) We can all achieve

(Chorus)
Take a stand, make it right
Lend a hand, save a life
Understand, it’s alright
Lend a hand, save a life
Save a life

Do you have any suggestions about the lyrics or do you wanna make any comments? Let me know below!!

December 13, 2008

Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation, Shaggy & Friends Benefit Concert!

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Shaggy is doing a beautiful thing for the Bustamente Hospital for Children in Kingston, Jamaica, and you can help! The Bustamente Hospital is the main pediatric hospital in the West Indies, which’ resources to treat children are stretched to the limit because of a lack of facilities. Expensive medical equipment and a lack of public and private funding counteract the hospital’s ability to provide the necessary health care required to treat each and every child.

Shaggy has been supporting the hospital for years and he now created the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation to help raise funds for the hospital to save many more children’s lives. You can read all about it on Shaggy’s official Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation site. It has information about how you can help and about Shaggy’s upcoming benefit concert. The site also has a lot of photos and videos.

The Shaggy & Friends benefit concert, 1 ticket equals saving 1 life, will be held on Saturday January 3 2009 on the Jamaica House Lawn featuring

none other than Shaggy himself, Macy Gray, Buju Banton, Sean Paul, J. Holliday, Tony Rebel, Sean Kingston, Tarrus Riley, Luciano, Tesanna Chin, Da’Ville, Freddie McGregor, Etana, Allison Hinds, Elephant Man, Marcia Griffiths, Tyson Beckford and many more.

The gates open at 6 PM, the concert starts at 8 PM. Tickets are available at Susie’s Bakery, White Bone’s Restaurant and Music Mart at Twin Gates Plaza. All proceeds will be donated to the Bustamente Hospital for Children!

Link: Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation.

Here’s a video featuring Shaggy and many more supporting Shaggy’s benefit concert on the lawns of Jamaica House on January 3. I hope the support turns out huge, it can help save many children’s lives! The line-up for the concert is stellar, check out the video below!

Shaggy was present at the launch of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival 2009 on the lawns of Devon House on Wednesday. There’s a picture and article with photo at the Jamaica Gleaner.

He announced his plans to stage a big benefit concert, to raise $2 million USD for the Bustamente Hospital for Children in Kingston, Jamaica. Shaggy will organize the concert on January 3 on the lawns of Jamaica House. The line-up hasn’t been announced yet, but according to Dancehall.mobi and the Jamaica Gleaner big artists will be there: among others J. Holliday, Macy Gray, Sean Kingston, Alric & Boyd and Tyson Beckford and of course Shaggy himself.

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