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January 4, 2014

Shaggy & Friends charity concert 2014

Shaggy & Friends charity concert 2014
Happy New Year, everyone! The New Year rings in with the fourth staging of the Shaggy & Friends Benefit Concert, which will be held on the Lawns of Jamaica House on Saturday, January 4, 2014.

Line-up
The 2014 concert will be headlined by Shaggy himself, along with Ne-Yo and Tessanne Chin, the champion of the US installment of The Voice and longtime Shaggy and Friends collaborator. This will be her first concert since claiming the title in December and Jamaica is understandibly excited to see the local songbird in action.

Other artists to perform are none other than Sean Paul, Elephant Man, Tarrus Riley, Pinchers, Konshens, Wayne Marshall, Agent Sasco, Admiral Bailey, Admiral Tibet & Mighty Diamonds, Carlene Davis, Chronixx, The Voice competitor Matthew Schuler, and many very special guests!

Tickets and Cause
Tickets will be available while stocks last at Pegasus, LG Service Center, Pet Com Dunrobin & Ocho Rios, Cannon Ball, Liguanea Drug & Garden and Music Mart.

The Shaggy & Friends concert benefits the Bustamente Children’s Hospital, the only pediatric hospital in the Caribbean.

Free online live stream
Can’t attend? The event will be streamed online for free via:

Save a Life
Here’s another chance to play your part and Make A Difference for the Bustamante Children’s Hospital! There are several ways you can donate to The Shaggy Make A Difference Foundation, whether or not you will be attending the show. Check out the options below!

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May 1, 2012

Shaggy to Belgium, Connecticut, North Dakota and South Africa

Upcoming tour dates: South Africa, Connecticut, Belgium and North Dakota
Beside upcoming performances in Chile, Colombia, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Miami, Portugal and The Netherlands, Shaggy is going to perform at:

Mbay Megafest, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (June 2)
Shaggy, Ludacris, Ne-Yo, Protoje and more are going to perform at the first annual Mbay Megafest at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on June 2! For more info, visit the Mbay Megafest site. Here’s a promo video including a short bio of the artists!

Update: You can now get your tickets on Computicket!

LAZ, Hartford, Connecticut (June 17)
Shaggy, I-Octane, Serani, Chris Martin, Ding Dong and more are going to perform at the Stunting Like My Daddy, Father’s Day Car & Bike Show! The event is taking place on June 17 at the West Indian Social Club LAZ Parking Lot in Hartford, Connecticut.

Afro-Latino Festival, Bree, Belgium (June 22)
Shaggy, Ganga Giri, Buscemi, Squadra Bossa, Batida and Che Sudaka are going to perform at the opening night of the Afro-Latino Festival in Bree, Belgium on June 22! Visit the Afro-Latino site for lots of info about the festival. Get your tickets now on Sherpa!

New Town, North Dakota (September 1)
Shaggy will perform at the 4 Bears Casino, New Town, North Dakota on September 1!

Shaggy’s tour schedule
All upcoming tour dates of Shaggy’s worldtour as known so far!

January 29, 2012

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

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 8, 2011

Shaggy & Friends charity concert on January 7, 2012

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!

Jamaica Star video of the Shaggy & Friends launch

More interview videos from the Shaggy & Friends launch: Pree Jamaica and CVM TV. For photos, visit Infuzion.Inc, United Reggae and Jamaicans.

November 17, 2011

Shaggy & Friends charity concert 2011

Shaggy & Friends 2011 charity concert
Shaggy launched the third edition of his Shaggy & Friends charity concert in Kingston, Jamaica yesterday! The concert will take place on January 7, 2012 and Shaggy, Ne-Yo, Lauryn Hill, Stephen Marley, Bunji Garlin, Cocoa Tea, Assassin, Deniece Williams, Wayne Marshall, Tami Chynn, Chino, Romain Virgo, Half Pint and Faye-Ann Lyons will perform!

Shaggy & Friends 2011 promo & line-up

Photos from the Shaggy & Friends launch
Shaggy launches Dec 30 Shaggy & Friends concert with Ne-Yo, Lauryn Hill,  Stephen Marley, Bunji Garlin, Cocoa Tea, Assassin, Deniece Williams, Wayne Marshall, Tami Chynn, Chino, Romain Virgo, Half Pint and Faye-Ann LyonsShaggy & Friends benefit concert launch 2011Shaggy & Friends benefit concert launch 2011

September 10, 2011

Memories of 9/11

Tomorrow it’s 10 years ago that the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook the world. Reuters asked Shaggy, Kate Winslet, Justin Bieber, Ne-Yo and other celebrities about their memories of this tragedy, here’s the video!

Shaggy says at 1:05 minutes: “I was amazed at how they just went, I thought like, ‘okay the plane hit it, you know, it’s the World Trade Center, are you kidding me right now?’ And when they just started falling, I was like ‘wow. What is this?'”

March 22, 2010

New releases and upcoming tour dates: Trinidad & Tobabo, Jamaica, St Lucia, Portugal and Hungary

Shaggy featured on new Cisco Adler album
Alison Hinds Caribbean Queen album cover feat. Shaggy Can't Let My Love Go Jah Cure Richie Spice Lyrikal Destra Garcia and moreShaggy, John Legend, Mickey Avalon, Dirt Nasty, Space Cowboy, Warren Jamez, Too Short, Eddie Rap Life, Cobra Starship and Cold Flamez will be featured on Cisco Adler’s upcoming 2010 album, which will be released late spring. Baller Status.

Shaggy on Alison Hinds’ new album!
The hot collaboration by Shaggy and Alison Hinds, Can’t Let My Love Go, is featured on Alison Hinds’ new album Caribbean Queen! Wanna get the album and Can’t Let My Love Go? It’s now available on iTunes!

International Reggae and World Music Awards 2010 Community Service Award Nomination
Save a Life by Shaggy & Friends has been nominated for the Community Service Award at the International Reggae And World Music Awards (IRAWMA) 2010! Other nominees are Capleton, Queen Ifrica, Usain Bolt and Help Jamaica.

Vote for Shaggy
Wanna cast your vote for the IRAWMAs? You can vote right here! The Community Service Awards are category 31 on the list of nominations.

Upcoming tour dates
Here are all newly added upcoming tour dates (all of them are yet to be confirmed). For the full list of 2010 concerts, go here.

Trinidad and Tobago (April 3-4)
Several media write that Shaggy, Morgan Heritage and Beres Hammond will perform at the I Am Legend 3 concerts at Queen’s Park Savannah stage in Trinidad on April 3 and at Tobago on April 4! More info: Trinidad and Tobago’s New Today and City 94 FM, where you can win tickets to the concert!

International Kite Festival Jamaica (April 5)
According to several sources, Shaggy, Beenie Man, D’Angel, Macka Diamond, Junior Reed, Chino, Freddie McGregor, Laden, George Nooks, Richie Stephens, Kiprich, Anthony Cruz, I-Octane, Lust, QQ, Wasp, Jimmy Riley, Stacious, Neville Lindo, Steele and many more will perform at the International Kite Festival in Ocho Rios, St Ann, Jamaica on April 5! Sources and more info: Keep It Jiggy, Andre Glegg (flyer) and Jamaica Observer.

Win tickets to St Lucia Jazz Festival (May 9)
Shaggy will perform alongside Maxi Priest at the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival 2010 on May 9 in Saint Lucia! If you’re a resident of the US, Canada or the Caribbean, you can enter the sweepstakes to win a trip for two and tickets to Saint Lucia Jazz in May 2010, where you can see Shaggy, Maxi Priest, Ne-Yo, Jean-Luc Ponty, Corinne Bailey Rae, T-Vice and many more live!

Queima das Fitas, Portugal (May)?
The Diario Beiras writes that Shaggy might perform at the Queima das Fitas in Coimbra, Portugal. The festival is held from May 7 to 14.

Best of the Best 2010, Miami (May 30)
The South Florida Caribbean News and the Broward-Palm Beach New Times write that Shaggy will perform at the Best of the Best 2010 concert on May 30 in Miami! The line-up includes Shaggy, Gucci Mane, Mavado, Serani, Bounty Killer, Baby Cham, Mr. Vegas, Anthony B, Demarco, Gyptian, Tony Matterhorn and the New Kingston Band. Shaggy also performed at the concert in 2007 and says it’s awesome to be back!
Shaggy will not perform at the Best of the Best concert this year, he will take the stage at Pure Nightclub and Venus Pool Club in Las Vegas during the Memorial Day weekend!

Agárdi Zenei Fesztivál, Hungary (July/August)
Shaggy, Sean Paul, Akon, Kardinal Offishal and many more artists will perform at the Part 1 Agárdi Zenei Fesztivál in Agard, Hungary! The festival will be held July 28 – August 1. For more information and tickets, visit the official Agárdi Zenei Fesztivál site!

Unfortunately, the festival has been canceled.

Shaggy’s full 2010 tour schedule

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