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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Shaggy feat. Gary Nesta Pine Fly High
Shaggy recently shot a video for his new single Fly High. The song features Gary Nesta Pine, the current lead singer of the Wailers (who is also known for his collaboration with Bob Sinclair on Love Generation). The new single will probably be released on June 12!
More Fligh High info
The new single has already entered the German DJ Playlist Chart! Here’s a a little more info about the video.
SeeFestTage videos
Here are a couple of videos of Shaggy & crew performing live at the SeeFestTage 2009 in Austria. If you want to view all videos and follow the updates on the SeeFestTage 2009, go here.
Interview video at the Kleine Zeitung, overdubbed in German – Get My Party On – Shaggy & Rayvon Angel – Shaggy singing Boombastic, love the reggae and Bonafide Girl – helicopter show (Shaggy is in the video around 0:07 minutes) .
Puls 4 concert review with Boombastic, Angel, a backstage interview and more (Shaggy is at 40 seconds into the video and further on)
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
Shaggy’s MySpace has been updated with the following tour dates!
May 9 SeeFestTage, Schwarzl Freizeitzentrum, Unterpremstätten, Graz, Austria
May 24 Johannesburg, South Africa
June 18-21 BMO Music Fest ’09 with Shaggy, Lil Jon, Omarion, Sean Kingston, J. Holiday, T.O.K. and Pitbull
June 18 BMO Music Fest ’09 in Tokyo, Zepp Tokyo, Japan
June 20 BMO Music Fest 2009 Day 1, Ginowan Outdoor Theater, Okinawa, Japan
June 21 BMO Music Fest 2009 Day 2, Ginowan Outdoor Theater, Okinawa, Japan
July 21 Freestyle Park, Prague, Czech Republic
July 22 Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria
July 24 Reeds Reggae Festival, Pfaffikon, Switzerland
July 25 Restaurant Goldener Anker, Interlaken, Switzerland
July 26 Ruhr Reggae Summer Festival, Mullheim Ruh, Germany
Win tickets to Shaggy’s very special Swiss showcase
You can win tickets to Shaggy’s very special Swiss showcase featuring Rayvon and DJ Kue at the Kulturfabrik Kofmehl in Solothurn, Switzerland on May 8 at the Berner Zeitung.
If you want to to view the full Shaggy 2009 world tour schedule, you can find it under concert dates.
Grenada concert info
Shaggy and crew will perform on the Grenada’s Co-op Bank Rock-D-Spice Music, Arts and Craft Festival on May 30 (confirmed). There’s more info at SKN Vibes, Tropical Fete and official site.
Shaggy supports the Jamaican bloodbank
Jamaica Gleaner article.
Shaggy and Rayvon at the Power 96 Stage of the Calle Ocho Block Party, Miami
Shaggy and Rayvon performed at the biggest block party in the world, on the Power 96 Stage of the Calle Ocho Block Party in Miami on March 15. Here is a rerun of the video!
Shaggy and Rayvon performing live at the Calle Ocho Block Party in Miami video
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