& Church Heathen & Bonafide Girl & What's Love & Like a Superstar & Feel Like Making Love & Intoxication & Feel the Rush & Donya & Don't Wanna Fight & Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection & Body A Shake & Bad Man Nuh Cry & Save a Life & Fly High & I Wear My Sunglasses at Night & Keep Ya Shades On! & She's a Lady & Can't Let My Love Go & Long Time & Under the Sun & I Wanna & Rise Again & For Yur Eyez Only & Shaggy & Friends & Girls Dem Luv We & Champagne & Sugarcane & Jamaican Drummer Boy & Smile & Dame & World Citizen & Girls Just Wanna Have Fun & Lengua & Football is My Life & Fight this Feeling & You Girl
Mystifyme concert photography has a photo gallery of the Raggamuffin Festival at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia, including photos of Shaggy & crew!
January 31 - Raggamuffin Melbourne video
Shaggy in Melbourne (if you wanna watch it, turn your speakers' volume down, the recording quality is not the best unfortunately).
It's official, Shaggy will perform at the Negril Escape One Love concert series at Negril Escape, Jamaica on February 23! For information about tickets and more, visit the Negril message board.
January 30 Part II - One Vibe TV interview snippet
Gigchick has photos of Shaggy at the Raggamuffin Festival 2010 (see her photos of Shaggy at the Raggamuffin Festival 2009 and 2010 here)!
January 29 Part III - Raggamuffin Afterparty
DJ Maxwell writes that Shaggy will be at the Raggamuffin afterparty at Mystique, Brisbane tomorrow!
January 29 Part II - Show of the Year
The Jamaica Observer chose the Shaggy & Friends concert in benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children as one of the shows of the year. Jamaica Observer article.
January 29 - Rise Again article with photos
Cayman Net News has an article with photos about the recording of Rise Again, the song Shaggy wrote for the earthquake victims in Haiti which features Caribbean artists like Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Alison Hinds and Tessanne Chin.
January 28 Part II - Shaggy and Usain Bolt in Hollywood
Seminole Hard Rock and Dancehall.mobi have photos of Shaggy and Usain Bolt at Jazzy T's birthday party at the Opium Nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida!
January 28 - Shaggy to Spring Break Jamaica
Shaggy and Beenie Man will perform in The Jungle in Jamaica during Spring Break on March 6. STS Travel.
January 27 Part II - Shaggy to Saint Lucia Jazz Festival
Shaggy, Maxi Priest, Steel Pulse, Toni Braxton, Foreigner and more artists will perform at the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival 2010, which will be held May 1-9. Source: Saint Lucia Tourist Board.
January 27 - Coke Zero concert videos
Here's video coverage of the Coke Zero concert in Kingston, Jamaica. Shaggy is also in the video shortly.
January 26 Part III - Raggamuffin Festival Perth review
Shaggy and crew were on stage at the Raggamuffin Festival in Perth yesterday. They performed a lot of Shaggy's songs in a hot set as well as songs like I Gotta Feeling by the BEP and Land Down Under by Men At Work. You can read more about the show in the Perth Now review!
Rise Again, the song Shaggy wrote to help the earthquake victims in Haiti, has been released! The song features Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Alison Hinds, Shontelle Layne, Edwin Yearwood, David Rudder, Kees Dieffenthaller, Destra Garcia, Tessanne Chin, Etana and Belo and was produced by Christopher Birch. By buying the song which will be released soon, you can help the people in Haiti, as all proceeds will go to the Haiti Relief Fund!
Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston and others - Rise Again
January 25 Part III - Rise Again Haiti
Digicel asked Shaggy and producer Christopher Birch to write and produce a song to raise money for the Digicel Haiti Relief Fund. Shaggy and Christopher Birch quickly went into the studio and wrote and produced Rise Again, which will be released today!
Artists featured on Rise Again are Jamaican, Barbadian, Trinidadian and Haitian artists including Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Alison Hinds, Shontelle Layne, Edwin Yearwood, David Rudder, Kees Dieffenthaller, Destra Garcia, Tessanne Chin, Etana and Belo!
Shaggy says about the release of the song: "Rise Again is for the people of Haiti. It is to show them that we are here for them and that we will support them each step of the way as they begin rebuilding their lives which were shattered by the earthquake. I am very proud of this song and the collaboration with Digicel. With today's launch of Rise Again, we can raise much needed funds to support the relief efforts in Haiti."
More info at Digicel. You can watch a preview of the video clip to Rise Again and listen to part of the song on MSN! TV stations all over the world have featured items about the "We Shall Rise Again" song, including US TV station E!
Here are two more videos of Shaggy's performance at the Raggamuffin Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand: Broadway and Angel and Angel. For videos with better sound quality, scroll down! If you wanna read another review of the Raggamuffin Festival, visit Voxy.
The new hot song I Wanna by Shaggy, Bob Sinclar, Sahara and Costa Ionita will be featured on Bob Sinclar's upcoming 2010 album Made in Jamaica.
Shaggy, Bob Sinclar, Sahara and Costa Ionita will shoot a video for the new single I Wanna in Jamaica in early February. For a preview of the single and album cover as well as an audio snippet of the song, visit Bob Sinclar.com!
January 24 Part IV - Raggamuffin Festival videos (updated)
Here's a video from the Raggamuffin Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand. It's Shaggy & crew performing Feel the Rush! You can also watch (or listen to) videos that were taken further away from the stage of Bonafide Girl and That Girl and Shaggy's entrance and Angel!
Feel the Rush live at the Raggamuffin Festival in New Zealand
January 24 Part III - Jolli Rancha Riddim
The Jolli Rancha Riddim, featuring Shaggy & Tessanne's hit song Never Let Me Go as well as contributions by Elephant Man, Christopher Martin and Ce'Cile, is now available on iTunes!
Jolli Rancha Riddim track list
1. Shaggy feat. Tessanne Chin - Never Let Me Go
2. Elephant Man - Call Out Ya Mon Name
3. Christopher Martin feat. D-Major - Here for You Always
4. Ce'Cile - Make Dem Know
January 24 Part II - Coke Zero and Mauritius photos
The Jamaica Gleaner has a photo of Shaggy backstage at the Coke Zero concert in Kingston, Jamaica. Dopo has a photo of Mr Boombastic in concert at the island of Mauritius in December 2009.
January 24 - New video shoot: I Wanna!
Shaggy, Costa Ionita, Andrea (Sahara) and Bob Sinclar will shoot a video for their hot new single I Wanna in early February at the beaches in Jamaica! The song is already expected to become one of the biggest summer hits of 2010! Libertatea. If the single hadn't been played on the radio, the song might have been entered into the Eurovision song festival competition. Cancan Showbiz.
January 23 - Raggamuffin, a great day out
Shaggy was interviewed by the Sunday Times about how he likes to perform for the second time in a row at the Raggamuffin Festival, about his charity work and about Jamaican music. Interview article. By estimation, thirty to forty thousand people attended the first day of the festival in Rotorua, NZ, and the performances and atmosphere were awesome, according to all reports. TV NZ and News Talk.
January 22 Part II - Shaggy speaks for Digicel Jamaica's Haiti help
Not only did Shaggy record a song and a video to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti (you can read more about it and watch part of the video below!), he also recorded a message for Digicel Jamaica's Haiti Relief Fund. You can watch the video here!
January 22 - Shaggy in New Zealand
Shaggy is in New Zealand for the Raggamuffin Festival, which will kick off tomorrow in Rotorua! Juice TV caught up with him this morning for an interview and has photos. News Talk spoke to Shaggy about the festival and the Rotorua Daily Post also has an article about Shaggy headlining the festival.
January 21 Part II - New video for Haiti: We Shall Rise Again!
Shaggy, Sean Kingston, Sean Paul, Etana, Tessanne Chin, David Rudder, Mika and Belo and more Caribbean artists recorded a song and a video "We Shall Rise Again" / "Rise Up" together for Haiti! You can view (parts of) the brand new video at Il Secole XIX, MSN (see link below) and at Zoom In TV!
The proceeds of the song will be donated to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. It's great to see so many artists collaborating to help Haiti. Much respect to Shaggy and the other artists for their philantropic efforts!
January 21 - New song for Haiti with Machel Montano and Alison Hinds!
It looks like Shaggy, Machel Montano and Alison Hinds will record a song together for Haiti! Jamaica Observer article. Shaggy also recorded for Haiti with other Caribbean artists, among whom Etana as well as with Sean Kingston (We'll Rise Again), that will be released soon!
January 20 Part II - More Club Privilege and Coke Zero photos
SociaLingua has a lot of photos of among others Shaggy, Usain Bolt and Sean Kingston at Club Privilege prior to the Coke Zero concert, Sean Kingston, G-Whizz, Tessanne Chin, Beenie Man and many more backstage and in concert 1 (Tessanne Chin, Shaggy and more) and in concert 2 (Sean Kingston and others) at the Coke Zero concert in New Kingston, Jamaica!
January 20 - More Jamaica House videos
Here are more videos of Shaggy's tribute to the Jamaican Olympic athletes in Jamaica House, thanks to IMJamaica!
Bad Man Don't Cry
Angel
January 18 Part V - Shaggy & Friends Appreciation Party photos
SociaLingua has a photo gallery of the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert appreciation party a few days ago!
January 18 Part IV - Shaggy, Bob Sinclar and Sahara - I Wanna
Here's a longer version of the new hot song by Shaggy, Sahara, Costa Ionita and Bob Sinclar: I Wanna!
January 18 Part II - New song for Haiti: Shaggy & Sean Kingston
Shaggy and Sean Kingston recorded a song for Haiti this weekend: "We'll Rise Again"! It will be released soon!
January 18 - Win tickets to Raggamuffin Festival
You can win double passes to the Raggamuffin Festival in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne at Alchemy! You can win double passes to the Raggamuffin Festival in New Zealand at View Auckland, tickets at C4TV and VIP tickets at TV NZ!
January 17 Part II - Shaggy at Coke Zero concert
Shaggy performed at the Coke Zero presents Sean Kingston concert last night at the LIME Golf Academy in New Kingston. All proceeds of the concert go to the Haiti Relief Fund! Other artists who performed were among others Sean Kingston, Ding Dong, Chino, Elephant Man, Tifa, Tessanne Chin, D'Angel, Serani, Voice Mail, QQ, G Whizz, Alaine, Demarco and DJ Shine. Rockwildaz has a photo of Shaggy backstage and a photo gallery with photos of Shaggy & Tessanne Chin performing their new hit song Never Let Me Go!
January 17 - Shaggy for Haiti
Shaggy speaks for the Haiti relief fund
January 16 Part II - New song for Haiti
Shaggy, Christopher Birch and Etana recorded a song as a tribute to the Haiti earthquake victims! It will probably be released very soon!
January 16 - Shaggy, Sean Kingston and more in Kingston
Sean Kingston, Shaggy, Usain Bolt, Tessanne Chin, Morgan Heritage and many more were at Club Privilege in Kingston, Jamaica last night. SKKAN Media has a photo gallery!
January 13 Part III - Shaggy & Friends raise $30 million for Bustamente Hospital!
The Shaggy & Friends concert raised $30 million (Jamaican) dollars for the Bustamente Hospital for Children! A huge achievement, made possible by Shaggy & Friends, the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and everyone who attended and contributed. Much respect to Shaggy and the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation for their charity work! Articles with photos: Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica Star and Jamaica Observer.
January 13 Part II - Shaggy to Ragga Muffins Festival California
On February 20 and 21, the Ragga Muffins Festival in California will pay tribute to Bob Marley. Shaggy, Yellowman, Gramps Morgan, Kenneth Boothe, Frankie Paul, Big Youth, Don Carlos, Lloyd Brown and more will perform on Long Beach on February 20! You can find more info about the festival and on where to get tickets at the official Ragga Muffins site.
January 13 - Hot new Shaggy song: Bob Sinclar & Shaggy - I Wanna!
Shaggy's new song with Bob Sinclar premiered on Fun Radio last night. The song is called I Wanna and it's hot! You can listen to it below.
Bob Sinclar & Shaggy - I Wanna... (updated with the official video!)
January 11 Part II - More Shaggy & Friends photos and review
The Back a Yard Magazine has photos and a review of the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert on January 2 in Kingston, Jamaica!
January 11 - Reportage Shaggy video
Here's a clip from a tv show item about Shaggy. It shows photos of him as a kid and a couple of magazine covers. It also has video snippets from US MTV Cribs, Oh Carolina, Boombastic, Hey Sexy Lady, live shows and more!
Reportage Shaggy video!
January 10 Part II - Shaggy to Youth View Awards 2010
Shaggy, Ding Dong, Tifa, Aidonia, Elephant Man, Voicemail, Etana, G-Whizz, Tessanne Chin and more artists will perform at the Youth View Awards 2010! And that's not all, Shaggy has been nominated for awards in the categories of Celebrity Role Model and Local International Artiste of the Year! The awards ceremony will be held at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, Jamaica on February 6. For more information and voting instructions, log on to the Youth View Awards 2010 official site!
Usain Bolt will play the turntables for charity at Jazzy T's annual birthday celebration in the Opium Night Club in Hollywood on January 17. Also to perform are among others Renaissance, Stone Love, Black Chiney and ZJ Liquid. Shaggy will also be present, according to the South Florida News!
January 8 Part III - New video: Real Friend!
Shaggy makes an appearance in the new video by Christopher Martin, D'Major and Agent Sasco on the Alter Ego Riddim: Real Friend! You can watch the video below!
Chris Martin, D'Major and Agent Sasco Real Friend with Shaggy
January 8 Part II - More Shaggy & Friends photos and review
January 8 - Shaggy receives award from Ministry of Health
The Jamaica Minister of Health, Ruddy Spencer, the Bustamente Hospital for Children and the South East Regional Health Authority thanked and awarded Shaggy and others who made the Shaggy & Friends concert possible. Jamaica Gleaner article with photos!
January 7 Part II - New video shoot
If I read the articles correctly, it looks like Bob Sinclar, Shaggy and Costi Ioniţă will shoot a video in Jamaica for their upcoming 2010 song! Cancan Showbiz.
January 7 - Shaggy interview at Sting
Robbo Ranx interviewed Shaggy backstage at the Sting festival in Jamaica! You can listen to the interview for the next couple of days and view the track list of the Sting special starting here. Shaggy is on around 1:45h. Shaggy and Robbo Ranx photo.
January 6 Part V - Shaggy & Friends photos (continued)
SKKAN Media has a second large photo gallery with photos of the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert!
January 6 Part IV - Jamaica Star's Shaggy & Friends highlights
The Jamaica Star uploaded a video with the highlights of the Shaggy & Friends concert... enjoy!
Featured in the video are among others Shaggy Bad Man Don't Cry, Machel Montano & Shaggy Toro Toro (Mad Bull Fever), Shaggy Strength of a Woman and Beenie Man!
Shaggy is featured on the cover of the third issue of the Wealth Magazine. It includes an article about Shaggy's philantropic efforts.
January 5 Part IV - Shaggy & Friends concert footage
Footage from the Shaggy & friends concert and a review is being broadcast right now at Hype TV! You can probably catch it later again in the Hype 411 item at Hype TV.
January 5 Part III - More Shaggy & Friends photos
Chawlee has photos of Shaggy, Tony Gold, Jaiden and Alaine at the Shaggy & Friends concert.
January 5 Part II - Shaggy & Friends concert review
Jamaica Observer TEENage has a review of the Shaggy & Friends concert benefiting the Bustamente Hospital for Children.
January 5 - TEENage Shaggy interview
The Jamaica Observer's TEENage spoke to Shaggy about his recent and upcoming endeavours, like his collaboration with Tessanne Chin on their new hot single Never Let Me Go.
Shaggy also told them he has major things in the works, like a new video with fellow Big Yard artist Black-er and comedians Ity and Fancy Cat! He's also trying to find a record label that wants to do business with him in the way he envisions it. Jamaica Observer article.
Side note: I'm not one for rumours but when it comes to music, some do sound like a little more than hearsay. So: I'm also hearing about a 2010 release in Japan.. Shaggy always creates great music and any new Shaggy release would be cool!
January 4 Part III - Shaggy & Friends concert photos (updated)
Caribbean World News named Shaggy one of the top best Caribbeans and Caribbean nationals of 2009. Article.
January 3 Part VII - Shaggy & Friends concert
The Shaggy & Friends concert benefiting the Bustamente Hospital for Children took place yesterday. Shaggy, Boyz II Men, Machelo Montano (with Shaggy), Beenie Man, Joe, Ce'Cile, Alaine, Mikal Rose, T.O.K., Sanchez, Mavado, Cham, Queen Ifrica, Ding Dong and many more were on stage.
According to attendees, the concert and performances were awesome and the atmosphere to help the Bustamente Hospital was there! JamediaMark and Tara Playfair-Scott have photos of this year's concert. If you wanna see some more photos of last year's concert, visit these galleries: Shaggy Foundation and JamediaMark.
January 3 Part VI - Shaggy & Friends Celebrity Pre-Party photos
Yesterday was the Shaggy & Friends concert in benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children, a huge event of which I've heard and read overall only awesome things. The day before the celebrity and press pre-party was held at Fiction Lounge in Kingston. Shaggy, DJ Kue, Ce'Cile, Alaine and more attended. SociaLingua has a photo gallery!
January 3 Part V - Shaggy interview about Shaggy & Friends
Real Vibez interviewed Shaggy about his charity work for the Bustamente Hospital for Children. Why does he do this, what kind of equipment has he donated, what will the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation be buying for the hospital in 2010 and what message can he give to the younger generation? You can hear Shaggy's answers in the interview video!
"If you're going to do something, make a difference!"
January 3 Part IV - Shaggy #1 on German 2009 Reggae Charts
The top song in the German Reggae Charts of 2009 is Long Time, Shaggy's song on the Street Bullies Riddim! It is the overall #1 on the reggae charts. I Can't Fight This Feeling, Shaggy's song on the Baddaz Riddim, is at #11 in the year charts! Trend Charts.
January 3 Part III - Shaggy & Friends 2010 Launch
Footage of the Shaggy & Friends 2010 Launch, as well as a live visit to the station on New Year's Eve by Shaggy, Ding Dong, Machel Montano and Mikal Rose, has been broadcast on Hype TV. You might catch these reports and the #1 Street Bullies Medley video if you turn in to the Hype TV live stream, which you can watch live for free since a couple of days, which is awesome!
January 3 Part II - Fly High dubplate
Shaggy recorded a Fly High dubplate for Fabrizio Miccoli, a famous soccer player who plays for Serie A team Palermo. You can listen to the dubplate here!
January 3 - Dancehall and entertainments highs in 2009
Jamaica Gleaner entertainment and dancehall highs and lows articles, citing the Shaggy & Friends concert and Shaggy's charity efforts for the Bustamente Hospital for Children as one of the highs of the year.
January 1 Part III - Shaggy & Friends concert
Tomorrow the Shaggy & Friends charity concert will be held. The concerts' proceedings will be donated to the Bustamente Hospital for Children. If you can, support this worthy cause!
January 1 Part II - It Wasn't Me #1 on the UK Reggae Charts
Guess who's number one on the UK Reggae Charts again? OK, that question isn't hard to answer when you read the header of this post :) Shaggy's It Wasn't Me is #1 again and Angel is #5 at the UK Reggae Charts. UK Reggae Chart. Another current Shaggy #1 is the Street Bullies Riddim Medley video featuring Shaggy, Red Foxx, Ce'Cile, Christopher Martin and Vybz Kartel, which is still #1 in Jamaica as well!
The new hot song I Wanna by Shaggy, Bob Sinclar, Sahara and Costa Ionita will be featured on Bob Sinclar's upcoming 2010 album Made in Jamaica.
