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December 7, 2009

Shaggy to Dubai, Long Time #1, Top 25 Reggae Albums of the Decade, Festival Kreol Mauritius, La Réunion, interviews and more Italian coverage

Shaggy to Dubai
Shaggy will perform at Chi in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December 17 16! The official Chi @ The Lodge Facebook has more info, as does Time Out Dubai.

Win tickets to Shaggy in Dubai
You can win tickets for Shaggy’s concert at Chi in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December 17 16 at Time Out Dubai, Mumtazz Dubai and Ahlan Live!

New collaboration: Bob Sinclar & Shaggy
Costi Ionita announced he’s collaborating with Sahara, Bob Sinclar and Shaggy. Article (in Romanian).

Shaggy on the charts: Hot Shot #1 reggae album of the decade and Long Time
Top 25 Reggae albums of the decade #1
Shaggy’s Hot Shot is the number 1 most successful reggae album of this decade! Two of Shaggy’s other albums are also on the list: Mr Lover Lover, The Best of Shaggy, part 1 is at number 4 and Lucky Day is at number 17 as well. Jamaica Observer.

Long Time #1 on the German Reggae Charts
Shaggy’s tune on the Street Bullies Riddim, Long Time, is the number one reggae song in Germany! Trend Charts: Deutsche Reggae Charts.

Shaggy at Festival Kreol in Mauritius live videos
Shaggy & crew performed at the Festival Kreol in Mauritius last weekend, here are the first live videos of the concert: Crowd Teaser and Feel the Rush and fireworks at the island of Mauritius!

Festival Kreol interview, review and photo
Grand Baie review and photo of Shaggy’s concert in Mauritius. Défi Media interviewed Shaggy before his performance at the Festival International Kreol at the island of Mauritius on December 5. Shaggy said he’s proud to perform at the festival and talks about his heritage, Mauritius, dancehall music and his responsibility towards the new generation of artists. More? Interview article.

Crowd Teaser: live concert video at the island of Mauritius

Shaggy at La Réunion
Antenne Réunion met up with Shaggy while he was at the island of La Réunion for a concert. Interview article and press conference video.Shaggy talks about his concerts at La Réunion and Mauritius, his new Jamaican single Never Let me Go feat. Tessanne Chin, being a “good boy” and his new collaboration with Bob Sinclar!

Shaggy at La Réunion press conference and interviews
Shaggy performed at the Ravine Saint-Leu the island of La Réunion last weekend. Clicanoo interviewed Shaggy. Interview article and interview video. Le Quotidien also has an interview article and a backstage video shout out by Shaggy!

Shaggy & Friends Channel on Flow
Jamaican telecommunications provider Flow and the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation launched a Shaggy & Friends channel, Shaggy & Friends TV, on FLOW 394. The channel will broadcast music videos of the artists who will perform at the Shaggy & Friends charity concert and show updates on the events leading up to the benefit concert.It will also broadcast scenes of last year’s charity concert and behind the screen clips of production meetings with sponsors, visits to the Hospital and much more. I Dancehall Reggae.

Shaggy interviews
Gully and Gaza, the music industry and parenting
Shaggy talks about his background, Gully and Gaza – this interview was held just before Vybz Kartel and Mavado ended the feud – as well as lyrics, making it in the music industry and parenting in the second part of the Jamaica Gleaner interview. Interview article. The first part of the interview is also online and has been linked before.

Shaggy interview about the Shaggy & Friends concert and Shaggy’s charity foundation
Shaggy talked to the Jamaica Observer TEENage about his involvement with the Bustamente Hospital for Children and the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation. Interview article.

Shaggy interview about traveling
Shaggy travels a lot for his concerts. The Jamaica Observer spoke to Shaggy about what he likes and dislikes about traveling and how he prepares for it. Interview Q&A article.

Italian concert photos and videos
Shaggy performed in Bari, Milan, Napoli and Venice last week. Here are photos and photo galleries of the concerts Venice (by Rasta Snob), Napoli (Kinky Klub), Milan (Antonio) and more (Stey)!

Venice and more Napoli concert video
Fucina Controvento has a video (Boombastic, Bonafide Girl, the crowd teaser and Big Up) of yesterday’s Shaggy, Rayvon and Groove Society Band show at the Fucina Controvento in Marghera, Venice. La Casa della Musica in Naples, Italy: Get Up, Stand Up and Fight and Fly High.

More Milan concert videos
More concert videos from Shaggy, Rayvon & band show at the Leoncavallo in Milan, Italy: Church Heathen, Bonafide Girl, Long Time, Oh Carolina part 1, Oh Carolina part 2, Wild 2Nite and Big Up, It Wasn’t Me Boombastic and part of the encore: Fly High as recorded backstage.

More Bari concert videos
A lot of good videos of the concert at the Demodè Club in Bari, Italy are online! You can watch them on the Bari 2009 videos page. A couple of them have been embedded below!

Long Time and Angel at the Demode Disco Club in Bari, Italy

Hear Dis, Boombastic, Bonafide Girl and Angel

Big Up, Hot Gal, Bashment Party, Wild 2Nite, Strength of a Woman and It Wasn’t Me

Herbs Come Around, Church Heathen, What’s Love and Feel the Rush

More videos from the concert in Bari

September 5, 2009

Shaggy and Gary Nesta Pine at The Dome 51 videos, tour update, On Da Reggae Tip

Shaggy & Gary Nesta Pine Fly High live at The Dome
Here’s Shaggy and Gary Nesta Pine performing their summer hit Fly High at the Dome 51 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany. Fly High is continuing to climb the European charts and the Euro Top Chart. It’s a pretty cool performance!

Shaggy feat. Gary Nesta Pine Fly High live video at The Dome 51 in Cologne, Germany

Shaggy at The Dome 51 Red Carpet videoand photos
Gamezone has 3 photos of Shaggy on the red carpet at The Dome 51 in Cologne, Germany. The Cologne city portal also has 5 red carpet photos of Shaggy wearing his Superman shirt. Thanks to Stefan, here’s the red carpet video from The Dome 51! Shaggy is at around 1:31 minutes into the video.

Shaggy at The Dome 51, Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany red carpet

More The Dome 51 photos
Big Fm has a photo of Shaggy being interviewed on The Dome 51 in Cologne, Germany. There is also a picture of his performance and a meet & greet with a fan. The Dome official site has a photo gallery with photos of Shaggy & Gary Nesta Pine live in concert (click on “nächstes Foto” to see more photos from the show).

Shaggy at On Da Reggae Tip
Shaggy, Elephant Man, Beenie Man, Mr Vegas, Spice, Serani, T.O.K., Bounty Killer, Jim Jones and more artists performed on and attended the Hot 97 On Da Reggae Tip Live at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York yesterday. Splashnews has photos, so does Wireimage.

Hot 97 Fm also has a photo gallery with two pages of photos and a review.

Upcoming tour dates
Here are the recently confirmed concerts! For more info, log on to Shaggy’s MySpace!
December 4 La Réunion
December 5 Mauritius

T5M Shaggy interview videos
T5M interviewed Shaggy about his childhood, his time in the Marines, his trade-mark low voice and Boombastic. You can watch all interview videos on the T5M page. A couple have been embedded below. Enjoy!

Mr Boombastic

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