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May 20, 2012

Shaggy to perform in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut in June

Shaggy to perform in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut
NY, MA and CT, Shaggy will be near you for a concert in June!

June 9 Adidas Jamboree Concert, Randall’s Island, New York
Shaggy, Shabba Ranks, Richie Stephens and Faye-Ann Lyons are set to perform at the Adidas Jamboree concert at Randall’s Island in New York on June 9th! The concert will serve as a 50th anniversary celebration for both Jamaica and Trinidad. It’s taking place at the conclusion of the annual Adidas Grand Prix where Caribbean track stars and other world elite athletes will compete.

June 14 DJ Norie’s Summer Sunshine, B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, New York
Shaggy, Matisyahu and Laza Morgan are going to perform at DJ Norie’s Summer Sunshine at B.B. Kings in New York on June 14! Tickets are available on Ticketmaster.

June 15 The Wonderland Ballroom, Revere, Massachusetts
Shaggy, Gyptian, I-Octane, Serani, I-Octane, Laza Morgan and Cham are set to perform at The Wonderland Ballroom (formerly known as Club Lido) in Revere, Massachusetts on June 15. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster, get yours now!

June 16 The Brewery Exchange, Lowell, Massachusetts
Shaggy, Gyptian and more are going to be at The Brewery Exchange in Lowell, Massachusetts, on June 16!

June 17 LAZ, Connecticut, Connecticut
Shaggy, I-Octane, Serani, Christopher Martin, Ding Dong and more artists will give a concert at the LAZ Parking Lot in Hartford, Connecticut on June 17!

More upcoming tour dates
Visit the tour dates page for Shaggy’s concert schedule 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 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!

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!

May 25, 2010

Classic 1998 Shaggy video: Jamaica United – Rise Up!

1998 Rise Up rare music video with Shaggy and other Jamaican artists
When the Jamaican soccer team (the Reggae Boyz) participated in the soccer World Cup in 1998, Shaggy, Ziggy Marley, Buju Banton, Diana King, Maxi Priest, Ini Kamoze, I-Trees, Buju Banton, Tony Rebel, Richie Stephens, Brian Gold and Toots Hibbert teamed up for the song and video of Rise Up. You can now watch this rare video online: the soccer anthem Rise Up! Thanks to International Reggae Day TV and Binu!!

Jamaica United – Rise Up video!

March 25, 2010

New tour dates: Trinidad, Jamaica, St. Maarten, Guyana and St Lucia

Here are Shaggy’s newly confirmed upcoming tour dates in Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana, St. Maarten and St. Lucia! Shaggy’s MySpace.

April 3 I Am Legend 3, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port Of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
with Shaggy, Morgan Heritage, Beres Hammond and Gyptian
April 5 Jamaica International Kite Festival, Richmond Estate, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica
with 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
April 30 ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010, Guyana National Stadium, Guyana
May 1 St. Maarten (DJ Set)
May 9 Saint Lucia Jazz Festival, Pigeon Island, Saint Lucia
with Shaggy, Maxi Priest and many more
Shaggy’s full tour schedule
 
Back to 2001 Reggae Sumfest video
Here’s a video with Shaggy, Rayvon, Rik Rok and Brian & Tony Gold performing All We Need is Love at the Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica in 2001!

Big Yard family All We Need is Love

Shaggy’s full tour schedule

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

February 28, 2010

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

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

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