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April 6, 2012

Upcoming song & video: Shaggy & Leo Aberer – Football is My Life!

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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August 25, 2011

Grammy Awards 5 Questions With… Shaggy!

Grammy-winning dancehall reggae artist Shaggy recently participated in an installment of The Recording Academy’s 5 Questions With… series. Held at The Academy’s headquarters in Santa Monica, California, Shaggy discussed topics such as songwriting, musical influences, advice for young musicians, his service in the Marine Corps, and his latest album, Summer In Kingston.

What is it like to be nominated for and to win Grammy Awards? What are some of the biggest moments he experienced in his career? What does Shaggy say about his great new album Summer in Kingston and about his charity work for the Bustamente Hospital for Children?

What’s Shaggy’s songwriting process like? And what’s his advice to aspiring young musicians? Watch Shaggy’s answers on the Grammy Awards 5 Questions with… Shaggy on Grammy.com!

The Grammy Awards Shaggy interview

August 24, 2011

Reuters interviews Shaggy (video) during the U.S. earthquake

Reuters Shaggy interview
Shaggy was interviewed a couple of hours ago by Reuters about his awesome new album Summer in Kingston, which features the sweet summer vibes of his new single Sugarcane!

They also talked about the upcoming third installment of the Shaggy & Friends charity concert Shaggy’s organizing for the Bustamente Hospital for Children! Shaggy was caught mid-interview by a 5.9 earthquake that shook the US. He commented: “Is it me or is this place shaking right now, why is it shaking? Dude, it’s shaking so much that this thing is actually moving.”

Watch the interview video on Reuters: “Shaggy continues to rock up the charts

Reuters Shaggy interview during the August 23 earthquake

August 4, 2011

Shaggy’s Sugarcane on VEVO, The Fader Shaggy interview and get Shaggy’s Sugarcane for free today!

Sugarcane featured on VEVO
VEVO features Shaggy’s awesome new Sugarcane video!

“Sir Shaggy, the reggae genius behind classics like summertime slow jam “Angel” and the smooth bump-and-grind diddy “Boombastic” is back with a new song, highlighting the tasty highlights of his hometown. And, thanks to him, we now want candy at 8:30 in the morning. Bags and bags and bags of sugary sugar candy sugar. Or sugar packets. Or candy.

Being seductively straightforward about the whole thing, Shaggy gives a visiting tourist a bag of native treat sugarcane, and effectively pulls her away from friends to show her the good times around town. (Don’t worry, it’s not a kidnapping. She’s chillin’ on the beach and swaying her hips. No one shakes their booty when they’re not having a blast). Her sister goes home and rats her our for staying in Jamaica, and her mom, triumphantly, declares she’s going to Jamaica to get her daughter back. Or so we think… (!!!!!!)

If there’s one thing that’s clear about this video, it’s that “sugarcane” is most definitely not a euphemism for something. Nothing in particular. Nothing at all! It’s just magic and love and happy good times that get everyone together… Take a looksie this guilty pleasure and not at all innuendo-filled summertime singsong, stat.” Read more on VEVO and take a look at the beautiful and hilarious Sugarcane video!

Shaggy Summer in Kingston album cover 2011Summer in Kingston
Run away with Shaggy to the islands and get his awesome new album Summer in Kingston now, for just $2.99 on iTunes!

The Fader interviews Shaggy
The Fader interviewed Shaggy before the launch of his amazing new album Summer in Kingston. They talked about how Shaggy started in the music business, living in Kingston, making monster hits on small budgets and more! Read the interview on The Fader!

Get Shaggy’s Sugarcane for free today!
Shaggy tweets: “Download Sugarcane for free today only on MP3.com!

Of course, you can always get Sugarcane on Shaggy’s awesome new album Summer in Kingston, which is the #1 album on the Billboard Reggae Charts and the iTunes Reggae Albums Charts!

“Just in time for summer, Jamaican dancehall superstar Shaggy (AKA “Mr. Boombastic”) is back with a new album! Titled Summer in Kingston, the new album and lead single “Sugarcane” deliver more of the island dancehall flavor that won Shaggy fans worldwide on past hits like “Boombastic” and “It Wasn’t Me”. After a four years in the making, Summer in Kingston is finally here and is sure to be to the soundtrack to many a hot, sweaty dance party this summer.”

Shaggy – Sugarcane

July 28, 2011

UK Shaggy interviews

Shaggy in the UK for the One Love Peace Festival (July 31)
Shaggy, Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes, Gyptian and many more are going to perform at the One Love Peace Festival at the Wembley Arena in London, UK this Sunday, July 31! Shaggy arrived in the UK this morning. He tweeted: “Jus touchdown ina London town!!!”

Did you get your tickets to the One Love Peace Festival yet? Tickets are still available and extra tix have been made available at several ticket stores. Go get your tickets now, the festival is gonna be maaadd!

Tomorrow morning: ITV & Choice FM
Tune in to ITV1 or ITV1 HD tomorrow morning to catch Shaggy live on Daybreak between 6 and 8.30 A.M. GMT+1! He’ll be on the Kojo & Max Breakfast show on Choice FM tomorrow morning, tune in at 6 A.M. GMT+1 to listen to Mr Boombastic live on air! More to be added!

 
More UK interviews

Voice Online: music, critics, being a role model, what his grandmother taught him and more
Voice Online interviewed about Shaggy’s music, critics, being a role model, lessons he learned from his grandmother, what people can expect from his performance at the One Love Peace Festival and much more!

“IN AN industry where hype and bravado are often on par with actual talent, it’s always refreshing to hear an artist telling it like it is, without the pretence. Case in point: Shaggy.” Read the full interview on Voice Online!

“Once you’re in a position of prominence, you will be a social role model,” he says. “But role models aren’t just celebrities. Role models are in your everyday life. Parents, friends, they’re all role models. But anytime somebody looks up to you, you automatically become a role model. So yeah, I consider myself a role model.”

 
Phina Oruche of BBC Radio Merseyside interviews Shaggy for Upfront
Phina Oruche interviewed Shaggy about his performance at the One Love Peace Festival in London on July 31 and his new album Summer in Kingston. Here’s the interview audio of part 2 (Shaggy is featured at around 25 minutes into the show, after Luv Me Luv Me)!

 
Daddy Turbo of ICRFM: Summer in Kingston & One Love Peace Festival
Daddy Turbo of ICRFM interviewed Shaggy about his new album Summer in Kingston and performing at the One Love Peace Festival in London (for which you can win meet & greet tix on the festival site), listen to the interview audio here!

 
Teen celebrity & showbiz reporter Eve-Yasmine interviews Shaggy for Superstar Magazine
Teen celebrity & showbiz reporter Eve-Yasmine interviewed Shaggy about his style, swagger, confidence, kids, music, new album, the One Love Peace Festival and more… Read the interview on Super Star Magazine!

A quote from the interview: How would describe the sound and special style for this new Summer in Kingston album? What made you decide to go for a digital album?

Summer in Kingston
I just wanted to create a real feel good album, when you’ve been doing it for as much time I as I have, you want to re-invent and do something that still lives. It’s a digital album and the best part is, I’m giving you a recession price – $2.99! A sign of a appreciation more so than anything, I just wanted to get everybody back, involved, feelin’ it and lovin’ it.

Next year: physical cd release with more songs to be added!
It’s a 2 year project that we are having, we will eventually put the hard copy out with more tracks to it. At the moment there are 8. Sugarcane is the first single which is doing really well over here in the states, lots of buzz, lots of vibes…. we’re doing our thing, so fingers crossed. Read more.

 
Unique Radio: Shaggy’s music, One Love Peace Festival, new album and more
Shaun Powerz of Unique Radio interviewed Shaggy! They talked about Shaggy’s songs from Oh Carolina to Intoxication, his upcoming show at the One Love Peace Festival and his upcoming album Summer in Kingston, to be released on July 19 on Ranch Entertainment! And Shaggy says he’s going on a world tour next year, yay!!

 
Tellstream Radio: new album, launch, charity, 2012 Olympics and more
Big John New000 interviewed Shaggy for Tellstream Radio about Shaggy’s new album, album & video launch, charity concerts, the 2012 Olympics and much more!

Shaggy & Friends charity concert 2011
Shaggy told Big John New000 he’s going to launch a Shaggy & Friends charity concert again this year! In 2009 and 2010, Shaggy organized concerts through the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation benefiting the Bustamente Hospital for Children, and the proceeds provided the Bustamente Hospital for Children with much needed equipment!

Jamaica Village at the Olympics 2012
Shaggy is the spokesperson for the Jamaica Village at the Olympics 2012 in the UK! The Jamaica Village will feel like Jamaica and it’ll have 10 nights of concerts! Shaggy, who performed alongside Barrington Levy at the Jamaica Village Launch (photos), says: “Jamaica will run the place!”

Unfortunately, Jamaica Village was canceled due to lack of funding.

Check back later for more interviews – or you can add a link to another interview in the comments!

July 13, 2011

Sneak peek: Shaggy feat. Tarrus Riley – Just Another Girl!

Sneak peek: Shaggy feat. Tarrus Riley – Just Another Girl
Check Shaggy’s official Facebook for a link to a sneak peek of one of the tracks on the awesome upcoming album Summer in Kingston and an interview about the album title, the Sugarcane video and more! Wow!

Shaggy just tweeted: “Summer in Kingston sneak peek listen to “Just Another Girl” ft. Tarrus Riley on Boomshots!”

Just Another Girl is the extra-heavy lead cut off Shaggy’s Summer In Kingston, which is set to be released on July 19 on iTunes and other digital outlets only! Just Another Girl features the great Tarrus Riley. Singy Singy reprises a classic Ken Boothe hook—with its haunting contradiction of trying to get over a girl while you’re still singing about her—and the DJ’s skills are on point as usual. You can front on Shaggy if you like, but reggae’s biggest living hit-maker just keeps knockin’ them out the park. Run that!

Summer in Kingston album release party
Shaggy’s awesome upcoming album Summer in Kingston and the video to his off the hook new single Sugarcane will be launced with a massive party and free concert at the Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston on July 16 in Shaggy’s home country, Jamaica! New Kingston will be on lockdown for this massive event and MTV and Rolling Stone will be there to cover the massive party! Shaggy, Chino, Agent Sasco, Di Genius, Stone Love, Renaissance, the Tantrum Band and Ity and Fancy Cat will perform at the event, that starts at 7 PM.

Boomshots Shaggy interview
The Boomshots article features an interview with Shaggy as well! Shaggy talks about how he wants the Sugarcane video to showcase the “splendidness” of Jamaica. Read the interview and listen to Just Another Girl on Boomshots!

October 22, 2010

Shaggy’s birthday and Shaggy’s 42 Below Birthday Party in Sydney, Australia photos, interviews and an awesome freestyle

Shaggy’s birthday
Shaggy is turning 42 on October 22. Happy birthday to Shaggy!

StolenRecords Shaggy interview & awesome live performance
StolenRecords interviewed Shaggy and Shaggy performed live on several riddims! Check out the mp3 podcast here (click on the large Play button on the upper part of the screen to play the podcast), which also includes Big Up, Move Hype, Long Time, For Your Eyes Only and Only You! The live performance is awesome!

Shaggy is featured in the first hour of the show. Shaggy freestyled to among others the Fiesta Riddim, the Bam Bam Riddim and the Applause Riddim. He also sang parts of Big Up, Bam Bam, Chica Bonita, Bonafide Girl and Only You!

Shaggy’s 42 Below birthday party in Sydney, Australia
Shaggy isn’t just celebrating his birthday today. Last week, 42 Below threw him a birthday party at the Good God Small Club in Sydney, Australia. Shaggy handed out many tickets to the party and did a lot of interviews.

Shaggy’s 42 Below Birthday Party photos
Okay… are you ready for some photo viewing? Here are a lot of photos of Shaggy’s 42 Below Birthday Party at Good God Small Club in Sydney, Australia by: Mystify Me concert photography, Faster Louder, Paul Cush, Getty Images, WireImage, Shavar Ross, Nando’s and Chicago Fabulous! The 42 Below Facebook has photo galleries of Shaggy’s birthday party and of the photo booth!

Shaggy interview article with photo
Time Out Sydney interviewed Shaggy about his records, his life, his family and Australia. Wanna read what he said? Here’s the interview article with photo! Shaggy talked to Nine MSN about creating a new album, his hit music and his collection of yet unreleased songs. Link to the interview article with photo: Shaggy still Boombastic at 42!

Shaggy interview videos
The Action Battle Team interviewed Shaggy for Nova FM. Watch the HD interview video on Nova FM! Here’s a photo of the radio team and Shaggy. Shaggy was on the Date with Kate show at The Age as well. Here’s the interview video! Kyle and Jackie O interviewed Shaggy for 2 Day FM and it was a funny interview! Here are a video, photos and mp3 podcast!

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November 17, 2009

Shaggy interview, Strike 3 Foundation gala photos, Shaggy & Tessanne Chin in the studio

Shaggy interview about the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation
The Voice Online interviewed Shaggy about his charity efforts for the Bustamente Hospital for Children and his Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation. They talked about what lead Shaggy to organize the Shaggy & Friends concert, his involvement in the community, receiving the Gleaner Honour Award and more! Interview article.

Strike 3 Foundation Gala pictures
Shaggy and Rayvon performed at the Strike 3 Foundation Second Annual First Pitch Celebrity Gala in benefit of pediatric cancer research and the Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, Connecticut, last week. The official Strike 3 Foundation site now has photos of the benefit gala.

Possible upcoming tour (dates)?
Ali Campbell told The National in Abu Dhabi that he might go on a North American tour with Sean Paul, Sean Kingston and Shaggy! Article. At any rate, he’s going to perform at the Shaggy & Friends benefit concert on January 2. Shaggy might also perform at the One Love Reggae Series at the Negril Escape in Jamaica on February 23, but as far as known this isn’t out of negotiations yet.

Shaggy & Tessanne Chin in the studio: video
Here’s a video of Shaggy & Tessanne Chin having fun with Never Let Me Go in Big Yard’s studio! This video was removed by the uploader, so I replaced it with a live video of Shaggy & Tessanne singing Never Let Me Go. Enjoy!

Shaggy & Tessanne Chin in the studio: Never Let Me Go

More about Shaggy’s collaboration with Tessanne Chin

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