Win Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band
US, Caribbean and Canadian Shaggy fans: You can win an autographed copy of Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band, the educational story book with cd for children featuring music by Shaggy, on the Reggae Pickney Facebook sweepstakes and the Reggae Pickney Twitter sweepstakes!
Reggae Pickney has a photo of Shaggy with the book and cd and photo of Shaggy signing a copy of Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band book with cd, which you can win!
New Portugal concert dates
Shaggy’s MySpace confirms that Shaggy will perform two concerts in Portugal in May! These are the dates:
Ali Campbell’s and Shaggy’s new song She’s a Lady
Shaggy, Lady Saw, Craig David, Sway and Gentleman are featured on Ali Campbell’s (the former lead singer and founding member of UB40) new solo album Flying High! The song by Ali Campbell featuring Shaggy is called She’s a Lady. The album will be in stores June, as well as Shaggy’s new single Fly High. The Chester Chronicle has a review of the album.
Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band
Wanna know more about Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band? Here’s a video about the CD storybook for children, with scenes from the press conference and images from the book. You will also see and hear Shaggy, who contributed to the project and cd and donates his share of the proceedings from the album to the Bustamente Hospital for Children, several times in the video!
New music video clip: Fligh High
Shaggy was in Miami last week, where he either prepared for or shot a new music video: Fligh High!!
Fligh High his is the successor of the chart topping Bad Man Don’t Cry. One Source Talent has a photo of one of its clients who is in the video as a party goer extra.
Ja Rule and Shaggy on stage in Mansion, Miami
Shaggy also joined Ja Rule on stage at Mansion in Miami on Wednesday, here’s the video!
Shaggy’s Planet Rock Profile Planet Rock profile video of Shaggy: a candid interview and video clips from Oh Carolina to Boombastic and from Luv Me Luv Me to It Wasnt Me and beyond.
2001 and 2007 videos Diane Ele interviewed Shaggy at the red carpet of the Z100 Zootopia concert in 2001 video (Shaggy is at 2:50 minutes in the video). IBN Live interviewed Shaggy in about his participation in the official world cricket cup video and single. They also play part of The Game of Love and Unity, the ICC World Cup song by Rupee, Shaggy and Faye-Ann in this video.
Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band gets global sign of approval The National Parenting Center, the world’s biggest parenting advocacy group, has awarded the Seal of Approval 2009 to Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band, the CD storybook which features Shaggy. The TNPC reviews, tests and evaluates children’s products from manufacturers worldwide and will promote its approval winners. Jamaica Gleaner.
Shaggy donates blood to the blood bank of Jamaica (with picture)
Shaggy donated blood to the Jamaican Blood Bank! The Jamaica Gleaner now has a picture.
Jamaica Gleaner: Shaggy’s 10 best looks
The Jamaica Gleaner put up a list and pictures of Shaggy’s 10 best looks as an international superstar artist, a philantropist and a stylish ambassador for his country. For more, go read the article. Jamaica Observer photos and article.
Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band
Shaggy contributed to a beautiful book-and-CD set for children, which introduces them in a fun way to reggae music and educates them about pollution! Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band is a book-and-CD set for children from ages 0 to 8 years old. The story is about a waterfall in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, that is polluted by people. The waterfall feels sad about the pollution, so a team of sea animals try to cheer it up. Shaggy Parrot, whose voice is read by Shaggy, and friends make reggae music while they help clean up the waterfall.
The book has beautiful illustrations and the CD features 9 music tracks by Shaggy. The sales will benefit two of Shaggy’s charities, St Andrew’s Bustamante Hospital for Children in Jamaica and the Tatiana McIntosh Scholarship fund based in Florida. Read more about the book-and-cd set in the Jamaica Gleaner review article. Shaggy Parrot & the Reggae Band is set to be released in November this year; it will first be available in Jamaica, after which a release in the US will follow.
You can buy Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band at Reggae Pickney! The second and third audio clips on the page feature Shaggy. You can also hear some more, take a look in the teacher’s guide and watch a tv ad here.
New single by the end of the year, new Shaggy album will follow in 2009!
Shaggy is working hard on new music in his Big Yard studio. He will release a new single by the end of this year… and a new album will follow in 2009!
Tour schedule update
Swiss, Bulgarian, Italian, German and Jamaican Shaggy fans, you’re in luck! Shaggy’s Official MySpace confirmed the following new tour dates: September 26 free concert in Zurich, Switzerland
Shaggy, Bligg and Elijah will perform on the 175 years of Zurich high schools’ existence celebration on this Friday, September 26. You can read more about it on Tages Anzeiger or the official site die Welt Verstehen and you can get tickets and more info about the open air concerts on die Welt Erleben. Shaggy’s performance is on the main stage and starts around 21.30h. October 3 Live tv show, I Migliori Anni, Rome, Italy TV Show page on Rai Uno October 5 TV show, Bulgaria More info and video ad October 6 Ultimative Chart Show, Cologne, Germany TV Channel RTL October 10 Champions in Action, Kingston, Jamaica
Usain Bolt’s homecoming
Shaggy performed at Usain Bolt’s Homecoming Celebration concert. Article at the Jamaica Gleaner.
Jay Will and Shaggy tribute to Usain Bolt and the Jamaican Olympic team, from Germany
Shaggy VIP Room video in St Tropez: Boombastic, It Wasn’t Me and Church Heathen
