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Music legend, fashion icon and film star Grace Jones delivered a stunning performance to close her curated edition of the Southbank Centre’s Meltdown festival. Held over nine incredible days of live shows and free activities with over 20,000 tickets sold across the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Rooms, this year’s line-up featured nearly 70% global majority artists with over half of performers either women or non-binary artists.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, dance, Grace Jones, reggae, soul, UK

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Grace Jones Opens 27th Meltdown Festival

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Grace Jones opened her curated edition of the Southbank Centre’s Meltdown festival with an enthralling concert in the Royal Festival on Friday 10 June. Visibly ecstatic to be performing for an audience that has had to wait two years to see her live Meltdown performance due to cancellation and delay caused by the pandemic, Grace Jones opened the festival with an imperious performance full of her characteristic style, splendour and spell-binding stage presence.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, dance, Grace Jones, reggae, soul, UK

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Bob Marley Orchestrated By The Chineke! Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

Chineke! Founder Chi-Chi Nwanoku OBE has orchestrated the music of Bob Marley.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bob Marley, Chi-Chi Nwanoku, Chineke Orchestra, Jamaica, reggae

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Ali Campbell UB40 UK Tour To Go Ahead After Death of Band Member Astro

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Ali Campbell of UB40’s upcoming UK tour will go ahead in memory of his late bandmate, Astro.

Tagged as: 90s, Ali Campbell, Astro, reggae, UB40, UK

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Black Uhuru Co-founder Garth Dennis Dead at 72

by Paul Cashmere

Black Uhuru Co-founder Garth Dennis Dead at 72

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Black Uhuru, Garth Dennis, Jamaica, reggae, Soul Wailers

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Robbie Shakespeare of Sly & Robbie Fame Dead At 68

by Paul Cashmere

Bass player and producer Robbie Shakespeare has died at the age of 68 following kidney surgery in Florida.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, bass, Jamaica, producer, reggae, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly & Robbie, Sly Dunbar

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Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Dies At Age 85

by Paul Cashmere

Jamaican producer and DJ Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has died at the age of 85. His cause of death is yet to be announced.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Jamaica, Lee Scratch Perry, reggae

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UB40’s Brian Travers Dies At Age 62

by Paul Cashmere

Brian Travers, the saxophone player and founding member of UB40, has died from cancer at the age of 62.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Brian Travers, Duncan Campbell, reggae, UB40, UK

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Reggae Icon Jimmy Cliff Debuts ‘Human Touch’

by Paul Cashmere

77-year old Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has a new song ‘Human Touch’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, reggae

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UB40 Reveal New Member Matt Doyle

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UB40 have unveiled their first tour dates with new member Matt Doyle.

Tagged as: 80s, Duncan Campbell, Matt Doyle, reggae, Robin Campbell, UB40, UK

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Robin Campbell of UB40 Says His Father Folk Singer Ian Campbell Helped Him On Early Songs

by Paul Cashmere

UB40’s Robin Campbell can thank his father, folk singer Ian Campbell, for guiding his early songwriting.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, folk, Ian Campbell, reggae, Robin Campbell, UB40, UK

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Duncan Campbell Quits UB40 After Suffering Seizure

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UB40’s Duncan Campbell has quit the band after suffering a seizure earlier this month.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Duncan Campbell, reggae, Robin Campbell, UB40, UK

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Gwen Stefani On Cultural Appropriation Allegations

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Gwen Stefani is adamant she has done nothing wrong amid longstanding allegations of cultural appropriation.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, pop, reggae, USA

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Reggae Legends Sly & Robbie Have A Stack Of New Music

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Legendary reggae producers and musicians Sly & Robbie will release a brand new album ‘Red Hills Road’ on 21 May.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Jamaica, reggae, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly & Robbie, Sly Dunbar

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UB40 Rescheduled Their Rescheduled Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

UB40 are determined to tour Australia after postponing their October 2020 tour and have finally settled on new dates for 2022.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, reggae, UB40, UK

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Shaggy Speaks of Bunny Wailer Legacy

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Shaggy has declared the passing of the legendary singer – who passed away in hospital on Tuesday (02.03.21), aged 73, after suffering a stroke in 2020 – as “one of the lowest moments in the history of our culture”.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Jamaica, reggae, Shaggy, The Wailers

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Gwen Stefani and her Three Sons Suffer from Dyslexia

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Gwen Stefani and her three sons all struggle with dyslexia – a fact she believes is down to “genetics”.

Tagged as: 90s, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, pop, reggae, rock, USA

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New Toots & The Maytals Video Features Final Session Footage of Toots Hibbert

by Paul Cashmere

A new Toots & The Maytals video for ‘To You’ features footage the final footage of Toots Hibbert in the studio prior to his death from Covid 19 on September 11, 2020.

Tagged as: 70s, Jamaica, reggae, Sly & Robbie, To You, Toots & The Maytals, Toots Hibbert

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Shaggy To Release Christmas Album

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Shaggy has recruited the likes of Joss Stone, Beenie Man and Ne-Yo for ‘Christmas In The Islands’, which is set for release on November 20, and aims to “transport listeners” to Christmas in the Caribbean.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Christmas, reggae, Shaggy, UK

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R.I.P. Johnny Nash at 80

by Paul Cashmere

Johnny Nash, best known for the hit ‘I Can See Clearly Now’, has died at age 80.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Johnny Nash, reggae, USA

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Rolling Stones Honour Toots Hibbert

by Paul Cashmere

Rolling Stones stars Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, and Keith Richards have paid tribute to the late Toots Hibbert, following his death aged 77.

Tagged as: 70s, Jamaica, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, reggae, rock, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Toots Hibbert

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Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals Dies At Age 77

by Paul Cashmere

Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals has died at aged 77. No cause of death has been given.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Jamaica, reggae, Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert

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Toots Hibbert of Toots & The Maytals Rushed To Intensive Care

by Music-News.com

Toots and the Maytals singer Toots Hibbert has been hospitalised in an intensive care unit with suspected COVID-19.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Jamaica, reggae, Toots & The Maytals

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UB40’s Ali Campbell Has Spoken To His Brother Duncan Since Stroke

by Music-News.com

UB40’s Ali Campbell hasn’t spoken to his brother Duncan since he suffered a stroke earlier this month.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, Ali Campbell, Duncan Campbell, reggae, UB40, UK

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Bob Marley Family Reimagines ‘One Love’

by Music-News.com

Re-recording of iconic anthem will support UNICEF’s Reimagine campaign, a global fundraising appeal to respond, recover and reimagine a post-COVID-19 world fit for children.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bob Marley, Jamaica, reggae

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Tiffany Haddish Joins Jason Mraz For ‘You Do You’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Tiffany Haddish, star of The Carmichael Show, appears in Jason Mraz’s new ‘You Do You’ video.

Tagged as: 00s, contemporary, Jason Mraz, reggae, rock, Tiffany Haddish, USA

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60’s Pop Star Millie Dies At Age 73

by Paul Cashmere

60s pop star Millie Small has died at age 73 from a stroke.

Tagged as: 60s, Jamaica, Millie, Millie Small, pop, reggae, ska, UK

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