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The UK's Jamaica 50 Festival line-up confirmed: tickets on sale 25 May
The full line-up for the Respect Jamaica 50 Festival in London - celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s independence from the UK - can now be revealed.
North Greenwich’s IndigO2 venue will play host to the 12-day event with some of the most iconic reggae artists appearing together on stage.
The confirmed line-up is as follows:
- Benjamin Zephaniah
- Bitty McLean
- Bob Andy
- Damian Marley
- David Rodigan
- Dennis Alcapone
- Derrick Morgan
- Dub Asante Band
- Fatman Hi Fi
- Freddie McGregor
- Gaylads
- Gyptian
- Horace Andy
- Jah 9
- Jah Shaka Sound System
- Jamaican Legends Band
- Jimmy Cliff
- John Holt
- Johnny Clarke
- Junior Murvin
- Junior Toots
- Lee Perry
- Leroy Heptones Sibbles
- Lloyd Coxsone
- Lloyd Parks
- Mad Professor
- Marcia Griffiths
- Max Romeo
- Maxi Priest
- Michael Prophet
- Morgan Heritage
- Mutabaruka
- Natty
- Oneness
- Raging Fyah
- Shaggy
- Sly and Robbie
- Tappa Zukie
- Tarrus Riley
- The Abyssinians
- The Mighty Diamonds
- Toots and the Maytals
- U-Roy
- Winston Reedy
- Yellowman
MUSICAL YOUTH lose Pass The Dutchie legal battle
The ex-members of British reggae band MUSICAL YOUTH have lost a legal battle with their former lawyers over the copyright of hit single “Pass The Dutchie”.
The Midlands-based band claimed that solicitors gave them bad advice about the royalty money they might make from the 1982 song, which was an adaptation of “Pass The Kouchie” by THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS.
