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Gigs & Festivals
Island 50th birthday shows
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 15 May 2009
As part of the ongoing 50th birthday celebrations for Island Records, singers from the label’s roster from across the half decade – Grace Jones, Aswad, the i-Threes, VV Brown and Tinchy Stryder – will be the featured singers performing with Sly & Robbie and The Compass Point All Stars on 26 May, kicking off a week of shows at Shepherds Bush Empire. Each of the singers will perform a song or two (or even three) from Island’s illustrious back catalogue with one of the most famous Jamaican rhythm sections of all time.
Here are the line-ups for all of the shows:
26 May: Sly & Robbie & The Compass Point Allstars With Grace Jones, Aswad, The i-Threes, Tinchy Stryder, VV Brown
27 May: The Fratellis, Steel Pulse & Bombay Bicycle Club
28 May: Cat Stevens/Yusuf, Baaba Maal
29 May: Paul Weller, Spooky Tooth, Ernest Ranglin
30 May: Keane, Tom Tom Club, Ladyhawke
31 May: Amy Winehouse, Toots & The Maytals, I Blame Coco
More info available from www.island50.com.
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