Mavado’s historic 10 city tour of Canada, kicked off last night (January 28) to a packed house in London, Ontario. The country-wide tour is already sold out, and will culminate in front of a crowd of thousands next weekend at the Sound Academy in Toronto.
During next week, Mavado, with opening acts Future Fambo and Stacious, will make the long trek to western Canada for shows in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver, before heading back for several shows in Ontario.
Last night’s show in London, Ontario, saw a large and very mixed crowd of mostly females, who were extremely responsive to the ‘Gully Gaad’. Alliance selector Boom Boom whipped the crowd into a frenzy, before Mavado took to the stage.
“There were a lot of different nations in there last night,” said Mavado. “Its good to see them singing along to my new material as well as the older songs, which means Dancehall is definitely spreading to a wider audience.“
With Mavado and his travelling party already experiencing snow blizzards and temperatures as low as -9, the heat he is bringing to Canada will definitely help.
See more tour details and flyers here.
Tags: Alliance Canada, Boom Boom, Boom Boom Selector, Future Fambo, Mavado, Mavado Canada, Mavado Canada Tour, Stacious
Leading dancehall deejay Bugle will be on tour in Canada from December 4 to 12. Check out the tour dates and flyers below.
Friday, December 4 – Oshawa, Ontario (The Big Sexy)
Saturday, December 5 – Kitchener, Ontario (Howard Johnson)
Monday, December 7 – Remix Mondays, Ontario (Fusion)
Thursday, December 10 – Edmonton, Alberta (Ginger Sky Lounge)
Friday, December 11 – Hamilton, Ontario (Essence Banquet Hall)
Saturday, December 12 - Toronto, Ontario (Kool Haus)
Tags: Bugle, Bugle Alberta, Bugle Canada, Bugle Canadian Tour, Canada Dancehall, Toronto Dancehall
“Best Friends”, a song by Canada’s fast-rising Reggae songstress Ammoye, was featured recently on an episode of MTV Canada’s newest series called “Over the Bolts.”
“Over the Bolts” follows the lives of Canadian Olympic snowboarders and their journey leading up to the 2010 Olympics which happens February 12th to 28th in Vancouver, Canada. The series airs Sundays at 10 p.m. on MTV Canada.
The song “Best Friends” was written by Ammoye, and features Hip Hop / R&B artist and producer Sav. The music behind the lyrics was composed by Malik. “I got to perform to an alternative music genre which I really enjoyed” says Ammoye. “We gelled really well which came through in the song!” Ammoye’s song “Catch Up” will also be featured in an upcoming episode.
Tags: Ammoye, Ammoye Best Friends, MTV Canada, Over the Bolts
