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Sting rocks Antigua
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
The Caribean island of Antigua was rocking to the sounds of dancehall last weekend when a slew of artistes travelled there to represent the genre, as the promoters of Sting took the concept there.
Supreme Promotions, having had a hugely successful staging of the event, dubbed 'the settlement of all arguments' on Boxing Day at Jamworld in St Catherine, a week later, flew some of the acts to Antigua for Sting Part II. The show, held on January 3, 2009, was staged at Millers By The Sea and despite the fact that there was no hyped up clash (or perhaps because of), the show went well.
Among the acts who turned in excellent performances were Vybz Kartel, Spice and the surprise for the night, Egg Nog. While Kartel and Spice were expected to shine, Egg Nog, performing without Danny English, found a gear that saw him driving to the top. It was a singing and dancing Egg Nog who entertained the mainly Antiguan audience and they showed their appreciation by giving him three genuine encores. He performed songs such as Get Away Driver, Ti Amor, Boy Come Star A War and his combination single with Danny English, Meet Me At The Party. In English's absence, Egg Nog rose to the occasion and deejayed like a pro. The audience loved it. He closed his set with Party Time Again, a new song on the Tren-Setta produced Gardobrix Riddim.
In a post-performance interview, he said, "The Antiguans love my vibes, I was surprised to know that they know my song Party Time Again. Antigua mi ready again . it was all about the party."
It was up to Spice to represent the females, as the only woman on the line-up, and, like her name, she spiced up Sting Antigua. Dressed in a gold suit, with hair flowing like Rapunzel, Spice took control of the stage and held it until her last line. Her (Nuh) Fight Ova Man lyrics were fully endorsed by the females in the venue who sang this song word for word. An Nuh Me, Sky Daggering were also winners and when she invited a male patron on stage to do the Sky Daggering, it was "da bomb".
Spice says she wasn't at all surprised by the love showed to her by the Antiguans.
"Antigua a my place, anytime I perform here the audience always want more, the man them love me and
the woman then scream fi mi," she declared.
Fresh from his much-argued-about Sting performance in Jamaica, Vybz Kartel was indeed "the last man standing". The final act for the night, Kartel rolled out a barrage of hit songs including Life Sweet, Picture This, Trailer Load A Money and Beyonce Wine. Again like Sting Jamaica, his and Spice's Ramping Shop was a hit; the Antiguans just would not let them go.
Kartel's Last Man Standing, a song that was recorded immediately after the clash between him and Mavado at Sting in Jamaica, is already favourite tune in Antigua.
Deejay Shane-O had Lightning Flash in the venue, and he also performed Ghetto Prayer and Crab Inna Barrel. As usual, Flippa Mafia was all about the flossing and lived the lyrics of his song, Dem Yah And Dem Yah. The crowd went into a frenzy when Flippa did his money-throwing, champagne-spraying routine. They couldn't believe that it was real money.
Singer Duane Stephenson brought a different type of hype when he reeled out his culture songs August Town, Ghetto Pain and his cover of Cottage In Negril.
The Portmore Empire's Lisa Hype was also well received and so too were the Antiguan artistes who opened the show. The Jamaican acts were back by the Raging Fire band.
With the success of Sting Antigua the promoters are already thinking about doing it again.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifes...KS_ANTIGUA.asp
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
The Caribean island of Antigua was rocking to the sounds of dancehall last weekend when a slew of artistes travelled there to represent the genre, as the promoters of Sting took the concept there.
Supreme Promotions, having had a hugely successful staging of the event, dubbed 'the settlement of all arguments' on Boxing Day at Jamworld in St Catherine, a week later, flew some of the acts to Antigua for Sting Part II. The show, held on January 3, 2009, was staged at Millers By The Sea and despite the fact that there was no hyped up clash (or perhaps because of), the show went well.
Among the acts who turned in excellent performances were Vybz Kartel, Spice and the surprise for the night, Egg Nog. While Kartel and Spice were expected to shine, Egg Nog, performing without Danny English, found a gear that saw him driving to the top. It was a singing and dancing Egg Nog who entertained the mainly Antiguan audience and they showed their appreciation by giving him three genuine encores. He performed songs such as Get Away Driver, Ti Amor, Boy Come Star A War and his combination single with Danny English, Meet Me At The Party. In English's absence, Egg Nog rose to the occasion and deejayed like a pro. The audience loved it. He closed his set with Party Time Again, a new song on the Tren-Setta produced Gardobrix Riddim.
In a post-performance interview, he said, "The Antiguans love my vibes, I was surprised to know that they know my song Party Time Again. Antigua mi ready again . it was all about the party."
It was up to Spice to represent the females, as the only woman on the line-up, and, like her name, she spiced up Sting Antigua. Dressed in a gold suit, with hair flowing like Rapunzel, Spice took control of the stage and held it until her last line. Her (Nuh) Fight Ova Man lyrics were fully endorsed by the females in the venue who sang this song word for word. An Nuh Me, Sky Daggering were also winners and when she invited a male patron on stage to do the Sky Daggering, it was "da bomb".
Spice says she wasn't at all surprised by the love showed to her by the Antiguans.
"Antigua a my place, anytime I perform here the audience always want more, the man them love me and
the woman then scream fi mi," she declared.
Fresh from his much-argued-about Sting performance in Jamaica, Vybz Kartel was indeed "the last man standing". The final act for the night, Kartel rolled out a barrage of hit songs including Life Sweet, Picture This, Trailer Load A Money and Beyonce Wine. Again like Sting Jamaica, his and Spice's Ramping Shop was a hit; the Antiguans just would not let them go.
Kartel's Last Man Standing, a song that was recorded immediately after the clash between him and Mavado at Sting in Jamaica, is already favourite tune in Antigua.
Deejay Shane-O had Lightning Flash in the venue, and he also performed Ghetto Prayer and Crab Inna Barrel. As usual, Flippa Mafia was all about the flossing and lived the lyrics of his song, Dem Yah And Dem Yah. The crowd went into a frenzy when Flippa did his money-throwing, champagne-spraying routine. They couldn't believe that it was real money.
Singer Duane Stephenson brought a different type of hype when he reeled out his culture songs August Town, Ghetto Pain and his cover of Cottage In Negril.
The Portmore Empire's Lisa Hype was also well received and so too were the Antiguan artistes who opened the show. The Jamaican acts were back by the Raging Fire band.
With the success of Sting Antigua the promoters are already thinking about doing it again.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifes...KS_ANTIGUA.asp
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