Three-time Grammy Award-Winning “Reggae Album of The Year” band, Morgan Heritage, has partnered with Sub-Saharan Africa Live Entertainment mavericks, RAVE, to deliver its first ground-breaking African tour.
Thursday 11th August 2022, London: – The Versatile 3x Grammy Award-winning Reggae group, Morgan Heritage will perform their legendary hits and new material as they embark on their first full-scale African tour. This historic and record-breaking tour titled the “Island Vibes Africa Tour” kicks off on October 2 in Johannesburg, South Africa and will take the acclaimed performers to several nations across West, Central, East and Southern Africa over an 8-week period.
The tour produced and managed by RAVE, a Pan-African live events mavericks, and Morgan Heritage’s CTBC Music Group, a GRAMMY Award-winning entertainment company, will be bringing the vibe and verve of the Caribbean to blend perfectly with the celebrated sounds, colour and vibe of each country stop. Combined with world class production, seamless electronic ticketing, RFID cashless trade experience, bolstered by comprehensive health and safety protocols for large public events.
Whilst on the road, Morgan Heritage will look to discover, interact, and collaborate with some of the freshest and biggest talents in each country to produce a collaborative album as they immerse themselves into the rich and diverse soundscapes of Africa. Morgan Heritage commented that: “Africa has always been home to us, which clearly shows in the immense support we have enjoyed over the years from the continent. This tour is our gift to our brothers and sisters at home. We look forward to entertaining every single fan in every country as we continue to strengthen the shared bonds between Africa and the Caribbean.”
Despite the challenges sometimes associated with executing big ticket events across certain parts of the continent, logistics and infrastructure gaps, including varying health and safety guidelines, RAVE’s wealth of experience will help promoters to overcome and navigate any of such complexities to enable them to create epic fan moments
Ruddy Kwakye, Executive Producer for the tour and Chief Executive Officer of RAVE commented “We look to systematize, scale, and sustain the Live Entertainment ecosystem in Sub-Saharan Africa through, innovative partnership modelling, technology resourcing and high production values; this tour will allow us to do that and deliver memorable experiences for the fans”
The mission of the partnership between Morgan Heritage and RAVE is to act as the spark and ignition point to bring performers, labels, promoters, and fans together to revive and scale the live touring circuit across the continent. For more Information, please visit our website: www.theislandvibestour.com
For the full list of dates:
CITY
COUNTRY
DATE
Johannesburg South Africa
Sunday 2 October 2022
Cape Town South Africa
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Harare Zimbabwe
Friday 14 October 2022
Kadoma Zimbabwe
Saturday 15 October 2022
Lilongwe Malawi
Saturday 22 October 2022
Addis Ababa Ethiopia Saturday 29 October 2022
Accra Ghana
Saturday 12 November 2022
Follow @IslandVibesAfrica and @morganheritage across all social media platforms to get dates, venues, ticket sales, artist line-ups and more.
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About RAVE
We Curate, Manage, Promote, Enable and Aggregate scalable Live Entertainment Experiences across Music, Sports and Content to fans and enthusiast in Sub-Saharan Africa and the African Diaspora.
www.thisisrave.com
About CTBC Music Group
The entertainment and brand management company that houses and manages the business interest of Morgan Heritage Worldwide.
About Morgan Heritage
Morgan Heritage is the 3-time Grammy award -winning international reggae band with 12 Studio albums and a career spanning over 2 decades. Now made up of “The Trinity”, Peter “Peetah” Morgan, Roy “Gramps” Morgan and Memmalatel “Mr. Mojo” Morgan. They have continuously redefined the genre by fusing it with various rhythms and sounds from around the world to keep the reggae sound fresh and cool throughout the ages.
www.morganheritagemusic.com
