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Big Day Out organisers say they were aware of reggae artist Beenie Man's controversial past when they booked him for the 2010 festival.

Torbin Harding producer, Lo-Z Records What's on Harding's iPod : 1. Johann Sebastian Bach's 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' Books One & Two Complete , performed by pianist Joao Carlos Martins 2. ' Simplicity ,' by Sizzla 3. ' Hotness ,' by Yami Bolo & Capleton 4. ' Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune, L86 ,' by Claude Debussy 5. First Quartet, Opus 7 , ...

Sizzla Kalonji and The Fire House Band, are currently on a ten-week European tour promoting the album, Ghetto Youth-Ology. Already one week into the tour, Sizzla and the crew have performed in the cities of Rotterdam, Geneva, and Groningen with over thirty more shows to go in Germany, Sweden, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Italy, and France.

After being unable to travel outside of Jamaica for a year, reggae artiste Teflon is now on his first European tour.

City music venue Pumpehuset has threatened to cancel a concert by Jamaican reggae singer Sizzla scheduled for Monday because of the his anti-gay rhetoric, reports ibyen.dk. Sizzla, whose real name is Miguel Orlando Collins, urges people, through his lyrics, to kill homosexuals.

When concert promoter Carol Bruno and nightclub owner Gil Miracle announced on Monday that a planned concert by dancehall reggae artist Buju Banton was canceled, it wasn't the first time a reggae show got the axe because of an artist's gay-bashing lyrics -- and if you look at reggae history, you know it won't be the last.

After failing to come to Guyana last weekend, Miguel - Sizzla' Collins will be here tonight for the - Rise to Occasion' concert at the National Park.

A conscious reggae supporter shakes her calabash. The concert at Queena s Park Oval on July 25 was supposed to be an event promoting peace, love and unity.

No matter what he does, whether he's recording, producing, performing or running the Flames record label, Tony Rebel stays consistent about one thing.

WAXING WARM: Jamaican reggae superstar Sizzla, left, and fellow veteran artiste Coco Tea share a light moment backstage before performing at Saturday's concert "The Messengers" at the Queen's Park Oval car park, Port of Spain.

It's not Carnival yet, but with all the band launches high on the calendar it sure feels like it.

Also performing are fellow Jamaican artiste, Coco Tea as well as local reggae acts, Marlon Asher and Jah Melody.

He is known as the voice behind Rough and Tough, one of the biggest rude bwoy anthems ever produced, but Robert Ffrench is more than that.