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Reggae: Common, Nappy Roots & Blackalicious Join Roots Rock Reggae Festival

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This summer celebrate Marley?s music and more at the 1st annual Bob Marley: Roots Rock and Reggae Festival.

The Marley sons Ziggy, Stephen, Julian , Damian, and Ky-Mani Marley, will be kicking off a summer tour to recognize their father?s contributions to the world of reggae music. The William Morris Agency sponsored tour will showcase the Marley brothers a individual material as well as many of their father's best-loved classics. Toots and the Maytals will also be on hand to lend their classic sound to the inaugural concert.

To pay tribute to reggae?s influence on hip-hop, artists such as Common , Nappy Roots and Blackalicious will also be touring with the festival. Re-emphasizing the unique bond that the hip-hop and reggae community?s share.

Tour dates:

08/07/04 Portsmouth, VA - NTELOS Pavilion @ Harbor Center
08/08/04 Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap Filene Ctr.
08/10/04 Brooklyn, NY - Celebrate Brooklyn @ Prospect Park
08/12/04 Boston, MA - Fleet Boston Pavilion
08/13/04 Trenton, NJ - Sovereign Bank Arena
08/14/04 Wilmington, DE - Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Amph
08/15/04 Pittsfield, MA - Berkshire Music Glen
08/17/04 Cleveland, OH - Tower City Amphitheater
08/18/04 Rochester Hills, MI - Meadow Brook Music Festival
08/20/04 Chicago, IL - The Chill On Kingsbury Street
08/21/04 Riverside, MO - E. H. Young Riverfront Park
08/22/04 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
08/24/04 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
08/26/04 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre
08/27/04 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
08/28/04 San Diego, CA - San Diego Street Scene
08/29/04 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre

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