Five of the children from the iconic Jamaican musician Bob Marley confirmed this Monday their first joint tour in 20 years, which will be named “The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Tour”.
Bob Marley's 77th birthday will be streamed on Tuff Gong's YouTube channel from noon to, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani y Damian will celebrate their father's music and legacy on this tour that will take 22 dates in the United States and Canada, in which they promise to include both their individual hits and Bob's classics.
The tour is promoted by Live Nation and Its start is scheduled for 5 of September with a show at Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park in Vancouver, then passing through cities like Phoenix, dallas, Cincinnati, Toronto, Atlanta and Tampa before finishing at the FPL Solar Amphitheater in Miami on 5 October.
Ticket pre-sale will begin this Tuesday 16 of April through Ticketmaster, while the general sale will begin on Friday 19 April at MarleyBrothers.com.
The Marley Brothers Awards
The Marleys have followed their father's footprint in music and among them they have obtained 22 premios Grammy, the last of them in February of this year with Julian Marley, who won the award for Best Reggae Album with his plate Colors of Royal.
Ziggy, for his part, has 7 Grammy Awards for “Best Reggae Album“, 4 as a soloist and 3 junto a The Melody Makers, which included the Sharon, Cedella y Stephen. He also got a golden gramophone for “Best Musical Album for Children”, reaching a total of 8.
While Stephen has several Grammy Awards for Best Reggae Album, included three as a soloist, He also won the same category twice as producer from the albums Halfway Tree Y Welcome to Jamrock from his younger brother Damian, while won others 3 times as part of The Melody Makers, also reaching 8.
At the same time, “Jr. Gong” has to his credit 5 premios Grammy, 3 of them in the category of Best Reggae Album and another as executive producer in The Kalling de Kabaka Pyramid. Likewise, won the award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the iconic song “Welcome To Jamrock”.
