Bob Marley News

While Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, remains closed to the public through May 31, 2020, it will continue to bring art and levity into homes across the world with JOE'S PUB LIVE! a free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City.

As we all continue to navigate and respond to this new reality, one of the things a lot of us music fans are already missing is live music. In the absence of those experiences, and until we can all get out and support our favorite artists in person again, Pandora has programmed a brand new station that features a ranking of its top 100 streamed live tracks of all time.  

The Kennedy Center announces the April calendar of events for Millennium Stage, its free daily performance series featuring art and artists representing countless artistic styles.

Back by popular demand, Obie award-winning actor and writer Roger Guenveur Smith returns to Bootleg Theatre with his new solo performance, OTTO FRANK, a historical account of the father of Anne Frank. The performances will take place March 26 - April 5. 

If the wet weather has dampened your mood, the Belgrade Theatre is ready to put a spring back in your step with a whole host of live music nights running throughout April and May. This spring, get ready to experience top tributes to amazing acts ranging from Pink Floyd to Luther Vandross and Amy Winehouse to Ariana Grande.

The Wailers are coming to The District in Sioux Falls on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Tickets start at $24.50 and go on-sale Friday, February 28th at 10:00am.

Following a hugely successful workshop in 2019, producers Playful Productions, Stage Play and Trim the Wind have announced that Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Story, the definitive new musical featuring Bob Marley's iconic hits played live on stage, will begin previews in London at the newly refurbished Lyric Theatre on Saturday 6th February 2021.  Brought to the stage by a multi award-winning team, Lee Hall's (Billy Elliot The Musical, Network) book takes direct inspiration from Marley's visionary lyrics to tell his extraordinary personal story as an artist, the production will be directed by Dominic Cooke (Follies, Clybourne Park) and star Arinzé Kene (Misty, Girl from the North Country).

The Boulevard Theatre today announces casting for the first London revival of The Effect, written by award-winning writer Lucy Prebble (A Very Expensive Poison, ENRON, The Sugar Syndrome, Succession and Secret Diary of a Call Girl) and directed by Anthony Neilson (The Tell-Tale Heart, The Prudes and Unreachable). Eric Kofi Abrefa plays Tristan Frey, Christine Entwisle will play Lorna James, Tim McMullan will play Toby Sealey and Kate O'Flynn will play Connie Hall.

Today, Grammy-winning producer and songwriter André Allen Anjos, known as RAC, has released a cover of Third Eye Blind's “Never Let You Go,” featuring singer Hilary Duff and her husband Matthew Koma. Released on Counter Records just in time for Valentine's Day, “Never Let You Go” is Hilary Duff's first track to be released since 2016, and RAC's follow up release to his 2019 EP, Closer.

Los Angeles-based songwriter, producer, singer, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist Bam Marley has dropped the first taste of his debut project -- entitled M.E.S.A. Part 1 -- TODAY. Written, produced, recorded, and performed entirely by Marley, M.E.S.A. Part 1 is an incredible introduction to a multi-faceted artist whose name you will be hearing everywhere in 2020. Today's release has added significance for Bam as it also coincides with the 75th anniversary of his grandfather Bob Marley's birthday.

Children's Theatre Company presents the Minnesota premiere of Bob Marley's Three Little Birds running January 19 through March 1, 2020.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Marlon James on Thursday, February 27, 2020, at 8 p.m. at Glorya Kaufman Hall. Tickets starting at $28 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Royce Hall box office.

Seattle Women's Chorus (SWC) leaps into a new decade with Revolution 2020; four rousing concerts commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th amendment and decry the continued struggle for free and fair voting rights for all people.

Children's Theatre Company (CTC) has announced the Minnesota premiere of Bob Marley's Three Little Birds running January 19 through March 1, 2020. This exuberant musical is based on a story by Cedella Marley (Bob Marley's daughter) with music and lyrics by Bob Marley, and adapted for the stage by Michael J. Bobbitt. The production is directed by Shá Cage, music direction by Sanford Moore, and choreography by Alanna Morris-Van Tassel. The cast includes Ellis M. Dossavi (Ziggy), KateMarie Andrews (Nansi), Kory LaQuess Pullam (Duppy), Lynnea Monique Doublette (Cedella), Nathan Barlow (Dr. Bird), and Timotha Lanae (Tacoomah). Cast and creative team bios are below.

Renowned violinist/composer Daniel Bernard Roumain collaborates with local music makers in a concert infused with electronic, urban, and classical sounds, celebrating a worldview of civil rights for all.

As awareness of the environmental impact of our shopping habits grows, this Christmas, many shoppers are opting for experiences for their loved ones as a more eco-friendly alternative to physical objects.

Critically-acclaimed jazz singer Gabrielle Stravelli will be stepping in for the Broadway star for two nights. She will be joined by guitarist Paul Bollenback tonight (Tuesday, 11/26) and pianist Michael Kanan tomorrow (Wednesday, 11/27). Shows will take place at 7pm.

Jamaican reggae songstress Nadine Sutherland and Bahamian 'Music Ambassador' Julien Believe will headline a Caribbean Thanksgiving weekend entertainment lineup at the New Vibe Lounge in Rockville Centre, Long Island starting this Friday November 29.

Everything from Matteo Lane giving us very Mariah Christmas (Dec 17) to Isaac Oliver (writer on GLOW & High Maintenance) as your Valentine (Feb 13) to the debut of a very special project by Gloria Reuben (Mar 31) will hit the stage at Joe's Pub in the coming weeks!

The MCCC Chamber Ensemble will present its Winter Concert on Monday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Kelsey Theatre on MCCC's West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. The Jazz Band will present its Winter Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m., also in the Kelsey Theatre. Admission for both concerts is free and open to the public.