Machel Montano HD will on June 13 perform at the legendary Radio City Music Hall, Manhattan, New York, adding yet another milestone achievement to his already impressive career.
Having presented sold-out concerts in the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden for the past three years, the opportunity to headline Radio City was presented to Montano who jumped at the opportunity.
Montano's manager, Anthony Chow Lin On, told the Express yesterday that playing Radio City is a great achievement for any artiste and it's something wonderful to look back at the end of one's career run. Countless American, British and European acts have attempted to secure dates at the famed venue to no avail, so for a soca artiste out of the Caribbean to headline the stage is a major coup.
"After having done Madison Square Garden for the last three years, it was a no-brainer when the offer to do Radio City came," Chow Lin On said.
A line-up of guest acts will open for and join Montano on stage at the show, which is being advertised on the Radio City website at a cost of between US$64 and US$129 for the one-night-only event.
Even before Montano takes the Radio City stage, however, he will perform at the UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival, which opens on May 24 in Los Angeles.
Taking the stage on Memorial Day, May 25, Montano will perform alongside Mavado, Edley Shine formally of Born Jamericans, Tanto Metro and Devante, Peetah and Mojo Morgan of Morgan Heritage and other top reggae/dancehall acts.
The festival will also feature performances by Erykah Badu, Cherine Anderson and the Dirty Heads.
Chow Lin On said this annual event attracts thousands of patrons, the majority of which are non-Caribbean and includes yuppies as well as college students from UCLA and other campuses in the region.
"Machel performing at this event is another endorsement of where he is as far as his career is concerned as well as how Caribbean music is being accepted globally in general," Chow Lin On said.
(article courtesy Trinidad Express)
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