Jamaica Gleaner – Entertainment News

• Labour Day concert is back; set for Mandela Park Monday May 21, 2022
  Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has announced that the Government will be organising the traditional Labour Day concert on Monday, May 23. The annual concert was not held in 2020 and 2021 because of the ban on...
• A festive celebration of life for Tabby Diamond May 21, 2022
  The thanksgiving service for Tabby Diamond seemed to be the perfect excuse for members of music industry to descend in droves on the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Hope Road and transform it into ‘Festive Fridays’. Musicians, singers,...
• Bunny and Tabby Diamond to be buried beside each other May 21, 2022
  Donald 'Tabby Diamond' Shaw, lead singer of the internationally famed reggae group Mighty Diamonds, and Fitzroy 'Bunny Diamond' Simpson will be laid to rest side-by-side at the Meadowrest Memorial Park in St Catherine. Funeral director Peter...
  Ruddy Mathison/Gleaner Writer
• Sting jumps to fifth on rich list May 21, 2022
  Sir Paul McCartney has topped the list of Britain and Ireland’s richest musicians. The 79-year-old star has a personal fortune worth £865 million, which is up £45 million from last year, thanks to his COVID-delayed Got Back tour and The Beatles:...
• Nigerian series ‘Blood Sisters’ soars in Jamaica May 20, 2022
  Netflix’s debut original Nigerian television series, Blood Sisters, has been in the top five most popular shows on the streaming platform in Jamaica for several days, and it’s not hard to see why. Jamaicans have had a long-standing affair with...
  Sade Gardner/Staff Reporter
• Thanksgiving service for Tabby Diamond today May 20, 2022
  The service of thanksgiving for Donald ‘Tabby Diamond’ Shaw will take place at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre this morning, starting at 11 a.m. Lloyd ‘Judge Diamond’ Ferguson, the only living member of the Mighty Diamonds trio, will lead a...