VV Brown to play Island 50th birthday gig

VV Brown, Grace Jones, Aswad, the i-Threes and Tinchy Stryder will be the featured singers with Sly & Robbie and The Compass Point All Stars on Tuesday 26th May at Shepherds Bush Empire, playing as part of the Island 50th birthday celebrations.

Each of these will perform a song or two (or even three) from Island’s illustrious back catalogue with one of the most famous Jamaican rhythm sections of all time.

Island Life [supporting Amnesty International and The Oracabessa Foundation (JA)] - a week of live shows by Island artists past and present - will take place at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire week commencing 25th May 2009.

The ‘Island Life’ line-up confirmed so far is as follows:

26th May: SLY & ROBBIE & THE COMPASS POINT ALLSTARS featuring GRACE JONES, ASWAD, THE I-THREES, TINCHY STRYDER, VV BROWN

27th May: THE FRATELLIS; STEEL PULSE; BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB;

28th May: CAT STEVENS/YUSUF; BAABA MAAL

29th May: PAUL WELLER; SPOOKY TOOTH; ERNEST RANGLIN

30th May: KEANE; TOM TOM CLUB; LADYHAWKE

31st May: AMY WINEHOUSE; TOOTS & THE MAYTALS; I BLAME COCO

Tickets are available from island50.com and other agents.