O2 Academy Brixton - Sunday 14th February

Entering the month of February draws us closer to every lover’s favourite time of year: St Valentine ’s Day. In celebration of this day of love, BJ production present their 7th Annual Reggae Showcase, ‘Reggae Got Soul’ featuring a stellar line up of soul and reggae legends. Once again held an at one of London premier venues the O2 Academy Brixton on Valentine’s day.

The Reggae showcases have always brought a mixture of classic and newly established artist.  Previous guest have included George Nooks, Ken Boothe, Etana and Freddie Mcgregor. This year’s line up is one of the biggest yet headlined by Freddie Jackson, ’Sir’ John Holt and Marcia Griffiths.

Westbury’s roster is represented on the evening with performances by Duane Stephenson, Tarrus Riley and John Holt.

Tarrus Riley’s previous album "Parables" took the reggae world by storm unleashing the classic track ‘She’s Royal’.  His recent album "Contagious" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9fzf) has been received to critical acclaim and looks set to repeat the success of the first.

John Holt is reggae royalty in its clearest definition with a career spanning over four decades as a solo artist. Since the 1970’s, he has released a stream of classic tracks including ‘Ali Baba’, ‘Wear You to The Ball’ and writing the classic ‘The Tide Is High’ covered by Blondie and Atomic Kitten. Since his solo debut in 1970 he has released over 30 albums, including the 1975 classic ‘A 1000 volts Of John Holt’ which elevated him to virtual pop stardom in the UK releasing a string of hit singles. Sir John Holts performances are a sight to behold leaving the crowd completely captivated.

Newcomer Duane Stephenson was initially the lead singer in one of Jamaica most popular recognized vocal groups To-Isis. During his nine year career in the group he also built a reputation as a prolific songwriter, penning hits for Luciano, Morgan Heritage and most notable the Jah Cure anthem "True Reflections.” In 2006 he released his debut album "August Town" which helped to launch his international career with performances at Midem in 2008.

So for all the reggae lovers out there, you will be hard pushed to find another line with such an array of stars. This will definitely be the ideal and perfect place to step to some quality lovers rock and reggae.

O2 Arena - Saturday 13th February

If that wasn’t enough, on the previous night (Saturday) at Indigo2 in Greenwich is the annual "Giants Of Lovers’ Rock" show, featuring a wealth of Westbury artistes, including the two great Queens of the genre. Carroll Thompson (who played a beautiful set at the Westbury Xmas party) and Janet Kay.

http://www.theo2.co.uk/indigo2/view-event.html?eventId=1053