After successful legs in Australia, Singapore, US and Canada, Toots and the band will be in Europe from now until September 15. The Europe tour will visit England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Belgium and Germany. All dates can be viewed under the ‘tour’ tab – hope to see you at one.

Toots and the band will be playing a special show September 9th at the prestigious Brixton Academy where we will be teaming up with instant recording specialists, Concerts Live, to offer a high quality live recording of the performance. These CDs will be available to buy the instant the last note has played that night. Don’t miss out on your chance to pre-order your exclusive CD NOW, which can either be collected at the gig venue or sent straight to your home. (Click Here)

Recently released Blue Gaze Mento Band CD features Toots doing “Great Jahovah” available now on iTunes. A nice pick up for Toots fans. Hope to see many of you over the next month as the tour winds down.

Blessings Always,
Toots & The Maytals

As a unit they’re almost at the 5-decade mark! Currently touring the US (Cali this weekend!),this band- and especially their leader- is simply electrifying and above ‘legendary’. Credited with giving the genre it’s name, ‘Reggae’, we are delighted to recognize the prolific, remarkable work and warm, FUN personality of Frederick “Toots” Hibbert and his band. We’ll highlight the music, the magnificent range this great group covers with joy, in fine Jamaican-style, taking the music to heights, hearts and ears all over. Share a special first airing of a recent performance at the renowned Stephen Talkhouse, LI, NY. Plus- for one special hour, for the first time ever: “Toots” is gonna takeover The Joint !! 10:00am Saturday; “Toots” takeover rebroadcast on Sunday 1-2:00pm and 11 to 12:00pm. Join us for Toots & The Maytals Tribute Weekend on The Joint beginning this Friday, 6/17/11, 5:00pm ET.

Toots and crew will be starting their US and Canadian Tour May 28th in Greenwich, CT at the Greenwich Town Party performing with The Temptations, Little Feat, Robert Randolph and Buddy Guy. On May 29th the band will record a show for Sirius XM at Stephen Talkhouse in Long Island, NY, the show will broadcast June 12th at 11pm est along with a special in studio interview on the JOINT. Shortly thereafter on June 5th Toot’s show from the Wakarusa Festival will be streamed live from 8:00 – 9:30pm est on the Red Bull Music Academy Site. There are too many fantastic shows coming up to mention them all, but the schedule can be seen on www.tootsandthemaytals.com , and we will be updating our Facebook and Twitter as things are happening. Additionally, Toots’ daughter Leba will be singing songs from her fantastic new cd “INTOXICATED” at many of the upcoming shows. Also performing with Toots at select shows will be Willie Nelson’s son Lukas Nelson and his band Promise of the Real, as well as Big Head Todd and the Monsters.

Later in the summer Toots’s has an amazing tour of Europe being finalized now, including 17 shows in the UK starting in Early August. Toots will be playing the prestigious Brixton Academy on September 9th. Other dates for Europe will be posted soon on Toots’ site. Get your tickets early for Jam Cruise Janauary 9-12, 2012 as it sells out rapidly each year. Jam Cruise will be stopping in Falmouth, Jamaica this year. Should be a blast!

Blessings to All,
Toots and the Maytals

The Australian tour included performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns,
Freemantle, Byron¹s Bay and started in Singapore. This marked Toots¹ first
time in Singapore where he performed to a sold out audience alongside Bob
Dylan, John Legend and many more at the Timbre Rock and Roots Festival.

After Singapore it was onto Freemantle for The West Coast Blues & Roots
Festival sharing the bill again with Bob Dylan as well as Grace Jones, Elvis
Costello, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph, Michael Franti, The Blind Boys of
Alabama and others.

The next stop was Cairns for an intimate club show at The Tanks Art Center
attended by many from the Aborigine community. The annual five day Bluesfest
music festival in Byrons Bay featured two performances by Toots & the
Maytals alongside Bob Dylan, BB King, Ben Harper, ZZ Top, Aaron Neville. The
tour finished in Melbourne and Sydney with theater shows featuring
performances by Luciano and Warrior King.

Toots continues to record profusely including a collaboration with TV star
William Shatner aka Captain Kirk on a remake of the Police¹s ŒWalking on the
Moon¹, will be released in this summer. Toots¹ latest I-Tunes single is
another remake of the classic ³Unchained Melody² which was recorded at the
request of the song¹s owner Sir Paul McCartney.

Next month Toots is touring on the road again with his daughter and backing
singer Leba, opening for performances in North America and Europe in support
of her debut album Intoxicated scheduled for release in the summer.

We are excited to announce that Toots and the Maytals will be kicking off the next leg of their tour in Singapore, Friday, April 15th at The Timbre Rock and Roots Festival. This will be Toots first time in Singapore, and they will perform alongside Bob Dylan, John Legend, Michael Franti, Trombone Shorty and many more.

After Singapore the band will be on to Freemantle, Austrailia on April 17 for The West Coast Blues & Roots Festival. Toots will be among Bob Dylan, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph, Michael Franti, The Blind Boys of Alabama and more. The next stop will be Cairns, Austrailia for an intimate club show at The Tanks Art Center on April 20 to be attended by many from the Aborigine community. Shortly thereafter the group will be in Byrons Bay, Austrailia for April 21st and 22nd for Bluesfest featuring BB King, Ben Harper, ZZ Top, Aaron Neville, Bob Dylan and too many more to mention at the 5 day festival. The tour will finish in Melbourne and Sydney with theater shows alongside Luciano and Warrior King on April 23rd and 24th.

Look for Toots on tour from May 28 through the end of July in the US and Canada, and in Europe in August and September. Dates are being posted on www.tootsandthemaytals.com as they are confirmed.

Check out Toots new single of the classic “Unchained Melody” available now on iTunes and get ready for Toot’s daughter Leba new cd “Intoxicated” coming out soon. Leba will be performing songs from the album at many upcoming Toots shows.

Blessings Always,
Toots and Crew

Please check the website for updates on when the show will be broadcast in other countries, as well as the release date of a special DVD package with additional footage. Toots will also be embarking on a world tour in a few months, starting with Australia and Singapore in April, the US in June and July and wrapping up with Europe in August.

Blessings Always,
Toots and the Maytals

Kicking off on 11 February at 9pm, and continuing the highly successful and critically acclaimed Britannia series for BBC Four, Reggae Britannia explores and celebrates the impact of reggae on British music and culture from the Sixties through to the mid-Eighties. The documentary delves into the world of reggae, examining everything from the music, the bass lines and the spliff, to black kids speaking brummie or cockney, the romance of Jamaica and the smell of British streets in the Seventies. Travelling through the years, the programme talks to the performers who brought their music to the UK from Jamaica, discusses how reggae helped forge Rock Against Racism, showcases the New Wave bands of the Eighties who were influenced by the genre and explores how the genre became a part of the British mainstream my the mid-Eighties. Directed by Jeremy Marre, the programme hears from Jerry Dammers and Neville Staple of The Specials, Dennis Bovell, Chris Blackwell, UB40, Paul Weller, Janet Kay and Carroll Thompson, Dennis Alcapone, Boy George and many more.

A special Reggae Britannia At The Barbican concert will be held in London on Saturday 5 February. The broadcast of the concert will follow the documentary at 10.30pm. From Ska, through Rocksteady, Roots, Dub and Lovers Rock, it promises to be an evening of hits from the Sixties through to the present day. Featuring some of the most important Reggae musicians in the British scene, the programme will see performances from Dennis Alcapone and Winston Reedy, Dennis Bovell, Dave Barker, Pauline Black, Ali Campbell, Ken Boothe and many more.

The channel will serve up its second helping of programming on Friday 18 February, spotlighting a reggae legend in the new documentary Toots And The Maytals – Reggae Got Soul, at 9pm. This never-before-told story from one of Jamaica’s most influential artists features intimate performances from Toots and some hand-picked musicians, rare archive from throughout his career and interviews with Toots himself, contemporaries and well-known fans. From his beginnings as a singer in a Jamaican church choir to the universally-praised Grammy award-winning artist of today, this film tells the story of one of music’s true greats and features contributions from Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Cliff, Willie Nelson, Paolo Nutini, Bonnie Raitt, Marcia Griffiths and many more.

Following the documentary, Reggae At The BBC will showcase a choice archive of great reggae performances filmed at the BBC Studios. Ranging from Top Of The Pops, Old Grey Whistle Test and Later… With Jools Holland, the programme will feature classic performances from artists including Bob Marley and the Wailers, Gregory Isaacs, Prince Buster, Dennis Brown and many more.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) will honor Antoine “Fats” Domino and Dave Bartholomew, one of the most important partnerships in the history of rock and roll music, during the 15th annual American Music Masters series in November. Over the course of a week, more than 40 members of the New Orleans music scene will travel to Cleveland including Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, artists, band members, authors, journalists and more for the special events that will honor two pioneers in a seminal rock and roll city.

Toots previously paid tribute to Fats Domino in 2007 with his cover of “Let the Four Winds Blow” on the critically acclaimed Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino album. The album was critically described by AllMusic.com as “one of the more remarkable tribute albums to surface in recent years, spanning the worlds of rock ( Neil Young, Elton John, Los Lobos, Tom Petty), Blues (B.B. King), Country (Willie Nelson), Jazz (Herbie Hancock), and even Reggae (Toots & the Maytals, who just nail Let the Four Winds Blow)”.
The tour ends November 20th in Miami at Bayfront Park when Toots & the Maytals perform on the BAYSIDE ROCKS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL along with Bunny Wailer, Steel Pulse, Marcia Griffiths and others.

In December, Toots will perform for 40 million viewers in the UK on BBC 2’s Jools Holland Hootenanny show for New Year’s Eve to close a very busy 2010 for one of Jamaica’s greatest musical ambassadors and Reggae Legend.