Fresh from a successful Canadian tour in June, where he performed for full house venues in cities such as Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver, Jamaican dancehall reggae star Popcaan has remained at the forefront of the Dancehall scene; from climbing charts to performing sold out shows worldwide.
Now Jamaican recording music artist Popcaan has raised the bar as he has performed to sold out concerts in Europe on his European Summer 2013 Tour, playing major festivals in Germany, France, Switzerland and Holland over the past two weeks.
Of significance was his first time performing with a band on such festivals as Afro Latino in Belgium and SummerJam in Germany.
POPCANN LIVE @ SUMMERJAM FESTIVAL 2013, COLOGNE – GERMANY
After rocking a crowd 30,000 strong at SummerJam, Popcaan said, “It was an amazing experience, its great to see how the people accept the music, SummerJam is a special vibe and a every energetic crowd”
Popcaan, real name Andre Sutherland, will return to Jamaica just in time for the highly anticipated Reggae Sumfest, one of the biggest nights for music in Jamaica, at the end of July.
After a critically acclaimed performance last year, the deejay looks forward to delivering on Dancehall Night yet again.
In between tour dates and appearances, the Dancehall artist is still working assiduously in the studio
Last summer the ‘Unruly Boss’ dominated with the release of his award winning hit single, ‘When We Party.’
POPCAAN ‘UNRULY RAVE’ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
His recent release, Unruly Rave for Hapilos Digital Productions seems poised for similar success with heavy rotation on the radio, in the clubs and in the streets.
He commemorated the summer by releasing the video for the track on the first day of the season.
The video shoot for another track, the Jam 2 Records produced single, Wine Like That was also just completed, which fans can also look out for this month.
LISTEN TO POPCAAN ‘WINE & STOP’ [DANCEHALL MUSIC]
Popcaan’s latest collaboration, First Time with Megan James from the group, Purity Ring is being featured in thePuma Dance Dictionary and gaining traction worldwide.
Additionally, Popcaan will be adding a number of international collaborations to his growing catalogue this year as well as songs featuring both U.K. and U.S. based artistes can be expected.
Presently his worldwide hit, The System is in rotation on MTV Jams and VH1 Soul.Of this song Popcaan says,
“It’s a song that the people just love, it a sing along everywhere when I perform it and it has nearly 2 million views on YouTube on my page alone, so maybe 5 million all over the internet so with MTV rotation it can only keep growing.”
