BY CLAUDINE HOUSEN, STAR Writer
Shaggy bares his chest for the ladies at the Half Moon's 'Lights, Camera, Party' charity event at the Half Moon Village, St James on Saturday. - CLAUDINE HOUSEN
WESTERN BUREAU
JAMAICAN REGGAE superstar Shaggy, had The Half Moon Hotel's, 'Lights, Camera, Party' event 'locked' with a scintillating two-and-a-half-hour performance on Saturday.
Despite being an open-air event, the courtyard of the Half Moon Shopping Village was 'mega hot', from the moment he took the stage at minutes past nine with Mr. Boombastic to when he belted out his final song a few minutes shy of midnight, Shaggy was simply excellent.
Always the charmer, Shaggy had the women hanging on to every word. Starting off with some of his older chart hits Mr. Lover Lover took the audience on a roller coaster ride that was good to the last second.
Of the more than 400 patrons, 95 per cent were women and they were drooling. Less than an hour into the show, these ladies called for his clothes.
"Take off you shirt," they screamed. At this he only smiled and said, "You have money? I don't come cheap." This only served to further stoke the fire, as the call for his shirt became the mantra of the evening.
BIGGEST FAN
They shouted praise, "Shaggy, I am you biggest fan", they screamed, they danced and they waved. One woman took a medical approach advising that Shaggy, who was soaked with sweat should take off his shirt or he would "catch a chill."
After taking the audience through his early songs, Shaggy then slowed down the tempo to sing chart-topper Strength of A Woman.
CHEATER
He, with the aid of artiste Rayvon, then had a heated discussion about the 'dos and don'ts' of cheating before launching into yet another crowd favourite, It Wasn't Me. Coming into his current material from Clothes Drop, Shaggy went through a series of songs which only had the women more excited.
At about 11:00 p.m., he exited the stage but had to return as the crowd called for more and man, did he deliver. Returning to the stage, Shaggy continued with his latest songs.
Just when the audience thought the show could get no better - 10 minutes before his final song - Shaggy finally gave the women what they wanted: He took off his shirt.
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