Carifest C.A.R.E.S. Cancelled

By Brittany Somerset, Intrepid Reporter, Manhattan, NY.
Due to a combination of poor ticket sales and inclement weather, Carifest C.A.R.E.S has been cancelled.

10th ANNUAL REGGAE CARIFEST C.A.R.E.S.

NEW YORK, NY July 3, 2008 –Joining the Fight against AIDS this Sunday July 6th for the Carifest C.A.R.E.S AIDS Awareness benefit Concert for Keep A Child Alive will be Yami Bolo Unplugged coming too sing songs of Peace, Love and Freedom.

Carifest C.A.R.E.S Independence Day Ticket Sale

NEW YORK, NY June 30, 2008 -  Carifest C.A.R.E.S.to be held Sunday, July 6th at the USTA National Tennis Center: Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY is having an Independence Day blow out  – Tickets will be 50% off from July 1st til July 4th at Ticketmaster.com: CODE – BJULY.

Carifest C.A.R.E.S. But Eek-A-Mouse Doesn’t

When asked at last week’s Carifest CARES (Compassionate Artists Recognizing Entertainment Solutions) press conference what Carifest meant to him, Eek-A-Mouse replied. “It doesn’t mean (expletive) to me” He then changed the subject entirely and went off on a tirade, dissing all the “white people who control reggae, like Ace Of Base, Matisyahu, (whose name he repeatedly mispronounced and called Matissaweh), Sean Paul and Shaggy; bitterly blaming them for his inability to get signed by a major label. He even he included the late, great, reggae founder Bob Marley in his racist rant, citing that he had a white father.