Following the dissemination of a press release from a group of eight reggae festival promoters across Europe, which painted a grim picture of Jamaican music being beset by declining attendance and unrealistically high artiste fees, one promoter.
The Jamaican reggae fraternity, and indeed all those in any part of the world who benefit directly from the music, should by now have started to huddle to contemplate the stunning weekend repo.
Eight of the biggest European reggae festivals have warned of a dim future for the Jamaican music, citing a huge 50 per cent drop in audiences combining with skyrocketing artiste fees, up to t.