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Review 1 for One Love Festival

3 / 5

Disappointed

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Posted 16/03/2012

by TeePee1

Taken a little tie to review but here goes...

Gyptian was decent, as were many of the other acts but i came to listen to reggae and a hip hop arrtist stole the show. Busta bust is up, but why on earth is a hip hop artist smashing it at a reggae bash?

I was disappointed in the main artists... Shaggy - came on to pose, Sean Paul, came on to sing half a track.

Highlights for me were the intervals where the DJs span a few tunes which made the place rock.

Went to a Barrington Levy gig (plus others) in Brixton and it was 10x better... next time i will only go to the 2-3 hr events.

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Review 2 for One Love Festival

3 / 5

Rushed and poorly organised

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Favourite moment: Busta Rhymes absolutely wrecked it! At no other point during the day, did any other artist get the crowd anywhere near that loud! @

Posted 02/11/2011

by JayJay187

Location:Hackney

The price of the ticket, for an all day event was really good. But when you spend so long throughout the day with all the other acts, that the headline acts the promoters used to get everyone to buy tickets only get 15 minutes each or less, its bound to cause an upset.
I personally attended because I wanted to see Busta Rhymes, and I'm so thankful that no matter how many times he was told to get off the stage by the organizers, he refused and kept performing for around another 15-20 minutes. His performance was amazing, and he completely lit the place up.
Overall, I will definitely not attend another one love peace festival. You cant disrespect the artists who came down to perform, by only letting some of the headline acts perform 2 songs, and then kicking them off stage, but I have to sit through Levi Roots doing the damn reggae reggae sauce song, after already having done three songs, and letting his daughter perform. I much would have preferred another song from Skepta or Shaggy, or both.

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Favourite moment: Busta Rhymes absolutely wrecked it! At no other point during the day, did any other artist get the crowd anywhere near that loud! @

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Review 3 for One Love Festival

4 / 5

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Favourite moment: Gyptian, Etana, Natty King and Busta Rhymes performed brilliantly and made up for the influx of elderly artists. @

Posted 17/08/2011

by MsEms

Location:luton

I was really disappointed that the main attraction was absent from this avent. Considering he should have been paying a tribute to his father(Bob Marley) I found it completely a letdown that Ky-marni Marley was a 'no show' and all they did was put up a video of of Ky-marni which did not work. No explanation was given as to the reason for his absence which was even more disappointing. The artists who did show performed brilliantly, however if caution had been paid to those duration of earlier artists the more later performing artists wouldnt of had to have been rushed of the stage.

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Favourite moment: Gyptian, Etana, Natty King and Busta Rhymes performed brilliantly and made up for the influx of elderly artists. @

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Review 4 for One Love Festival

3 / 5

Where was the Reggae?

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Favourite moment: The whole time the Abysinnians were on stage @

Posted 16/08/2011

by Skellygee

Location:London

Kings Sounds, John Holt, Abysinnians, Gyption and Ethana should have done a show on their own and they would have got top marks from me everytime. Shaggy was okay but did not have enough time on stage, Sean Paul's rock nonsense was a waste of time and electricity. Busta Rhymes mashed the house for those who love his music, not me though, but the crowd loved him so maximum respect.

I left to get the last train wondering is reggae music that desperate to survive that live shows are now becoming some hybrid of hip hop, rock and a small slice of reggae. Long live reggae and players of instruments

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Favourite moment: The whole time the Abysinnians were on stage @

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Review 5 for One Love Festival

4 / 5

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Favourite moment: Buss Buss having da whole of Wembley Arena rocking.. @

Posted 14/08/2011

by Junior72

Location:Stonebridge

Busta rhymes was energetic/gr8. And Etana has a gr8 voice.. The Jamaican lauryn Hill.. Overall it was a good show..

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Favourite moment: Buss Buss having da whole of Wembley Arena rocking.. @

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Review 6 for One Love Festival

4 / 5

One Love Peace Festival was jammin

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Favourite moment: Watching Sandra Cross, Etana, The Abysinnians @

Posted 14/08/2011

by SkaLover

Location:London

What an excellent day- 9 hours of incredible reggae. I managed to hear some of the older reggae performers who I wasn't familiar with, the older reggae is the best. The acoustics at Wembley are brilliant.The festival had a good atmosphere and plenty of us had a good dance.

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Favourite moment: Watching Sandra Cross, Etana, The Abysinnians @

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Review 7 for One Love Festival

3 / 5

Very annoyed!!!!

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Favourite moment: busta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @

Setlist: n/a @

Opening act(s): far too many @

Posted 13/08/2011

by seanpaulluva1

Location:brighton

overall a good day but dragged on for far too long. Main three headliners all came on right at the end and only had 1h 30mins between them. My main reason for going was to see sean paul but i was disappointed as he was only on for 15mins and they were sound checking for shaggy over his set!! Busta smashed it though,main highlight for me. Gyptian was good too

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Favourite moment: busta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @

Setlist: n/a @

Opening act(s): far too many @

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Review 8 for One Love Festival

3 / 5

Blimey Grimey Grimey

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Favourite moment: Gyptian bounding around stage very impressive @

Posted 10/08/2011

by stubbo

Location:sydenham

Well lets see hot acts not given full sets that cheesed them off visibly.Shaggy and Busta Rhymes and Gyptian still on good form.Sean Paul who we went to see looked a bit lost on a big stage,maybe more intimate venue would suit him.Long day with food a bit on the slow side,needed the impromptu jerk barbecue setup outside the venue inside!!Overall could have been better.

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Favourite moment: Gyptian bounding around stage very impressive @

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Review 9 for One Love Festival

3 / 5

Busta rhymes & Gyptian were brilliant!

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Favourite moment: Busta Rhymes was a brilliant entertainer, really engaged with the audience! @

Posted 08/08/2011

by Nannybam

Location:Gravesend kent

The acts were all very good, organisation was terrible!!
We had large breaks between acts, and the few final more popular acts were cut short as the whole thing over ran! sean paul & shaggy were cut short and we didnt even see donaeo & bashy!!
Would have been nice to see the popular acts in full & maybe less of the others!

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Favourite moment: Busta Rhymes was a brilliant entertainer, really engaged with the audience! @

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Review 10 for One Love Festival

4 / 5

FANTASTIC One Love peace festival concert

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Favourite moment: All artists peformed very well @

Posted 07/08/2011

by LITTLEMISS51

Location:Birmingham

I went, I saw, and I thorougly enjoyed. Value for money. Will not mind if I do not go out again for the rest of the year as this was the one for me. Would like to know if DVD of the one love peace festival can be brought from Wembley Arena?

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Favourite moment: All artists peformed very well @

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Review 11 for One Love Festival

4 / 5

Busta Rhymes

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Favourite moment: Busta, just tore up the crowd
John Holt was brilliant made you feel he was actually there for you @

Opening act(s): too many, and not that very good @

Posted 07/08/2011

by Olympic

Location:Croydon

The sound technition should be sacked, the feed back from the stage was horendous
You should have mixed the headliners, with the not so big acts, and put them on earlier
there were too many acts ,also having to re set the stage after every event ate into the alloted time which is why it ran over

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Favourite moment: Busta, just tore up the crowd
John Holt was brilliant made you feel he was actually there for you @

Opening act(s): too many, and not that very good @

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Review 12 for One Love Festival

1 / 5

Won't be going again

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Posted 06/08/2011

by Terri123

Location:London

I was really looking forward to seeing John Holt (who did an excellent set) Aswad (terrible sound system which even reverberated during the performance) and the headline acts Sean Paul and Shaggy. I sat through lots of adverts for things I'm not interested in (mobile phone cards, sauce etc). The promoters were really making there money as this was not a charity event. If it was I wouldn't be complaining now as the money would be going to a good cause. Anyway because of all there adverts and giving people I never heard of extra time, they cut short Sean Paul's set, he was so upset he just walked off the stage. After Shaggy sang his first song they told him he had just 10 minutes left to play. He tried to drag it out until they turned the lights on. I also felt sorry for the people who had to stand up downstairs crammed together like sardines.

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Review 13 for One Love Festival

3 / 5

one love peace concert was ok

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Favourite moment: buster rhymes tore the place down @

Posted 05/08/2011

by iondread

Location:middx

there needed to be more high profile artist who entertain the crowd, some artist who performed were not up to the mark

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Favourite moment: buster rhymes tore the place down @

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Review 14 for One Love Festival

3 / 5

Could have been better

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Favourite moment: Shaggy! @

Posted 05/08/2011

by EJae

Location:Kent

Concert started at 2pm, we arrived at 3pm, and then had to queue for an hour to exchange the online voucher for our tickets-most companies can now offer e-tickets, once we had our tickets we got in without having to queue again, but we missed Gyptian. One of the headline acts was on at 4pm?? At around 6pm we left the arena to get some food, the counters were adverising fried plantain, jerk chicken, we queued for an hour to get food and when we finally reached the front-no jerk chicken, no plantain. Only chips on offer! The actual concert was ok, however severely ran over time schedule, so everyones acts were cut short making the artists very angry to say the least. I was looking forward to Sean Paul the most, WHAT A LET DOWN! He looked off his face. Thank god for Shaggy at the end of the concert. A true gent, maturity and experience got him to calm the crowds down "you are at a peace concert"!! Such a shame he didnt get to perform his set. And as for Princess (who are ya) Nyah storming on the stage after throwing her toys from the pram when the promoters obviously tried to cut her from the set list!!! Well, lets just say, if the time schedule was sorted properly, and the food situation was rectified, then it would've earned a 4* review. Lets pray next year gives enough time to get things more organised!

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Review 15 for One Love Festival

1 / 5

Wasted too much time on mediocre acts

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Favourite moment: Busta Rhymes @

Opening act(s): Not up to scratch, too many oldtimmers @

Posted 05/08/2011

by lockhart

Location:london

I went to this event to see Busta Rhymes, Shaggy, Sean Paul, and Egyptian. I arrived at the event at 2.30pm and had to leave at 10.15pm and was only able to see Busta Rhymes.

I spent over 7 hours watching a load of "has beens" who were not featured anywhere on the promotional material, an absolute waste of time and terrible dissapointment.

The main acts should have been featured much earlier in between other acts. It was embarrassing for Busta Rhymes to be cut short when the other rubbish had all day.

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Favourite moment: Busta Rhymes @

Opening act(s): Not up to scratch, too many oldtimmers @

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Review 16 for One Love Festival

4 / 5

Busta Rhymes was the star of the show

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Favourite moment: Shaggy blatantly ignoring the stage manager calling him to get off the stage @

Setlist: Gyptian, Aswad, John Holt, Abyssinians and all above @

Opening act(s): Drums of Rasta @

Posted 05/08/2011

by wheelchaiRocker

Location:Croydon

Skepta and Sean Paul, your ego's are bigger than your stage presence maybe next time you should stay at home. Well done to Shaggy for doing a half hour set when the licence restricted him to 8minutes. I was watching the stage manager telling him to get off the stage but he went on to do one more, then another .....what a showman! Gyptian was great too. It was a good show but the stage management was a bit um? Jamaican !

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Favourite moment: Shaggy blatantly ignoring the stage manager calling him to get off the stage @

Setlist: Gyptian, Aswad, John Holt, Abyssinians and all above @

Opening act(s): Drums of Rasta @

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Review 17 for One Love Festival

4 / 5

one love concert was the lick!

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Favourite moment: Too many to mention but Busta, bus! @

Posted 04/08/2011

by Anonymous

Location:London

Something for everyone of all ages, very feel good, atmosphere was righteous and vibes were nice!

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Favourite moment: Too many to mention but Busta, bus! @

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Review 18 for One Love Festival

4 / 5

Busta stole the show, Gyptian was amazing!!!

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Favourite moment: Busta Rhymes killed the show he was sooo good...really made the show! @

Posted 04/08/2011

by SugarStar

Location:London

The show was fantastic, but the most advertised artists came on right at the end of the night which was disappointing. For example Sean Paul came on at around 10.30pm and his performance seemed a little rushed...!

The reggae artists all seemed to have rather long sets and some artists didn't even perform..what happened to doneao???

People without seated tickets found themselves trying to seat in peoples seats too which was annoying. For example came back from the drinks stand to find a women in my seat!!!!!

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Favourite moment: Busta Rhymes killed the show he was sooo good...really made the show! @

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Review 19 for One Love Festival

1 / 5

Disappointing Peace festival

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Favourite moment: Gyptian was pretty good @

Setlist: unknowns - tho I remember Levi Roots sang a couple of tunes! @

Opening act(s): ??? @

Posted 04/08/2011

by AllyO

Location:Cambridge

We were in our seats at 2pm & by 8pm we had had enough, the only act we saw that we had heard of was Aswad and the sound was awful - all bass & could not make out what they were singing. The queues for food & drink were hideous and then we ran out of money & found out you could not pay by card & had to go outside the arena for a cashpoint! We had been waiting for Shaggy, Busta Rhymes & Sean Paul but had no idea when they would be on - there were no programmes or running order, we had no idea how long everything was going on for! In the end we gave up & left, thoroughly disappointed.

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Favourite moment: Gyptian was pretty good @

Setlist: unknowns - tho I remember Levi Roots sang a couple of tunes! @

Opening act(s): ??? @

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Review 20 for One Love Festival

4 / 5

Peace festival

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Favourite moment: Sean Paul and Shaggy @

Posted 04/08/2011

by Seesha

A great night, sadly the long delay meant that the main acts including Sean Paul and Shaggy was rushed which was a disappointment. But it was a event to make awareness of gun crime and the children who performed was excellent.

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