Having witnessed some of the biggest events at the National Stadium, Buju Banton for Guyana should over pack the stadium. On May 25 Buju Banton’s ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ concert will touch down in Guyana.
The 46-year-old Buju has not performed in public since a January 2011 show at Bayfront Park Amphitheatre in Miami. That show was held to raise money for legal fees for his trial on cocaine charges.
He was given a 10-year prison sentence in June that year in a Florida Federal court.
Buju Banton and his band are scheduled to perform in the Caribbean and Europe later this year. One of his biggest gigs will be at Summerjam in Germany on July 6; Summerjam is one of the world’s biggest reggae festivals.
Buju does not need any new songs to tour. “He’s got a huge catalogue so right now him don’t need new songs. Just like Jimmy Cliff or a Third World, him can go out there an’ do a three-hour show easily,” he said.