COMPLIMENTARY tickets have eaten as much as $15 million from the funds donated to the Bustamante Hospital for Children from the Shaggy and Friends show.
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The stunning revelation was made by the man behind the charity effort -- Shaggy -- as he explained why he has moved to limit the number of complimentary tickets issued for the show. While acknowledging that event promoters cannot escape issuing comp tickets, Shaggy (real name Orville Burrell) appealed to Jamaicans to remember that the show is staged to raise funds for the hospital.
"We stress to hold the comp tickets down, which is very hard because Jamaica is all about comp; every party every man want a free ticket, ah so it go, is the culture. But this is a charity. It's about raising money," Shaggy said during this week's Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange at the newspaper's Beechwood Avenue headquarters in Kingston. This year's staging of the Shaggy and Friends Show is scheduled for January 4 on the lawns of Jamaica House in Kingston and will feature Tessanne Chin as the headline act. Read more:
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