the others were merely brilliant. Dube was something else...Dube sets reggae standard...for lovers of the gentle, loping rhythms of reggae, this was the jackpot... the best reggae show to hit Madison since Marley’s appearance here a decade ago.

Ruler of the River, Lucky Dube, left the crowd in a state of upful hysteria.., ruler of the day was waiting in the wings. Lucky Dube and his band came on slow and built momentum into a set that was one of the strongest and most fun to witness in memory... a razor-tight mixture of hard reggae riddims and African harmonies and choreography.

Today Dube is the most popular singer in South Africa, and possibly all of Africa, routinely selling a quarter million units of every album he releases...

Dube wows at Channel... Dube and his superlative 12-piece band gave a high-energy exposition of South African reggae. Lucky is a dynamo; he took the stage in a fervent stepdance and his commanding presence riveted (the) audience’s attention for over two hours.

Following South African reggae virtuoso Lucky Dube’s progress is like watching the ascent of a heaven bound rocket... they (Dube & ensemble) immediately launched in to their usual kinetic performance... The crowd went wild, loving his high-energy performance and sweet, sweet vocals. Dancing and cavorting on the stage like a man possessed, he gave the people what they had come to hear... For the first, and almost the last time during the entire Sunsplash festival, an artist was brought out to do on encore.

Apart from being South Africa’s best selling recording artist, Dube... Is an artist to be reckoned with in live performances.

Dube is now the most popular singer in South Africa and possibly all of Africa, selling a routine quarter million units of every album he releases. Last July the Rastaman of the Townships faced the ultimate test when he played for the first time in Jamaica at the 14th annual Reggae Sunsplash festival. Stealing the show like no one since Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, he was called back for a fifteen minute encore and afterward was mobbed by the Jamaican press.

South African singer Lucky Dube stole the show with an extra-ordinary hour-long set, supremely soulful ‘Back to My Roots’ and ‘No Children in this World’.

Although Gregory lsaacs was the headliner it was Sunsplash freshman Lucky Dube who stole the show. Jamaicans are the most critical and knowledgeable reggae audience in the world: they know their music. It took about four songs before the audience warmed up to Lucky, but his virtuosity, professionalism and charisma took hold and the massive rammed it, calling the South African back for the only legitimate encore of the entire six nights of Splash 14.