Ziggy Marley, from left, Julian Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Damian Marley and Stephen Marley pose for a portrait on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in New York. (Photograph by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
LOS ANGELES — Bob Marley’s musical legacy of concord and peace has hit the highway together with his sons bringing their late father’s timeless message to life in a multi-city tour.
The reggae big’s footsteps are being stuffed by his 5 sons – Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani and Damian – in the course of the Marley Brothers: The Legacy Tour. It’s the primary time the siblings have carried out collectively on tour in 20 years.
Marley’s sons are honoring his work, performing about 30 of their father’s songs together with huge hits like “No Girl, No Cry,” “Might You Be Liked,” “Is This Love” and “Three Little Birds.” The 22-date tour kicked off in Vancouver and can conclude in early October in Miami.
“This was crucial,” Ziggy mentioned in regards to the tour whereas his brothers Stephen and Julian sat beside him after a latest rehearsal in Los Angeles. The multi-Grammy winner mentioned it was essential for them to collectively discover time of their busy schedules and pay homage to their father — who would have turned 80 in February 2025.
“When the chance come up, we will come get collectively, cherish and recognize it,” he continued. “That’s the large a part of it — simply with the ability to do that collectively. Time is shifting.”
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The Marley Brothers have their very own reggae sounds however discovered a strategy to mix all of it collectively. They’ve carried out collectively since childhood together with a Pink Rocks efficiency in Colorado final 12 months. Two or three have hit the stage in different exhibits, like when Damian and Stephen carried out on the Hollywood Bowl final month.
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Julian mentioned years of collaboration have fostered a deep musical synergy between his siblings — a pure extension of their shared lineage.
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“His message goes past limitations. It breaks down limitations,” Julian mentioned. “Irrespective of which nation you go to, the folks want the identical message. That’s why that is so eternal. By no means ending. That’s the reason we’re right here and doing this mission.”
Marley rose from the gritty Kingston, Jamaica, slum of Trench City to achieve famous person standing within the Nineteen Seventies with hits akin to “Get Up, Stand Up” and “I Shot the Sheriff.” His lyrics selling social justice and African unity made him a world icon earlier than he died from most cancers in 1981 at age 36.
However Marley’s legacy has lived on by means of a number of initiatives together with an immersive exhibit in New York and his biopic “Bob Marley: One Love,” which debuted No. 1 on the field workplace in February.
On Sunday, the brothers have been offered a proclamation that declared Sept. 22 as “Marley Brothers Day” within the Queens borough of New York.
His sons have upheld their father’s heritage whereas forging their very own profitable paths together with Julian — who received his first-ever Grammy in February.
Ziggy and Stephen have every received eight Grammys; Damian has taken house 5 trophies and Ky-Mani has acquired a nomination.
Together with the tour, Stephen mentioned they want to work on a brand new album collectively and push their father’s message of positivity ahead. He mentioned it’ll take a while however they aspire to get it “finished within the close to future.”
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“The message within the music is what it’s actually all about,” mentioned Stephen, who curated the tour’s setlist. “For me, that message is so obligatory now. Our father is a kind of highly effective ones that received this message throughout. That’s why we’re right here.”
