Albania on Fire with Sean Paul – Last night Tirana was burning with reggaeton fans
Tirana: Thousands of reggaeton fans gathered last night at Qemal Stafa Stadium to shake it to the music of Sean Paul, one of Jamaica's top cultural exports and a fixture in recent years on global dance and hip-hop charts.
The concert kicked off with Albanian artists Castro Ziso, DJ Blunt, Tingulli 3NT, STINE, who performed their own mix of soul, rock and reggae with hits from their latest 2006 albums.
But it was Sean Paul this audience was really waiting for, and he finally arrived after an additional 2 hours of a DJ's spinning. The audience pushed closer together to get a better look at the hip-hop and reggae superstar, whose full name remains Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques. The singer, who scored a massive worldwide hit with Beyonce Knowles with the 2003 single "Baby Boy," is the son of a Chinese-Jamaican mother and got his education at Jamaica's Hillel Academy. He's said in the past he's a descendant, through his Sephardic father, of the biblical King Solomon.
Mixing new music with older material in Qemal Stafa, Sean Paul shook his hips for 80,000 fans last night, backed up by four dancers doing their best to keep up. With his on-stage entourage paying tribute to Albania’s music fans at every opportunity, Sean Paul demonstrated he even speaks a little Albanian, too - two words, at least, thanking his audience with a spirited "faleminderit shume!"
The performer made the most of his Albanian visit both before and after his concert, visiting Tirana city center and settling on Tirana’s top nightclub “Calvin”
Following his performance, the singer told concert promoters "Charl's Entertainment" and "Media Art" that he hopes to return to Albania again to stage another concert.
Albanbian fans appeared more than satisfied after the singer's first local show wednesday night, dispersing in high spirits and continuing to sing and dance as they left the “Qemal Stafa”.
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