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Island to mark 5oth year with festival in London.
Activity next May to be organised with Island founder Chris Blackwell
By Ben Cardew
Island is to mark its 50th anniversary next year with a London festival staged in collaboration with record company founder Chris Blackwell.
Blackwell, who started the company in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1959 with capital of just #1,000, is to oversee a festival planned for May 2009 comprising live music, cinema, photography and memorabilia. Island artists past and present will be represented.
The anniversary celebrations will centre on Island 50 Live, a week-long festival of live shows by Island artists at London's Shepherds Bush Empire. All proceeds from the shows will be donated to Amnesty International and the Oracabessa Foundation in Jamaica. For the moment the company is keeping tight-lipped on the line-up, although Island general manager Jon Turner says it is setting its sights high.
As well as live performances, there will also be an Island 50 Film Festival, screening related films such as The Harder They Come and Bob Marley Live At The Lyceum at art cinemas around the country; a travelling exhibition of photos, artwork and memorabilia; a TV documentary; and an Island 50 book edited by Chris Salewicz, author of recent Joe Strummer biog Redemption Song.
On the retail side, Island will be re-issuing classic albums from its 50-year history, as well as new compilations, deluxe boxed sets and digital bundles. There will also be a range of Island 50 merchandise on sale.
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