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Saturday night marked the first time in nine years that the Anointed Bugle performed for fans at the Caribbean's biggest reggae festival, Reggae Sumfest, and it was straight fire. Fans online flooded the live chat with fire emojis, while inside the venue, Catherine Hall Entertainment Complex, lit up in a beautiful sea of "lightas" as patrons raised their phone lights in a massive show of approval for Bugle’s 30 minutes of musical mastery.
High energy, control, and discipline defined Bugle's set, which saw him seamlessly flow through his hits. He often didn’t perform each song in full, due to time constraints, but made sure to touch on the favourites. He wasn't there to waste time chatting, and when he did pause from flinging down dance moves and thrilling fans with hits, he did so with purpose.
The Thank You Lord singer shared how he held his mother's hand in the hospital as she was dying three years ago, and openly spoke of his deep love for "Mama", encouraging fans to show love to their mothers.
"Seh 'Mama mi love yuh' ... if mi talk bout Mama too long mi a guh cry. Show respect to yuh baby mada too," an emotional Bugle told the crowd.
" Bugle have mi a cry real tears," one fan wrote on the free live feed on YouTube.
Bugle's performance was preceded by the sets of I-Wayne and Pressure Busspipe, both of whom delivered performances that kicked off the night’s wave of fire emojis on Night Two of Reggae Sumfest.
Pressure Busspipe took control of the Sumfest stage at 10:30 p.m. with the lines from his hit song Love and Affection, immediately capturing the crowd. The artiste, who was nominated in the Best Reggae Album category for his album Heights of Greatness at the 64th Grammy Awards, stirred conversation online because many people thought he was Jamaican.
Pressure Busspipe, whose real name is Delyno Brown, was born in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, and he sang about his homeland at Sumfest. He began his musical journey with the Star Lion Family reggae group before establishing himself as a solo artiste.
Pressure Busspipe was praised by fans online for delivering a strong set. They were generous with fire emojis and positive comments, even if there was some disappointment that he wasn't Jamaican.
By 11 p.m., it was time for the firebrand, I-Wayne, whose performance was highly anticipated — and he did not disappoint. Of course, he brought the lava, and everything in its path was consumed.
"All who a bun nastiness seh 'lava!'" I-Wayne told the crowd as he detailed the sins that needed to be bundled up and chucked into the hottest fire.
I-Wayne "bun a fire" on oral sex, freakishness, X-rated media, religious war, certain food choices, blood drinkers, bleaching, and more. He also sought to crush what he said was a years-old rumour that he had collapsed.
"Mi neva drop down from mi born," I-Wayne told Sumfest, and assured his fans that that he can "lift up the thickas". His female fans oozed with delight at his "bow legs" and commended his fitness, which showed in his constant jumping all over the stage
In a post performance interview with the Sumfest team, he shared that "real masters keep practising".
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