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Sting and Shaggy held court at the Cannes Film Festival's closing ceremonies this week (5/21) performing "Morning Is Coming," a track off their collaborative album, 44/876. The album has been in the Top 10 albums charts in France, Poland and Germany for four weeks and continues to top Reggae charts in the U.S.
The pair is headed stateside for a Good Morning America performance (5/25) when they'll also be dropping 44/876 - The Remixes featuring re-imagined tracks by the likes of Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend, Dave Audé, TropKillaz, iLLWayno and Cherry Cherry Boom Boom.
They'll be taking off on a European tour over the summer, and return for a U.S. tour together in September, find more details here.
Pictured above, shortly before digging into a refreshing platter of buttered snails, are Shaggy, Cherrytree Music Co. Chairman/Sting manager Martin "Cherry Cherry Boom Boom" Kierszenbaum and Sting.