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This is not the first time we've seen a Reggae artist make use of BBM Channels Chat to talk to fans. Back in October 2013, when BBM Channels was still in beta, Gyptian used the platform to chat to fans using his BlackBerry Q10. This time around Reggae star Maxi Priest will be at the helm of the VP Records BBM Channels to chat to fans.
The BBM Channel Chat will allow fans to ask Maxi about his latest album release Easy To Love, his first record in over a decade. The Channel Chat will take place over of VP Records Official BBM Channel on Friday June 20th, 2014 at 4pm GMT (5pm CET/11am EST). If you want to chat be sure to follow the VP Records BBM Channel using PIN C0003E8B3.
Press Release
On Friday June 20th Reggae Superstar Maxi Priest will be hosting a live chat with his fans via VP Records Official BBM Channel. Fans will be able to speak directly with Maxi at 4pm GMT / 5pm CET / 11am EST about his new album "Easy To Love" his career and more. To speak with Maxi download the BBM app on your BlackBerry; Apple or Android device and in the BBM Channel feature on the app add the VP Records BBM Channel using this PIN: C0003E8B3
"Easy To Love" is Maxi's first new studio album in almost a decade. 11 new songs taking him back to the foundation and highlighting Maxi's earliest musical influences; roots reggae and lover's rock. The album features Reggae music luminaries Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Earl 'Chinna' Smith, TheSteven 'Lenky' Marsden, Clive Hunt and labelmate Beres Hammond on the R&B flavored 'Without A Woman". The songwriting and production also feature some of the genre's best talents including; Colin 'Bulby' York, Handel Tucker (a producer on the hit "Close To You") and Donovan Germain. "Easy To Love" is an eagerly awaited album from one of the genre's most familiar and much loved voices. "Easy To Love" from Maxi Priest features the hits "Easy To Love", "Every Little Thing"; "Holiday" and the new single which is a remake of John Mayer hit "Gravity". The album also features a cover of the John McLean classic "If I Gave My Heart".
Maxi will also be performing LIVE at the world famous Glastonbury Festival Silver Hayes stage on Friday June 27th & will be at HMV Manchester for an exclusive in store signing on June 18th at 530pm
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