1980-04-18

April 18, 1980 - Zimbabwe Independence Celebrations

Facts

• Venue: Rufaro Stadium
• City: Harare
• State/Province: Harare
• Country: Zimbabwe
• People in attendance:

Band lineup

• Bob Marley, vocals, rhythm guitar
• Aston Barrett, bass
• Carlton Barrett, drums
• Junior Marvin, lead guitar
• Al Anderson, lead guitar
• Tyrone Downie, keyboards
• Alvin Patterson, percussion
• The I-Threes, backing vocals

Setlist

AUD

1. "Positive Vibration"
2. "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
3. "Roots, Rock, Reggae"
4. "I Shot The Sheriff"

full setlist

1. "Positive Vibration"
2. "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
3. "Roots, Rock, Reggae"
4. "I Shot The Sheriff"
5. "War" -> "No More Trouble"
6. "Zimbabwe"

Trivia

• concert during the Independence Celebrations of Zimbabwe.
• the AUD source covers the first part of the show before the riots.
• during "I Shot The Sheriff" riots have led to pause the concert. Marley later reappeared on stage to perform three more songs before the concert was definitely cancelled. A free concert was performed one day later (see 1980-04-19 for more details).
• the show was filmed on video, excerpts of the celebrations are shown in the Caribbean Nights.

External links

• Entry at the etree database
• BobMarley.com - section about the Zimbabwe concerts