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Showtime band promises big things for festival & beyond

The original Showtime band that has represented the Virgin Islands with distinction and provided much entertainment for the many fans home and abroad is promising what is already expected due to its colourful and successful history- big things for Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival 2013 and beyond. Photo: VINO
Mr Eustace 'Boss' Freeman, one of the key men behind the 13-year old success of the original Showtime band. Photo: VINO
Mr Eustace 'Boss' Freeman, one of the key men behind the 13-year old success of the original Showtime band. Photo: VINO
Hot on the charts for Showtime band this festival is Lap Dance- a track featuring ‘Pumpa and the Unit’. Photo: VINO
Hot on the charts for Showtime band this festival is Lap Dance- a track featuring ‘Pumpa and the Unit’. Photo: VINO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The original Showtime band that has represented the Virgin Islands with distinction and provided much entertainment for the many fans home and abroad is promising what is already expected due to its colourful and successful history- big things for Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival 2013 and beyond.

“The Showtime band is hotter than ever right now,” said Mr Eustace ‘Boss’ Freeman, one of the leading persons in the 13-year old local band, during an exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online.

Like several other local bands in the Virgin Islands, Showtime band is keen on ensuring that the social aspects of residents and non-residents alike are well fed with good music and great entertainment.

Showtime’s album for this year is entitled ‘Good over Evil’ as the band members are very keen about promoting good throughout and have decided to do so through their music. “We want the fans to be the same way going forward,” said ‘Boss’, who added that his fellow band members are best described as the ‘A’ team with a great chemistry. “We want to keep that chemistry going and growing,” he added.

Easily ranked as the number one band in the Virgin Islands, Showtime is one of the main features for the festival season. The band was on stage last night, July 31, 2013 backing up the Soca Monarch show and providing the after-show live entertainment throughout the remainder of the night. “We have been approaching festival like it’s our festival and we just going hard, we going hard. Whenever we hit the stage we go to put on a show and so far the public has been loving us so we love the public for loving us and we are going to continue doing the good work,” said Mr Freeman.

Hot on the charts for the band this festival is one Mr Freeman described as ‘very hot’. The track features Pumpa and the Unit. “This is a crazy, crazy track, it’s called ‘Lap Dance’ and people love this track.”

Meanwhile, the festival season is being used as preparation for upcoming assignments abroad since, according to Mr Freeman, immediately following festival they would be engaged in a lot of international tours and performances and further taking the Virgin Islands music to the international arena and markets. “That’s what we are gearing up for and that’s what we are hoping to do in the future,” Mr Freeman stated emphatically.

As for the loyal Showtime band fans, Mr Freeman expressed much gratitude for their continued support and encouragement. “I just want to thank the fans for supporting Showtime band for the 13 years now. Continue to support Showtime band, be a fan of music and continue loving yourself and be good,” Mr Freeman said.

42 Responses to “Showtime band promises big things for festival & beyond”

  • open wide (01/08/2013, 10:15) Like (10) Dislike (37) Reply
    Showwwwwwtiimmmmmmmmeeeeeeee....boos dem yo large dey real deal!!!
  • mother hen (01/08/2013, 10:16) Like (9) Dislike (33) Reply
    big up showtime band ayo perform good last night
  • ... (01/08/2013, 10:20) Like (6) Dislike (32) Reply
    I had the opportunity to be in the village last night. I must commend the Showtime Band for even after it lost so many of its members to another band it is still the better ban BAM
  • JACK BE STILL (01/08/2013, 10:30) Like (9) Dislike (70) Reply
    Show Time does draw a crowd! And I know their song whistle will be road march
  • matt (01/08/2013, 10:40) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    LAST NIGHT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!! :-)
  • fan club (01/08/2013, 10:45) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
  • rattie (01/08/2013, 11:00) Like (7) Dislike (32) Reply
    Showtime Band had the place ROCKING!!!
  • jokes (01/08/2013, 11:29) Like (11) Dislike (137) Reply
    Your the hottest band? last time i checked VI showtime been flopping you, hottest band dont beg to play for free!!! meshon ahyo tola man like fame, always want to be in the spot light, stop trying to foul people, VI Showtime has the core of showtime band, Boss you need to grow up and stop acting like a girl. be a man.
    • Really? (01/08/2013, 12:41) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      Really though? You my dear are a certified HATER! Y dont you give credit when its due? Keep up the good work Boss
      • sperks (02/08/2013, 00:23) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Come jouvert morning we will see who rules and they better not cheat showtime to
    • Music Lover (01/08/2013, 12:58) Like (3) Dislike (29) Reply
      I like both bands to be honest but which songs of the 2 lead singers in VI Show Time won that international award for best soca song or what ever the awards was, was it not Boss song, yes both bands put out great music but when they was one band thas when they was at there best. VI Show Time need to change them name last time take Jam band for example when they had spilt up the had 2 jam band but then one of them changed their name to jam times and was playin all of the old jam band songs them so why VI Show time cant do the same, jam times had most of the members from jam band as well but the real fact is members come and go but the name still lives on could be with only one original member it is still show time band thas the name that lives on and real fans of the band show follow the band not it's members real fans loyal to the band and no matter wah the band goin through they wouldn't just jump ship like some of these so call fans that talkin bout VI Show Time gah most of the members fact remain is they are not the real show time yes they help build the band but once u leave a band u can't be claiming like in them ads when them had the CD lunching stating that the band that brought you this song and that song when in fact those songs came out under the show time brand not vi show time only in tola u could do this time of sh*t
      • rock (02/08/2013, 09:47) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        get it right people there is only one showtime and boss and crew got it
    • @ jokes (01/08/2013, 13:17) Like (2) Dislike (22) Reply
      sort it out showtime rules
    • yea (06/08/2013, 10:07) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      So u saying they didn't sound good...de man if u deny that night u are not a musician
  • africa (01/08/2013, 13:16) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    I does want to know if ShoWTime or even VI ShowTime really know of when dem starting playing music and bringing out songs for the people to enjoy. I remember that it had to b in 1998 dem man bring out this tune call Africa - Showtime got dem jumping up n another slow tune followed by entire album back n 99 with tunes like Jam Jam Jam, Truckman n CupCake to mention a few however I guess dem years don't count when it was all about fun. I grow up with all dem man following their music from school days. So if I count properly that's like 15 years n counting as the same unit
    • long look me conme from (01/08/2013, 15:27) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      showtime have too much new people but both bands are great and they are local
  • job hunt (01/08/2013, 14:56) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    me aint care what ah man say showtime is just the best
    • my two cents (01/08/2013, 20:17) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      I like Boss singing voice as jugo got a high pitch soft voice
  • jump ship (01/08/2013, 19:08) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Most people only jump ship cause when they normally hear show time it normally the voices of those 2 guys of VI Showtime so to hear Boss all the time in the band has come now like so etching different to everyone, also majority of them young people aren't real fans they jump ship to follow the crowd
  • whatever time! (01/08/2013, 19:32) Like (3) Dislike (2) Reply
    Why all the fuss the two bands sucks anyway!
  • web (02/08/2013, 00:14) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Continue your good music Boss.
  • mary j (02/08/2013, 00:21) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    IN THE NEXT MONTHS YOU WILL BE NUMBER 1 YOU NOT THERE YET AS YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE POLTICKS OF THE BVI
  • talk bring talk (02/08/2013, 05:47) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    School children say everytime VI SHOWTIME plays they flop SHOWTIME..talk that!
  • passport (02/08/2013, 08:54) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    ..I could smell a road match me boy oh yea showtime show them who is the BOSS....
  • bow tie (02/08/2013, 09:19) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    Come on the only thing show time has going for it is Boss voice..we on the streets done know VI SHOW TIME run the joint
  • 3 band (02/08/2013, 20:49) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I am not a fanof either VI Showtime or Showtime...I am with Extreem
  • vi showtime (03/08/2013, 13:35) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    you cannot stop VI show time so all the comments not going to change that
  • yellow love (03/08/2013, 19:48) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I say education is the better way to go than heere fighting over nothingness
  • school children (04/08/2013, 01:19) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ha ha ha I heard vi showtime flop- at da spot Friday let ayo tek dat…THE REAL showtime rules
  • I sticking with the real deal (04/08/2013, 09:37) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    They sure did school children that is a sgn that they going down in defeat!
  • Fungo (06/08/2013, 10:12) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Boss has went away and understood what sells what draws people. He has taken music to another level and yes it sounds real good compared to what I have heard. I would say after listening to them in the states they now have a chance to compete with other Caribbean soca band . Bvi this is your change to get on the map. Release boss and he go fly for your country trust me


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