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Leg­endary reg­gae singer JC Lodge will per­form in T&T on No­vem­ber 1, bring­ing a wave of nos­tal­gia to lo­cal mu­sic lovers.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia, Sean Leonard—bet­ter known as DJ Sean—of Gem­i­ni Pro­duc­tion, the event’s pro­mot­er, said the com­pa­ny has been stag­ing in­ter­na­tion­al and lo­cal shows for more than three decades.

“We just wrapped up So­ca Fest at the Brook­lyn Mu­se­um and in Oc­to­ber, for Mi­a­mi Car­ni­val, we’ll host One Fete with Kes the Band and Sexy N White fea­tur­ing JC Lodge,” Leonard said. “She’s ex­cit­ed to per­form in Trinidad at Car­ni­val City, Gulf City, San Fer­nan­do, with reg­gae an­thems like Tele­phone Love and Some­one Loves You, Hon­ey.”

Ac­cord­ing to Leonard, there has been a strong de­mand for nos­tal­gic mu­sic as fans look to re­con­nect with the sound­track of their youth.

“To­tal­ly 80s is a con­cept Gem­i­ni Pro­duc­tion and DJ Sean cre­at­ed to bring live acts from the 1980s in­to club set­tings, breath­ing new life in­to old-school par­ties,” he ex­plained.

“That’s why we’re part­ner­ing with Ru­mors Events, who has been pro­duc­ing Ul­ti­mate 80s for 18 years. JC Lodge has al­ready pre­pared her setlist for Ex­clu­sive Sum­mer To­tal­ly 80s #2, which we know fans will love. A DJ med­ley of her songs, mixed by Ra­zor­shop Remix­es and DJ Sean, will al­so launch on her so­cial me­dia pages.”

Leonard added that nos­tal­gia is not just a lo­cal phe­nom­e­non but a glob­al trend.

“There’s world­wide de­mand for 80s and 90s acts at mu­sic and jazz fes­ti­vals,” he not­ed. “For more than 20 years, ma­jor hits from that era have been sam­pled and re­made by new­er artists—think Wyclef’s ver­sion of Stayin’ Alive, Puff Dad­dy’s take on Every Breath You Take, and Ace of Base’s cov­er of Cru­el Sum­mer.”

Look­ing ahead, Gem­i­ni Pro­duc­tion is al­so plan­ning to bring 1980s mega-band Air Sup­ply to T&T in May 2026 for the group’s 50th an­niver­sary con­cert.

About JC Lodge

Born June Car­ol Lodge, the British-Ja­maican reg­gae star, now 66, first broke through with Some­one Loves You, Hon­ey in 1980—a reg­gae take on Charley Pride’s 1978 coun­try hit. The song topped the Ja­maican charts and earned Lodge gold and plat­inum discs in the Nether­lands, where it be­came the coun­try’s top-sell­ing sin­gle of 1982.

In 1988, she record­ed Tele­phone Love with Shab­ba Ranks, mak­ing his­to­ry as the first dance­hall reg­gae track to cross over in­to the U.S. R&B and hip-hop mar­kets. Her cat­a­logue al­so in­cludes More Than I Can Say, Make It Up, and col­lab­o­ra­tions with Tiger (Love Me, Ba­by) and Shab­ba Ranks (Tele­phone Love).

Se­lect­ed Hit Sin­gles (Put in box)

Some­one Loves You, Hon­ey (1982)

More Than I Can Say (1982)

Don’t Stop Me (1982)

Kiss and Say Good­bye (1984)

Give My Hus­band a Mes­sage (1985)

Tele­phone Love (1988) – with Shab­ba Ranks

Home Is Where the Hurt Is (1991)

Come Again (1992)

Love Trans­fu­sion (2012)

Com­fort Zone (2013)