Rootsriders feat. Mo Ali pay tribute to Bob Marley’s 1975 live album, which features the iconic version of No Woman No Cry. In 2004, the authoritative American magazine Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 37 in their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. On Thursday, September 25, they will perform at Patronaat in Haarlem.

Thanks in part to the success of No Woman No Cry. More than 1 million copies of the album were sold worldwide (100,000 of them in the Netherlands alone). Unprecedented numbers for a reggae band at the time. In addition, during this tour Rootsriders will dive into their personal favorite Marley songs.

Rootsriders were originally founded to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Bob Marley’s death, and over the years the band has grown into a mainstay of the Dutch live circuit. Singers Giovanca Ostiana and Shirma Rouse, as well as former The Voice runner-up Mitchell Brunings. Whose blind audition of (of course) a Marley song went viral worldwide — are among their well-known former members. Current singer Mo Ali was, as is common these days, discovered via social media in Sudan. In 2022, the band reached the finals of the SBS6 program The Tribute, Battle of the Bands. As a reward, the band performed that year in a sold-out Ziggo Dome, together with the three other finalists of the program.

WWW: Mo Ali & Rootsriders – Bob Marley Tribute – Patronaat Haarlem