Catch Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels live at the Big Top
Fans of Dr Victor and The Rasta Rebels can look forward to an uplifting and energetic show with the renowned, up-tempo band, in Carnival City’s Big Top Arena, on Saturday, October 1.
One of South Africa’s best-loved bands, Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels, will perform old and new material spanning their more than 20 years in music.
Best known for their renditions of Eddy Grant’s Give Me Hope Jo’Anna and I Don’t Want to Dance in the early ’90s, Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels released three albums in the ’90s, the last of which was The Best of The Rasta Rebels, featuring one previously unreleased song, I Love To Truck.
The 2000s have seen the band producing numerous award-winning releases, including Sunshine Daze in 2003, which won the SAMA for Best Dance Album, and If You Wanna Be Happy, which shot to the top of the charts within the first few weeks of its release in 2004.
In 2006 Dr Victor and The Rasta Rebels released a 14-track album titled When Somebody Loves You back, with hit singles like My Number 1, Man Smart and other funky tunes which stayed on the local radio charts for several weeks.
In 2010 the band released their Greatest Hits album and recorded their first live DVD, Dr Victor and The Rasta Rebels – Live at Emperors Palace, which was nominated for a SAMA Award in 2011.
In celebration of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, Dr Victor featured on Dr Albans remix of the hit remix Hello Afrika (Tell Me How You’re Doing).
The band is headed up by the multiple SAMA-winning Dr Vic (Victor Khojane), who has crafted and created the band’s uplifting and up-tempo sound.
He has released several solo albums, Stress, Faya, New Flame, For Your Love and his most recent album, I Believe in Love, which was released last year.
Influenced by South African bands and artists such as Blondie and Papa, Harare, Jonathan Butler and the Jackson Five, Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels have performed with various high-profile South African acts, such as Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Ricardo, Chicco Twala and Lucky Dube.
Dr Vic himself has taken coveted opening act slots for international acts such as Paul Simon, Tina Turner, Gloria Estefan and Janet Jackson, and he also performed at MIDEM in France.
