Dr Victor and The Rasta Rebels in the Big Top
Fans of Dr Victor & The Rasta Rebels can look forward to an energetic show when the renowned band takes to the stage in the Big Top at Carnival City on Saturday.
One of South Africa’s best-loved bands, Dr Victor & the Rasta Rebel swill 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 nineties, Dr Victor & 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 releasing 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.
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 including 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 & the Rasta Rebels have performed with various high-profile South African acts such as Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Ricardo, ChiccoTwala 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.
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