Yellowman | Future Yard, 6 July | Event in Birkenhead | AllEvents

Yellowman | Future Yard

Future Yard

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Mon, 06 Jul • 07:00 PM

75 Argyle Street, CH41 6AB Birkenhead, United Kingdom

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Mon, 06 Jul • 07:00 PM (BST)

75 Argyle Street, CH41 6AB Birkenhead

73 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6AB, United Kingdom

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Yellowman | Future Yard
THE KING OF DANCEHALL COMES TO BIRKENHEAD

We team up with Events 471 to present Yelllowman live at Future Yard on Monday 6th July 2026.

Jamaica’s first dancehall superstar, Yellowman ushered in a new era in reggae music following Bob Marley’s death. His early-’80s success brought the popularity of toasting — the reggae equivalent of rapping — to a whole new level, and helped establish dancehall as the wave of the future. For better or for worse, he also epitomized dancehall’s penchant for “slack” lyrics. Graphic sexuality was his particular forte, reaching levels of explicitness previously unheard in Jamaica. There was more to it than that, though; Yellowman was one of the most verbally nimble toasters of his time, with a loose, easy flow, a talent for improvisation, and a definite wit in his wordplay. Plus, all the boasting about his prowess on the mic or in the bedroom had to be over the top to be convincing: true to his stage name, Yellowman is an albino, which carries a tremendous social stigma in Jamaica. His rise to stardom was unlikely enough, but his transformation from untouchable outcast into sex symbol was staggering — and may not even have taken place without his trademark lewdness. Shocking though it could be, it affirmed him as a sexual being just like his listeners, and was delivered with enough humour to let the audience know that he didn’t take himself too seriously.

Bouts with cancer pushed him into more thoughtful, socially conscious territory in the 1990s, but his initial style remains the most influential, paving the way for countless dancehall toasters to follow. He remained quiet through most of the 2000s before mounting a comeback with 2019’s No More War.


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Yellowman | Future Yard
Mon, 06 Jul • 07:00 PM