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Reg­gae fans in To­ba­go will have to wait a lit­tle longer to see Bu­ju Ban­ton live. The artiste has an­nounced that he will no longer be per­form­ing at the To­ba­go Rhythm and Soul Fes­ti­val due to a crit­i­cal health emer­gency in­volv­ing a close friend.

To­ba­go Fes­ti­vals Com­mis­sion CEO Kern Cow­an made the an­nounce­ment Wednes­day af­ter­noon dur­ing a press con­fer­ence.

In a heart­felt vir­tu­al mes­sage to his sup­port­ers, Bu­ju apol­o­gised, thanked fans for their un­der­stand­ing, and promised to re­turn soon.