title: Caribbean Rising
text: # Caribbean Rising
  
  Caribbean Rising Tour was a concert tour hosted by MTV Networks. It featured performances by more than eighty artists across several different musical genres including reggae, dancehall, reggaeton, soca, quelbe, hip hop, and calypso. The concert series was held in conjunction with the launch of Tempo Networks, which debuted "in 20 Caribbean markets, providing both original and acquired programming." The channel launched in the United States in 2006. The tour featured performances by mainstream artists such as Rihanna, The Game, Musiq Soulchild, Elephant Man, Wyclef Jean and Ivy Queen, among others.
  
  ## Background
  
  In October 2005, it was announced that MTV Networks would launch a "new cable television network devoted to Caribbean music and culture." In conjunction with the launch on November 21, MTV Networks announced the concert tour Caribbean Rising to be held in various countries in the Caribbean.
  
  ## Tour dates
  
  | Date | City | Country | Venue | Performing artists |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | North America |||||
  | October 15, 2005 | | Jamaica | | I Wayne, Luciano, Morgan Heritage, Jimmy Cliff, Richie Spice, T.O.K., Turbulence, Barrington Levy, Musiq Soulchild, Sasha, Toots & the Maytals, Marlon Binns, Bushman, Selah, Cherine Anderson, Sparkles, Swamp King, Gary "GQ" Hardie, Doneisha Prendergast, Erica "Milk" Sewell |
  | October 16, 2005 | St. Mary | Jamaica | | Wayne Marshall, Assassin, Bounty Killa, Elephant Man, Kiprich, Lady Saw, Leftside & Esco, The Game, Voicemail, Vybz Kartel, Mario, Stone Love, Razz & Biggy |
  | October 21, 2005 | Christ Church | Barbados | The Plantation Garden Theatre | Natalie Burke & Chantal, Little Rick, Krosfyah, Edwin Yearwood, David Kirton, Allison Hinds, Johnnie King, Rihanna, Rupee, Arturo Tappin, Statement, Kimberly Innis, Toni Norville |
  | October 25, 2005 | | St. Maarten | | Elvis White, Mix Master Pauly, Band Mix, Sweet Mickey, Ebony & Steelpan Orchestra, Control Band, King Beau Beau, Youth Wave, Pedrin Pacheco & Su Orchestra, Mighty Dow and Super Mix Band |
  | October 27, 2005 | | St. Croix | | Stanley & 10 Sleepless Nights, Xpress, Ebenezer Methodist Steel Pan, Ricardo Richards Steel Pan,Extaushaun, Machel Montano, Midnight Youth Wave |
  | October 30, 2005 | | Nevis | | Masud Sadiki, Pepper Ranks, King Meeko, Kasanova, Crucial Banks, Marcia Griffiths, Morgan Heritage, Beres Hammond, Luciano, Angie Stone, Ivy Queen, Wyclef Jean |
  | November 5, 2005 | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | Queen's Park Savannah | H2O Flow, Maximus Dan, Shurwayne Winchester & Traffik, Bunji Garlin & Asylum, Doug E. Fresh, Machel Montano, Xtatik |
  