Toots and the Maytals

Toots and the Maytals, a Jamaican band whose music spans rocksteady, ska and reggae, bring their live show to Boundary at The Union in Manchester, with Leba fronting the group and special guests on the bill.

Toots and the Maytals formed in Jamaica in 1966 and adopted the Toots and the Maytals name for their 1969 debut album, Sweet and Dandy. Among the best-established ska and rocksteady groups, the band is also credited with introducing the word reggae into a song, on its 1968 single Do the Reggay. The group is linked to the label Beverley's Records.

Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the group's central figure, has been placed by Rolling Stone magazine among the hundred finest vocalists of all time. The repertoire draws on songs including 54-46 Was My Number, Monkey Man, Pressure Drop, Funky Kingston, Broadway Jungle, Bam Bam, Time Tough and Reggae Got Soul. The band is now fronted by Toots's daughter Leba, who has released recordings of their own and has worked with Sly & Robbie and Jimmy Cliff.

The concert is presented by AGMP Concerts, with special guests appearing alongside the headline act. It takes place at Boundary, a concert and performance venue at The Union on the Manchester Metropolitan University campus, and suits those following the band's catalogue of reggae, ska and soul.