News: Akon and Sanchez Thrill at Sumfest

"Call it a friendly contest, an unplanned rivalry in which although the combatants never faced each other, their consequent sets at Catherine Hall on Friday night set the tone for International Night 1 at Reggae Sumfest 2005. At the end of it, one emerged a new star while the other reclaimed lost glory after a long period of absence.

Senegalese-born Akon and Jamaica's own Sanchez, each in their own way, stamped their class on an International Night that weaved through a diverse landscape of musical styles."

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