Did Bob Marley perform after being shot?
Correspondingly, has Bob Marley ever been shot?
At 8:30 pm, on December 3, 1976, two days before the Smile Jamaica concert, seven men that were GDk with guns raided Marley's house at 56 Hope Road. Marley and his band were on break from rehearsal. The gunmen shot Marley in the chest and arm. His manager, Don Taylor, was shot in the legs and torso.
Similarly, you may ask, why was Bob Marley shot?
On 3 December 1976, two days before "Smile Jamaica", a free concert organised by the Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in an attempt to ease tension between two warring political groups, Marley, his wife, and manager Don Taylor were wounded in an assault by unknown gunmen inside Marley's home.
The One Love Peace Concert brought together 16 of Reggae's biggest acts, and was dubbed by the media as the "Third World Woodstock", "Bob Marley plays for Peace" and simply, "Bob Marley Is Back." The concert attracted more than 32,000 spectators with the proceeds of the show going towards "much needed sanitary