This year's Bob Marley birthday celebration will be a virtual event, a spokesperson for the Tuff Gong Group of Companies has disclosed. 

Lecia-Gaye Taylor, the organization's operations manager, said the Coronavirus has forced a change in plans. 

"We are doing a combination of things. We are doing highlights or best-of past years and some live sessions from Tuff Gong and at the museum," she revealed. 

Marley, who died in May, 1981 from cancer, would have turned 76 on February 6. The annual event on that date at the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica usually attracts a large crowd, and features performances by his children, grandchildren and top reggae/dancehall acts. 

Taylor did not disclose the artists for this year's event which takes place during Reggae Month activities in Jamaica. 

The museum, one of Kingston's top tourist attractions, was once the reggae king's home. It reopened in November after closing in March due to the Coronavirus.

Written By Howard Campbell