-will be performing at ‘Monday Madness’ for Carnival 2025

AFTER decades of hits and sold-out shows across the globe, music icon, Machel Montano, topped his achievements this week, graduating with an MA in Carnival Studies from the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT).

The UTT shared a video of Montano on Monday receiving his well-earned certification, issuing congratulations to him and all of the other graduates.

The “Soca Kingdom” multiple Road March winner also performed as part of the presentation’s events on Monday.

Montano, who released his hit single “Too Young to Soca” at the tender age of nine, has released over 25 albums and won numerous Road March competitions.

Despite the pressures of completing his Master Degree, Montano entered and won the 2024 Trinidad and Tobago National Calypso Monarch competition.

He also recently performed at the Apollo Theatre along with many other Caribbean stars for Labour Day weekend in New York City and received the Entertainer’s Key to the City from mayor Eric Adams.

The soca king also recently visited Tobago for the island’s carnival celebrations, along with icon Calypso Rose, where a street was renamed in her honour.

Meanwhile, the singer has announced his return to the Carnival fete scene with “Monday Madness”, which takes place on February 24, 2025.

In an update via Instagram, organisers said:

“Are you ready for the biggest event of the year. On Monday February 24, 2025 there is only one place to be – Monday Madness. It will be Soca Insanity.”

According to the post, general tickets start at $400, with stage front tickets at $600.

Machel Monday, a staple fete of the Carnival season, was held for the last time in 2020, after a 10-year run. (Loop News)