Now reduced to a duo , Michael Grant and Dennis Seaton reformed Musical Youth in 2001 , and planned a tour . However , the tour plans were cancelled due to the September 11 attacks . In 2003 , Musical Youth finally performed as part of the Here and Now tour , an annual series of nostalgia concerts featuring performances by musicians of the 1980s . A compilation album was released in 2004 , '' 20th Century Masters : The Millennium Collection '' . In 2005 , the band performed at the Wiesen festival in Austria . In 2009 , they released a cover of Boney M. 's " Mary 's Boy Child – Oh My Lord " , followed by Jimmy Cliff 's " The Harder They Come " in 2013 . Their new album , '' When Reggae Was King '' was scheduled for release in 2016 , then early 2017 , but has yet to materialize . They performed tracks from the album at Camper Calling Festival at Ragley Hall on 27 August 2017
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Musical Youth