Inner Circle is a Jamaican reggae band founded in Kingston in 1968 by brothers Ian and Roger Lewis, who remain its core members to this day. The group rose to global fame when their 1987 track "Bad Boys" became the theme for the US TV show COPS, and the 1993 album of the same name won a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. Their follow-up single "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" topped charts in ten countries and held the number-one spot in Germany for three months straight - a record for airplay at the time.
Inner Circle headlined the Long Island Reggae Festival at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, NY on June 28, 2026, kicking off their summer tour.
Inner Circle released the single "Stay Strong" on December 12, 2025, dedicated to Jamaica's recovery from Hurricane Melissa, and performed it live at the Jamaica Strong benefit concert at UBS Arena in New York.
Inner Circle performed at the "Stay Strong Jamaica" hurricane relief benefit concert at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida on January 2, 2026.
The #FootPursuitChallenge on TikTok, set to "Bad Boys", surpassed 2 billion views across all platforms, driving a surge in the band's Spotify streams to 350 million and pushing their monthly listener count above 6 million.
Miami honored Inner Circle with a street naming - "Bad Boys Bad Boys" - along NW 71st Street and 18th Avenue in Liberty City.
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Reggae legends Inner Circle perform at the Sommar i Trebo festival in Örebro.
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Inner Circle performs at the Sommar i Trebo 2026 summer festival in Sandviken.