April 1, 2008 at 01:20:00 PM | more stories by this author
Doggfather will join party rockers on a 28-date trek of US amphitheaters this summer.
He's been all over the TV in recent months, from his own Father Hood reality show to an emcee stint at Wrestlemania XXIV Sunday night, and now Snoop Dogg is coming to an arena near you.
The Long Beach rapper is teaming up with party rockers 311 for the band's long-running Unity tour. The pair, who will be joined by rock band Fiction Plane, fronted by Sting's son Joe Sumner, will play 28 dates throughout the US. The trek will kick off June 24 at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix and run through August 3 in Austin, Texas.
311's Unity tour has previously featured support from Matisyahu, Pepper, the Wailers, Particle, the English Beat, and O.A.R. 311 is currently working on its next studio album, tentatively set for a release in 2009.
The band is currently "in the initial writing stage" for the next album, according to a post on its Web site, "so there are no song titles, album title, or release date at this time."
Snoop Dogg will be touring in support of his latest release, Ego Trippin', which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Unity tour dates:
6/24: Phoenix (Dodge Theatre)
6/26: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara Bowl)
6/27: San Diego (Coors Amphitheatre)
6/28: Irvine, Calif. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
6/30: Salt Lake City (USANA Amphitheatre)
7/1: Morrison, Colo. (Red Rocks)
7/2: Omaha, Neb. (Westfair Amphitheatre)
7/4: Rothbury, Mich. (Rothbury Festival)
7/5: Cincinnati (Riverbend)
7/8: Chicago (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)
7/10: Bonner Springs, Kan. (Sandstone Amphitheatre)
7/12: Maryland Heights, Mo. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
7/13: Columbus, Ohio (PromoWest Amphitheatre)
7/15: Philadelphia (Penn's Landing)
7/16: Brooklyn, N.Y. (Keyspan Park)
7/18: Mansfield, Mass. (Tweeter Center)
7/19: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)
7/20: Bristow, Va. (Nissan Pavilion)
7/22: Virginia Beach, Va. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
7/23: Raleigh, N.C. (Walnut Creek Amphitheatre)
7/24: Charlotte, N.C. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
7/26: Atlanta (Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre)
7/27: Tampa, Fla. (Ford Amphitheatre)
7/29: Baton Rouge, La. (River Center)
7/30: Houston (Sam Houston Park)
7/31: Dallas (Smirnoff Amphitheatre)
8/2-3: Austin, Texas (Backyard)




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