Welcome back to Hip Hop Live, where we give you the latest on the livest Hip Hop shows around! Setting the week off are The Roots and Gym Class Heroes tonight (Oct. 18) at 7:30 PM at the San Jose State Event Center Arena in San Jose, CA.
T.I. and T-Pain hit the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA tomorrow (Oct. 19) at 7:30 PM. The same night, Hip Hop fans in Baltimore will be disappointed as Method Man and Redman cancel their stop at the Sonar Club in Baltimore, MD.
Indie staple-turned-major label artist Murs has several stops this week, beginning with a 9:00 PM Tuesday (Oct. 21) performance at Abbey Pub in Chicago, IL. Also performing that night is Devin the Dude, who has just released the album Landing Gear [click to read] at 8:00 PM, at Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque, NM. Switching back to Murs, the rapper makes his next stop at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, MI on Wednesday (Oct. 22) at 9:30 PM, then heads to The Basement in Columbus, OH on Thursday (Oct. 23) at 7:00 PM .
Rounding out the week is Delicious Gutter, a party at Webster Hall in New York City on Friday (Oct. 24) featuring music by Mr. Vegas, Masta Ace, Aaron Lacrate, Illa J and many more.
The Game has released his international tour dates, listed below:
Nov 11, 2008 Halle de Gombe - Kinshasa, COG
Nov 13, 2008 Standard Bank Arena - Johannesburg, ZAF
Nov 15, 2008 Boma - Nairobi, KEN
Nov 22, 2008 MTV Africa Awards - Abuja, NGA
Nov 27, 2008 Alcatraz - Milan, Italy
Nov 28, 2008 Club Nexus - Strasbourg, FRA
Nov 29, 2008 PKO - Bratislava, SVK
Dec 1, 2008 Volkshaus - Zurich, Switzerland
Dec 3, 2008 Bataclan - Paris, FRA
Dec 5, 2008 Vega - Copenhagen, DNK
Dec 7, 2008 Tradgarn - Gothenburg, SWE
Dec 8, 2008 Klubben - Stockholm, SWE
Dec 9, 2008 Betong - Oslo, NOR
Dec 11, 2008 Melkweg - Amsterdam, Netherlands, NLD
Dec 12, 2008 Halles De Schaerbeek - Brussels, Belgium
Dec 13, 2008 ABC - Glasgow, GBR
Dec 15, 2008 The Picture House - Edinburgh, GBR
Dec 16, 2008 Ambassador Theatre - Dublin, Ireland
Dec 17, 2008 Apollo Manchester - Manchester, GBR
Dec 18, 2008 Academy - New Castle, GBR
Dec 19, 2008 The Forum - London, ENG, United Kingdom
Another set of tour dates – Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello solo tour with opening act Boots Riley:
11.01.08 -
San Francisco, CA (The Fillmore)
11.02.08 - Portland, OR (Wonder Ballroom)
11.03.08 - Seattle, WA (Showbox Theatre)
11.05.08 - Vancouver, BC (Commodore Ballroom)
11.07.08 - Salt Lake City, UT (The Depot)
11.08.08 - Aspen, CO (Belly Up Aspen)
11.08.08 - Boulder, CO (Fox Theater)
11.11.08 - Minneapolis, MN (Fine Line Music Café)
11.12.08 - Milwaukee, WI (Turner Hall Ballroom)
11.13.08 - Indianapolis, IN (The Vogue)
11.15.08 - Detroit, MI (Majestic Theater)
11.16.08 - Toronto, ONT (Opera House)
11.17.08 - Boston, MA (Middle East)
11.19.08 - Baltimore, MD (Sonar)
11.20.08 – Philadelphia, PA (Electric Factory)
11.21.08 - New York, NY (The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza)
12.07.08 – San Francisco, CA (The Fillmore)
12.08.08 – Los Angeles, CA (House of Blues)
Finally, we come to Hip Hop Live’s Livest Show of the Week:
Wale, Rhymefest, Daniel Merriweather and Mark Ronson live at S.O.B.’s in New York, NY on Tuesday (Oct. 21) at 8:00 PM!
Check us out next week with info on shows by E-40, Saul Williams, Cypress Hill and more!