From
SFGate.com:
Snoop Dogg and Sean "Diddy" Combs were forced to scrap a tour of Britain after authorities denied Dogg a visa, according to a statement Tuesday. ...
"With late notice of Snoop being denied a visa, time has ran out and it is too late reconfigure the show," the statement said.
Here's what
Diddy had to say:
"Snoop had (already) received the proper papers (to allow him to enter the UK) - it was the reason we decided to go ahead with the concerts - so when we heard he'd been denied we were extremely surprised," Puff told us. "Especially as the concept of this tour is about bringing people together and stopping violence." ...
"I was flying in Elephant Man, Cassie and Fat Joe. I wish the government had changed their minds," he said, before assuring fans this isn't the last they've heard of the 'One Love Peace' tour.
From
Ticket:
British authorities denied rapper Snoop Dogg a visa for a series of planned concerts, publicists for his tour said in a statement Saturday. ...
Whatever the outcome, a planned concert at London's Wembley Arena on Tuesday will go ahead with P Diddy and the rest of the show, she said.
From
Metro.co.uk:
"Me and Snoop ain't making a single dollar on these shows," he told the Star. "In fact we're losing money, but we wanted to come to Europe anyway. It ain't about the money for me anyway. It's about a party. It's about making these people have a good time for two-and-a-half hours.
The Nottingham, UK date for the Snoop/Diddy tour has been moved back a day, from April 2 to April 3.
Via
Bad Boy.
Dr. Glenda E. Gill, professor emerita of drama at Michigan Technological University, will
present a lecture titled "P. Diddy and Walter Lee Younger: Brothers and Saints" at Tuskegee University. It will be at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center Auditorium on March 28 at 3 PM. The lecture will discuss Diddy's portrayal of Walter Lee Younger on Broadway.
Someone from The Independent spent a couple of nights on the Diddy/Snoop tour. The result is
this article which is a great read.
All the same, it must feel strange to them to be playing to so many white, middle-class people on this tour.
"I'll be honest," says Diddy. "It's always been young white kids. People in hip-hop never wanted to accept that, but it's true. Young white kids have been rebelling, sneaking out of the suburbs, and coming to the shows for years. And they're going home right now to turn up our music in their bedrooms. Hip-hop is something you can't stop - it ain't got no colour lines." ...
What's the point of Diddy's growing business empire: the fragrance, the clothes, the TV shows? Is it all about the money?
"It's not about making money," says Diddy. "If money was my only motivation, I'd be a billionaire right now. It's about appreciating and respecting the hip-hop culture. The other big conglomerates - the Fortune 500 companies - they don't respect hip-hop. They don't, like I do, make things especially for hip-hop."
But the money's still good? "Oh, the money's great," says Diddy, while Snoop laughs. "But I'm showing young people that they can empower themselves in a legal way. The money I make is legal. You got to understand that where we come from, that's a blessing." ...
"I'm not going to say that, compared to everyone else, I'm the best," he says. "I see myself more as PT Barnum. I'm the ringleader of the circus: the producer; the entertainer; the dancer; the vibe motivator. I don't really compete with the other guys who say, 'I'm going to lyrically massacre you.' I just like to get people moving and grooving.
"But look at my career in black and white. It's undisputable. Look on Billboard at the three pages of hits I've had. I'm not being braggadocious - it's just important that you state the facts when you talking about someone, and what they mean, and who they are."
Hal Boedeker reports that the episode of "
Coversations with Carlos Watson"
with Diddy will be on this week. Check the
TV schedule for times. There is a clip from the episode
here.
