Briefly: 50 Cent and Jay-Z, Cake, Eminem, Liz Phair
A man was shot and killed following a Canada Day concert featuring 50 Cent and Jay-Z on Tuesday (7/1), according to Canadian press reports.
Police reportedly said that Hamilton resident Msemaji Granger, 24, was at the concert at Ontario Place with several friends. After leaving the show to view fireworks at the venue, two men shot Granger several times at close range.
Later this year, Cake will lead their second multi-act Unlimited Sunshine Tour, according to the group's official website. The lineup for the outing--to take place in the first two weeks of September and focus on major cities--will be announced "soon."
The Sacramento, CA, band is also scheduled to play a July 22 concert with Devo at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa, CA.
Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney praised rapper Eminem for his "verbal energy" while speaking in the U.K. this week, according to the BBC.
"There is this guy Eminem," Heaney reportedly said. "He has created a sense of what is possible. He has sent a voltage around a generation. He has done this not just through his subversive attitude but also his verbal energy."
Fans who purchased Liz Phair 's new, self-titled album can now download a free, five-song EP titled "Comeandgetit" from her official website.
Festival Guide: Pemberton Festival, Pemberton, BC [June 2008]
Ex-Girlfriend Accuses 50 Cent Of Setting Home Ablaze [June 2008]
Liz Phair Performs "Exile In Guyville" [May 2008]
50 Cent And G-Unit Members Smacked With Lawsuit [April 2008]
Liz Phair To Reissue Critically Acclaimed Album [April 2008]
Weekend Ticketing: Dave Matthews Band, Kanye West, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney [March 2008]
Madonna's "Confessions on a Dance Floor" tour
The Duke Spirit on stage and in the studio
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks
Metallica at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine, CA
R.E.M. at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
Herbie Hancock at the Sonoma Jazz Festival
Brad Paisley, Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler
Dengue Fever at The Independent, San Francisco, CA

