50 Cent books headlining shows
Co-headlining the soon-to-launch Anger Management tour with Eminem apparently isn't enough to keep 50 Cent busy, so the chart-topping rapper has lined up some of his own shows, as well.
So far, 50 is scheduled to squeeze in three July performances and a dozen August concerts, some of which fall during off-days from the Anger Management tour. The bulk of the dates are sandwiched between the mid-August conclusion of the Anger Management tour's North American leg and the Sept. 1 kick-off of the tour's just-announced European leg.
The Anger Management 3 tour--which also features Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, G-Unit, D-12, Obie Trice and Stat Quo--launches Thursday (7/7) in the Indianapolis area, but 50 Cent will miss the tour's first two stops because of a scheduling conflict; he'll be tied up shooting his film debut. Ludacris will fill in on those dates, according to Interscope Records.
All of 50's upcoming North American tour dates are included below; details on the European shows are posted at his website.
50 Cent is hitting the road behind his sophomore release, "The Massacre." Released in March, the set sold 1.14 million copies during its first four days in stores, and debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart.
"Just a Lil Bit," the latest single from "The Massacre," sits at No. 1 on Billboard's latest Hot Rap Tracks chart. Audio and video versions of the cut--as well as for additional "Massacre" tracks "Candy Shop" and "Disco Inferno"--are streaming at 50's website.
Anger Management 3 Tour
July 2005
7 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
8 - Columbus, OH - Germaine Amphitheater
11, 12 - Tinley Park, IL - Tweeter Center
14 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
17 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheater
19, 20 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
22 - Chula Vista, CA - Coors Amphitheatre
23 - Devore, CA - Hyundai Pavilion
24 - Las Vegas, NV - Thomas & Mack Center
26 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
28 - Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Centre
29 - Selma, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
31 - Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheater
August 2005
1 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater
2 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheater
5 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
6 - Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center
8, 9 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
10 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
12 - Detroit, MI - Comerica Park
50 Cent
July 2005
15 - West Valley City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
16 - Missoula, MT - Big Sky Brewing Amphitheater
25 - Tucson, AZ - Anselmo Valenica Amphitheater
August 2005
4 - Raleigh, NC - ALLTEL Pavilion
11 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake P.A.C.
15 - Cleveland, OH - Gund Arena
16 - Burgettstown, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
17 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
19 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Theater
20 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
21 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga P.A.C.
22 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
23 - Wallingford, CT - ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre
25 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
26 - Maryland Heights, MO - UMB Bank Pavilion
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