Snoop Dogg Ready To Light Up U.S.

Snoop Dogg is headed through the Midwestern and Western U.S. for part two of the Puff Puff Pass tour with DJ Quik, Bone Thugs-N-HarmonyWarren G and Tha Dogg Pound.

Photo: Leslie Gilliland / Pollstar
Concord Pavilion, Concord, Calif.

The routing starts in Rapid City, S.D., Dec. 5 and continues with 10 shows in 11 days, with the closer in Billings, Mont., Dec. 15.

The tour comes with four tiers of VIP packages, priced at $250, $500, $1,000 and $2,000. The most expensive, “Burn Out Package,” is a doozy, including VIP early entry, special merch access, a laminate, a photo with Snoop taken a professional photographer, a personalized tour poster autographed by all the artists, merch like the “Puff Puff Pass tour ‘Smoke Box,’” a special Instagram shout-out from Snoop and personal time with the artist.

Snoop was a signal figure in ’90s gangster rap, but these days Snoop is known for the incredible amount of collaborations he participates in. Allmusic.com has nearly 3,000 songs associated with him, granted that includes repeats and remixes.

The D-O-Double-G release the Coolaid record this year, and has been involved with all kinds of projects, including a fundraiser for water in Flint, Mich. earlier in the year and a marijuana line.

The artist also joined forces with fellow Southern California rapper The Game earlier the year and led a peaceful march to the headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department, where the rappers then had a private meeting with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Chief of Police Charlie Beck, followed by a press conference.

One of the most prominent figures in American media, the Dogg is also a film and television actor. He is involved with all kinds of social media. One of his latest collaborations is with the shows “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “Planet Earth,” in which he narrates footage of animals in his own, unique style. Check it out:

Bone Thugs also made the pages of Pollstar recently when group member Flesh-N-Bone was hit by a drone at the High Life music festival in Victorville, Calif.

Here is the plan:

Dec. 5 – Rapid City, S.D., Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
Dec. 6 – Missoula, Mont., Adams Event Center
Dec. 7 – Kennewick, Wash., Toyota Center – Tri Cities
Dec. 8 – San Bernardino, Calif., San Manuel Amphitheater
Dec. 9 – Lake Elsinore, Calif., Diamond Stadium
Dec. 10 – Los Angeles, Calif., Microsoft Theater
Dec. 12 – Oakland, Calif., Fox Theater
Dec. 13 – Loveland, Colo., Budweiser Events Center
Dec. 14 – Casper, Wyo., Casper Events Center
Dec. 15 – Billings, Mont., Shrine Auditorium
       
Tickets are on sale now. Learn more about the tour at PuffPuffPassTour.com. Snoop’s website is SnoopDogg.com.