Hip-hop legends don’t come much bigger than Snoop Dogg these days, so it’s always a particular pleasure when a rap star of his magnitude chooses to grace the stage at any one of our great British venues. Yes, that’s right – the Doggfather is back, with a full headlining arena tour set for October. Just a couple of months since his last batch of UK dates, it seems that Snoop couldn’t wait to get back to playing for his hordes of British followers. If that’s not enough, the rap superstar will be back again this weekend for a headlining performance at London’s Lovebox festival, where he’ll be performing his classic 1993 debut album ‘Doggystyle’ in its entirety.
This apparent newfound love for the UK crowds is likely to be in no small part due to his appearance at Glastonbury festival last summer. Anyone that witnessed the event will no doubt testify that, despite the astonishingly early slot for an artist of his stature, he won one of the biggest crowds of the weekend and became one of the festival’s highlights. Any latecomers to Snoop’s sunny afternoon set would have been shocked to discover that, in spite of the vast dimensions of the field surrounding Worthy Farm’s iconic Pyramid Stage, the arena’s considerable capacity had reached bursting point due to the sheer number of hopefuls wishing to catch a glimpse of Snoop’s Glastonbury debut. And they weren’t disappointed – after Jay-Z’s headlining set in 2008, the Doggfather proved once again that a hip-hop act could be more than capable of rocking the Glasto crowd… Sorry, Noel.
Although the relatively short festival slot seemed like far from enough time to do justice to an 18-year and 10-album career such as Snoop’s, he managed to pull all the old favourites out of the hat – ‘Gin and Juice’, ‘What’s My Name?’, ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ – in order to make for an awe-inspiring afternoon show. It must have been a somewhat embarrassing moment for the day’s headliner Gorillaz, who struggled to get anywhere near the size of Snoop’s audience. However, the ever-gracious Mr Dogg was kind enough to help them out by making a brief appearance for the cartoon group’s finale. Obviously, Snoop is far too cool a character to appear too teary-eyed after such a welcome response, but we’re sure he wouldn’t mind us suggesting that it probably made his day, and his repeated returns in 2011 surely confirm that.
For anyone new to the Dogg’s music following the release of his 11th album ‘Doggumentary’ earlier this year, here’s a brief overview of his 19-year career so far. Snoop first came to prominence in 1992, when he was discovered by former NWA rapper Dr Dre and featured heavily on his debut solo album ‘The Chronic’. The following year, Snoop Dogg released his own debut ‘Doggystyle’, which was also produced by Dre and included the singles ‘Who Am I? (What’s My Name?)’, ‘Gin and Juice’ and ‘Doggy Dogg World’. ‘Doggystyle’ has become known as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of the ‘90s and remains Snoop’s bestselling album to date, having gone 4x Platinum in the US alone since its release.
Snoop Dogg UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Thu October 6th 2011 - Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool
Fri October 7th 2011 - The O2, London
Sat October 8th 2011 - Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff
Sun October 9th 2011 - SECC, Glasgow
Fri July 15th 2011 - O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester
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