Drake To Restart Club Paradise Tour


….which I obviously shouldn’t care about, given that there aren’t any dates for the DC area. Check them out after the jump.

2/14/2012 Miami, FLBank United Center
2/15/2012 Gainesville, FL, Stephen C. O’Connell Center
2/17/2012 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
2/18/2012 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
2/21/2012 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena
2/22/2012 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
2/24/2012 Tallahassee, FL Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
2/25/2012 New Orleans, LAUNO Lakefront Arena
2/27/2012 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
2/28/2012 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
3/01/2012 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
3/02/2012 Arlington, TX College Park Center
3/04/2012 Tuscon, AZ Tucson Arena
3/05/2012 Los Angeles, CA Galen Center
3/08/2012 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
3/10/2012 San Jose, CA Event Center
3/11/2012 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena

2012 The Club Paradise Tour European Dates:
3/24/2012 Dublin, Ireland O2 Arena
3/26/2012 London, UK London 02 Arena
3/29/2012 Sheffield, UK Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
3/30/2012 Cardiff, UK Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
4/01/2012 Manchester, UK Manchester MEN Arena
4/02/2012 Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow SECC – Hall 4
4/05/2012 Paris, France Palais Omnisport de Bercy
4/07/2012 Brussels, Belgium Forest National / Vorst Nationaal
4/08/2012 Amsterdam, Holland Heineken Music Hall
4/10/2012 Frankfurt Germany, Jahrhunderthalle
4/12/2012 Berlin, Germany Max Schleming Halle
4/13/2012 Copenhagen, Denmark Valby Hallen
4/15/2012 Stockholm, Sweden Ericsson Globe
4/16/2012 Oslo, Norway Oslo Spektrum
4/19/2012 Birmingham, England Birmingham LG Arena
4/22/2012 Liverpool, England Liverpool Echo Arena
4/23/2012 Newcastle, England Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
4/25/2012 Nottingham, England Nottingham Capital FM Arena

Tickets for UK shows go on sale 9am on Friday 16th December priced at £39.50 & £37.50 LONDON / £35.00 REGIONALLY(subject to booking fee), available Live Nation.

Gucci Mane Is Once Again A Free Man, Speaks To XXL On His Release


From XXL:

Gucci Mane says he’ll never go back to jail.

After his release from prison Sunday (December 11), the Atlanta rapper says he’s tired of going to jail and is confident that his latest penitentiary bid will be his last.

“This is the last time I think I’ll ever be in jail,” Gucci told XXLMag.com. “I really feel that way.”

For Gucci, who was given a six-month county jail sentence on September 13th after pleading guilty to two counts of battery, two counts of reckless conduct and one of disorderly conduct, his latest prison bid gave him time to reflect.

“It was a time for me to sit back and just refocus the whole way I do things, man,” Gucci said. “The times away from my fans just made me want to grind, get in the studio, go to my shows and appreciate my job and what I do now.”

So much so that Gucci says the very first thing he did after being discharged from prison was change his clothes and head right to the studio.

He’s already come out to plenty of reaction stemming from the BAYTL collaboration album he put together with Bay Area MC V-Nasty. “I think people are going to be surprised just how good the music sounds,” he said of the music. “A lot of people are going to be surprised.” –Mark Lelinwalla

R.I.P. Industry Executive John Atterberry

John Atterberry (on Left), who has been involved with acts including the Spice Girls and Brandy, had been in critical condition at Cedars-Sinai since what police called a “random shooting” occurred. John Atterberry, the music executive who was shot in the face during Friday’s shooting in Hollywood, has died, according to published reports. 
The Man Shot in the Face in L.A. Shooting Is Longtime Music Industry Executive L.A. Shooter Tyler Brehm: Recent Breakup, Drugs May Have Led to Gunman’s Rampage L.A. Shooting: Hollywood Reporter Editor Shot, Recalls Incident Gunman Opens Fire Near Hollywood’s ArcLight Theater (Video) Atterberry, 40, was sitting in his silver Mercedes on Friday by the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and Vine St. when the gunman shot him. He was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital, where he remained in critical condition until Monday afternoon. He was pronounced dead at 4:51 p.m.