Recently crowned Grammy Award-winning rapper/producer Kanye West will be performing at LA's Nokia Theatre April 21. Joining him on the Glow in the Dark Tour are Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna and N.E.R.D. Tickets go on sale Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. And are available at Ticketmaster locations and www.ticketmaster.com; 213.480.3232; 714.740.2000.
Employees at Nokia reportedly have begun stocking up on Vaseline in order to ease entry of Kanye's ego into the venue.
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Live Nation by way of the inimitable Ryan Seacrest announced this morning that Rihanna (she of "Disturbia," "Umbrella," "S.O.S.," "Shut Up and Drive" et al. fame) will be making a "special guest appearance" at the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, Dec. 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim. "Special guest appearance" is promoter carny for "not performing," but presumably she will come out and say hi and perhaps even announce one of the acts. Ooo!
And the lineup, as discussed here last week, is pretty impressiv
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