Puff Daddy will tour Europe
Puff Daddy will be launch his first-ever European tour March 14 in Dublin, Ireland. Hoping to leave his legal troubles behind him in the U.S., Puffy also will hit Belgium, Switzerland and Austria in between seven stops in Germany before closing out the tour with three dates in the U.K. The complete schedule: 3/14 - Dublin, Ireland, @ The Point;
3/18 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Festhalle;
3/19 - Stuttgart, Germany @ Schleyerhalle;
3/21 - Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National;
3/23 - Hamburg, Germany @ Sporthalle;
3/24 - Berlin, Germany @ Max Schmeling Halle;
3/26 - Basal, Switzerland @ St. Jakobshalle;
3/28 - Vienna, Austria @ Stradthalle;
3/30 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy;
3/31 - Oberhausen, Germany @ Arena;
4/1 - Bremen, Germany @ Stadthalle;
4/2 - Munich, Germany @ Olympia Halle;
4/4 - Birmingham, U.K. @ NEC Arena;
4/6 - Manchester, U.K. @ MEN Arena;
4/7 - London, U.K. @ Wembley Arena.
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