Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa kicked off their High School Reunion Tour at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC, Canada last week.
It was the first of two months of dates which will find the tall, tattooed, red-eyed rappers reliving the stony memories they had back in 2011 when they were on the Mac & Devin Go to High School soundtrack that produced the smash collaboration "Young, Wild & Free."
Also on the bill for the tour are Too $hort, Warren G, Berner and special guest DJ Drama who provided the Canadian crowd with a full night of hits.
The Canucks raised their hands in the air to classics like “Gin and Juice” and “The Next Episode” from the D-O-double-G; and "Black and Yellow" and "On My Level" from Wiz.
A touching moment came when Snoop and Wiz reclined on the hood of a classic lowrider during "See You Again," the smash hit Wiz wrote for the Furious 7 film starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, et al.
As the mournful hook played, tribute images of actor Paul Walker, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and fallen rappers Nate Dogg, MF Doom, ASAP Yams, Juice Wrld, Takeoff, Pop Smoke, XXXTentacion, DMX, and Mac Miller lit up the screen behind them.
Tears at a hip-hop show.
Fans may have witnessed a live debut at the Rogers Center. Unless Wiz did it this spring in Brazil, the Canadians were treated to "You" for the first time, an unreleased track he did with Ty Dolla Sign (not to be confused with "You and Your Friends" which he also did with Ty - and Snoop)
The night ended with Snoop and Wiz rocking the mic together on "Young, Wild & Free" and "We Dem Boys."
Most artists would force their audience to endure at least one or two tracks from their most-recent album, but not Snoop. In 2022, the Long Beach icon released his 20th studio album, B.O.D.R. (Bacc On Death Row). Last year Martha Stewart's BFF acquired the Death Row Records brand, a label that was home of his 1993 debut solo masterpiece, Doggystyle.
Of the 18 tunes the Doggfather performed last week at the 20,000 capacity arena, zero were from B.O.D.R., six were off Doggystyle, and the majority were songs Snoop had performed with others like California Gurls (Katy Perry) and Nuthin' but a "G" Thang (Dr. Dre).
The summer tour travels across the U.S. to Brooklyn, Atlanta, Houston, and other cities before wrapping up in Irvine at FivePoint Amphitheatre on Saturday, August 27.
2023 HIGH SCHOOL REUNION TOUR DATES:
Tue Jul 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
Wed Jul 12 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Sat Jul 15 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Sun Jul 16 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis
Tue Jul 18 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
Thu Jul 20 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Fri Jul 21 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – Chicago
Sun Jul 23 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Wed Jul 26 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Fri Jul 28 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Sat Jul 29 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
Sun Jul 30 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Tue Aug 01 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Wed Aug 02 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Fri Aug 04 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Sat Aug 05 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
Sun Aug 06 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Tue Aug 08 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Wed Aug 09 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
Fri Aug 11 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Sat Aug 12 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tue Aug 15 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Fri Aug 18 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Sat Aug 19 – Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun Aug 20 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
Tue Aug 22 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
Wed Aug 23 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Fri Aug 25 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
Sat Aug 26 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion
Sun Aug 27 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
