Even though he’s now Snoop Lion, the name Snoop Dogg just feels ingrained. Especially when listening to his earlier music which is just what the folks here in Jackson will be doing when the artist performs live. The “tree” advocate who is currently working on new music will be in town to entertain fans with his classic hits. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Friday Feb 7) and will be available at www.ardenland.net and all Ticketmaster outlets.
Show Details
When: Tuesday, February 18
Where: Hal & Mal’s, 200 Commerce St, Jackson, MS 39204
Cost: $30
Age: 18 and up
Doors open: 7 p.m.
Show starts: 8 p.m.
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Photo: Snoop Lion performs live for fans at the 2014 Big Day Out Festival on January 26, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. / Getty Images
Members of the Jackson based group Dathan Thigpen and Holy Nation caught some airtime last Tuesday on the OWN Network. The group was selected for a choir scene on Tyler Perry’s The Haves and The Have Nots and handpicked a few fellow Jacksonians to join them in their TV début.
Filming in Jackson Mississippi for the James Brown biopic “Get On Up” wraps today, and though cast and crew will be moving on, the locals will be left with some cool memories and stories to tell, notably of actor/comedian/Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd.
“I love the people here…Mississippi is a beautiful place and there is an opportunity on every corner…I’m going to talk up Mississippi to my people in Hollywood and tell them this is the place to do television and movies,” Dan Aykroyd told a Clarion Ledger reporter.
Aykroyd plays the role of Ben Bart, president of Universal Attractions, the agency that represented James Brown for more than 40 years of his career. While in town he took the opportunity to promote not only the movie but also the vodka he co-founded, Crystal Head Vodka, signing bottles of it and other memorabilia at Wine & Spirits in the Quarter. A pleasant surprise for Jacksonians was Aykroyd and co-star Craig Robinson taking the stage at Hal & Mal’s for a rendition of “Sweet Home Chicago.” (see video below.) Two nights later, band members from the movie played an entire set to promote the film.
One of the film’s co-producers, Mick Jagger- lead singer of the Rolling Stones, also made an appearance in Jacktown, dining in the same restaurant Aykroyd was spotted at, Parlor Market. Aykroyd’s Crystal head Vodka is incidentally the official liquor of the Rolling Stones’ 50th Anniversary Tour.
Jackson native Tate Taylor is directing the James Brown movie which features Chadwick Boseman as the Godfather of Soul himself. Other big names appearing in the biopic are Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Jill Scott. “Get On Up” is slated for release October 17, 2014.
Mick Jagger at Parlor Market in Jackson Mississippi. Twitter pic by Parlor Market executive chef Matthew Kajdan
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