- Title: EIRE/UNITED KINGDOM: RAP SINGER PUFF DADDY PERFORMS IN DUBLIN
- Date: 11th March 2000
- Summary: (PERFORMANCE CLEARANCES) PUFF DADDY PERFORMING ON STAGE
- Embargoed: 26th March 2000 13:00
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- Location: DUBLIN, EIRE/ LONDON, UK.
- Country: Ireland
- Topics: Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA6VNRY5E4AAN62UEIGNZ7G6SGW
- Story Text: Sean (Puffy) Combs' first European tour kicked off explosively at Dublin's foremost music venue, The Point, last night, when thousands of Puff Daddy fans were treated to a raunchy rap show with a powerful video, light and pyrotechnic display from their 'honourary Irish brother'.
Puff Daddy put all his worries aside on Tuesday (March 14) when he introduced himself and his 'family' to over seven thousand screaming Irish fans, on the first leg of his European tour.
Forgetting his court troubles and the fact that he's thousands of miles from his girlfriend American singer/actress, Jennifer Lopez, Daddy finally delivered what he's been promising to fans, for a long time.
Delighted to be in the Irish capital, Puffy said he felt he identified with the people of Ireland.
"These are strong hardworking, people that have come out of so much adversity.Me being a black man, I'm a black American, I could relate and understand that Irish people and black people, they kind of gel.I came out here to rock with my Irish brothers and sisters because my name is Sean and I'm an honorary Irish man - St Patrick's day is coming up so we came to have a pre-St Patrick's celebration, here at the Point," he said.
The European tour coincides with the recent release of single "Satisfy You" which is the bad boy of rap's third single to be taken from his second album "Forever".The song is a collaboration with his long time friend, R&B artist, R Kelly.Sadly for fans however, Kelly has no plans to join Puff Daddy on stage to perform the song on the European tour.
"No you're not going to see R Kelly.I don't know if you all know it but R Kelly doesn't really fly unless...has he come over here yet? R Kelly, I don't man mean to be blowing him up but I don't think he messes with those planes like that and it's a long way over here so I don't think he'll be coming."
But the show has more to offer than Puff Daddy himself as he's joined on tour by numerous members of the Daddy family: namely R&B artist Carl Thomas - recently signed to Bad Boy Records, owned by Combs; 112 - pronounced one twelve; Junior Mafia and Hot New Bad Boy to name a few.
"Satisfy You" was a number one hit in the United States and is a song which Puffy describes as 'definitely a song for the ladies' - the message is clear for any man to understand, you've got to treat your lady right because he thinks women are very special and they put up with a lot.
"Women are just beautiful to me, I understand why back in the Greek times, they made beautiful sculptures of women if I could I would just put sculptures all over the place of just beautiful women so everybody could enjoy it.I think women are beautiful and if it wasn't for women, there'd be no men.We wouldn't be created, we wouldn't be here.Women are a man's backbone.Men are basically weak, men can't handle what women handle.I know I couldn't have a baby come out of me, I know I couldn't dealwith a period every month, I know I couldn't deal with like getting your hair done and sitting there in the beauty salon but then I know I wouldn't be able to deal with a man, I know how much bullshit I could put someone through so all of that besides the outer beauty, all of that makes a woman beautiful," he said.
Puff Daddy and his Family are touring Europe until April 8th.In that time they'll be performing in Dublin, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, The Netherlands, France and the UK.
Once the tour is over, he's expecting to put his acting skills to the test when he starts working on a film called "Made" in which he has a small role. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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