Guardian Music — London Pleasure Gardens will still host a concert planned for later this month as part of an arts programme, say organisersThe promoters of a major electronic pop festival which was shut down on Friday night amid fears about overcrowding have insiste... more info

Starpulse — A London music festival was shut down on Friday night amid fears for the safety of the crowd just moments before headline act Snoop Dogg was due to take to the stage. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — A London music festival was shut down on Friday night amid fears for the safety of the crowd just moments before headline act Snoop Dogg was due to take to the stage. more info

ContactMusic — A London music festival was shut down on Friday night 06Jul12 amid fears for the safety of the crowd just moments before headline act Snoop Dogg was due to take to the stage Bloc 2012 which was also set to feature performances from Gary Numan and Orb... more info

Guardian Music — Overcrowding fears lead to closure of event playing host to some of the biggest names in electronic musicFears about overcrowding led to the shutdown one of the UK's largest electronic music festivals on Friday night amid chaotic scenes and the arriv... more info

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ContactMusic — Foster The People rocker Mark Foster was inspired to quit smoking marijuana for good after some encouraging words from pot-puffing rapper Snoop Dogg The singer met the Gin and Juice hitmaker days after giving up weed and when he confessed he was temp... more info

Guardian Music — Here's our pick of some of the acts playing the London Pleasure Gardens this weekendThe biggest acts in electronic dance music (and Snoop Dogg) come together this weekend for Bloc 2012 at the London Pleasure Gardens in the Royal Victoria Docks. With ... more info

Guardian Music — As Snoop prepares to headline Bloc.2012 we take a trip to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism – and find him in 1994, doing the washing upSnoop Doggy Dogg is cleaning up. Literally. The number one gangsta ra... more info

ContactMusic — Snoop Dogg has been fined by customs officials in Norway for possession of a small quantity of marijuana and an excess of foreign currency into the country The West Coast rap icon was detained at Kjevic airport in Kristiansand before a performance at... more info