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

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicIn the newsStone Roses reunion concerts to be boycotted by photographersRolling Stones unveil facelift for legendary lips logoLiam Gallagher starts singing Oasis songs againPete Doherty skips T i... more info

Pop Crunch — Snoop Dogg was detained and fined at an airport in Norway Thursday morning after a sniffing dog found the rap star in possession of eight grams marijuana. The “Sensual Seduction” [...] more info

ContactMusic — Snoop Dogg was carrying around eight grams of pot as he passed through Oslo airport in Norway on Thursday June 28 2012 reports the Associated Press The rapper was thwarted by sniffer dogs though it was what police found in his wallet that eventually ... more info