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Thursday September 2, 2010

Event Details

  • X92.9 and FFWD Weekly present

  • Public Enemy

  • With: Juiceboxxx
  • Date: Tuesday May 25, 2010
  • Door Time: 8:00 PM
  • Show Time: 9:00 PM
  • Venue: The Whiskey Nightclub
  • City: Calgary, AB
  • Tickets (presale): $45.00
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  • Licensed: Yes

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY MARCH 19 at 10 AM
also available at Sloth Records and Giant 45

Public Enemy, arguably Hip Hops most recognizable, influential and possibly controversial group, are going back on tour. Dont miss them, when they make their Calgary stop at the Whiskey on May 25. The show will feature all members of the group including Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, the S1Ws and DJ Lord!

Public Enemy transcends the confines of rap and pop music, remaining one of the African Ameri-can community’s most important messengers, digital music’s greatest champions, and a rare rap group who need not rely on misogynistic and pro-violent lyrics. The group burst onto both the rap and pop music world in 1987 with their first single, “Public Enemy #1,” a startling combination of Chuck D’s commanding orations, Hank Shocklee’s layered cacophony of musical noise, and Flavor Flav’s show-stopping antics to keep the message entertaining. The song is not only known for in-troducing a whole new sound to the rap genre, but for giving the group their name.

A month later, Public Enemy released their debut album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show; the world re-sponded, and Public Enemy became stars overnight, both at home and abroad. Then came the classic It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in 1988, considered to be one of the most im-portant records ever released, and voted the Number One rap album of all time. Release after re-lease, from the lead single “Fight the Power” of Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, which became the group’s signature song, to Fear of a Black Planet, to the soundtrack of He Got Game, and the po-litically charged Apocalypse 91 – The Enemy Strikes Black, among others, Public Enemy has con-tinued and will continue to be a driving force in Hip Hop and music in general.