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Puff Daddy and The Family, currently riding a massive wave of success thanks to their mega-hit album No Way Out, will tour North American beginning in November. Sean "Puffy" Combs, CEO of Bad Boy Entertainment, While a major tour for a chart-topping act such as Puff Daddy and the Family is not out of the ordinary, a tour of this magnitude for a hip-hop act is somewhat unusual. Many hip-hop acts cannot afford the insurance required to tour. Hip-hop shows having gained a reputation, some would say unfairly, for violence and property destruction. A spokesperson for The Palace of Auburn Hills, the Auburn Hills, Mich. sports arena which is hosting the first date of the tour, said they've "...never had a problem with those kinds of things. Right now, we haven't heard anything about needing any additional security. The show is still a couple months away, so we'll see." Puff Daddy Tour Dates: Nov. 11; Auburn Hills, Mich., Palace Of Auburn hills Nov. 13; Baltimore, Md., Baltimore Arena Nov. 14; Philadelphia, Pa., CoreStates Spectrum Nov. 15; Chapel Hill, N.C., Dean Smith Center Nov. 16; Indianapolis, Ind., Market Square Arena Nov. 19; St. Louis, Mo., Kiel Center Nov. 20; Cincinnati, Ohio; Crown Nov. 21; Pittsburgh, Pa., Pittsburgh Civic Arena Nov. 22; Toronto, Ont., Maple Leaf Gardens Nov. 23; Cleveland, Ohio., Gund Arena Nov. 26; Denver, Colo., McNichols Arena Nov. 28; Fairfax, Va., Patriot Center Nov. 29; Providence, R.I., Providence Civic Center Nov. 30; Hartford, Conn., Hartford Civic Center Dec. 1; New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden Dec. 5; San Jose, Calif., San Jose Arena Dec. 6; Phoenix, Ariz., America West Arena Dec. 7; Anaheim, Calif., Arrowhead Pond Dec. 9; Vancouver, B.C., General Motors Place Dec. 10; Seattle, Wash., Key Arena Dec. 13; Houston, Texas, Summit Dec 14; San Antonio, Texas, Alamodome Dec 18; Minneapolis, Minn., Target Center Dec. 19; Rosemont, Ill., Rosemont Horizon Dec. 20; Louisville, Ken.; Freedom Hall Dec. 21; Nashville, Tenn., Nashville Arena -- Randy Reiss [Sat., Sept. 27, 1997, 9 a.m. PDT]
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