CYPRESS HILL SMOKEOUT ANNOUNCES CYPRESS HILL TO PERFORM ICONIC ALBUM ‘BLACK SUNDAY’ – DAY BY DAY LINE UP UNVEILED

DT:      SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

FR:      ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/SHAZILA MOHAMMED
            MSO

Guerilla Union, the promotion, marketing and touring company behind world-class hip-hop platforms such as Rock the Bells and Paid Dues, has announced hip-hop icons Cypress Hill will perform on both nights at the CYPRESS HILL SMOKEOUT FESTIVAL taking place Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre and festival grounds in San Bernardino, CA.  The seminal Southern California rap group will headline Friday night–where they will perform their breakthrough album Black Sunday in its entirety for the first time in their career–and as a co-headlining artist on the Saturday line-up, premiering material from their upcoming new album Rise Up as well as other staples from their catalog.

Originally released in 1993, Black Sunday immediately launched Cypress Hill into mainstream success, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts—which marked the highest Soundscan placing for a rap group at the time—and solidifying Cypress Hill as the first Latino hip-hop group to go platinum. Considered a classic in the hip-hop world, the multi-platinum Black Sunday houses many of the group’s anthemic singles, including “Insane in the Brain,” “Hits from the Bong” and "I Wanna Get High."  Wrote Rolling Stone (9/16/93) "…it's the Cypress combo of stark grooves and cinematic gangsta fairy tales that allows them to rule the streets, a formula not messed with on Black Sunday…"

The day by day line-up for the CYPRESS HILL SMOKEOUT to date is*:

FRIDAY , OCTOBER 23: Cypress Hill, Goodie Mob (Reunion), Geto Boys (Reunion), Hieroglyphics with Del, Devin the Dude, Swollen Members w/ Moka Only, B-Real, Shortdawg Tha Native

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24: Slipknot, Deftones, Cypress Hill, Sublime, Pennywise, Method Man & Redman, Kottonmouth Kings, K’naan w/ J Period, Bad Brains, Immortal Technique, Living Legends, Afrika Bambaataa, Mix Master Mike, DJ Muggs, Dirty Heads, Big B. Hosted By Cheech & Chong.

 

*Lineup Subject to Change

The two-day, multi-stage, multi-genre, all day, mind opening music festival and cannabis expo will also feature the SmokeOut Cannabis Cup and Medical Marijuana Expo, complete with celebrity guest speakers, artist appearances and an educational and interactive vendor village.   Tickets are on sale now.

For more information on the CYPRESS HILL SMOKEOUT, contact:
MSO   818 380 0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
Shazila Mohammed x238, shazila@msopr.com