Rihanna Maps Out Summer 2010 "Last Girl on Earth" Tour

On July 2nd, Rihanna will bring her "Last Girl on Earth" tour to the states, kicking off the 25-date trek in Seattle before wrapping up in Chicago on August 25th. The Barbados-born star — who promises the tour will be a "massive production that I cannot wait for" — will have two buzz-worthy openers along for the ride: Ke$ha and Lil Wayne protégè Nicki Minaj. Tickets go on sale on April 9th at LiveNation.com. Dates are listed below.

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News of Rihanna's summer tour comes after three strong weeks on the Hot 100, where she's enjoying her longest run at Number One with "Rude Boy" since her super-smash "Umbrella." She's also slated to perform on the April 7th episode of American Idol.

July 2 - Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
July 4 - Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
July 6 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddeldome
July 9 - Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
July 10 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
July 14 - Albuquerque, NM @ Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque presents The Pavilion
July 15 - Denver, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
July 17 - Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Events Center
July 21 - Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
July 22 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
July 28 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
July 30 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
July 31 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Center
August 3 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis
August 5 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 7 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
August 8 - Boston, MA @ Comcast Center
August 11 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
August 12 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
August 15 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 18 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
August 20 - Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
August 21 - Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
August 22 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 25 - Chicago, IL @ United Center

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“All Along the Watchtower”

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."

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