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Ottawa dates have been set for R&B singer/rapper Akon and activist singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco.
Akon, the Grammy-nominated and platinum-selling performer and producer, will play the Bronson Centre Sept. 2. Guests Karl Wolf, Bae and Peter Jackson will open the show.
The Promo tour is stopping in smaller, intimate venues to support Akon’s pending album, Stadium. The tour will also promote Akon’s charity Lighting Africa, which brings solar energy to households on the continent.
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Ani DiFranco is back on the road to support her new album, Allergic to Water, and will play the Algonquin Commons Theatre at Algonquin College on Sept. 18. The date falls in the middle of Cityfolk, Ottawa’s folk festival, a choice that’ll surely flummox some folk fans in the city.
Tickets for DiFranco’s show are $42.50 plus fees, and go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, July 24 through ticketmaster.ca.
DiFranco will also play the Empire Theatre in Belleville on Sept. 17.
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