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Amsterdam - US rapper Snoop Dogg, a frequent visitor to the Netherlands and aficionado of its readily available marijuana, will not be allowed to perform at a free concert in The Hague, authorities said on Thursday.
The mayor of the Dutch city, public prosecutors and the police have asked organisers of the Parkpop festival, billed as the largest in Europe, to find another act to replace Snoop Dogg "in order to be able to guarantee the open and friendly character and free admission of Parkpop" to be held June 27.
Notorious for his appreciation of marijuana and hash, which are sold openly in the Netherlands at stores called "coffee shops", Snoop Dogg is a frequent visitor and usually holds concerts in the European country at least once a year.
"This is all very annoying that the headliner is being removed from the programme 10 days before the event," a spokeswoman for organiser Ducos Productions told ANP-Reuters.
Snoop is also scheduled to perform at a sold-out conference at Amsterdam's "Melkweg". During a 2008 concert at the same venue he smoked several joints during a performance and at one point was joined by singer Willy Nelson, who is also co-chair of National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
The 38 year-old, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, has been denied entry into the United Kingdom since 2007 after a fracas the previous year involving members of his entourage. In that year Snoop Dogg also pleaded no contest to gun and drugs charges in the United States and was barred from entering Australia after failing a character test.
The mayor of the Dutch city, public prosecutors and the police have asked organisers of the Parkpop festival, billed as the largest in Europe, to find another act to replace Snoop Dogg "in order to be able to guarantee the open and friendly character and free admission of Parkpop" to be held June 27.
Notorious for his appreciation of marijuana and hash, which are sold openly in the Netherlands at stores called "coffee shops", Snoop Dogg is a frequent visitor and usually holds concerts in the European country at least once a year.
"This is all very annoying that the headliner is being removed from the programme 10 days before the event," a spokeswoman for organiser Ducos Productions told ANP-Reuters.
Snoop is also scheduled to perform at a sold-out conference at Amsterdam's "Melkweg". During a 2008 concert at the same venue he smoked several joints during a performance and at one point was joined by singer Willy Nelson, who is also co-chair of National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
The 38 year-old, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, has been denied entry into the United Kingdom since 2007 after a fracas the previous year involving members of his entourage. In that year Snoop Dogg also pleaded no contest to gun and drugs charges in the United States and was barred from entering Australia after failing a character test.
