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Eminem To Play First 'Eminem Show' Concert Day

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Eminem will perform at the HFStival Saturday (May 25) at the RFK Stadium in Washington D.C., marking his first full concert in support of his third album, The Eminem Show, due out Tuesday (May 28). The event, running on Saturday and Sunday (May 25 and 26), is sponsored by Washington/Baltimore's 99.1 WHFS radio station and will also feature appearances from the Strokes, Papa Roach, N.E.R.D., and the X-Ecutioners, among some 40 other artists.


The festival draws more than 60,000 attendants. On July 18, Eminem, Papa Roach, Xzibit, X-Ecutioners, and Ludacris will kick off the Anger Management Tour in Buffalo New York.

Additionally, Eminem's film, 8 Mile, will open in theaters on November 8. When LAUNCH recently spoke to Eminem, the artist noted that 8 Mile is not his life story, despite rumors.

"The movie is not my life, it's not my life story," he said. "I don't play me in it. I play a kid similar to me. His name is Jimmy Smith Jr. in the movie. It's a hip-hop movie. It's a story about the music. It's a story about where this kid grows up, and how he grows up."

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