Cypress Hill will perform at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on April 19. (2011/File Photo)
Paging Dr. Greenthumb, you’re needed at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium because Cypress Hill is playing April 19.
The cannabis-loving rap group, which broke into the mainstream with “Insane in the Brain” in the early 1990s, will help usher live music back into the auditorium. The Muni will be operated by Live Nation once the Riverside Convention Center moves into its new home in March.
Cypress Hill are regulars in the Inland area, launching their Smokeout Festival in San Bernardino in the late 1990s and are frequent performers on annual hip-hop fest Rock the Bells in Devore.
Tickets for the Riverside show go on sale Friday, Jan. 31 at noon. They are priced at $30.50 and $40.50, before fees. You can pick them up via www.livenation.com or at the Fox Performing Arts Center box office at 3801 Mission Inn Ave. in Riverside. The box office’s phone number is 951-779-9800.
On the day of the show, you can pick them up at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium box office.
Cypress Hill is the second act Live Nation has announced for the venue. Julieta Venegas will perform there on April 18.