By Karl Quinn

Copyright theage

“It’s showtime, baby,” screen Snoop said, and then the real Snoop emerged from the tunnel, resplendent in a white tracksuit with gold military-style brocade, surrounded by dancers mimicking a marching band, all wildly swaying brass and silently thwacked drums.

He opened with The Next Episode, segued to Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang, and then moved seamlessly into Drop It Like It’s Hot. The dancers may have been miming, but he wasn’t, and his vocal stylings were crisp and confident, and totally Californian cool.

But Dogg had promised to bring some Australian culture to his set too, and he made good on that front.

We had known beforehand to expect Tash Sultana, who told us during the week that when Snoop reached out to ask them to deliver some guitar riffs they responded with a no-nonsense “sure thing, mate”. Sultana had three lead breaks across the set, and sounded terrific on each.