Here's an interesting one - according to AllHipHop.com,
DMX fans in Springfield, Illinois were left disappointed when the hip hop star didn't show for a gig. However, while DMX has a reputation for no-shows, this time it wasn't his fault - the gig was a fake.
Two men claimed they represented DMX and approached local concert promoters Darryl Williams and Mike Williams asking for help staging a gig in the town. The local promoters had already booked a venue for a planned Lil Wayne gig, so they used that slot for the promised DMX show instead. 500 tickets were sold for the event after the phony promoters advertised the gig in local papers. However with just hours to go before the gig, the two men grabbed the ticket sales revenues and fled the venue, leaving some very unhappy DMX fans behind them.
The promoters told fans they could get a refund from the agents who sold them tickets - however those agents said they had already passed on the monies from ticket sales to the two phony gig promoters and therefore any refunds were unlikely.
DMX's people have said little about the whole scam, except that the rapper may record a radio statement to apologise to fans for the fake gig. Meanwhile local police are investigating the incident.