]> http://www.musicinsight.com/taxonomy/view/or/9 en http://www.musicinsight.com/welcome_back_mase <p><strong>Now where the hell are you?</strong></p> <p>Mase fans have been eagerly awaiting the heavily-hyped <em>Welcome Back</em> concert, scheduled for September 25th in Long Island. According to MTV News, the show, which was was to feature <em>Mase and Friends</em>, ended up featuring all friends, and no Mase. Fans were welcome to see Lil' Flip, Mobb Deep, Elephant Man and Fat Joe and the Terror Squad, but anyone who was counting on seeing Mase was welcome to their money back.</p> <p>According to the promoter, Mase was paid in full ($45,000), in advance and was given plane tickets from Atlanta to New York. Apparently Mase called on the day before the show and said he would not be performing, but would instead be staying with his wife and son.</p> <!-- FASTCLICK.COM POP-UNDER CODE v1.8 for musicinsight.com (12 hour) --> <script language="javascript"><!-- var dc=document; var date_ob=new Date(); dc.cookie='h2=o; path=/;';var bust=date_ob.getSeconds(); if(dc.cookie.indexOf('e=llo') <= 0 && dc.cookie.indexOf('2=o') > 0){ dc.write('<scr'+'ipt language="javascript" src="http://media.fastclick.net'); dc.write('/w/pop.cgi?sid=511&m=2&tp=2&v=1.8&c='+bust+'"></scr'+'ipt>'); date_ob.setTime(date_ob.getTime()+43200000); dc.cookie='he=llo; path=/; expires='+ date_ob.toGMTString();} // --> </script> <!-- FASTCLICK.COM POP-UNDER CODE v1.8 for musicinsight.com --> Wed, 03 Nov 2004 23:26:19 -0800