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From coast to coast, Down Under, and then back to his native England in the span of just over a month: it's enough to make even the steadiest rascal a little bit Dizzee.

Grime kingpin Dizzee Rascal will travel along the aforementioned path on his current tour itinerary, which has the professor of Maths + English heading out in earnest January 18. Dizzee has added a number of dates around his previously reported Big Day Out festival stops down there in the Southern Hemisphere, plus a week's worth of UK dates.

In other Dizzee news, he recently penned a fine eulogy to UGK's late Pimp C on his MySpace blog. "Listening to Pimp C and UGK got me through a lot of hard times growing up...he will be sadly missed but I know his legacy will live on," Dizzee wrote. The grime MC worked with the Texas duo quite a bit in 2007, featuring on UGK's Underground Kingz and making room for both Pimp C and Bun B on the awesome "Where's Da G's" from Maths + English.

Dizz:

01-18 Auckland, New Zealand - Mt. Smart Stadium (Big Day Out Festival)
01-20 Gold Coast, Australia - Parklands (Big Day Out Festival)
01-23 Byron Bay, Australia - Great Northern
01-24 Sydney, Australia - The Metro
01-25 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Showgrounds (Big Day Out Festival)
01-28 Melbourne, Australia - Flemington Racecourse (Big Day Out Festival)
01-30 Melbourne, Australia - The Prince
02-01 Adelaide, Australia - Adelaide Showground (Big Day Out Festival)
02-03 Perth, Australia - Claremont Showgrounds (Big Day Out Festival)
02-15 Preston, England - 53 Degrees
02-16 Newcastle, England - Newcastle Academy
02-17 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
02-18 Sheffield, England - Leadmill
02-19 Manchester, England - Academy
02-23 Portsmouth, England - Pyramid