After surprising hip-hop fans with the announcement that Snoop Dogg would be headlining this April’s travelling rap festival Supafest with support from urban chart-troublers like Nelly, Bow Wow and Taio Cruz, here comes another big announcement confirming that Timbaland is locked in too.

Likely performing much of his Shock Value material on the tour, Timbaland is set to lead the second lineup announcement for the Supafest festivals with the ‘father of dubstep’ sharing the stage with other big guns like Busta Rhymes, Ciara and T-Pain.

Now, let the betting-pool commence on which artist will drop out of the tour first – what’s a rap tour without drama? Could Timbaland do the dirty on Australian fans again?

Supafest 2011:

Timbaland
T-Pain
Busta Rhymes
Ciara
New Boyz
DJ Benny-D (literally billed as Akon’s DJ)

Snoop Dogg
Nelly
Taio Cruz
Bow Wow
Israel
Miracle
DJ Nino Brown

Saturday April 9th – Sydney, ANZ Stadium
Sunday April 10th – Perth, Joondalup Arena
Saturday April 16th – Brisbane, RNA Showgrounds
Sunday April 17th – Melbourne, Melbourne Showgrounds