Announcement May Sink Snoop Doggy Dogg Tour : Pop music: What lawyer calls a premature statement by Premier Entertainment Group could prompt trial judge to deny rapper permission to travel out of state.

Snoop Doggy Dogg, on trial in Los Angeles Superior Court for murder, might not be spending his Christmas break on tour after all.

The rapper’s lawyer, David Kenner, says that an announcement last Thursday by Premier Entertainment Group of Las Vegas that Snoop would take part in a six-date tour during the last week in December was premature and could jeopardize the recording artist’s participation.

The courtroom where the trial is being held will be dark during that week, but Snoop still needs permission from Judge Paul G. Flynn to join the concert swing, Kenner said Friday. The tour--with a lineup that also includes Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Tha Dogg Pound and DJ Quik--is scheduled to begin Dec. 27 in Cleveland and does not include an L.A. date.

Thursday’s announcement “pretty much eliminates [Snoop] getting permission,” Kenner said of his client, who is required by the court to be home at a certain time each night. “If I were the judge and I read that, I’d say, ‘[Expletive] him. He decided without me that he’s going to tour during my trial?’ ”

Jimi Taite, vice president of promotions for Premier Entertainment Group, said Friday that the company was told by Snoop’s record label, Death Row, that he was available for the dates. Death Row had no immediate comment.

Snoop Doggy Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, and an associate are accused of murder in the fatal shooting of Philip Woldemariam at a Westside park in 1993. Broadus, 24, who was driving the vehicle from which the gun was fired by his bodyguard, claims self-defense.