Rappers Ja Rule [ tickets ] and Lil Wayne [ tickets ]--real names Jeff Atkins and Dwayne Carter, respectively--reportedly were arrested Sunday night (7/22) in separate incidents following Lil Wayne's performance at New York City's Beacon Theatre.

According to New York news reports, Carter was arrested after police allegedly saw him and another man smoking marijuana outside a tour bus. A search allegedly turned up a .40-caliber pistol. Ja Rule was arrested an hour later, when the car he was traveling in was pulled over, allegedly for speeding. Police said a search of the car allegedly turned up another .40-caliber gun.

Each performer reportedly was charged with criminal possession of a weapon.

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Lucinda Williams' upcoming tour will include five-night runs at small New York City and Los Angeles venues, during which she'll perform one record from her catalog in its entirety each night. She'll also play a second set of additional material each night.

The Los Angeles engagement is set for Sept. 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10 at the El Rey Theatre. In New York, Williams is scheduled to play Sept. 29-30 at Irving Plaza, and Oct. 2-4 at Town Hall.

She'll be performing the five albums--1988's "Lucinda Williams," 1990's "Sweet Old World," 1998's "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road," 2001's "Essence" and 2003's "World Without Tears"--in reverse chronological order on each coast, beginning with "World Without Tears" on the first night and ending with "Lucinda Williams" on the final night.