Diesel is continuing its ongoing partnership with the world of music with its next big giveaway for Diesel Only the Brave.

Starting next week (Monday, in fact) the first 500 people to spend $117.50 on Only the Brave merch (yeah, not sure on how they arrived at the amount!) at select Macy’s locations will receive two tickets to a special private performance by Common (the face of the fragrance) at Capitale.

I’ve always been a Common fan. I like his music, his sense of style, his GAP ads, and find that he has a lot of interesting things to say. And free tix to any small live show are always a welcome addition to my calendar.

So if you need to stock up on some manly fragrance for yourself or someone else, you might want to make Monday your shopping day. More details on participating locations and the concert after the jump!

So here’s a fashion collab we never saw coming: Rapper Common has partnered with Microsoft to create a clothing line called Softwear.

The line debuts in late December in specialty stores nationwide and t-shirts are expected to retail for around $32 a pop.

It’s pretty much what you would expect from the marriage of a rapper and a computer company - ’80s-inspired graphic tees with a tech twist, so picture green Doogie Howser-ish typeface artfully arranged to create various images. Or, in the words of Common, shirts that make you go, “Man, this is incredible artwork and I want to wear this and I want it to reflect beauty, creativity and humanity…look fly but say something, too. So some of the shirts got messages, some of it bring…all of it got a purpose.”

Well, at least the name is clever.

—HAYLEY PHELAN