15 November 2016 - 0 Comments
MJR
Presents invites you to stop,
collaborate and listen to the biggest 90s tour announce for 2017.
What do the hits Push
It, Gangsta’s
Paradise, Ice
Ice Baby, Funky
Cold Medina, Bust
a Move and I
Wanna Sex U Up have in common? They are some of the most
iconic songs of the 90s and this coming June, MJR gives you the artists behind the
hits, together for one big party as the original ‘I Love the 90s’ tour
hits New Zealand for the very first time.
After selling out arenas across America, ‘I
Love the 90s’ invites New Zealand to reminisce about the trend-
setting decade with some of the most iconic, indelible names in rap, hip hop
and R&B. With live sets from Vanilla
Ice, Salt
N Pepa, Color
Me Badd, Tone
Loc, Coolio and Young
MC, ‘I
Love the 90’s’ is set to be the year’s biggest party with
dance floors across Auckland and Christchurch ready for move busting.
‘I Love the 90s’ Tour features:
VANILLA ICE
Rapper, actor and reality
star Vanilla Ice is one of the 90s most recognisable names, with his global crossover hit Ice Ice Baby crossing rap over to the mainstream. His platinum record To The Extreme is one
of the highest selling rap albums of all time while his extracurricular activities
have including ICP’s Juggalo Championship Wrestling, appearing in reality
series ‘Surreal Life’, cameos in a dozen films and competing in this year’s US
Dancing with the Stars.
SALT N PEPA
The world’s most iconic
female rap group Salt n
Pepa have been delighting audiences for over three decades with
hits including Let’s
Talk About Sex, Push
It, Shoop, Whattaman and many more. They became the first female rap artists to win a Grammy Award
and their 1993 album Very Necessary remains the best-selling album from a
female rap act.
COLOR ME BADD
One of the first purveyors
of the 90s new jack swing movement, Color
Me Badd were one of the original boy bands, with their smash
hit I Wanna Sex You Up delighting teenagers and concerning parents right across 1991. Their Follow-up
hits I Adore Mi Amore and All 4 Love made the band one of the biggest vocal groups in the world as they topped the
U.S charts and became fixtures in the Australian top 10.
TONE LOC
With two million-selling
singles Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina, Tone Loc was one of the early 90s biggest stars with his Grammy and American Music Award
nominated album Loc-ed
After Dark becoming one of the most important rap albums of the
90s.
COOLIO
A global phenomenon, Gangsta’s Paradise was the highest-selling single of 1995 hitting the #1 spot across the world and
cementing Coolio as one of the decade’s most important rap stars. With subsequent dance floor
hits including Fantastic
Voyage and 1,2,3,4
(Sumpin New) and a lengthy list of TV and film credits, Coolio remains a major
force.
YOUNG MC
Young
MC broke through in the 90s
with his seminal hit Bust
a Move, which won him a Grammy for Best Rap Performance. He
continues to release music with eight albums to his name.
I
Love The 90s Tour - 2017
Tickets are on sale from this Thursday
November 17 at 9.00am and are just $99 for all shows with VIP packages including meet and greets.
For further details and tickets, go to http://www.mjrpresents.com/
June 3: Trusts Arena, Auckland
June 4: Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
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