{"id":793482,"date":"2019-02-27T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T19:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=800992"},"modified":"2019-02-27T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T19:52:08","slug":"mc-hammer-hits-the-road-with-other-early-nineties-hitmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/mc-hammer-hits-the-road-with-other-early-nineties-hitmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"MC Hammer Hits the Road With Other Early Nineties Hitmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to dance to \u201cU Can\u2019t Touch This,\u201d \u201cBaby Got Back,\u201d \u201cBust a Move,\u201d Just a Friend,\u201d \u201cFunky Cold Medina\u201d and \u201cMe So Horny\u201d all in one evening? Have you ever wanted to step into an amphitheater and spend the night bathing in other R&amp;B and hip-hop hits of the George H.W. Bush administration performed by the original artists? Have you ever wondered what kind of show the Funky Bunch can put together without Mark \u201cMarky Mark\u201d Wahlberg?<\/p>\n<p>If you answered yes to any of those questions, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mc-hammer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mc-hammer\" data-tag=\"mc-hammer\">MC Hammer<\/a> has a tour for you: His Hammer\u2019s House Party Tour is heading all over America with a rotating bill of artists that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/en-vogue\/\" id=\"auto-tag_en-vogue\" data-tag=\"en-vogue\">En Vogue<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/sir-mix-a-lot\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sir-mix-a-lot\" data-tag=\"sir-mix-a-lot\">Sir Mix-a-Lot<\/a>, Kid \u2018n Play, Sisqo, Doug E Fresh, Tone Loc, Montell Jordan, Tag Team, Rob Base, Young MC, DJ Kool, Biz Markie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/coolio\/\" id=\"auto-tag_coolio\" data-tag=\"coolio\">Coolio<\/a>, The Funky Bunch and 2 Live Crew along with MC Hammer himself.<\/p>\n<p>The tour, which is being billed as Hammer\u2019s first major tour since 1991, is the brainchild of Jeff Epstein of the Universal Attractions Agency. \u201cHammer continues to be one of our top clients, and he\u2019s one of the hardest working and most giving people I know,\u201d Epstein says in a statement. \u201cThe demand for him as a performer has actually increased while he\u2019s been off the touring circuit. He truly is 2 legit to quit!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/otCpCn0l4Wo?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>MC Hammer is obviously playing every night of the tour, but the other artists vary from show to show. Some nights you get En Vogue and Ton Loc and others you get Sir Mix-a-Lot, Sisqo, Biz Markie, 2 Live Crew and the Funky Bunch or a mixture of several others acts.<\/p>\n<p>The obvious predecessor to Hammer\u2019s House Party Tour is the ongoing I Love The 90\u2019s tour, spearheaded most nights by Vanilla Ice and Salt N Pepa. But they have no shows on the books after February ends, so Hammer\u2019s team clearly saw an opening and walked into it. They even signed up I Love The 90\u2019s vets Tone Loc, Coolio and Young MC.<\/p>\n<p>If all this is too newfangled for you, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/eighties-one-hit-wonders-unite-lost-80s-live-tour-794239\/\">there\u2019s also the Lost 80\u2019s Live Tour<\/a> with A Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung, The Escape Club and John \u201cSt. Elmo\u2019s Fire\u201d Parr. And if your nostalgia sweet spot is the early 2000s, there was the 2016 My2K Tour tour with 98 Degrees, Ryan Cabrera, Dream and O-Town, but it wasn\u2019t a huge success and they didn\u2019t try it again. It was maybe just a little too soon.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the complete tour dates and lineups for the Hammer\u2019s House Party Tour:<\/p>\n<p>April 6 \u2013 Tallahassee, FL @ Doak Campbell Stadium \u2013 Florida State University (MC Hammer, Color Me Badd, Tone Loc)<br \/><span>June 7 \u2013 Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery (MC Hammer, En Vogue, Tone Loc)<br \/><\/span><span>June 8 \u2013 Lincoln, CA @ Thunder Valley Casino Resort (MC Hammer, En Vogue, Montell Jordan)<br \/><\/span><span>July 12 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort (MC Hammer, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Biz Markie, 2 Live Crew)<br \/><\/span><span>July 13 \u2013 Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre (MC Hammer, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Biz Markie, Tone Loc, Young MC, 2 Live Crew, The Funky Bunch)<br \/><\/span><span>July 19 \u2013 Englewood, CO Fiddler\u2019s @ Green Amphitheatre (MC Hammer, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Sisqo, Biz Markie, 2 Live Crew, The Funky Bunch)<br \/><\/span><span>July 25 \u2013 Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (MC Hammer, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Kid n Play, 2 Live Crew, The Funky Bunch)<br \/><\/span><span>July 26 \u2013 Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre (MC Hammer, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Coolio, Biz Markie, DJ Kool)<br \/><\/span><span>July 27 \u2013 Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center (MC Hammer, Kid n Play, Coolio, Biz Markie, DJ Kool)<br \/><\/span><span>August 2 \u2013 Irving, TX @ The Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory (MC Hammer, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Kid n Play, Sisqo, 2 Live Crew)<br \/><\/span><span>August 3 \u2013 The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (MC Hammer, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Doug E Fresh, Kid n Play, Rob Base, Tone Loc)<br \/><\/span><span>August 9 \u2013 Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (MC Hammer, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Biz Markie, 2 Live Crew, Tone Loc, Tag Team)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-801031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0ba86428-8e92-4053-b011-d78abe8fadbc.jpg?w=789\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mc-hammer-tour-sir-mix-a-lot-en-vogue-800992\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to dance to \u201cU Can\u2019t Touch This,\u201d \u201cBaby Got Back,\u201d \u201cBust a Move,\u201d Just a Friend,\u201d \u201cFunky Cold Medina\u201d and \u201cMe So Horny\u201d all in one evening? Have you ever wanted to step into an amphitheater and spend the night bathing in other R&amp;B and hip-hop hits of the George H.W. 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