For tickets and more information, visit as./calcoast/events/176. Then we gotta hang up the shoes, it’s a wrap.”Ĭatch TLC with guests Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on Thursday at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre on the San Diego State University campus.
“When we start moving slow with our dances, it’s gonna be time to stop. 101. “Look, we’re gonna be touring until we just can’t do it anymore,” she said with a laugh. You can build around it, but you have to have the pure essence of what makes you you,” she said.Īs for what the future holds for TLC, Chilli said that, in addition to an upcoming musical and an A&E documentary, they will continue to tour, as long as they’re able to. “I think that artists out today, if you’re blessed to have a catalogue and you can continue to tour throughout your life, you always have to remember the things that people love about you and never get rid of that. She said fans at the concert can expect to feel the same energy that originally made them fall in love with TLC. Because they’ve always asked us through the years, and now we’re doing it.” “And so our fans will get a chance to hear some of the songs on the album that weren’t singles. “We tour all the time, but this particularly tour is very special in a different way because we are celebrating “CrazySex圜ool” specifically,” said Chilli. The Thursday night show will also feature fellow ‘90s staples, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, along with other special guests.
“You’re always going to feel her presence through us.” And then when we perform the songs, we leave her raps in there. When you look at Tionne and I, you can’t look at us and not think about her (Lopes). Now the two of us, carrying this thing along without our sister. “It was really meant for us to be together, the three of us. When asked to speak to the rarity of a group having the longevity that TLC has had, Chilli reflected the group’s destiny.
“It’s not too surprising to me,” said Chilli of the nostalgic embrace of the decade, “because I think everything comes back full circle.”ĭespite a short hiatus and the death of one of its original members, TLC continues to tour. And today, in the midst of a ‘90s revival where we’re seeing the fashion of the decade make a huge comeback, TLC’s celebration of “CrazySex圜ool” is perfectly in style. They'll be joined by '90s hip-hop legends Bone Thugs-N-Harmony in support TLC was formed in 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia by Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, with Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas joining the following year. It’s impossible to think about music, especially R&B music, in the ‘90s without thinking of T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli. “CrazySex圜ool” would eventually sell over 23 million copies. And in 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “CrazySex圜ool” as one of the 500 best albums of all time. TLC also went on to earn honors at the 1996 Grammy Awards (for Best R&B Album and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group for “Creep”) and the 1996 Billboard Music Awards (Artist of the Year). Executive-produced by Academy Award-winning and Emmy Award-Winning director Roger Ross Williams ( The Apollo) and his production company with Emmy Award-winning producer Geoff Martz, One Story Up.The success of “Waterfalls” had major ripple effects: The video for “Waterfalls” won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year in 1995, making TLC the first Black act to win in that category. The special will be directed by Matt Kay. The special will chronicle the group’s powerful, emotional journey and their survival against all odds as T-Boz and Chilli tell their story for the first time in a feature documentary. In 2017, TLC released a self-titled album, their first in over 15 years which hit #1 on Billboard’s Independent Album Chart.Ī two-hour documentary special Biography: TLC will premiere on A&E in 2022. With over 85 million records sold worldwide, TLC is not only the best-selling American girl group of all time with four Grammy® Awards, four multi-platinum albums (two of which went Diamond), four number one singles and 10 Top 10 singles, theirs is an influence – across pop, hip-hop, R&B, fashion and female empowerment – which defines generations. So, this will be quite the celebration!”ĬrazySex圜ool is TLC’s second studio album that featured the #1 singles “Waterfalls” and “Creep” and received a Diamond certification from the RIAA.
The `90s themed shows will feature fan interaction, `90s fashion, surprise guests and more.Ĭhilli states, “I'm so excited for this tour because we've been talking about doing something special for CrazySex圜ool for years and FINALLY, we get to do it! This is the album that truly put us on the map and showed the world who we really are.
Beginning September 3 in Alabama, the 18-city tour will see Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas performing selections from their 1994 Diamond-certified album, 27 years after its release plus additional hits.