10 popular '90s artists on tour in 2024
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10 popular ’90s artists on tour in 2024
Studio portrait of Hootie & the Blowfish members Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld in Brussels in 1996.
Every era seems to make a comeback decades later, and the 1990s are no exception.
In the past several years, we’ve seen fashion trends like Adidas slides and bucket hats become stylish again, while studios have rebooted popular ’90s movies and TV shows.
Reunion tours have also seen a resurgence, with ’90s artists ranging from TLC and Blondie to the Fugees stepping foot on stage for the first time in years. Fans are willing to fork out big bucks to see their favorite groups get back together, and many artists are capitalizing on the interest.Â
The trend is going strong in 2024. Creed announced its first shows in 12 years, while Blink-182 continued its highly anticipated reunion tour with Tom DeLonge. Other acts, from Weezer and Sarah McLachlan to The Flaming Lips and Violent Femmes, kicked off celebrations of milestone album anniversaries in big ways. Even New Kids on the Block reprised the famous “Magic Summer” tour.
And if Oasis’ announcement of a Summer 2025 tour is any indication, ’90s tours may be here to stay—or at least until the buzz wears off. Stacker curated a list of 10 popular ’90s artists who went, are currently, or will be on tour in 2024 with the help of music publications and press releases. Read on to see who’s hitting the road this year and what makes their tour special.
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Creed
Scott Phillips, Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti of Creed.
Creed members surprised fans in October 2023 by announcing their first tour in over a decade. Billed as the “Summer of ’99 Tour,” the post-grunge band embarked on a 40-show run featuring fellow ’90s rockers 3 Doors Down as support for most shows.
“I feel like I’m as strong as I’ve ever been vocally, and looking forward to sharing the stage with the guys again,” frontman Scott Stapp said in a statement. “The fans have clearly let us know they feel it’s long overdue. I want to give them what they deserve. I’m ready to bring it.”
Creed released four studio albums between 1997 and 2009. The group’s sophomore album, 1999’s “Human Clay,” catapulted the act to superstar status with 11.7 million copies sold.
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Hootie & the Blowfish
Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld of Hootie & The Blowfish.
Before becoming a country sensation in 2008, rocker Darius Rucker fronted Hootie & the Blowfish. The band’s 1994 debut album “Cracked Rear View” afforded the bandmates mainstream fame; the record is still among the top 10 bestselling albums in U.S. history 30 years after its release.
The alt-rockers’ “Summer Camp With Trucks Tour” features 43 dates across North America. It’s the group’s first tour since 2019. Joining the act are fellow ’90s stars Collective Soul and Edwin McCain.Â
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Shania Twain
Shania Twain singing onstage in a black sparkly outfit.
Shania Twain is spending the latter half of 2024 in Las Vegas, performing her 24-date “Come On Over” residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino’s Bakkt Theater. This is quite a comeback, considering the country star went nearly a decade without singing at all after contracting Lyme disease in 2003. In 2011, after undergoing two “open-throat” surgeries, Twain could project her voice again.
Twain reflected on her overwhelming success in the late ’90s and early 2000s, telling Billboard, “It’s funny, because I don’t have very vivid memories of that time, because it was such a whirlwind.” After releasing 1997’s “Come On Over,” Twain said: “It was single after single, and video after video. It was as if I couldn’t keep up. … I was hands-on with everything, and it exhausted me. So I didn’t get to enjoy a lot of it in the moment. But I’m celebrating now.”
“Come On Over” produced seven #1 singles and remains the bestselling album by a solo woman artist in history.
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Blink-182
Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus & Travis Barker of Blink 182.
Blink-182 set fans into a frenzy in 2022 by reuniting with guitarist Tom DeLonge after a seven-year separation and announcing a 2023 world tour. While the reunion news was happy, the reason behind it was less so: Bassist Mark Hoppus was diagnosed with cancer in 2021, and his illness is what rekindled his relationship with DeLonge.
2023 also brought a new album from the band called “One More Time” and a subsequent announcement for another world tour in 2024.
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Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan singing.
Sarah McLachlan’s 30-date 2024 tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of her 1993 album “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” is her first since 2016.
The album features singles like “Good Enough,” “Possession,” and “Hold On” and was the Grammy-winning Canadian musician’s first album to enter the U.S. charts.
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Green Day
Green Day.
Green Day is going all out in 2024 with a tour celebrating three albums:Â the band’s latest record, “Saviors,” 2004’s “American Idiot,” and 1994’s “Dookie.”
“The Saviors Tour” harkens back to the ’90s with the Smashing Pumpkins, the Linda Lindas, and Rancid accompanying the band as support for the North American leg.
“Dookie” was Green Day’s breakthrough third album, featuring the singles “Welcome to Paradise,” “Basket Case,” “Longview,” and “When I Come Around.” “Saviors” marks the group’s 14th album.
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Pantera
Rex Brown playing the guitar.
Yes, Pantera originated in the ’80s—but it was the group’s 1990 album “Cowboys from Hell” that transformed the band from glam rock nobodies into metal icons. Thirteen years after “Cowboys,” the band split acrimoniously and a reunion didn’t seem to be in the cards—especially after the deaths of founding members and brothers “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott in 2004 and Vinnie Paul Abbott in 2018.
After a handful of shows in 2022, however, a full-blown reunion took place in 2023 that continued in 2024. Guitarist Zakk Wylde and drummer Charlie Benante will join longtime members Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown to celebrate the legacies of the late founding members.
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New Kids on the Block
New Kids On The Block performing at a superbowl, surrounded by people in costumes.
Before there was ‘N Sync or the Backstreet Boys, there was New Kids on the Block. The pioneering boy band got their start in the late ’80s, but NKOTB is still synonymous with the ’90s. This year, the group celebrates that era with the “Magic Summer 2024” tour that kicked off in June.
The string of shows is a callback to the group’s “Magic Summer Tour” from 1990 and will feature support from two other ’90s icons: Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
“The true ‘magic’ of this tour is in the music, the moments and the memories that we get to create—and recreate—with our amazing fans each night,” NKOTB’s Donnie Wahlberg said in a statement.Â
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Slipknot
Slipknot.
Slipknot played its first show at the end of 1995 under the moniker Meld, but it was the release of the group’s 1999 self-titled debut album that turned its members into metal icons. With 2024 marking the album’s 25th anniversary, the masked rockers came into the year with big plans including a handful of U.S. festival dates along with a global tour through Europe, the U.K., and the U.S.Â
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Weezer
Weezer.
Weezer’s bandmates are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their self-titled debut album, famously known as “The Blue Album,” with a tour in the second half of 2024 with The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. “The Blue Album” features two of Weezer’s biggest hits: “Say It Ain’t So” and “Undone (The Sweater Song).”
The alt-rock heroes also played the Shaky Knees festival in Atlanta in May, and a handful of U.K. shows with the Smashing Pumpkins in June.
Story editing by Eliza Siegel. Copy editing by Paris Close. Photo selection by Lacy Kerrick.
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