Too Legit to Quit World Tour

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Too Legit to Quit Tour
Tour by MC Hammer
Associated album Too Legit to Quit
Start dateMarch 1992
End dateNovember 7, 1992
Legs2
No. of shows115
Supporting actsBoys II Men, Mary J. Blide
MC Hammer concert chronology

Too Legit To Quit World Tour is the second world tour by American recording artist MC Hammer to promote his fourth studio album Too Legit to Quit (1991) performing over 115 shows on two legs visiting North America and Asia. The tour kicked off in Hampton, Virginia on April 1, 1992, and concluded on Quezon City, Philippines on November 7, 1992. [1] The US leg was sponsored by MTV and Pepsi. Boyz II Men were selected as opening act of the shows. [2] [3] While other acts such as, Jodeci, TLC, Oaktown 357 and Mary J. Blige were selected as opening acts. [4] Following this tour, MC hammer decided quit touring. [5]

Contents

Background

Hammer previous tour Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em World Tour (1990-1991) was a commercial success performing over 144 shows and grossing US$32.1 million of dollars. Also, Hammer`s third studio album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em sold over 15 million of copies by the end of 1991. On October 29, 1991, the artist release his fourth studio album Too Legit to Quit (1991). To promote it, Capitol records embarked at the largest marketing campaign of their history. The plans included a 150 dates world tour. However, around 115 shows were played.

For the tour Hammer traveled with 14 backup singers, more than a dozen musicians, no fewer than 10 dancers and 30 member of entourage. [6] Also,12 equipment trucks haul (including three trucks for wardrobe alone), around 132 sound cabinets and four onstage video screens, while nine buses are filled with 110 tour persons, including 50 who appear onstage (two drummers, two percussionists, four keyboardists, a bassist, lead guitarist, 14 singers, horns and lots and lots of dancers)-an onstage contingent for whom some 5,000 new outfits (100 per person) were stitched together. [7] [8]

Reception

Critical reception

Unlike his previous tour, Too Legit To Quit receive mixed to lukewarm reception by the critics. Sonya Donaldson from the Los Angeles Sentinel attended to the concert in Inglewood, praising the opening acts Jodeci, TLC and Boyz II Men, however, wrote considered Hammer show "boring". [9] On the same hand, Mick Gzowski gave a lukewarm review to the Vancouver concert at the Pacific Coliseum writing "Vegas-style rapstravaganza pleases fans more than pocketbook". [10]

Commercial response

Several shows were reported sold out while in some cities such as New York, Oakland and Houston, a second show was added due the high demand. Over 5,675 fans were reported at Allentown Fairs. [11] Ahead of his concert at Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha World-Herald named Hammer as "one of the most popular rap artists in the 15-year history of that musical genre". [12] However, only 5,000 tickets of 15,000 was reported sold on Vancouver.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [13]
April 1, 1992 Hampton United States Hampton Coliseum
April 2, 1992 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
April 3, 1992 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
April 4, 1992 Chapel Hill Dean. E. Smith Student Activities Center
April 5, 1992 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
April 7, 1992 Gainesville Stephen C. O Conell Center
April 8, 1992 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
April 10, 1992 Miami Miami Arena
April 11, 1992 St. Petersburg Florida Suncoast Dome
April 12, 1992 Orlando Orlando Arena
April 14, 1992 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
April 16, 1992 [14] Chattanooga UTC Arena
April 17, 1992 Knoxville Thompson-Boling Arena
April 18, 1992 Atlanta The Omni
April 21, 1992 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
April 22, 1992 [15] Philadelphia Spectrum
April 24, 1992 Landover Capital Centre
April 25, 1992 [16] Worcester Centrum
April 26, 1992 Baltimore Baltimore Arena
April 28, 1992 Ames Hilton Coliseum
April 29, 1992 Carbondale SIU Arena
April 30, 1992 Murfreesboro Charles M. Murphy Athletic Center
May 1, 1992 Louisville Freedom Hall
May 6, 1992 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
May 8, 1992 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
May 9, 1992 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
May 12, 1992 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
May 13, 1992 Providence Providence Civic Center
May 15, 1992 [17] New York Madison Square Garden
May 16, 1992
May 20, 1992 [18] Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
May 23, 1992 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
May 24, 1992
May 26, 1992 Minneapolis Target Center
May 28, 1992 Milwaukee Bradley Center
May 29, 1992 [19] Detroit Joe Louis Arena
May 30, 1992
June 3, 1992 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
June 6, 1992 Dallas Reunion Arena
June 7, 1992 Austin Frank Erwin Center
June 9, 1992 Tucson Tucson Convention Center
June 10, 1992 San Antonio HemisFair Arena
June 11, 1992 Baton Rouge Pete Maravich Assembly Center
June 12, 1992 Houston The Summit
June 13, 1992
June 14, 1992 Lafayette Cajundome
June 16, 1992 Beaumont Montagne Center
June 17, 1992 [20] Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
June 18, 1992 Valley Center Kansas Coliseum
June 19, 1992 Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
June 20, 1992 Las Cruces Pan American Center
June 21, 1992 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
June 23, 1992 Salt Lake City Delta Center
June 24, 1992 Reno Lawlor Events Center
June 25, 1992
June 26, 1992 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
June 27, 1992 Phoenix America West Arena
June 28, 1992 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
June 30, 1992 Palm Springs Palm Springs Convention Center
July 1, 1992 Sacramento ARCO Arena
July 2, 1992 Oakland Alameda County Coliseum
July 3, 1992
July 4, 1992
July 5, 1992 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
July 6, 1992 Oakland Alameda County Coliseum
July 7, 1992 Fresno Selland Arena
July 10, 1992 Inglewood Great Western Forum
July 11, 1992
July 12, 1992 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
July 14, 1992 Portland Memorial Coliseum
July 17, 1992 Seattle Seattle Center Arena
July 18, 1992 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
July 20, 1992 [21] Greenwood Village United States Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
July 22, 1992 Boise BSU Pavilion
July 23, 1992 Pocatello Holt Arena
July 24, 1992 Casper Events Center
July 25, 1992 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
July 26, 1992 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
July 27, 1992 Omaha Civic Auditorium
July 28, 1992 Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
July 29, 1992 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
July 30, 1992 Rockford MetroCentre
July 31, 1992 Terre Haute Hulman Center
August 1, 1992 Springfield Prairie Capital Convention Center
August 3, 1992 Fort Wayne Allen Country War Memorial Coliseum
August 5, 1992 New Haven New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
August 6, 1992 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Center
August 8, 1992 Toronto Canada SkyDome
August 9, 1992 Rochester United States Rochester Community War Memorial
August 13, 1992 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
August 14, 1992 Fairfax Patroit Center
August 16, 1992 [22] Atlanta Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre
August 18, 1992 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
August 19, 1992 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
August 20, 1992 Springfield Fairgrounds Grandstand
August 21, 1992 Macon Macon Coliseum
August 22, 1992 Tinley Park World Music Theatre
August 23, 1992 Mason Timberwolf Amphitheater
August 25, 1992 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center
August 26, 1992 Birmigham Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum
August 28, 1992 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center
August 29, 1992 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
August 30, 1992 New Orleans Louisiana Superdome
September 2, 1992 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
September 5, 1992 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
September 6, 1992 Normal Redbird Arena
September 7, 1992 Notre Dame Joyce Center
September 8, 1992 Allentown Allentown Fairgrounds
September 17, 1992 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
Asia
November 3, 1992 [23] Singapore Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
November 5, 1992 [24] Quezon City Philippines Araneta Coliseum
November 6, 1992
November 7, 1992
November 8, 1992
November 16, 1992 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome

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