Figures across four dates in March show that the tour is averaging around 5,000 fans a night and grossing close to $200,000 a show, according to Billboard Boxscore the best-selling date so far is an August 19 gig at Detroit’s DTE Center which had moved 14,000 tickets at press time. this past February, which led to a tour he says could easily stretch beyond 100 shows and 500,000 fans before all is said and done. Universal Attractions Agency co-owner Jeff Allen said he was pleasantly surprised by the response to the first date in Cedar Park, Tx. The 72-date outing, toplined by Vanilla Ice and Salt N’ Pepa (“Push It”), also includes a rotating cast of has-beens/are-beings: Kid N Play (“Rollin’ With Kid ‘n Play”), Coolio (“Gangsta’s Paradise”), All 4 One (“I Swear”), Color Me Badd (“I Wanna Sex You Up”), Rob Base (“It Takes Two”) and Young MC (“Bust a Move”), among others. While Fairbrass says he could have probably retired for life if he’d written the track alone (instead of with his brother and co-writer Rob Manzoli), the group, which has since scored a number of follow-up hits across Europe and Asia, continue to ride the gravy train by touring and playing private parties.Īs a testament to the long legs of an iconic single and a few other songs that might get a wistful nod, look no further than the surprise hit package tour of the summer: I Love the 90s. “Sexy” has sold 1.26 million singles and 739,000 downloads to date, according to Nielsen Music.

1 in more than two dozen countries and remained for a relatively epochal three weeks in the U.S. “Oh yes, you can make a living,” said Right Said Fred’s Fred Fairbrass of the two-plus decades in which he and brother Richard have ridden their fame wave since the release of “Sexy” in 1991, the band’s debut single that hit No.

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