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Boyz II Men Mature
The year-end jaunt kicks off November 17 in Mississippi and stops at arenas and theatres in mostly secondary markets such as Montgomery, Ala.; Stateline, Nev.; Tulsa, Okla.; and Syracuse, N.Y. The North American leg winds down in Detroit December 15.
Then it’s off to Japan in January, with stops in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya.
Though the R&B crooners aren’t touring this month, they haven’t been sitting idle by any stretch.
The Boyz released their fifth album, Nathan, Michael, Shawn, Wanya, on September 12. They’re staying busy since their September 28 tour closer with Vandross, lining up TV shows including “Live With Regis” and “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and a string of radio shows.
This has been something of a comeback year for Boyz II Men, who hadn’t toured or released an album since 1997.
The group broke out in 1991 with a smash debut, Cooleyhigharmony, putting the Philadelphia quartet at the forefront of a vocal music renaissance in the early 1990s.
Their single “End Of The Road,” which appeared on 1992’s “Boomerang” soundtrack, became one the biggest selling singles of all time.
A 1996 collaboration with Mariah Carey on “One Sweet Day” shattered more chart records, remaining at the top of the Billboard singles chart for 16 weeks.
The Boyz made a triumphant return to stores last month, selling more than 132,000 copies of the new album in the first week and debuting at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.