![]() “I think people are going to be pleasantly surprised as to how we look when we show up,” he said. The guys had their heyday in the early 1990s with the release of their debut - and most successful - album “C.M.B.,” which netted the band several hit singles.Ībrams, who put on considerable weight after the band’s glory days, says the group has been getting back to “fighting weight” for the show. The group, which reunited in 2010, now performs as a trio with original members Bryan Abrams and Calderon as well as Chicago R&B singer Adam Emil, who joined in May. “We’re going to take them on a little ride back to the ’90s when everyone was doing the feel-good music,” said group member Mark Calderon during a phone interview. About 15,000 people came to the ship over the two days.Īnother concert is already planned for April at the ship with Salt ‘N’ Pepa, Biz Markie, Slick Rick and Digital Underground. That event quickly sold out and Diaz added a second day of music. This is no surprise to Diaz, who organized a similar concert at the ship in April that included artists such as Vanilla Ice, Exposé, Tone Loc and Stacey Q. About 4,500 tickets have already been sold with only general admission spots left. It reminds them of back in their high school days,” said Mike Diaz, 38, the show’s producer who has found himself a niche with these popular nostalgic concerts.Ībout 6,000 people are expected at Summer Breeze, which also includes food and commercial vendors. ![]() Also in the lineup is singer/songwriter Jon B. Sure, whose big hit, “Nite and Day,” seemed to be on the radio all day and night in 1988. 15 features Keith Sweat, who’s still making it last for ever “I Wanna Sex You Up” singers Color Me Badd, and the sensual R&B crooner Al B. What do I do next?'” By the time he was finished apologizing to and thanking the crowd, Abrams had left the building and when Calderon walked backstage he realized his neck and back were really sore.Old school jams will be making waves at the Queen Mary with a show that takes it back to the day when artists told you how they felt and wanted to sex you up. I’m thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, what just happened?’ And I go into shock because I’m in front of all these people and this just happened. After an hour, just as he was finishing “I Wanna Sex You Up” and saying his goodbyes to the crowd, unbeknownst to him, Abrams came back on stage and “all of a sudden he shoves me and blindsides me and I’m on the ground. “This was a first.” Calderon says there have been times when Abrams has not shown up for a gig or decided to leave, forcing him to do a show solo, as well as times when he says Abrams has performed while intoxicated.īy the third song, Calderon, 47, realized he’d probably have to do the whole gig by himself with just the dancers. “He has never come on stage and left and then never came back,” says Calderon. ![]() But once he realized Abrams was gone, he figured it was to get a towel or speak to the sound engineer. He didn’t notice, however, that his partner had walked off the stage. ![]() The duo hit the stage for the first song, “All 4 Love,” and Calderon noticed that Abrams was flubbing the lyrics, which concerned him. “The hotel security grabbed us from our rooms and walked us to the stage and I saw Bryan was intoxicated pretty heavy,” Calderon says. “I was really concerned about what was going to happen…we got backstage and I asked him, ‘Are you going to be okay? I’m really concerned about you.’ He said, ‘We’re gonna kill it tonight!’ And I thought, ‘Oh, no.'”
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