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Mar 19, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Julia Khoroshilov

In January British hip-hop/electronic dance band Stereo MC’s performed their first U.S. shows in 24 years. Now they have announced some new U.S. tour dates for this May, building up to their performance at the Cruel World festival. Check out the dates below.

Also in January they were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they performed their 1992 hit song “Connected,” the title track to their third studio album. It was their first U.S. TV performance in decades.

Prior to January, the band last performed on our shores in 2001. Stereo MC’s are also expected to release a new album in 2025.

The band’s current line-up still features either founding or long term members: Rob Birch (Rob B), Nick Hallam, Cath Coffey, and Tansay Omar. Drummer Owen If died in 2022. Stereo MC’s biggest album was 1992’s Connected, which was fueled by its iconic title track and charted as high as #2 on the UK album charts. The band’s last album was 2011’s Emperor’s Nightingale.

Hallam had this to say about touring again and making new music, in a previous press release: “There’s a lot of new music that’s being developed as we go, some club orientated in keeping with our label and recent outlook, and some more in the Stereo MC’s known mold. When the two merge as one we will be there.”

Birch added: “There are many influences in the melting pot being shaped by this time we live in. In the same way as we look back for inspiration, we are charged by the present and that’s how we work: combining old methods with modern technology. The more diverse our music becomes, the happier I feel.”

Stereo MC’s were interviewed in our recent The ’90s Issue. Buy it here and read the article here.

Stereo MC’s U.S. Tour Dates:

May 8 Dallas, TX Granada Theater

May 9 Austin, TX The Mohawk

May 11 Denver, CO Oriental Theater

May 12 Seattle, WA Crocodile

May 13 Portland, OR Holocene

May 15 Oakland, CA New Parish

May 17 Pasadena, CA Cruel World festival

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