
Watch Stereo MC’s Perform Their 1992 Hit “Connected” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”
About to Perform Their First U.S. Shows in 24 Years
Jan 21, 2025
British hip-hop/electronic dance band Stereo MC’s are about to perform their first U.S. shows in 24 years. Last night they were the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they did their 1992 hit song “Connected,” the title track to their third studio album. It was their first U.S. TV performance in decades. Watch the performance below, followed by the U.S. tour dates.
The band last performed on our shores in 2001, but have lined up three American shows for this month, along with a festival performance in May. The band 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 the tour and 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:
January 23 - Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
January 24 - Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
January 25 - Boston MA, The Sinclair
May 17 - Pasadena, CA Cruel World festival
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