Haddaway

One of the most quintessential movies to grace the 90s was “A Night At The Roxbury,” especially the iconic scene of Chris Kattan and Will Farrell hit the namesake club and starts a synchronized dance to Haddaway’s “What Is Love.” Pretty much since this movie came out and became a cult classic, Haddaway has forever been known for “What Is Love,” but what most people don’t know is that his entire repertoire contains the best things of typical 90s music.
Considering that he is known for being a one hit wonder, his live shows totally take advantage of this. His stages are set in this 90s retro look, and has a lot of background dancers dressed similarly to the way the girls in “A Night At The Roxbury” are dressed. Haddaway himself dresses down, wearing a simple pants, t-shirt and scarf. He performs all his best hits, like “Life,” “I Miss You” and “Rock My Heart;” all dance inducing songs that everyone in the crowd was taking advantage of. He obviously kept the best for last. Before starting his “What Is Love Performance” he builds up the anticipation by playing an extended intro to the song and then bringing out the dancers. The song is way better live because of the ridiculous amounts of energy that both the crowd and Haddaway put out.

Although her name is maybe not a household one, Ultra Nate has had much success with her music over the years, with nearly all of her singles charting in the top 10 of Dance Club Party tracks, which is pretty awesome! Her R&B an dance-pop music is totally infectious, and therefore it’s not surprising that the first label she signed to was the giant Warner Bros. Records.
Seeing her live is a showcase of what it is to be talented, grounded in who you are, and have a whole lot of fun with your musical creation. She opened the show with her song Freak On, which was sure to get everyone up on their feet and singing along. It was electric, she was dancing around the stage with such energy and conviction whilst maintaining strong and accurate vocals, which is such a talent to have. She played a solid set for the entire 2 hours, only stopping to chat to the audience, which I must add she did very well. From telling jokes, to introducing her band, she had everyone gripped on her every word. She even let the audience vote on which songs to hear which was very cool.
She’s an incredibly taented performed, and I’m really excited for hwat more she’s got to come. I hope she becomes more mainstream, because her music is so accessible and a lot of fun!

Robin Stone goes by the name of Robin S, professionally; perhaps it’s to avoid confusion with Angie Stone, to whom she’s no relation, but the sharing of that surname isn’t the only reason why you might be forgiven for getting the two mixed up; as well as both having impressively powerful voices, the pair also enjoyed their greatest commercial success back in the nineties. Robin S. was predominantly a contemporary R&B artist, but what always set her apart from her contemporaries was her willingness to dabble in other genres, especially gospel and occasionally jazz. Those additional influences are faithfully borne out in her live shows, in which the setlists tend to span her entire career - both chronologically and stylistically - and that’s something that’s made possible by the versatility of her live backing band. She often joins other nineties R&B stars like Color Me Badd on the road, allowing for fans to get more than just the one dose of nostalgia in one night; she’ll likely be on such a bill next time she makes it to the UK.