That’s hot: Don your best trucker hats, puka shell necklaces and low-rise jeans and get out your Sidekick to text your BFF because the music of the 2000s will be back in Cincinnati for one night only this winter.
The era of “Bye Bye Bye,” “All or Nothing,” “On the Way Down” and “Summer Girls” is coming to the Queen City thanks to the Pop2000 Tour, featuring host Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC, O-Town, Ryan Cabrera and LFO. These early-aughts pop giants will take the stage at Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati on Friday, Dec. 20.
If you need a refresher on 2000s pop music, chillax, homies. We got you:
Chris Kirkpatrick was a founding member of NSYNC, one of the most famous boy bands in pop history. In addition to performing in front of millions, he’s also been a voice actor on several children’s shows, and in 2022 he competed in Season 3 of Celebrity Big Brother and The Masked Singer.
You may have first heard of boy band O-Town in 2000 when they shot to stardom after appearing on the ABC/MTV reality series Making the Band. They had several hits, including “Liquid Dreams,” “All or Nothing” and “We Fit Together.”
Singer-songwriter Ryan Cabrera was behind 2000s hits like “On the Way Down,” “True” and “Shine On,” and his 2004 album Take It All Away hit No. 8 on the Billboard charts.
Pop and hip-hop band LFO came onto the scene in 1999 with their No. 1 hit, “Summer Girls,” closely followed by top-five hit “Girl on TV” and top-10 hit “Every Other Time.”
Pop2000 Tour Cincinnati tickets go on sale on Friday, Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster and hardrockcasinocincinnati.com. You must be 21 or older to attend this concert.
Learn more about the Pop2000 Tour here.
Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati, 1000 Broadway St., Downtown. More info: hardrockcasinocincinnati.com.
This article appears in Oct 16-29, 2024.
