The ‘90s are in that awkward stage where pretty much nothing about them are cool. Remember puberty when you really, really wanted to be cool but just ended up being a supremely awkward teenager around a gaggle of other supremely awkward teenagers? That’s the ‘90s. They’re too recent to be vintage; their “innovative” technologies are already hilariously outdated (and also just hilarious), and something about them is just too close to home—probably the memory of those godforsaken jumpsuits and cargo pants still sitting in a bucket in my parents’ basement.

While I try to forget, though, there are many trying to revive the ‘90s more salient trends—namely the music. Vanilla Ice, Coolio, Salt-N-Pepa, Rob Base and a slew of other ‘90s artists have just announced that they’ll embark on the first ever “I Love the ‘90s” tour this spring.

Perhaps this is what the decade needs to make it nostalgia-grade vintage, because a lot of these artists’ influence cannot be so easily discounted. “Gangsta’s Paradise” remains as relevant today as it was in 1995, and say what you will about the plagiaristic “Ice Ice Baby,” but here we are in 2016 and it’s still clinging to the airwaves. So, grudgingly, here’s to the ‘90s! Maybe the second edition of “I Love the ‘90s” tour will even make it to some major market cities—check out the tour below, and let us know how you feel about the ‘90s in the comments:

I Love the ’90s Tour dates:
April 15 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secour Wellness Arena
April 16 – Tupelo, MS @ BancorpSouth Arena
April 22 – Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
April 29 – Mashantucket, CT @ Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino
May 12 – Bloomington, IL @ US Cellular Coliseum
MAy 13 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena
May 14 – Baltimore, MD @ Royal Farms Arena
May 20 – Tuscaloosa, AL @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
May 21 – St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
May 26 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Wings Event Center
May 27 – Nashville, TN @Bridgestone Arena
May 28 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Beach at Mandalay Bay Resort
June 2 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
June 4 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
June 10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
June 11 – Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
June 29 – Kettering, OH @ Fraze Pavilion
June 30 – Cleveland, OH @ I-X Center
July 1 – Englewood, CO @ Fiddlers Green Amphitheater
July 15 – Fayetteville, NC @ Crown Coliseum
July 16 – Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
July 23 – Jackson, CA @ Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort
August 6 – Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
August 12 – West Allis, WI @ Wisconsin State Fair
August 13 -Indianapolis, IN @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park
August 19 – Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 20 – Toledo, OH @ John F Savage Arena
August 27 – Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Park
October 20 -Salem, VA @ Salem Civic Center

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HT: Spin

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