Too Legit to Quit World Tour


Too Legit To Quit World Tour is the second world tour by American recording artist MC Hammer to promote his fourth studio album Too Legit to Quit performing over 115 shows on two legs visiting North America and Asia. The tour kicked off in Hampton, Virginia on April 1, 1992, and concluded on Quezon City, Philippines on November 7, 1992. The US leg was sponsored by MTV and Pepsi. Boyz II Men were selected as opening act of the shows, while other opening acts included acts included Jodeci, TLC, Oaktown 357 and Mary J. Blige. Following this tour, MC hammer decided to quit touring.

Background

Hammer's previous tour Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em World Tour was a commercial success performing over 144 shows and grossing US$32.1 million of dollars. Also, Hammer's third studio album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em sold over 15 million of copies by the end of 1991. On October 29, 1991, the artist release his fourth studio album Too Legit to Quit. To promote it, Capitol records embarked at the largest marketing campaign of their history. The plans included a 150 dates world tour. However, around 115 shows were played.
For the tour Hammer traveled with 14 backup singers, more than a dozen musicians, no fewer than 10 dancers and 30 member of entourage. Also,12 equipment trucks haul, around 132 sound cabinets and four onstage video screens, while nine buses are filled with 110 tour persons, including 50 who appear onstage -an onstage contingent for whom some 5,000 new outfits were stitched together.

Reception

Critical reception

Unlike his previous tour, Too Legit To Quit received mixed to lukewarm reception by the critics. Sonya Donaldson from the Los Angeles Sentinel attended to the concert in Inglewood, praising the opening acts Jodeci, TLC and Boyz II Men, however, wrote considered Hammer show "boring". On the same hand, Mick Gzowski gave a lukewarm review to the Vancouver concert at the Pacific Coliseum writing "Vegas-style rapstravaganza pleases fans more than pocketbook".

Commercial response

Several shows were reported sold out while in some cities such as New York, Oakland and Houston, a second show was added due the high demand. Over 5,675 fans were reported at Allentown Fairs. Ahead of his concert at Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha World-Herald named Hammer as "one of the most popular rap artists in the 15-year history of that musical genre". However, only 5,000 tickets of 15,000 was reported sold on Vancouver.

Tour dates