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Photos: B2K, Bow Wow, Pretty Ricky and More Light Up Fiserv Forum

Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Even a tornado watch couldn’t keep fans away from Fiserv Forum last night as B2K headlined The Millennium Tour Presents: The Boys 4 Life Tour, bringing a wave of early-2000s R&B and hip-hop nostalgia to the city.

Umbrellas and ponchos filled the streets outside the arena, but inside, thousands of fans were ready to relive the soundtrack of the Y2K era with a lineup stacked with artists who helped define it.

The evening unfolded as a rapid-fire celebration of throwback hits, beginning with Amerie, who kicked off the show with the kind of smooth R&B energy that immediately set the tone. From there the lineup rolled forward with Yung Joc, B5, Crime Mob, and Dem Franchize Boyz, each delivering short but energetic sets that had the crowd bouncing and singing along. The Millennium Tour has built its reputation on these stacked lineups, essentially turning the night into a living playlist of early-2000s radio favorites.

As the show moved deeper into the evening, the nostalgia only intensified. Pretty Ricky brought their signature R&B swagger to the stage before Bow Wow delivered one of the night’s most anticipated performances, running through hits that many fans in attendance grew up with. Throughout the night, the arena felt less like a traditional concert and more like a celebration of a musical era, with fans eagerly reliving songs that once dominated the charts and MTV.

By the time B2K finally took the stage to close out the night, the crowd was fully energized. Celebrating their 25th anniversary, the group delivered a headlining set packed with the songs that made them one of the most recognizable boy bands of the early 2000s. The performance served as both a reminder of their lasting influence and a fitting finale to a night dedicated to the artists who shaped the sound of the era.

Photographer Dan Garcia was there to capture the highlights from the stormy night inside the arena, documenting the stacked lineup of performers and the fans who refused to let the weather keep them from a night of nostalgia.

Check out our gallery below for a closer look at B2K’s Millennium Tour stop at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

Photos by Dan Garcia.

Throwback Thursday Review: Bluestars | Pretty Ricky

BY DAN GARCIA ★★★★☆

 

On Thursdays we review albums that are considered “classic”. Without a doubt, this will be our most critically unsupported “classic” album for a Throwback Thursday review yet, but I stand by the LP none-the-less. Although it was not received with critical acclaim and accolades upon its release, Pretty Ricky’s debut LP Bluestars is a classic and highly underrated R&B album. This project was much more than just the album that brought fans ‘Grind On Me’, rather it is full of great tracks top to bottom. Released almost a decade ago, this album has aged very well, even though the careers of Pleasure P, Baby Blue, Slick’em, and Spectacular have not. With tracks like ‘Your Body’, ‘On the Hotline’, ‘Nothing But a Number’, and of course ‘Grind On Me’, Bluestar is one of the best R&B group albums of all time, no disrespect to Boyz II Men, TLC, and Destiny’s Child. It is really hard to think of any R&B group since Pretty Ricky, to do it as well as these four men did with their solo album, and although they have since broke up, just last year rumors circulated over a possible reunion tour. A Bluestars 2 maybe?

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