Destiny's Child to Tour With TLC and K-Ci & Jo Jo; Houston-Based R&B Vocal Quartet Go Platinum With The Writing's On The Wall.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999-- Columbia recording artists Destiny's Child  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , whose "Bills, Bills, Bills" is one of the songs of 1999, will be taking their act on the road with TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. and K-Ci & Jo Jo on a cross-country tour beginning October 27 at the Van Andel Arena As a concert venue Van Andel Arena seats 12,858 for end-stage shows, 13,184 for center-stage shows. The arena floor measures 85 feet-by-220 feet. The arena features 9,886 permanent seats and 44 luxury suites (the 16 luxury suites in the upper bowl seat 20 each, and 24 of the lower bowl in Grand Rapids, Michigan “Grand Rapids” redirects here. For other uses, see Grand Rapids (disambiguation). Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 197,800. (see itinerary following) and ending December 3 at the America West arena in Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix /ˈfiːˌnɪks/ (English: Phoenix, Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. . The Houston-based R&B vocal quartet's sophomore album, The Writing's On The Wall (released July 27, 1999), has been certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. as of September 22, 1999. Destiny's Child burst onto the scene in November 1996 with the smash hit "No, No, No," which earned Kelly, LaTavia, LeToya, and Beyonce their first RIAA-gold and RIAA-platinum records. Now, "Bills, Bills, Bills," from The Writing's On The Wall, has echoed that achievement: the single spent nine weeks at the no. 1 spot on the Billboard R&B chart and two weeks as the no. 1 single in the country on the Billboard Hot 100. To date, Destiny's Child has earned four gold ("No, No, No," Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills," The Writing's On The Wall) and two platinum ("No, No, No," The Writing's On The Wall) certifications from the RIAA. In addition, the group contributed the song "Stimulate Me" to the platinum-selling soundtrack to "Life" and "Killing Time" to the multi-platinum soundtrack to "Men In Black." The group's media-geniality has made them a natural for television. Destiny's Child has appeared on "Donny & Marie," "Regis & Kathie Lee," "NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Later," "Soul Train," and the "Lady Of Soul Awards" as well as hosting "MTV Jams MTV Jams is a Viacom-owned American hip-hop/urban music video channel that debuted on May 1, 2002, replacing MTVX. Like its sister stations MTV Hits,VH1 Soul, and CMT Pure Country, MTV Jams is available exclusively on digital cable packages, such as Comcast, Charter, Cox, and other " from the Bahamas for a solid week this summer. The group is slated to appear on the new "Queen Latifah Show" in October. Destiny's Child have toured Europe and Japan extensively and spent part of last year on the road with Boyz II Men Boyz II Men is an American R&B/soul singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with members Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Wanya Morris, on Motown . -0-
Destiny's Child/TLC Tour Itinerary
Date City/State Venue
10/27/99 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
10/29/99 Dayton, OH Wright State Univ., Ervin J. Nutter Center
10/31/99 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Arena
11/02/99 Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center
11/05/99 Raleigh, NC Raleigh Civic & Convention Center, Arena
11/07/99 Buffalo, NY Marine Midland Arena
11/12/99 Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center
11/13/99 Providence, RI Providence Civic Center, Arena
11/16/99 Charleston, WV Charleston Civic Center, Grand Hall
11/18/99 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena
11/20/99 Pittsburgh, PA Crete Memorial Civic Center
11/22/99 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center, Arena
11/24/99 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
11/26/99 Minneapolis, MN Target Center, Arena
11/28/99 Saint Louis, MO Kiel Center, Arena
12/01/99 Houston, TX Compaq Center
12/03/99 Phoenix, AZ America West Arena
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