{"id":2242769,"date":"2026-01-20T19:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2242769"},"modified":"2026-01-20T19:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:57:41","slug":"three-chart-topping-bands-from-1990s-to-headline-show-at-levitt-pavilion-steelstacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/three-chart-topping-bands-from-1990s-to-headline-show-at-levitt-pavilion-steelstacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Three chart-topping bands from 1990s to headline show at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Three early 1990s radio rock groups who sold a collective 20 million albums and had 20 Top 20 hits on various charts will perform at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks this summer, it was announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Platinum-selling hit-making jam band Blues Traveler, whose biggest hit, 1995&#8217;s \u201cRun-Around,\u201d set a then-record for most weeks on the Billboard charts, will perform at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Quote-wrapper\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"Quote\">\n<blockquote><p>Tickets for the show, at $65\u2013$69, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23 on the ArtsQuest website or at the box office at the ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ArtsQuest website<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Joining that band will be Gin Blossoms, who from 1993-96 had the hits \u201cHey Jealousy,\u201d \u201cFound Out About You,\u201d \u201cTil I Hear It From You\u201d and \u201cFollow You Down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also on the bill will be Spin Doctors, whose 1991 album &#8220;Pocket Full of Kryptonite&#8221; sold 5 million copies and produced the Top 10 Mainstream Rock hits &#8220;Jimmy Olsen&#8217;s Blues&#8221; hits.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the show, at $65\u2013$69, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/event\/blues-traveler-and-gin-blossoms-with-spin-doctors\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">on the ArtsQuest website<\/a> or at the box office at the ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>The show is the first to be announced in the Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks paid summer concert series, which in 2025 offered such acts as alternative rock band Cake, platinum-selling folk group The Head and the Heart and rap-rock group Hollywood Undead.<\/p>\n<p>It will be held just two weeks after the huge Musikfest festival concludes on the SteelStacks campus. Musikfest this year will be held July 31-Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blues Traveler - Run-Around\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ousaiByU1ko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Charting hits, platinum sales<\/h2>\n<p>Blues Travelers in 1990 released its self-titled debut album, which recorded gold sales, as did its next two albums, 1991&#8217;s &#8220;Travelers and Thieves&#8221; and 1993&#8217;s &#8220;Save His Soul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But its biggest success came with the 1995 album, &#8220;four,&#8221; which peaked at No. 8 on Billboard&#8217;s Albums chart and sold six-times platinum.<\/p>\n<p>The disc included &#8220;Run-Around,&#8221; which peaked at No. 8 on Billboard&#8217;s Hot 100 chart and won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Quote-wrapper\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"Quote\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s rare when a package feels so much like home that it carries a spirit which becomes tangible to an audience.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Blues Traveler frontman John Popper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The song spent a then-record 45 weeks on Billboard&#8217;s Singles chart.<\/p>\n<p>Blues Traveler continued to have success with its 1997 album &#8220;Straight On Till Morning,&#8221; which hit platinum sales, but its subsequent singles charted mostly on the Adult Alternative chart.<\/p>\n<p>Its last charting hit, 2003&#8217;s &#8220;Let Her and Let Go,&#8221; peaked at No. 19 on that chart. <\/p>\n<p>The band has released 16 albums, with 2021&#8217;s &#8220;Traveler&#8217;s Blues,&#8221; a collection of blues covers, being nominated for the Grammy for Best Traditional Blues album.<\/p>\n<p>Its latest, &#8220;Traveler\u2019s Soul,&#8221; a collection of R&amp;B and soul covers, was released in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s frontman, John Popper, who is revered as among the best harmonica players in rock music, played a solo show at ArtsQuest&#8217;s RiverJazz festival in 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ah5gAkna3jI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Gins and Spins<\/h2>\n<p>Gin Blossoms first found success with its 1992 album \u201cNew Miserable Experience,\u201d which went four times platinum and produced four hits: the gold \u201cHey Jealousy,\u201d the No. 1 \u201cFound Out About You,\u201d as well as \u201cUntil I Fall Away\u201d and \u201cAllison Road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group also had Top 3 hits with \u201cTil I Hear It From You\u201d from the soundtrack of the 1995 movie \u201cEmpire Records,\u201d and \u201cFollow You Down\u201d from its 1996 sophomore disc \u201cCongratulations, I\u2019m Sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song &#8220;As Long as It Matters,&#8221; also from that disc, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Gin Blossoms since has released three more albums, with the most recent being 2018\u2019s \u201cMixed Reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gin Blossoms last performed in the area at Wind Creek Event Center in 2024 and at Musikfest Cafe at SteelStacks in 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spin Doctors - Two Princes\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wsdy_rct6uo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alternative rock band Spin Doctors is commemorating the 35th anniversary of its debit album, &#8220;Pocket Full of Kryptonite,&#8221; which hit No. 3 on Billboard&#8217;s Albums chart.<\/p>\n<p>That album produced the hit \u201cTwo Princes,\u201d which topped the Pop chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.<\/p>\n<p>Its sophomore album, 1994&#8217;s &#8220;Turn It Upside Down,&#8221; also sold platinum and peaked at No. 28 and has a Top 10 Mainstream Rock chart hit with &#8220;You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It has released five more albums, with the latest being last year&#8217;s &#8220;Face Full of Cake&#8221; \u2014 its first release in 12 years \u2014 but have not had chart success.<\/p>\n<p>Blues Traveler&#8217;s Popper, said in a release that the Levitt Pavilion show is a celebration of long-standing friendships forged on the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s rare when a package feels so much like home that it carries a spirit which becomes tangible to an audience,\u201d Popper said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we\u2019ve decided to take this show everywhere we missed last year. 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