{"id":2252605,"date":"2026-01-27T11:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2252605"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:19:09","slug":"chart-topping-1990s-band-to-play-artsquests-musikfest-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chart-topping-1990s-band-to-play-artsquests-musikfest-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chart-topping 1990s band to play ArtsQuest&#8217;s Musikfest Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 A 1990s band that produced two platinum albums and this year is celebrating its 40th anniversary will perform at Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks.<\/p>\n<p>Toad The Wet Sprocket, who from 1989-97 had eight Top 25 hits on various charts, will perform at 7 p.m. July 12, ArtsQuest announced Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Quote-wrapper\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"Quote\">\n<blockquote><p>Tickets, the prices of which were not immediately announced, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan 30 at the ArtsQuest website or the ArtsQuest Center box office at 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ArtsQuest web page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tickets, the prices of which were not immediately announced, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan 30<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/events\/list\/page\/8\/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=10\" target=\"_blank\">at the ArtsQuest website<\/a> or the ArtsQuest Center box office at 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>The band is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its founding and its newest album, &#8220;Rings: The Acoustic Sessions,&#8221; an album &#8220;reimagined versions of hits and fan favorites from the (many) years &#8230; since 1986.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The disc marks &#8220;the enduring growth of their musical journey,&#8221; according to the band&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>That journey started with the band&#8217;s 1988 debut album, &#8220;Bread &amp; Circus,&#8221; which included the song &#8220;One Little Girl,&#8221; which hit the Top 25 on Billboard&#8217;s Modern Rock chart.<\/p>\n<p>It followed that with the 1990 album &#8220;Pale,&#8221; which had the Top 30 Modern Rock hit &#8220;Come Back Down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toad The Wet Sprocket - All I Want\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AVYYpNaSs2Y?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>Biggest success<\/h2>\n<p>But it was the group&#8217;s third album, 1991\u2019s \u201cFear,\u201d that went platinum and included the Top 10 Pop chart hits \u201cAll I Want\u201d and \u201cWalk The Ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Its follow-up album, 1994\u2019s \u201cDulcinea,\u201d also sold platinum and had the hits \u201cFall Down\u201d \u2014 which topped the Modern Rock chart \u2014 and \u201cSomething\u2019s Always Wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also had a hit from a soundtrack: 1995\u2019s \u201cGood Intentions\u201d from the \u201cFriends\u201d soundtrack. And its final chart appearance was 1997\u2019s \u201cCome Down\u201d from its album \u201cCoil.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>A 1995 compilation disc, \u201cIn Light Syrup,\u201d also hit gold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Quote-wrapper\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"Quote\">\n<blockquote><p>Toad the Wet Sprocket broke up in 1998, but had occasional reunions until 2009, when it reunited for good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Toad the Wet Sprocket website<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The band broke up in 1998, but had occasional reunions until 2009, when it reunited for good.<\/p>\n<p>The group has released three albums since, including its latest.<\/p>\n<p>It still has three of its original four members \u2014 vocalist Glen Phillips, lead guitarist Todd Nichols and bassist Dean Dinning.<\/p>\n<p>Toad the Wet Sprocket last played in the area at Musikfest Cafe in 2011 and played Wind Creek Event Center with Gin Blossoms and Vertical Horizon in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '515399142525687',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1036414487050526'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.lehighvalleynews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 A 1990s band that produced two platinum albums and this year is celebrating its 40th anniversary will perform at Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks. 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