THREE of the most memorable music legends of the 90's are coming back to perform on stage.
The collection of artists will be reuniting for some special Halloween gigs in Birmingham and Manchester.
Dru Hill, Blackstreet and Tweet will perform in the UK cities over three R&B Halloween Block Party gigs.
Mark "Sisqó" Andrews, Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, Larry "Jazz" Anthony and James "Woody" Green were the founding members of Dru Hill.
Scola, Tao, Smoke and Black were the other members that made up the bands line-up over the years.
The American R&B group were famous for their seven top 40 hits, which included the R&B number ones In My Bed, Never Make a Promise and How Deep Is Your Love.
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Their second album in 1998, Enter the Dru, peaked at number two on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the US.
Whilst Sisqó has remained with the band since it's founding since 1992, they have had a number of personnel changes over the years.
Nokio stayed with the band from its founding all the way until 2020, but he rejoined in 2021.
Meanwhile, Jazz joined the band one year after its founding and departed the group until 2018, before opting to rejoin in 2021.
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Scola and Tao both joined the group in the noughties in 2001 and 2008 respectively.
Both members had tenures of various lengths before they both officially joined in 2021.
Smoke and Black both joined in 2018 and have remained with the band ever since as the group is now a 7 piece.
Blacksteet who are also part of the gigs are best known for the hit single No Diggity which featured Dr. Dre and Queen Pen.
In 1998 they won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, beating out the likes of Boyz II Men.
They also won the MTV Europe Music Award (MTV EMA's) for Best R&B act in 1997 and a MOBO for Best International Act that same year.
The group was founded in 1991 by by producers Chauncey "Black" Hannibal, and Teddy "Street" Riley and also featured a number of lineup changes over the years.
Leading up to this, they achieved relative success before the breakout track which peaked at number one in 1996 for four weeks.
Over the years they recorded four albums with their sophomore album, Another Level as their biggest success.
The record achieved a peak chart position at number three on the Billboard 200 and it sold more than four million copies.
Their third album Finally was a commercial failure, however they collaborated with worldwide names such as Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder on the record.
Completing the lineup of groups at the special UK gig is Charlene Keys, better known as Tweet.
In the early 90's she joined the female trio Sugah, which was part of Devante Swing's Swing Mob collective.
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Whilst there, she formed a close bond with Missy Elliott and was featured on her 2002 best selling album Miss E… So Addictive.
She was also nominated for the award of best new artist at the Soul Train Music Awards in 2003.
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