Crash Test Dummies, the band that had 1990s radio rock fans humming along to its smash single “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” (Once there was this kid who . . .), will come to Murfreesboro this summer, 30 years after the release of its God Shuffled His Feet album, which contained the group’s signature hit.
Brad Roberts, the deep-voiced philosophy and English lit double major, leads the group to Hop Springs in Murfreesboro on Friday, July 21.
“Surprisingly, at least to me, there are lots of people who, years later, still want to come and hear us,” Roberts said in advance of the 2023 Crash Test Dummies tour. “It’s very humbling . . . and it has inspired us to continue to tour and make music.”
Accordionist and keyboardist Ellen Reid, Dan Roberts (Brad’s brother) on bass and drummer Mitch Dorge will be joined onstage by Stuart Cameron and Marc Arnould for the tour.
A product of the Winnipeg, Manitoba, rock scene, the Crash Test Dummies saw its 1993 album go eight times platinum. The band released the single “Sacred Alphabet” earlier this year.
Doors for the July 21 show at Hop Springs Beer Park open at 7 p.m.; Willie Stratton opens.
Tickets are available for $37 on Ticketweb.