LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — Live Nation and The Roots have announced their return to L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl for A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95.
Scheduled for Sunday, June 8, 2025, this one-night-only concert will showcase hip-hop icons who made their mark on music in 1995. The lineup includes Method Man & Redman, Lil’ Kim, E-40, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Raekwon, DJ Quik, Goodie Mob, Havoc of Mobb Deep, and more.
The event is co-hosted by Live Nation, the LA Phil, and The Roots, who will headline the show while also serving as the backing band for all guest performers.
A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95 follows last summer’s Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life, which drew a standing-room-only crowd at the Hollywood Bowl.
“1995 was our true arrival,” said Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of The Roots. “1987 was the Year of the Creative Adhesive, tying together Tariq’s world and mine in high school. 1991 was the Year of the Green Light, when we decided to pursue our dream. But 1995? That was the Year It All Came Together. It was when our first major release, Do You Want More?!!!??! was sent into the world.
“Back then, hip-hop was on an entirely new playing field. There were things like mainstream terrestrial radio, bloated video budgets, and creativity at both regional and global levels. It was a time of classic album after classic album, filled with fresh ideas about art. Those were the days when the world was our oyster. This concert tells the story of those days.”
A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95 Lineup:
- The Roots
- Method Man & Redman
- Lil’ Kim
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- E-40
- Raekwon
- DJ Quik
- Goodie Mob
- Havoc of Mobb Deep
- & more to be announced
