Albany got the very first night. On July 18, 2001, Destiny’s Child launched MTV’s inaugural TRL Tour — and their first national headlining tour — at the Pepsi Arena, with Nelly, Eve, Dream, 3LW, and Jessica Simpson rounding out a stacked pop-and-R&B bill. Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams were riding the chart-dominating Survivor album; “Independent Women,” “Bootylicious,” and “Survivor” were everywhere that summer. The biggest girl group in the world picked the Capital Region to open the tour everyone was talking about.
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