The Hooters are an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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18 Facts About The Hooters
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The Hooters were formed by Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian in 1980 and played their first show on July 4 of that year.
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On September 25,1982, The Hooters opened for one of The Who's farewell tour concert shows at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on a bill that included The Clash and Santana.
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On July 13,1985, The Hooters were the opening band at the Philadelphia Live Aid benefit concert, gaining international recognition for the first time.
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On May 18,1986, The Hooters participated in "America Rocks", the concert portion of the 1986 Kodak Liberty Ride Festival that celebrated the restoration of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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On June 15,1986, The Hooters participated in A Conspiracy of Hope, a benefit concert on behalf of Amnesty International, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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At Billboard's 8th Annual Video Music Conference on November 22,1986, The Hooters won two awards: Best Concert Performance for the "Where Do the Children Go" video and Best Longform Program for the full length Nervous Night home video.
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In 1987, The Hooters experienced their first major commercial success in Europe.
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The accompanying video went even further depicting a young girl and her parents attempting to watch 'The Three Stooges' interspersed with The Hooters performing, but being constantly interrupted by transmissions from a Christian show.
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On November 24,1987, Thanksgiving night, The Hooters headlined the Spectrum in Philadelphia for the first time.
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The Hooters Live, recorded over two nights in Germany in December 1993, was released in Europe and Asia in 1994, but never saw a release in the United States.
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On November 21,2001, The Hooters performed a one-off show at the Spectrum in Philadelphia to celebrate disc jockey Pierre Robert's 20th anniversary at local rock radio station WMMR.
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In 2003, The Hooters reunited in Germany and completed a successful 17-city tour.
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On May 11,2004, The Hooters were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Philadelphia Music Awards.
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In November 2007, The Hooters returned to Europe for a short tour of Switzerland and Germany, including a show filmed for television in Basel, Switzerland as part the AVO Concerts Series.
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On February 28 and March 1,2008, The Hooters entered Elmstreet Studios to begin work on a new album.
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In July 2008, The Hooters launched a European summer tour, playing shows in Norway, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.
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In 2017, The Hooters released an album called Give the Music Back: Live Double Album.
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