The Millennium Tour series is back by popular demand in 2025 after just a two-year hiatus. Trey Songz, Omarion and Bow Wow headline this year’s version of early-2000s nostalgia, with the latest leg featuring a sold-out show Sunday night at Houston’s Toyota Center.
The focus has always been on bringing fans a new excitement to already familiar artists and songs. This year’s 24-city tour across the United States features heavy hitters in terms of “millennium” defining music across the R&B and Hip-hop scene, including Plies, Boosie, RSVP, the Ying Yang Twins, Nivea and Rick Ross as a special guest to go along with the aforementioned headliners.
As someone who grew up in between a lot of these artists’ primes, it was great to see them perform songs I never had the pleasure to hear live and in concert, but always listened to on my iPod growing up.
From Bobby Valentine performing his and Lil Wayne’s hit song “Ms. Officer,” to Trey Songz ending the night with “Bottoms Up,” the night felt like it was set in that sweet spot of the early 2000s.
Acts were short but punctual, with just the hits. A short set from NIVEA and the Ying Yang Twins was followed by RSVP’s half hour set ending with Ray J in the crowd dressed in fur and singing with and to fans.
Boosie shook up the flow and got fans jumping when he ran out to “Set it Off” and Rick Ross picked up from that note by coming out to his hit song from 2011, “Ima Boss.”
The nostalgia was taken up a notch when Bow Wow came out and decided to put a Houston twist on it by bringing out millennium-defining Houston artists.
“I hated him when he released this song.” Bow Wow said laughing as the song “Drank in my Cup” cued and sent the crowd in a frenzy as Kirko Bangz ran out.
Shortly after Bow Wow announced another guest, and the “People’s Champ” himself, Paul Wall came out to the Houston anthem “Still Tippin’” and performed alongside Bow Wow. Trae Tha Truth also made an appearance and gave a heartfelt performance and shoutout to Houston legends the city has lost over years, all while dressed in Oiler powder blue.
Trey Songz closed out the night with a 35-minute set that ended with him ripping his shirt straight down the middle and throwing it into the crowd before singing “I don’t want to leave” and finally blowing a kiss to the crowd and running off.
The night was about remembering the past and the things that made the past worth remembering. The Millennium Tour allowed fans to not only take that trip to the past, but do it with others around them live and in real time.