Hollywood's biggest stars were embracing a new era during the first summer of the '90s!
Late July 1990 found Madonna's unstoppable Blond Ambition Tour continuing its trek through Europe, while Tina Turner and Flavor Flav hit the stage as well. Celebs turned out for the premieres of new films starring Denzel Washington and Harrison Ford, and a young Neil Patrick Harris and Brad Pitt both got an early start promoting Fall TV shows. And wait till you see the Sylvester Stallone's Saint-Tropez beachwear...
Take a trip back to the July 1990 to see what the hottest stars of the decade were up to.
Sinéad O'Connor was among the all-star cast — which included Cyndi Lauper, Marianne Faithfull, Joni Mitchell and Bryan Adams — of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters's The Wall – Live in Berlin on July 21. The singer performed "Mother" during the one-night-only concert commemorated the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier.
Earlier in the day, Joni Mitchell and Roger Waters were photographed during sound check for The Wall – Live in Berlin.
Rapper Flavor Flav took the stage with Public Enemy at Indianapolis's Market Square Arena wearing one of his signature oversize clock necklaces.
Denzel Washington starred in director Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues, and the Hollywood heartthrob attended the film's July 23 premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City with wife Pauletta Washington.
In Living Color star Kim Wayans looked stylish in cowboy boots paired with shorts — a trend that has come roaring back in July 2024 — at the Mo' Better Blues premiere.
Wayans wasn't the only funny lady at the Mo' Better Blues premiere. British comedian Tracey Ullman hit the July 23 red carpet as well.
Martin Short stopped for a candid photo at Los Angeles International Airport on July 23.
Tina Turner's Foreign Aff -
air Tour brought the legendary singer to England in mid-July 1990, wowing crowds in Birmingham, Gateshead, Ipswich and Woburn.
Meanwhile, former Beatle Paul McCartney rocked an American crowd at a July 24 show in Massachusetts.
Big star, tiny swimsuit: Sylvester Stallone was spotted on the beach in Saint-Tropez, France, on July 24.
Elsewhere in Europe, Madonna wore her own revealing ensemble. The pop star sported her iconic Jean Paul Gaultier bustier during a July 24 stop in the Netherlands on her Blond Ambition Tour.
Presumed Innocent star Harrison Ford attended the film's July 25 premiere at the Mann Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles.
Also at the July 25 Presumed Innocent premiere: China Beach star Dana Delany.
On July 25, Fox's short-lived drama series Glory Days premiered, starring a young, virtually unknown Brad Pitt.
Ahead of the second season of Doogie Howser, M.D., a young Neil Patrick Harris posed for a promo photo as his teen medical prodigy character.
Jerry Levine, Heather Locklear, Hallie Todd and Alan Ruckposed for a photo while promoting their upcoming ABC sitcom Going Places.
A Different World stars Kadeem Hardison and Cree Summer were spotted looking oh-so 1990 at Los Angeles International Airport on July 28
An effervescent Christie Brinkley attended a July 28 event benefitting the Montauk Village Association in Long Island, New York. Looks like she was in the right place!
Burt Reynolds and wife Loni Anderson were definitely on-theme at the Motion Picture & Television Fund's Eighth Annual Golden Boot Awards honoring achievement in the Western genre on July 28.
Host Daisy Fuentes and guest Christian Slater shared a moment while filming MTV Beach in sunny Massachusetts on July 29.
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