Cypress Hill set for London Symphony Orchestra gig — just like ‘The Simpsons’ predicted in 1996
D’oh!
“The Simpsons” isn’t only notable for being the longest running animated series in history, it’s also predicted the future — again.
In the 1996 episode “Homerpalooza,” there was a joke where hip-hop group Cypress Hill mistakenly booked the London Symphony Orchestra while they were under the influence.
The two musical groups ended up collaborating on the band’s hit 1993 single “Insane in the Brain.”
“We mostly know classical, but we could give it a shot,” the conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra tells them in the episode.
On Wednesday, that joke will become a reality when Cypress Hill, which formed in 1988, will perform its “Black Sunday” album at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
According to the event’s description on the Royal Albert Hall website, the two groups will perform a “special rendition” of the four-times platinum album along with other hits.
Earlier that day, band member B-Real (real name Louis Mario Freese) posted on X, “Tonight we are rocking with the @londonsymphony at @RoyalAlbertHall. Inspired by @TheSimpsons via the ‘Homerpalooza’ episode.”
“It’s been something that we’ve talked about for many years since ‘The Simpsons’ episode first aired,” B-Real told the BBC.
“So it’s very special for us. And it’s coming off the heels of our 30th anniversary for our ‘Black Sunday’ album.”
Cypress Hill became the first hip-hop group to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.
In 2018, the band told The Post, “We all took mushrooms,” while making that album. “We’re peaking on the mushrooms [as] we did the vocals to ‘I Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That,’ ” B-Real said.
Maxine Kwok, LSO first violin and board vice-chair, told the BBC, “People are beyond excited at the idea of these diverse musicians mixing on the stage. Being a child of the 90s, I remember the episode well,” adding that it was a cultural reference and “running joke” for years.
The band – B-Real, Sen Dog (Senen Reyes), Eric Bobo (Eric Correa) and DJ Muggs (Lawrence Muggerud) – told the outlet that the ability to play on London’s most famous stage is “one of those checklist moments.”
“We’ve played a lot of historical venues throughout our career and stuff like that, but nothing as prestigious as this.”
The “Black Sunday” album sold more than 3 million copies in the US and spent a year on the UK charts.
This is just the latest real-life event that “The Simpsons” has predicted.
In a March 2000 episode, 16 years before Donald Trump got elected, Bart sees a vision of the future where Lisa becomes the president, and says, “We’ve inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump.”
In a 2010 episode, the US team beat Sweden at curling in the Winter Olympics. Sure enough, in the South Korea Winter Olympics in 2018, team USA won its first Winter Olympic curling gold medal, triumphing over Sweden.
Cypress Hill told the Daily Mail, “We are thrilled to be performing with the London Symphony Orchestra in such a prestigious venue as the Royal Albert Hall. It’s a dream come true, a collaboration only ‘The Simpsons’ could have predicted.”
