

Their first performance was a live pay-per-view broadcast from Radio City Music Hall in New York.

An actual band - dressed up in infamously bad TMNT costumes with denim vests - went on a year-long tour across the United States, performing original songs on stage. Leonardo was on the bass guitar, Donatello was the keyboardist, Raphael was the percussionist, and Michelangelo was the guitarist and lead vocalist. In 1990, the "Coming Out of Our Shells" tour featured the four Turtles trading in their ninja weapons for musical instruments.
