Seminal boy band to bring all their hits June 18 to Mohegan Sun Arena
At a glance
Who they are: The all-male pop group enjoyed enormous success in the ’80s and ’90s, selling more than 70 million albums worldwide and paving the way for other successful acts, such as Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood are back together with a new album and their latest single, “2 In The Morning.”
Some of the hits: “Hangin’ Tough,” “Step By Step,” “You Got It (The Right Stuff),” “Cover Girl,” “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time),” “I’ll Be Loving You” and “Tonight.”
The tour: The group intends to play all the familiar hits — along with some brand new ones too.
“Our old songs aren’t necessarily standards — they were pretty sweet — but it’s going to be fun in a live show. People come to hear that music, so we’re going to sing it with basically the same sound,”Wahlberg said on the band’s Web site.
“We’re not doing a reggae version of our three biggest hits because when I see that, it pisses me off. Even I’m like, ‘spare me.’ We have something like 10 Top 10 hits, which is amazing. So if we do those and five new songs, we’ll have a hell of a show. We will give the people what they want to hear.”
Hangin’ out:
“I think the thing with us is that we always hung onto the fact that we were buddies first,”McIntyre is quoted in a press release on nkotb.com.
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/casinos/entertainment/“This wasn’t a cattle call or a reality show. The point is, this wasn’t a business first. It’s wasn’t even a business second. This was a business last. And in the end, we stayed friends and didn’t judge each other two much, which could get frustrating. But the pay off for that is that almost 20 years later, we can get together, hang out and have fun. It’s different now, it’s a little more planned out and professional, but we’re still a bunch of guys who love doing this and want every show to be our best.”
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