August 17, 2010 09:57 PM EDT by Meredith Jacobs
Remember the boy-band? That pop music, the dancing, those lyrics that somehow got stuck in your head and just wouldn't leave? Those music videos that used to top MTV's TRL? The posters of groups of guys hung up in teenagers' rooms? Could that trend me coming back for those same bands from back then?
Boy Bands Have Become Manbands & Join Together?
The Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block have now become "manbands" and may be touring together next year. According to a source, "the proposed tour" would be like "an Expendables-meets-boy band experience, in order "to recreate the boy band phenomenon." Sadly, that ship may have sailed and it may not be so easy to get it back. The two bands have taken to the stage together before for a rendition of "I Want it That Way" from the Backstreet Boys' boy band days (June, Radio City Music Hall). Apparently since that was such a big hit with fans, the two groups decided that they should make it bigger. Live Nation Entertainment is the one trying to make this happen, and they want to make the tour even bigger with a third group, perhaps Boyz II Men. There are even rumors that New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys could join together in the recording studio for a single before the tour kicks off. Nothing has been confirmed by Live Nation yet.
What do you think? Do you think this sounds like a good idea? What's your view on this new "manband" phase?
source: http://entertainment.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978451328
Remember the boy-band? That pop music, the dancing, those lyrics that somehow got stuck in your head and just wouldn't leave? Those music videos that used to top MTV's TRL? The posters of groups of guys hung up in teenagers' rooms? Could that trend me coming back for those same bands from back then?
Boy Bands Have Become Manbands & Join Together?
The Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block have now become "manbands" and may be touring together next year. According to a source, "the proposed tour" would be like "an Expendables-meets-boy band experience, in order "to recreate the boy band phenomenon." Sadly, that ship may have sailed and it may not be so easy to get it back. The two bands have taken to the stage together before for a rendition of "I Want it That Way" from the Backstreet Boys' boy band days (June, Radio City Music Hall). Apparently since that was such a big hit with fans, the two groups decided that they should make it bigger. Live Nation Entertainment is the one trying to make this happen, and they want to make the tour even bigger with a third group, perhaps Boyz II Men. There are even rumors that New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys could join together in the recording studio for a single before the tour kicks off. Nothing has been confirmed by Live Nation yet.
What do you think? Do you think this sounds like a good idea? What's your view on this new "manband" phase?
source: http://entertainment.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978451328
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