It's not listed in any tourist guide, but NKOTB fans flock to the house where the Knight brothers grew up By Johnny Diaz Globe Staff / November 15, 2008 When Kari Lusso and her trio of girlfriends flew from Seattle to Boston for the New Kids on the Block concert, they had to make a quick detour. On a rainy Saturday night, the friends drove their rental car to 10 Melville Ave. As they stood in front of the Victorian house, they shrieked and giggled like little girls. The commotion? They were at the former home of the band's brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight. When they rang the bell, they got a quick tour. "It was going from 31 to 13," Lusso said. "We took pictures of their stove. We took pictures of their floor. We took pictures of the banister, the living room, and their bedrooms. What a dream come true to see such an...
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It's hard to believe, but the New Kids On The Block sold out two cruise trips for Carnival in 2009 and 2010. So the cruise line is giving them another shot at repeating their luck in 2011, according to USA Today.
The 80's pop group will hit the high-seas for a four-night "NKOTB Cruise 2011" to set sail May 12, 2011. Tickets go on sale on August 13th at 3pm EST.
The cruise will happen on Carnival's Destiny, a 2,642 passenger ship. This trip will last one day longer than previous trips and will leave from Miami heading to Nassau and Half Moon Cay, a private Bahamian island.
NKOTB used the 2009 trip, which sold out quickly, to kick of their reunion tour. It was such a hot ticket that the day the cruise went on sale, the site's server crashed.
More info will soon become available at nkotb.com.
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