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By Sadao Turner Posted on June 29, 2011 at 9:18 AM   It’s been 12 years since New Kids On The Block heart throb Jordan Knight released his first solo single “Give It To You” which reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned Platinum status selling over a million copies. Following the release of the handful of solo music in the years between, Jordan is back with an all new single featuring his longtime buddy Donnie Wahlberg , “Stingy.” Jordan explained exclusively to RyanSeacrest.com that “Stingy” was recorded last minute, the same day he was mastering his upcoming solo album. Donnie getting on the track wasn’t in the plan either. “Donnie heard me playing it at rehearsal and was like….’Why didn’t you have ME do that part?!’” said the 41-year-old singer/songwriter. “It was a natural fit for Donnie, we just didn’t have the time to do it before turning in the album. So we decided after that album was released to recut it with him on it, include it o...

Source: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-music-scene/2011/06/28/jordan-knight-has-some-unfinished-   6:28 pm June 28, 2011, by Melissa Ruggieri Jordan Knight (second from right) and the rest of NKOTBSB performing at Philips Arena July 22. Photos: Robb Cohen It’s about two hours before New Kids on the Block will electrify a swelling throng of fans at Philips Arena with their new buddies in the Backstreet Boys and what is Jordan Knight doing? Eating a piece of chocolate cake. The slender, handsome Knight is wearing jeans and a blue and white checkered shirt over a white T – his normal attire before transforming into a black-clad heartthrob who, at 41, possesses impressive abs that he’ll occasionally flash to the receptive crowd. In the bowels of Philips Arena, Danny Wood and Donnie Wahlberg walk down a hallway, Wahlberg’s sturdy boxer dog Lumpy ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bedGtRS_uvg )  pulling him along. BSB’s Brian Littrell, a Georgia resident with family at ...

NKOTBSB! “ NKOTBSB ! NKOTBSB ! NKOTBSB ! NKOTBSB !” seemed to be a popular chant last night at the American Airlines Center .  Together New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys put on a show that Dallas will never forget!  Two generations gathered in the American Airlines Center last night and were transported back to the “good ole days” with their favorite boy band.  Some were even lucky enough to get hugs or high fives from their childhood crushes (or okay, lets admit, we still love them even today).  But have you ever wondered what it takes to put on a huge show like that?  How its possible to put NKOTBSB RIGHT in the middle of a huge crowd during a show?  I mean if you really think about it, it doesn’t seem very possible does it?  Well thanks to NKOTBSB and the American Airlines Center’s INCREDIBLE security and usher staff, you are able to get closer looks and up close serenades from your favorite stars.  Let us tell you how ...

Source:  http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/06/we-were-there-nkotbsb-at-ameri.html By Mario Tarradell / Music Critic on Mon., Jun. 27, 2011   Music merges generations unlike any other form of entertainment. It creates a symbiotic situation with an unspoken rule, "I'll borrow from yours and you can borrow from mine." That cummunal spirit made for fan pandemonium Sunday night at American Airlines Center . A packed house witnessed NKOTBSB, the high-profile tour that melded '80s vocal group New Kids on the Block with '90s harmonizing band Backstreet Boys . The pairing is ingenious, not only because both are million-selling boy bands but also because it appeals to a wide spectrum of people. Grown-up daughters brought their moms to relive memories. Fathers brought young sons to give them a taste of the pop of their day. Young girls grew up to become women, some mothers th...

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By Neal – June 23, 2011 I love me some pop music AND I grew up in the 80s so of course I was at the NKOTBSB show at Philips Arena in Atlanta last night. I mean where else would I have been right? This was the perfect storm of pop. The only thing that would have made this better was if Debbie Gibson had opened up for them which might have resulted in a black hole of awesomeness opening up in downtown Atlanta and sucking all of us in attendance into some alternate universe of My Little Ponies, rainbows and tight choreography. I understand that most people have a love/hate relationship with this particular genre of music. If you hate it, why are you still reading? Go listen to Coldplay or something. If you love it then read on. I attended this show with my younger sisters who are 27 and 30 now and were 8 and 11 when the NKOTB first captured their tiny little hearts. I’ll admit I used them as an excuse to listen to the infectious grooves back in the day wh...

Merger breathes new life for New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys Written by Dave Paulson | The Tennessean It’s a familiar scene at any concert by Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus or the Jonas Brothers: scattered among the sea of screaming teens and tweens are their poor parents, sitting through the shrieks with their hands either covering their ears or clenching a cold beverage. Some very different scenes played out at the New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Tuesday night: elementary school-aged kids sitting in their seats while mom and her friends made the aisles shake with their dance moves. The nearly sold-out show proved there is indeed life for teen-pop stars after that inevitable fall from the top of the charts. And for these two acts, billed together as “NKOTBSB,” that life might actually be better than ever. “Nashville! We love you too,” New Kids’ Donnie Wahlberg said after the house light...

Fans remember their teen crushes Published 12:03 a.m., Thursday, June 23, 2011 From weekly fan club meetings to afternoons spent learning choreography from the latest videos, former boy band loyalists remain true to their crushes years after the posters came down from their bedroom walls. We asked some local boy band fans about their favorite memories, and here's some of what they had to say: Sylvia Carrizales, 32: “The New Kids on the Block Hangin' Tough tour was my first concert experience. I was 10 or 11 years old so I attended with friends and our moms. I just remember thinking that every time Joe or Jordan looked out into the audience in our general direction that they were somehow looking and singing directly to me ... it took me a (long) while to part with some of my New Kids memorabilia, including the concert program from that day. I still have a New Kids' trading card, however. I had to keep som...

New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys bring Nashville a night of pop nostalgia Posted on June 22, 2011 by Dave Paulson (this image: Patricia Melton/for The Tennessean). It’s a familiar scene at any concert by Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus or the Jonas Brothers: scattered among the sea of screaming teens and tweens are their poor parents, sitting through the shrieks with their hands either covering their ears or clenching a cold beverage. Some very different scenes played out at the New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Tuesday night: elementary school-aged kids sitting in their seats while mom and her friends made the aisles shake with their dance moves. The nearly sold-out show proved there is indeed life for teen-pop stars after that inevitable fall from the top of the charts. And for these two acts, billed together as “NKOTBSB,” that life might actually be better than ever. “Nashville! We love you to...

Source: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-music-scene/2011/06/23/nkotbsb-bring-spirited-nostalgia-to-philips-arena NKOTBSB bring spirited nostalgia to Philips Arena 1:22 am June 23, 2011, by Melissa Ruggieri You know what’s even louder than the squeals of 15,000-plus 13-year-old girls? The shrieking of 15,000-plus 35-year-old women. At Wednesday’s NKOTBSB show – a boy band behemoth if there ever was one – the predominantly female audience howled, cried, clicked dozens of cell phone camera photos and joyfully wallowed in the 2 ½-hour nostalgia fiesta unfolding before them. These types of novelty packages are always a risky proposition. Will fans still care about their teenage crushes 20 years later? Are those teenage crushes in decent enough physical and vocal shape to endure a lengthy tour? Was the music just a forgettable snapshot of a few years in pop culture or is it authentic in spirit? The answers: Absolutely. Completely. Surprisingly so. A decade separates ...

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New Kids On The Block & Backstreet Boys Sell Out Philips Arena Wednesday 3:21 am June 23, 2011, by Robb Cohen New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys (NKOTBSB) performed Wednesday night night at sold out Philips Arena. The Backstreet Boys were formed by producer Lou Pearlman in Orlando in 1993 and have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band of all time. According to Billboard, they are the first group since Sade to have their first seven albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200. New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) were assembled in Boston in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr; they enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s and have sold 80 million records worldwide. (Photo Credit: Robb D. Cohen/ www.robbsphotos.com ) Source: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-music-scene/2011/06/23/new-kids-on-the-block-backstreet-boys-sell-out-philips-arena-wednesday/

Source: http://youtellconcerts.com/review-nkotbsb-bridgestone-arena-nashville-tn-6-21-11/ 0 digg New Kids on the Block There is nothing more exhilarating than going to a concert where you know every word to every song. When it was announced that New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys were merging into supergroup, NKOTBSB, I just about lost it. When a press release went out that the NKOTBSB tour would stop in Nashville, I officially lost it. I mean, the NKOTB reunion a few years back had me throwing bras on stage and taking bus trips to Vegas for a quick boy-band fix. I don’t even want to get into the stories I have from Backstreet’s glory days. Let’s just say this occasion marked my 17th BSB concert, not including Nick and AJ’s solo shows. BSB is my Phish. My sister and I may have been ticketless upon drop off at the Bridgestone Arena, but at least we looked fierce! If there is any show I’m willing to spend big bucks on, it’s this one, but no need; some super nice f...

NKOTBSB Posted 6/24/2011 8:00:00 AM Ok, so I am totally ok with admitting that I was a SUPER New Kids On The Block gooooober! Ask any of my friends from that time and they will 100% agree. I couldn't help it, cute boys singing and dancing...I was in! I won't admit however, what we used to do growing up in Los Angeles when we would find out that New Kids were in town because it's beyond embarrassing but let's just say I am glad we never got arrested for "stalking". lol Oh and Donnie was my favorite. Big buttons, shoe laces, I had it all and all and yes, because of said stalking I did eventually get to meet him AND take a picture! :o) Fast fo...

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NKOTBSB Concert Review: Don’t Judge Me June 24, 2011 Last week I was roped into going to the NKTOBSB Concert at the United Center in Chicago. This was to be my 5-year-old daughter’s first concert and originally her mother, a huge New Kids on The Block fan, was supposed to take her. Well, life doesn’t always work out the way you think it should and she had to work. There was no way I was letting my daughter down. We had watched about a million videos on YouTube, and she had settled on “the one with the golden hair” as cute and thus her favorite, this was Nick Carter. What I couldn’t really explain to her was that the videos that we were watching were in some cases, 15 + years old, and people change. Honestly, I figured 8 middle-aged chubby guys lip syncing to a bunch of out-dated tunes is about the best she could hope for , but hey, she’s 5 and doesn’t know what it really should look like, so we should be good. The audience turned out...

- Official Announcement for ' The 1st Season ' DVDs Brings Release Date, Pricing **UPDATE: Bonus Material** The new series lead by Tom Selleck is available in mid-September Posted by David Lambert 6/20/2011 CBS DVD and Paramount Home Entertainment have scheduled a DVD release of Blue Bloods - The 1st Season , starring Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg, for September 13th . As we've reported about a month ago, Amazon.com is already taking pre-orders for this title, at a discounted cost from the $64.99 list price. Stay tuned for more details, once it becomes available! In the meantime, here's the package art: UPDATE: The studio has now given retailers this information about the contents, including extras: 6-disc set features all 22 dramatic and action-filled episodes and is packed with DVD-exclusive special features including behind-the-scenes featurettes, network on-air promos, deleted scenes and more! Taken from: http://ww...

New Kids and Backstreet Boys join forces to make fans squeal By JOEY GUERRA MUSIC WRITER June 23, 2011 David Surowiecki Getty Images New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys bring their show to Houston on Saturday. When New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys announced they were combining their pop powers for a tour and an album — NKOTBSB! — mothers and daughters rejoiced. And squealed. Loudly . Two generations of boy bands in one dimpled, slightly older package. New Kids are now the elder statesmen, bubblegum forefathers who paved the way for Backstreet Boys, NSync, 98 Degrees and countless lesser acts. BSB, however, had a much longer run, buoyed by the teen-pop explosion of the mid/late-'90s that included Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. NKOTBSB's extensive summer tour, then, is pure nostalgia fluff. The voices and moves are still mostly intact (minus BSB...