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ABOVE: NKOTBSB have a back catalogue boasting some of the most timeless classic pop efforts ever written New Kids On The Block ruled the eighties, while Backstreet Boys picked up their mantle in the nineties. Now the two grown-up man bands are touring together 30th April 2012 By Kim Dawson BOY BAND fever might be sweeping the globe but without these originals they wouldn’t exist. New Kids On The Block ruled the eighties, while Backstreet Boys picked up their mantle in the nineties. Now the two grown-up man bands are touring together. As they came out to a mash-up of NKOTB’s Single and BSB’s The One with a pinch of Coldplay’s Vida La Vida, the heartbeats of thousands of fans, who never thought they’d see this moment, thundered. With a back catalogue...

NKOTBSB live at the O2 Arena: Review   By Robert Copsey Sleeveless shirts, curtain fringes and dance breakdowns were just some of the many, many things that made '90s pop music great. In fact, it didn't take much else for New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys in their heydays to conquer the world. Well, except for the occasional landmark song. "It feels like 1989 all over again, or 1999 for some of us," New Kids member Joey McIntyre told the crowd. It's a confusing statement for those not aware that both bands are currently in the midst of a joint world tour under the guise NKOTBSB , but the intergenerational crowd cheered regardless during last night's second sold-out show at London's O2 Arena. © WENN All nine remaining men (out of a possible 12) were noticeably thicker around the edges, but it didn't hold any of them back during a blistering two hour set in which the opposing groups to'd and fro'd be...

NKOTBSB – Sunday 29th April 2012 – The O2 Arena, London Submitted by Pip Ellwood on Mon, EF Rating: 5 Boyband fever is taking over the world at the moment with British talent such as The Wanted and One Direction topping the charts in the US. 26 years earlier though it was New Kids On The Block that ruled the world before handing their boyband crown over to Backstreet Boys in 1996. New Kids On The Block called it a day in 1994 leaving it 14 years until they reunited. Backstreet Boys on the other hand have been going since 1993 and have taken one hiatus in their careers in the early 00’s before Kevin Richardson decided to leave the group. Carrying on as a foursome the group has had limited success since. In 2010 New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys performed together and after receiving a positive reaction they formed super-group NKOTBSB and set off on tour together in 2011. A collective greatest hits featuring two newly recorded track...

THERE can't have been much beer sold in the O2 last night. The concert venue was entirely packed with women for the Backstreet Boys and New Kids On The Block gig. The bands were performing the last leg of their joint British tour to thousands of screaming ladies, who didn't seem to care that their childhood idols had lost a few hairs since they last saw them onstage. All of the favourites were included in the show; Backstreet's Back, I Want It That Way and As Long As You Love Me all made an appearance. Meanwhile NKOTB had the whole crowd singing every word to songs like Hangin' Tough and Please Don't Go Girl. More the merrier ... NKOTB & Backstreet Boys on stage together earlier in UK tour   When the blokes first announced their decision to double up on a tour, it was questionable that they'd be able to sell out arenas like the 02, but judging by the bums in seats yesterday, they could probably have added another da...

Mon 30 Apr 16:45 Written by Trent Maynard The biggest boybands of yesteryear, New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys, took to the stage at London's O2 Arena Sunday night for the last UK date of their NKOTBSB world tour. The two groups stormed the stage for an all-hands-on-deck opening mash-up number, before NKOTB jumped into their 2008 single Summertime and Backstreet followed with The Call. The groups played tag-team for most of the evening, allowing time for the all-important costume change. Nearly all the boyband wardrobe clichés were present - there were white suits, black suits, fedoras, glittery t-shirts, army fatigues and some baggy streetwear. NKOTB's Donnie Wahlberg even tore off his t-shirt to reveal washboard abs and rippling biceps. The women screamed. So did some of the men. Scr...

NKOTBSB – review Caroline Sullivan "NKOTBSB" doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, but it's the official moniker for the combined forces of New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys, who put boyband differences aside last summer and have been touring together ever since. Their marriage of convenience has created a nine-man display of raunch and cheese: there's abundant crotch-thrusting and gay-biker leatherwear, but also gleaming white suits and hormonal serenades to women picked from the crowd. And there are the hits – seemingly hundreds of them, nearly every one an identical mulch of pop and "urban" that sounded fresh in the 90s. They don't now, but that doesn't stop the audience from partying like it's 1999. Impossibly buff and toned for men with an average age of 38, the ...

The Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block at Metro Radio Arena COMBINING their boy band appeal, the two American five-pieces served up one enormous, scream-inducing show. Although both massive in their heyday, they never overlapped, with NKOTB disbanding as Backstreet were starting to make waves. NKOTB formed in 1984 but didn’t hit the big time until second album Hangin’ Tough in 1988. It was later that the Backstreet Boys leapt to fame. Put together by pop mogul Lou Pearlman, they released their first album in 1996. And so it was that two generations of pop fans descended on the arena for a night that was to bring out the teenage girl in us. Hanging Tough, You Got It and Step by Step were devoured by NKOTB fans while the Backstreet Boys wowed theirs with classics such as Backstreet’s Back, As Long As You Love Me, and Larger Than Life. First crushes were re-ignited, despite the odd wrinkle and paunch, and grown women launched themselves at their heroes when they made th...

By Christina Savvas /Apr 28 2012 DURING a recent spring clean I came across a video tape labelled with child’s scrawl; Christina Savvas, aged nine. It was my treasured New Kids on the Block video, so you can imagine the childhood memories which came flooding back when the US band announced they were to join forces with the other huge band of the 90s - Backstreet Boys to form supergroup NKOTBSB - catchy! As the nine members took to the stage - at Birmingham’s LG Arena - the crowd of mainly females in their 30s, took a trip down memory lane. Surprisingly the night started with a version of Coldplay’s Viva La Vida, before each group performed a series of their own huge hits. NKOTB – made up of Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Jon Knight and his brother Jordan - my childhood crush - got the crowd going with The Right Stuff, Step by Step and Cover Girl. Backstreet’s Howie D, AJ Mclean, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell, belted out Quit Playing Games, I’ll N...

Ellis Wayman of Quite Great PR who have recently moved into he Elsie Whiteley Centre in Halifax. They do PR for bands like Back Street Boys and New Kids on the Block Published on Thursday 26 April 2012 12:52 A HALIFAX PR firm has landed a top contract working for two of the biggest boy bands of all time. Quite Great PR, based in the Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre, has landed work to promote a unique event featuring global superstars, New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys. The boy bands - who found fame in the 80s and 90s - have reformed and reunited in a joint tour. This Sunday, the boys play the O2 Arena in London and the show will be broadcast to 400 cinemas across Europe - an...

27 April 2012 07:43:14 PM Nkotbsb Want Another World Tour NKOTBSB would love to do another world tour but need to take a break after they finish up the current one. NKOTBSB want to do another world tour. Although the supergroup - comprised of pop heavyweights New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys - are only on the UK leg of their series of concerts with dates still to come across Europe, Asia and Australia, they are enjoying themselves so much they would love to tour together again, after a well deserved break. NKOTB's Donnie Wahlberg exclusively told BANG Showbiz: ''After we finish up the European leg of the tour we head off to Asia and Australia and then we're going to take a much needed break. Backstreet Boys are going back into the studio after July 4 to make a new BSB record. This is a tour that we are all enjoying so ...

Friday 27th April 2012, 3:46PM BST. New Kids and Backstreet Boys hit Birmingham LG Arena If it’s good enough for every other 90s band, then it’s revivial time for the New Kids On The Block too. Back in their heyday, they had arenas full of crazed teenage girls screaming in excitement. Believe it or not, it’s been a whopping 26 years since the New Kids on the Block released their first single. For the Backstreet Boys, it’s been 16. And now, not to be outdone by a series of staggeringly successful comebacks from the likes of Take That, Spice Girls and Steps, the ultimate boyband heartthrobs of the 80s have joined forces with their 90s-dominant musical brothers to form a cheesy pop supergroup. This frightening beast – nicknamed NKOTBsB – has taken the world by storm, selling out dates across the US and Canada as Joey McIntyre, AJ McLean, Jordan Knight, Howie Dorough, Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Littrell, Danny Wood and Nick Carter try to prove they still have the mo...

  27 abril 2012 Fresh off the back of supporting One Direction on their Australian tour, Johnny Ruffo has been confirmed to warm up for two more hot boy bands -- New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys! It's been a massive 12 months for Johnny, who was a finalist in The X-Factor and is currently showing off his smoothest moves on Dancing With The Stars. "Some days I pinch myself," Johnny said. "I've just finished the One Direction tour, now I'm going on the road with NKOTBSB. I can't wait." New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys will arrive in Australia next month performing in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth. Tickets available now from Ticketek. at www.ticketek.com.au. SOURCE: http://www.take40.com/news/30882/johnny-ruffo-to-support-new-kids-on-the-block-and-backstreet-boys-tour!

Producer says he would like to help Biebs channel New Kids on the Block, New Edition and Kelly Rowland. By Rob Markman Multi-platinum producer Jim Jonsin has some interesting plans for when he gets in the studio with Justin Bieber . No, he won't be coupling the teen-pop sensation with B.o.B, but rather he will try to capture the vibe of NKOTB. "For Bieber, I think I want to reach back to New Edition, those days," Jonsin initially said before referencing another 1980s Boston-bred boy band. "I want to try to do something like that — 'Please Don't Go Girl,' New Kids on the Block — because the girls would go crazy. Maybe not that song, but something that feels like that: little bit of soul, R&B, but pop as well."  While the track pre-dates the 17-year-old Bieber by about four years, "Please Don't Go Girl" was the first single from NKOTB's sophomore album, Hangin' Tough, and ultimately put the group on the map....

Backstreet Boys and New Kids On The Block both landed to perform as part of the Once In A Lifetime tour and they certainly seemed to make the most of their time with trips to the Anglican Cathedral, The Beatles Story, The Cavern and Liverpool One. First up was Backstreet Boys AJ McLean and Nick Carter who decided to go on a Magical Mystery Tour after admitting to fans that they are huge Fab Four devotees and that being able to visit the Beatles haunts was a lifelong ambition of theirs. The pair also visited Liverpool One and Church Street for a spot of shopping with their wives and partners. AJ and Nick took in most sights, but the rest of the band weren’t far behind, with lead singer Brian Littrell visiting the Anglican Cathedral, the Quarter restaurant and a few shops, while fellow band member Howie Drorough was spotted at the Cavern and the Beatles store. Sadly fellow boyband New Kids On The Block weren’t able to arrive until 5am on Monday, but they still managed t...

If the nineties was the decade of the boy band then the noughties must be the dawn of man band. It seems almost every ageing pop star has dusted off the mic for a second shot at fame recently. So when US heartthrobs New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys announced they were teaming up for a tour, girls around the world screamed. The two bands have joined forces to form a super group with a suitably 21st century style name NKOTBSB. LOL. As they filed out – all nine of them – onto the Manchester Arena stage we all took a step back in time. The concert kicked off with a surprising collaboration of Coldplay’s Viva La Vida before each band rolled out a series of hits including I’ll Never Break Your Heart, Quit Playing Games, and I Want it That Way from Backstreet Boys Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell. NKOTB – made up of Joey McIntyre, Jordan and Jon Knight, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood - also got the crowd going with The Right Stuff, Step by Step and C...

New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys showed signs of their 348 combined years of age when they joined forces on stage. Boys to men: NKOTB and the Backstreet Boys on stage (Picture: Deborah Law) The boybands moved a little slower but their fans screamed just as loud at Liverpool’s Echo Arena on Monday. NKOTB played favourites such as You Got it (The Right Stuff), while the Backstreet Boys belted out I Want It That Way. Joey McIntyre from NKOTB recently told Metro that the tour would be like a 'rollercoaster'. He said: ‘From the get-go, we came together and made this one performance, so it’s like a rollercoaster,.' ‘Each fanbase gets their group but then we trade off, so the energy never stops. At the end of the day, you gotta give a good show.’ He added that the two groups coming together have caused them to shift roles within the super band. McIntyre said: 'There’s similarity between different characters onstage. ‘...

By Chris Wasser Monday April 23 2012 THERE'S an interesting drinking game you could play at a New Kids on the Backstreet Boys concert. For every time the acronym NKOTBSB is mentioned, take a swig of that "delicious Guinness" that Donnie Wahlberg claims to be able to smell from the stage. I guarantee you'll be hammered within the hour. Ah yes, it's a fun experience, this joint headline tour, courtesy of two of America's biggest ever boybands. There are flashy garments, tacky dance routines, fire and confetti, and stools -- plenty of stools. But what's most amazing about this coming-together of cheesy pop is that, as a 'supergroup', NKOTBSB (drink up) actually works. And how could it not? What we have here are two separate groups, both of which are capable of some shockingly cringe-worthy showmanship (for the record, Wahlberg and his 'kids' a...

24th Apr 2012  A member of New Kids on the Block - one of the biggest pop bands ever - wore a Liverpool shirt on stage during their show at the Echo Arena last night. The photo below shows singer Donnie Wahlberg in his Standard Chartered home top as thousands of Scousers screamed their way through hits like Hangin' Tough and Cover Girl. The band - who formed in Boston, USA - have sold 80 million records and were huge in the late 1980s and early 1990s. We suspected wearing a Liverpool shirt might have been a stunt to woo the home crowd, but it turns out Donnie has been tweeting about his affection for the Reds for a while... @ DonnieWahlberg : yeah baby! pic.twitter.com/tDCwbHey 22 Apr 12 @ DonnieWahlberg Belfast was great! Dublin may have been the best audience ever. Liverpool, the home of my favorite footba...

byRachael Campbell | Apr 24, 2012 Best night of my life. The end…..I could happily leave the review at that but I’ll probably get in to trouble so I’ll expand. Last night saw the Echo Arena being taken over by what seemed like every woman under the age of 35 in the North West area for it was the return of the mighty New Kids On The Block and their (slightly) younger counterparts Backstreet Boys for the co-headlining NKOTBSB World Tour.The show began with a countdown for what felt like a life time before members of each band (minus Kevin Backstreet, sob) were revealed on stage to a chorus of deafening screams from an audience of women who, quite frankly should know better. The fans may have gotten older and may now have a gang of children at home but you certainly wouldn’t know from the level of excitement. The crowd, comprising mostly of fans who followed the boys first time around were ready to re-live their youth and have a great time and both bands did not disap...

by Jo Kelly The New Kids on the Block and Back Street Boys at the Echo The New Kids on the Block and Back Street Boys at the Echo. Pix David Munn WATCHING NKOTBSB is like being reunited with an old boyfriend - well nine of them actually. All those teenage feelings of obsession and angst, which age has taught us to be ashamed of, come flooding back. Nights staying up into the early morning to catch and record a Backstreet Boys' music video on retro music channel, The Box, suddenly feel like yesterday. Last night at the Echo Arena, women in their late 20s and 30s (maybe older) released those repressed feelings, screaming themselves breathless as Donnie Wahlberg ripped off his vest and gyrated over and over and over. Members of both bands, New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys, paid tribute to Liverpool. BSB talked of having watched rap star Drake at the Arena the night before and of visiting The Cavern. Donnie, a mad Reds fan, pulled on a crystal-encrusted ...

New Kids On The Breakfast Show Two of America's finest boy bands have regrouped and joined forces to become NKOTBSB. New Kids On The Block and Back Street Boys have begun their UK tour and Jordan Knight and Donnie Wahlberg from NKOTB chat to 5 live Breakfast. Listen the interview here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfjbw

 BY AIDAN CUFFE / ON APRIL 22, 2012 AT 9:05 PM/ I came up with 25 and 19 years ago respectively. Despite their additional years, their ability to drive women wild has not particularly diminished. What happens when you take two chart topping heartthrob boy bands, put them in one massively co-ordinated stage showpiece mixing a dash of pyrotechnics, a dollop of choreography and occasionally remove their shirts and rattle off hit after hit for two hours. Well you would be witnessing one of the best pop shows to roll in the town in recent memory. I was in the minority as I wade through the sea of ladies to find my seat. Looking around, hoping to find others of the male species to validate my presence at this show was a fruitless endeavour. The atmosphere was out of this world, you could feel the electricity in the air as an X-factor style introduction sequence gets the crowd screaming wildly, as visuals of each member illicit vociferous shrieks...

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April 24, 2012 By Olivia Kerr   It’s not often I enter radio competitions. But on the morning of Friday 20 April, I took the radical decision to enter a competition to win tickets to see Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block that evening in the Odyssey Arena, only to go and win a pair of tickets. Delighted would be an understatement, being a fan of both boy-bands. The Odyssey Arena show was a sell-out, with the crowds being dominated by either middle-aged women, or young girls who long for the return of these 80’s and 90’s boy-band wonders. The Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block definitely know how it’s done, JLS and The Wanted have a lot to live up to. After the lights went out, and the crowd went wild, both New Kids on the Block and The Backstreet Boys put on a fantastic, exciting and energetic show. You would never have thought that the New Kids on the Block were in their early 40’s – they’re still dancing about to “The...

Boyband juggernauts New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys talk to Metro about going on the road, inter-band rivalry and why they won't be slowing down too much on tour. NKOTBSB: 'What guy wouldn't want to have a bunch of screaming girls in the audience?' ‘There are eight million stories in every boy band… so there are about 16million in this one.’ Joey McIntyre flashes a pearly showbiz trouper smile, despite the fact he’s been up since dawn for a TV shoot. Even at 39, he has a sparkly youthfulness that hints at his past in US late-1980s/1990s boy band New Kids On The Block – McIntyre was just 12 when he joined the line-up. On his left sits the similarly bright-eyed Howie Dorough, 38, an original member of the Backstreet Boys. Now both men feature in the nine-strong man band, NKOTBSB – with New Kids Jordan and Jon Knight, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood and Backstreet’s AJ McLean, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell. It’s a pop mash-up...

INTRO Viva la vida / Single/ The One Summertime remix The Call Dirty Dancing Get Down The right stuff AMA dance break Larger than life Didn't I Blow / Valentine girl/ If you go away / Please don't go girl Show me the meaning / 10000 promises/ I'll never break your heart / Drowning / Incomplete Step by step Cover Girl Favorite girl / Games Tonight Shape of my heart As long as you love me All I have to give/ We've got it going on Quit playing games with my heart I'll be loving you I want it that way Don't turn out the lights Backstreet's back Hangin' tough/ We will rock you AMA Mashup

Kelly Clarkson, New Kids on the Block and The Fray are set to headline this year’s MixTape Music Festival, which will be held this summer in Pennsylvania. The MixTape Music Festival will be held August 17-18 at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pa. In addition to the above headliners, other notable artists include LL Cool J, Steel Panther, The Wanted, The Dan Band and DJ Pauly D, who is known from MTV’s “Jersey Shore.” Additionally, the Backstreet Boys will take the stage with New Kids on the Block to form NKOTBSB. The appearance will be the supergroup’s only North American performance this year. In addition to all the live music, the festival will feature many other events and vendors like interactive exhibits, food trucks, celebrity appearances and a spa. The event also has joined up with Shecky’s Media, which will host “Shecky’s Girls Night Out on Tour.” This event will feature makeovers, manicures and shopping. Both nights will feature after parties following...

MixTape VIP Update! Dear NKOTB fans! We understand there has been a bit of confusion with the VIP packages for Summer MixTape Festival 2012. You have lots of questions and concerns, and are looking for more specific information about additional events and parties, etc. So, we thought you might want to know EXACTLY what BOTH the SIDE A and SIDE B VIP packages will include: • EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THE FRIDAY AFTERSHOW AND DONNIE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH DJ PAULY D! A TRUE DDUB CELEBRATION!! • ALL VIP TICKET HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE AN EXCLUSIVE MEET & GREET WITH NKOTB! We couldn’t let you come all the way to Hershey without saying hi! Details on where and when will be revealed at a later date. • EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THE SATURDAY AFTERSHOW -  COME PARTY WITH US AND A FEW SPECIAL FRIENDS AS WE WRAP THE FESTIVAL IN NK FASHION! • EXCLUSIVE SUNDAY MORNING CHAMPIONSHIP ROCK N JOCK SOFTBALL GAME - JOIN NKOTB FOR A SOFTBALL GAME AS THEY FACE OF...