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METRO UK: New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys kick off UK tour

New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys showed signs of their 348 combined years of age when they joined forces on stage.

New Kids On The Block, Backstreet Boys 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.
‘Donnie and AJ would play on being the ‘bad boys’; we’d all bust each others’ balls. But in a weird way, this also gave me permission to be my best.

'Before, you’d get so locked into your own group, thinking: “I gotta be more cute than sexy.”

'The more we allow each other space, the more we come back to the table.’
 

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