New Kids on the Block - The Ultimate Boy Band

The phenomenon known as the "boy band" exploded onto the music scene in the 1980s, and New Kids are one of the most dynamic and interesting of them all. Organized, talented, and packed with ideas, NKOTB have sold over 70 million albums around the world, and have recently announced exciting plans for a reunion!

A quintessential boy band must be highly skilled at both singing and dancing, and when pop mastermind Maurice Starr decided to form the ultimate boy band in Boston in 1984, he interviewed hundreds of kids. Just a handful emerged as the chosen ones - and New Kids on the Block was born. Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Jordan and Jonathan Knight, and Joey McIntyre; these names would soon be on the lips of every teenage girl in America, and New Kids on the Block tickets sought by kids in huge numbers. Their self-titled debut album remained mired in relative obscurity, but their second offering, Hangin' Tough produced the single "Please Don't Go Girl," which rocketed to Number Ten on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. America was now put on notice; TV appearances, and more singles, namely "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" and "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)," hit the Number Five and Number One spots respectively. New Kids had arrived on the block, and they were unstoppable.

Hangin' Tough gave the band a couple more singles, and they recorded a holiday album called Merry, Merry Christmas, which hit the top ten and produced a top ten single, "This One's for the Children". New Kids on the Block tickets were world renowned by the time they'd released their second album proper, Step by Step. This offering went triple platinum, and sold almost twenty million copies worldwide. Ironically, the fame and recognition meant that New Kids' debut flop album also made triple platinum, and sold seven million copies.

1994's Face the Music saw an attempt to capture something of the growing Rap trend of the time, with the band members becoming increasingly involved in writing and production. They had split from former manager Maurice Starr and had changed their name to TKOTB. This heralded a slip into the obscurity from which they'd sprang that brief decade earlier, and later attempts at reunions were not successful.

Until now. The boys are back in the band, and New Kids on the Block have announced their latest tour, to kick off fall 2008! New Kids on the Block tickets are going on sale again. They haven't played live together for 14 years, but the band assure us that they will be focused and ready to rock America when the time comes. The guys are returning from their occupations as actors, and even realtors, and you'd better buy NKOTB tickets now, before they're all snapped up!