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New Kids On The Block: Announcement Coming

Posted 4/3/08 6:49 pm EST by in Reunions


So New Kids On The Block.

Wow. We've caught a lot of heat on this one. Who knew the fans could be so mean!

Some news for you. Tomorrow, NKOTB will make their first public appearance together in 15 years when they appear live on the "Today" show (NBC). They're performing. But they will also be making an annoucement. First, that they will say they are joining "Today's" summer concert lineup on May 16 and perform live on the Plaza in their first full concert since splitting up in 1994. Second, they will announce that this concert is the first show in a world tour. And third, they will cop to being in the studio working on new music.

Ok, some thoughts.

1) I can't believe I'm posting about NKOTB.
2) This will not be our last post on NKOTB today.
3) I wonder if they will change their name to the acronym NKOTB so as to conceal the "Kids" in their band name. (Yeah, yeah, you clever commenters, we know all about the parallels between "Kids" in NKOTB and "Music" in MTV - touche).

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New Kids On The Block: We Were Kidding About Them Being Broke. Also, First New Group Photo of Them In 15 Years.

Posted 4/2/08 11:56 am EST by in Reunions


It's funny, usually it's pretty easy to roll with the punches when you tell someone you work for MTV News. People have jokes, sure, ("Someone on 'The Hills' broke a nail, isn't that Breaking News??" "How old IS John Norris, anyway??") but rarely does it actually sting. I mean, I'm secure in my knowledge of pop culture and music. BUT MAN, YOU NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK FANS ARE EFF'IN VICIOUS.

Seriously.

No, we know that NKOTB aren't broke. They sold 18.7 gazillion albums worldwide. Yes, we think it's funny that a group of grown men are calling themselves "kids" and will be dancing to songs they sang when they were wearing parachute pants in Beantown. Yes, MTV moved on from the NKOTB and yes, we made a deal with the devil covering Justin and Britney and them in the '90s. But cut us some slack, dudes, WE WERE JUST HAVING FUN WITH Y'ALL.

Anyway, Yahoo Music has an exclusive NKOTB 2008 photo, their first new group photo in 15 years.

So...what do you think? How do they look?

Also, commenters, do you remember when NKOTB appeared on the TRL charts in 1999?

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