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Jordan Knight Solo Tour: 'The Fans Really Cheered Me On To Do It'

Posted 1/13/12 2:41 pm EST by in NKOTB, tour, Tour Dates


Earlier this week, the world’s collective boo, Jordan Knight, announced his plans to hit the road for a solo tour. The jaunt kicks off later this month, and in anticipation of what we are sure will be the greatest night of your life, the New Kid himself hopped on the phone with us to preview his tour plans.

“I have a full band; I have two dancers, so they’ll be some good choreography. It’ll be a real show. It’s not me just kind of going around taking up my time,” he teased. “And, it’s a real deal thing: a band, dancers, full-length show, a lot of excitement, a lot of crowd participation, singing a bunch of songs from the album Unfinished and also other solo songs as well from the past.”

Given the fact that Jordan has been busy touring with his boys in the New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys, it would seem like he might want to chill out for a bit, but that’s not the case. At all. “I think I had to do it because I did an album and I never got the chance to go out and actually perform the songs. I did it at after parties, but that was just off-the-cuff,” he said. “I wanted to do a real show because I put so much into the album and the songs I believe are so great and I got such a great response from the fans, so it's the fans [who] really kind of cheered me on to do it. They really wanted me to do it.” Read More...

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Jordan Knight Announces Solo Tour

Posted 1/10/12 1:36 pm EST by in NKOTB, tour


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Consider our tickets bought! Jordan Knight has announced plans for a solo tour this month.

The New Kid on the Block will kick off the 10-date excursion on January 26 in Minneapolis before taking the act to such lucky cities as Atlanta, Nashville and Toronto, to name a few. Billed as “Jordan Knight: Live & Unfinished,” the singer opened up about the trek in a statement.

“I am very proud and excited to tell you that Jordan Knight Live & Unfinished will be hitting hand-picked cities across North America for an intimate evening of Music, Fun, and More! After the amazing NKOTBSB Arena Tour this past year, I feel truly blessed that I now have the time to get up close and personal with you, my fans, and sing these songs that mean so much to me!” he said. “You've all played such a big part in making this album a success so I can't think of a better way of saying THANK YOU, than to give you what you have asked for - Jordan Knight: Live & Unfinished!!”

Last year, the falsetto-loving Jordan released his solo album, Unfinished, and later this spring he’ll hit the road again with all his pals in NKOTBSB for all those lucky folks who live abroad. Did we mention we’ve also bought our plane tickets so that we can hit up the guys’ European tour? Read More...

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Jordan Knight Teases Future NKOTBSB Tracks

Posted 3/2/11 3:30 pm EST by in Music


Jordan Knight may be hustling to get the word out about his catchy new single, "Let's Go Higher" and new solo album Unfinished (which is due in May), but the New Kid is also gearing up for a colossal summer tour courtesy of the epic collaboration between NKOTB and the Backstreet Boys.

The singer spoke to MTV News and he says that the NKOTBSB track "Turn Out The Lights" (which was teased a few months back) is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of potential collaborations between the two legendary groups.

"Yes you will see that. We recorded song with them and record probably a couple more songs with them so that is on the horizon also," he shared before spilling a few more details about "Turn Out The Lights." "The song was produced by Eman, who's actually a good friend of Joe's. It was written by Claude Kelly. So they came up with a pop smash for NKOTBSB and it sounds really great."

Jordan also revealed some more details about the tour itself, which he dubs a "boy band extravaganza." "It's unbelievable really," he continued. "I'm in awe of the whole thing."

"We're gonna have good production value," he further teased. "The stage is going to be incredible. All the seats in the arenas are pretty much good seats because the stage spans from front to back."

As for the set list, all you have to do is think back to their AMAs performance last year. "It's not, 'Who goes on first?' It's gonna be more like we come out together, we make a huge splash. It's gonna be non-stop back and forth action," he shared. "Were really gonna play off each other."

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Jordan Knight Says His Rag Doll Was The Weirdest Piece Of New Kids Merchandise

Posted 11/12/09 4:03 pm EST by in Behind The Scenes, Music


The New Kids on the Block were on every kind of merchandise you could possibly imagine: Posters, bedspreads, T-shirts, PJs, lunchboxes, watches, backpacks, books, magazines and, of course, dolls.

In my youth, I had the Jordan Knight-approved Ken doll, complete with rat tail and microphone for when you wanted to have him sing to you while listening to a cassette of some of the most choice NKOTB songs. (In case you're wondering, "Tonight," "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)" and "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" are all primo tunes.)

Anyway, as it turns out there were also rag dolls of the guys. I wasn't too familiar with them, so I played along. But it seems that Jordan doesn't really care for those dolls. In fact, he thinks they are kind of strange.

"The weirdest thing? Well there's these dolls that don’t even look like us. They were supposedly us. Mine had a rat tail. They were rag dolls," he said before clarifying that he's not talking about my Ken doll. That Ken doll was cool!

"No, the Ken doll was cool," he explained, much to my relief. "We had the Raggedy Ann kind of dolls out too and they looked nothing like us. [Yeah the other doll] kind of [looked like me]. It's a Ken doll."

Fair enough. Either way, Jordan, you're still a doll!

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Jordan Knight Brings 'Jordan Idol' To The MTV Newsroom, Helps To Expand My Career

Posted 11/6/09 4:49 pm EST by in Behind The Scenes, Music


Jordan Knight is currently touring the country in order to record an album. And while he's doing that, he's holding "Jordan Idol" events in various cities trying to find the best up-and-coming talent this great land has to offer, with the winner getting a personal boost into the industry from Knight himself. So, when I heard he was in New York City working on some new music and that I could have a chance to talk to him about his new music and "Jordan Idol," I literally jumped at the chance.

Back in the day, I kind of had the biggest crush on him ever. So imagine my surprise when he came in and I actually got the chance to meet the cutest of the New Kids on the Block. So, while he started talking about this weekend's "Jordan Idol" (which is being held this Saturday night at Le Poisson Rouge club in NYC), he decided to stump for me to get my big shot at fame.

But instead of giving my less-than-impressive singing voice a chance at superstardom (no, I didn't embarrass myself and sing for him), he decided I might be better suited to do something I actually have some skill doing: Interviewing celebrities. Except with me on camera with them. I'm not saying he's onto something here, but hey, stranger things have happened. And he's not the first singing star to suggest that I should have my own show — Brandy has already given me her support!

So watch Jordan make his case for me and let me know what you think!

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