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We reported that a New Kids on the Block reunion was in the works on Jan. 28 - a full two days before People Magazine “broke” the story. A lot of people didn’t believe it, but now it’s happening: the members of the late-80s/early 90s boy band will be appearing together for a performance on the Today Show- this Friday. Commence screaming, ladies!
Looks like the Today show’s got the right stuff: All five original New Kids on the Block members – Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight – will appear together in the morning show’s courtyard on April 4, a source tells PEOPLE.
After months of speculation, PEOPLE confirmed in January that the band is reuniting – just in time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their mega-hit album Hangin’ Tough. The group also recently updated its Web site, nkotb.com.
The boy band, which made legions of tweens swoon in the early ’90s, selling more than 50 million albums, became a worldwide phenomenon before calling it quits in 1994. Since then, the oldest “Kid,” Jonathan Knight, 39, retreated back to Boston to become a real estate developer. Former members Wahlberg, 38, and McIntyre, 35, have seen acting success, while Wood, 38, has worked as a music producer and Jordan Knight, 37, has continued to record.
One thing that surprised me after the first story we ran on the Kids was the number of closet fans who still carry a torch for the guys. “Juno” screenwriter Diablo Cody wrote a funny column in Entertainment Weekly a while back about how many female hipsters, herself included, still had a thing for the band. True story: Jordan Knight once hit on me in a Boston bar- and he was terrible at it. He was rather drunk and kept staring at my chest while he spoke to me. I didn’t know who he was until after I turned him down, when my squealing girlfriends informed me of his identity as we were leaving. I stand by my decision– I read a couple of days later that he was engaged.
Written by MSat
Posted in New Kids On The Block, Photos, Reunions
6 Responses to “Reunited New Kids will be Hangin’ Tough on Today Show”
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these guys were a bit before my time. they must have been huge though. one of them looks like mark walhberg. is he a relation to that walhberg… or am i being ignorant here lol?!
i was more the era of hanson. and cj you are not alone. i had all kinds of hanson merchandise crap. my cousin and i used to go nuts for them. -
yes, mark walhberg is the younger brother of donnie.
i’m so excited about this! i feel like such a dork! -
Sigh… I kissed my poster of Jonathan every night.
Lucky you MSat! Howie Day hit on me once, but he’s not as cool as NKOTB were!
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oh no…first take that and now nkotb…what´s next, milli vanilli?
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Hey bodhi you have like a six-degrees-of-separation now, because Howie Day dated Britney Spears a year ago. You’ve practically hooked up with Justin Timberlake!!
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OMG…………..I don’t care how much tickets cost–I’m there with my girlfriends!
I **SO** LOVED Donnie (AKA the Badass of the group)
Sad but true I still have all my NKOTB stuff in a box in the garage. DH wanted to toss it a few years back and I gave him the death stare and he hasn’t mentioned it since…..lol Bed sheets and Comfortor included.
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