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May 1, 2008 10:53 am US/Eastern
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'New Kids' Announce Boston Tour Date
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
Brush the dust off your New Kids on the Block paraphernalia, because you're going to need it. The reunited boy band announced their first concert will be on September 26 at the TD Banknorth Garden.
The news comes after the boys -- Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood -- announced on the group's
Web site last month they were kicking off a new world tour.
Tickets for the concert go on sale May 12, and their single "Click Click Click" will be released the next day.
The band says they also plan to make an appearance at the KISS 108 concert at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield on May 18.
In their heyday, the New Kids on the Block sold more than 70 million albums, including back-to-back number one albums: 1988's Hangin' Tough and 1990's Step By Step. They broke up in 1994.
Most of the "Kids" now have kids of their own, and they've moved onto grown-up careers.
McIntyre has remained in the musical spotlight – recording, touring and dancing. He also made an appearance on the hit TV show, "Dancing with the Stars." Danny Wood is now a music producer, Jordan Knight is still recording and his brother Jonathan is a real estate developer. Donnie Wahlberg has a successful acting career, appearing in a number of films and television shows.
Wahlberg has long been the hold-out to any reunion. "We've had so many offers from so many people over the years, but I've always protected the asset," he said on the band's Web site. "We never sold the New Kids house to anyone. And until we got together in a recording studio in Orlando two months ago, I haven't even been in the same room with these five guys for 15 years."
"I want it to be redemption for the fans. I want them to feel entertained, to feel treated to something special. And I want them to be so satisfied by what they get that they'll realize they weren't crazy all those years ago — that they put their heart into the right place back then and that it was worth the wait to come back again."
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