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New Kids On The Block Stage Comeback

By Eileen Finan and Julie Jordan

 

After months of speculation and rumor, the Kids are coming back. A well-placed source tells PEOPLE exclusively that New Kids On The Block are indeed getting back together.

 

The band's Web site, www.nkotb.com, which had been dormant, is now back up and running in anticipation of the official announcement, which the source says will be made in the next few weeks.

 

The site currently features a television graphic with a fuzzy, flickering photos of NKOTB in their heyday, and a link inviting fans to sign up for info.

 

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.

 

Eighteen years later, they're still "Hangin' Tough." The oldest "Kid," Jonathan Knight, now a real estate developer, will turn 40 later this year. Since the band's demise, former members Donnie Wahlberg, 38, and Joey McIntyre, 35, have seen acting success, while Danny Wood, 38, has worked as a music producer and Knight's brother, Jordan, 37, has continued to record.

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A New Kids Reunion Is Not Happening… For Now

 

 

There has been talk of a New Kids on the Block reunion tour the past few days, but one of the former band members says it's not happening!

 

Danny Wood just sent out the following bulletin to all his MySpace friends:

 

"Hello to everyone. Hope all is well and everyone is enjoying the New Year. I wanted to address the rumors of the NKOTB Reunion Tour. There has been no talk of this and you are getting it from source directly. Never say never, and you can't believe everything you read.

 

On another note my solo record will be released in Australia in March. There are a few new songs on it and I hope you guys will check it out. Thank you so much for your continued support.

 

Dwood"

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New Kids on the Block to Appear on Today Show

 

 

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 officially announce their comeback 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.

 

Source: People

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New Kids on the Block to Reunite

 

 

 

They may be pushing 40, but the New Kids are returning to the block. The Boston boy band New Kids on the Block, which sold 70 million albums in the 1980s and early 1990s, has reunited and plans to release a new album and go on tour. The reunion comes 20 years after the release of the group's multi-platinum album, "Hanging Tough."

 

The group released a new photo Wednesday and reportedly will appear on the Today show Friday morning — the same time an unmarked countdown clock on http://www.nkotb.com ends.

 

"The fan response to this has been incredible," band member Donnie Wahlberg told the Boston Herald.

 

Wahlberg said he was convinced to get back together with his former bandmates — Joey McIntyre, brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight and Danny Wood — when they decided to record new music. Wahlberg said he wrote 80 percent of the new material with McIntyre and Jordan Knight.

 

"I had no interest going out on a nostalgia tour and singing the same material," said Wahlberg, 38.

 

But he added, "We absolutely will do the old songs for sure."

 

Producer Maurice Starr formed the group in Boston in the 1980s, hoping to recreate the success he had with another teen group from the city, New Edition.

 

At the height of their popularity, New Kids sold out world tours, marketed millions of dollars in merchandise and spawned a Saturday morning cartoon.

 

The group disbanded in 1994. Wahlberg has acted on television and in movies, while Jordan Knight, McIntyre and Wood released solo albums. Jonathan Knight became a real estate developer.

 

Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press

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See the New Kids' Reunion Announcement!

 

There they were, hanging tough – in front of a throng of screaming fans! New Kids on the Block made their official reunion announcement on Friday's Today show – following their exclusive sit-down with PEOPLE to talk about their new music and how it feels to be back together.

 

Wearing dark suits, Jordan, Jonathan, Donnie, Joey and Danny had to lean in closely to hear Meredith Viera's questions over the screams of fans.

 

The group on Friday also updated their new Web site, NKOTB.com, with blog posts and new photos of the guys.

 

Video at the source http://www.people.com/people/articl...0188682,00.html

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FIRST LISTEN: 'Summertime' from New Kids on the Block

 

 

They've called their new single "Summertime" and the tune is, well, appropriately sunny. The New Kids on the Block will officially release the synth-heavy anthem on May 13, but PEOPLE.com has a first taste. Sweet and bright, the song finds the guys getting nostalgic, singing, "I think of you in the summertime / and all the good times we had, baby."

 

Listen to the small clip at the source http://www.people.com/people/articl...0197878,00.html

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New Kids on the Block & New Edition Record Together

By Jessica Herndon

 

Originally posted Tuesday July 01, 2008 09:00 AM EDT

people.com

 

Just when you thought the New Kids on the Block reunion couldn't get any sweeter, word comes that the guys are recording a song with another favorite boy band: New Edition.

 

"Donnie Wahlberg had this idea for a few months, since New Kids had the idea of getting back together really," says producer Nadir "RedOne" Khawat, who worked on the song. "Donnie's been looking for that one track for all of them and I think we found it."

 

Last week, just days after New Edition took home the Golden Note Award at the 21st annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul awards in Beverly Hills, the group (minus Bobby Brown) went into an L.A. studio to record with the New Kids. The ensemble track, titled "Full Service," will appear on NKOTB's not-yet-titled upcoming album.

 

The song was written by Wahlberg, Khawat, and New York disco diva Lady GaGa. "It sounds very universal and melodic and has both sides in it: The R&B, which is New Edition and the pop side for New Kids," says Khawat. "It's very uplifting. Right away you start feeling good and every part feels natural to each one of the guys."

 

So what was it like being with all of them in the studio? "It went really smoothly," says Khawat, adding that they munched on sushi in the studio and the guys prayed together before recording. "There were no egos or attitudes. It felt like they'd been friends forever."

 

In a recent chat with PEOPLE, New Edition frontman Tresvant addressed the rumors that the two bands have been feuding for years. "The thing people were going back and forth with was we'd been doing what we were doing for the longest [but] we couldn't get cartoons and things that the white guys were getting. It was like, 'wow,' " he said. "But the guys themselves, we have mad love."

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Hangin' tough in Munich, the New Kids on the Block (from left, Joey McIntyre, Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight and Danny Wood) stay on point Wednesday while promoting their latest single, "Summertime".

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New Kids Star McIntyre Welcomes Baby Boy

 

 

New Kids On The Block star Joey McIntyre has become a father for the second time.

 

The singer-songwriter and his wife Barrett welcomed the arrival of baby boy Rhys Edward McIntyre in Los Angeles on Sunday night, People reports. The child is said to have weighed in at 7lbs 10oz.

 

McIntyre, 36, confirmed the news on his Twitter account late yesterday, writing: "New Baby Mac is on the Block!! He and his mom are both rock stars."

 

The couple, who also have a 2-year-old son named Griffin Thomas, had announced in July that they were to become parents again.

 

Speaking at the time, McIntyre commented: "I still can't get over it. We feel so blessed."

 

The star has previously revealed that his wife would like to have a daughter in the future.

 

Source digitalspy.co.uk

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