Joey McIntyre, Jonathan Knight, Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wooden. Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Photos/Getty Photos
The New Youngsters on the Block are heading to Vegas.
On Thursday, September 19, the group — Jonathan Knight, Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wooden and Joey McIntyre — introduced their very first residency in Sin Metropolis. They’ll take the stage on the Park MGM’s Dolby Dwell theater in 2025 from June 20 by July 5, and from November 1 by November 15. The present is dubbed “The Proper Stuff” in homage to their 1988 hit single.
“We cherish each alternative that we get to carry out for our followers, however a Las Vegas residency provides us a possibility to take our efficiency, and interplay with our followers, to the following degree,” Wahlberg, 55, mentioned in an announcement.
He added that they purpose “to create probably the most unbelievable NKOTB live performance ever” and “create a number of occasions to instantly interact with our followers. Las Vegas won’t ever be the identical after the New Youngsters and the Blockheads take over the city.”
Tickets formally go on sale Friday, September 27, however diehard followers will get the chance to attain seats in a pre-sale that kicks off September 24.
The group fashioned within the Eighties and hit it huge within the latter a part of the last decade with their sophomore album Hangin’ Robust. They cut up up in 1994 and reunited in 2008, absolutely leaning into their fandom’s nostalgic affection for the ex-boy banders from Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Earlier this yr, they launched Nonetheless Youngsters, their eighth pop album and their first in 11 years. Additionally they launched into a summer time tour with Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Whereas talking to Us Weekly in March, McIntyre, 51, gushed of Abdul, 62, “She’s simply the music whole bundle, full entertainer, in order that’s superb. After which we bought DJ Jazzy Jeff kicking it off and getting the get together began. [Most] of those exhibits this summer time are open air, and that simply has a special vibe to it.”
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McIntyre additionally talked about Nonetheless Youngsters and its first single, “Youngsters.”
“Donnie and I just about cowrote the entire album,” he mentioned. “However this one music, [“Kids”], is from a author and producer, Dave Stewart, and it’s an incredible music.”
He defined that the brand new observe is an effective encapsulation of the band’s profession. “It form of says all of it,” he instructed Us. “We’ve been fortunate, the 5 of us, to by no means develop up in some methods. And lots of people look to us to return to that pleased place, and we give permission to them to only have enjoyable. We’re that getaway and we’re going to beat that drum ceaselessly and ever. And I feel this music [“Kids”] is a brand new anthem for us.”
