New Youngsters on the Block are at the moment on their Magic Summer season 2024 Tour, a nostalgic reference to their 1990 stadium tour of the identical title.
Over the a long time, Danny Wooden, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre and brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight have traveled the world entertaining hundreds of thousands of followers. Alongside the best way, they’ve toured with the likes of Girl Gaga, who opened for NKOTB on their 2009 Full Service Tour, in addition to Jesse McCartney and ’80s pop icon Tiffany.
Chatting with PopCrush Nights, the group shouted out Wanyá Morris from Boyz II Males as one in every of their favourite musicians they’ve toured with.
The boy band additionally gushed that Salt (a.ok.a. Cheryl James) from the enduring hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa was in a “class by herself” after they had been on the highway collectively.
NKOTB—who lately launched Nonetheless Youngsters, their first studio album in 11 years—say it is a “delicate dance” to take care of their nostalgia with older followers whereas integrating their new music into their exhibits.
Wahlberg tells PopCrush that the band “actually dedicated to this new album.”
“All of us nonetheless really feel like children inside — us, our followers,” he shares.
NKOTB shaped in 1984 when Joey was solely 12 years outdated, and the remainder of the bandmates had been youngsters.
Joined by pop icon Paula Abdul and legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff, the band kicked off their new tour in Ohio final month, and can wrap up their 40-date run on Aug. 25 in Indiana.
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