PERTH star Johnny Ruffo has been confirmed to support boy band sensations New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys on their Australian tour.

The former X Factor finalist and singer, who appeared on the show’s third season last year, will hit the road as a special guest when the boy bands when they head down under in May.

The 23-year-old has been keeping busy, having just been named runner up in this year’s Cleo’s Bachelor of the Year competition and currently showing Australia his best moves on Dancing With The Stars.

Ruffo, who recently supported British boy band One Direction for their Australian shows and is gearing up to launch his recording career with Sony Music, said he was looking forward to the upcoming tour.

Read full article on PerthNow.com.au.

Zwei der größten Boybands aller Zeiten, New Kids on the Block und die Backstreet Boys, haben sich für eine einmalige Konzerttournee zusammengetan. Weil natürlich nicht die gesamte Fangemeinde zur O2- Arena pilgern kann, wird das Konzert in vielen Kinos als Sonderveranstaltung übertragen.

NKOTBSB hinter dieser Abkürzung stecken zwei der bekanntesten Boybands der Popgeschichte. New Kids on the Block und die Backstreet Boys brachten in den 90er Jahren die Massen zum kreischen. Ganze Mädchenhorden belagerten ihre Hotels und Konzerte wurden frenetisch gefeiert. Wer ein richtiger Fan war, schief jede Nacht in NKOTB- oder BSB-Bettwäsche. Da war es kein Wunder, dass die Verkaufszahlen alle Rekorde brachen und nahezu jede Single ein Hit wurde.

Jetzt, fast 20 Jahre später, hat sich der Hype um Boybands gelegt. Die Mädchen sind zu Frauen geworden und kreischen nicht mehr um ihr Leben, wenn sie die Hits der Jungs im Radio hören. Was nicht heißen soll, dass sie ihr Fan-Dasein aufgegeben haben. Denn nach dem ersten gemeinsamen Auftritt der beiden Kult-Boygroups bei den American Music Awards 2010 war die frühere Begeisterung sofort wieder entflammt. Seit Juni 2011 sind NKOTBSB deswegen auf ihrer One Night – One Stage – Once in a lifetime-Tour und präsentieren einen einzigartigen Mix ihrer größten Hits. In einer voll choreografierten Bühnenshow entführen sie die Zuschauer auf eine Reise durch die musikalischen Höhepunkte ihrer Karriere.

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New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys showed signs of their 348 combined years of age when they joined forces on stage.

The boybands moved a little slower but their fans screamed just as loud at Liverpool’s Echo Arena on Monday.

NKOTB played favourites such as You Got it (The Right Stuff), while the Backstreet Boys belted out I Want It That Way.

Joey McIntyre from NKOTB recently told Metro that the tour would be like a ‘rollercoaster’.

He said: ‘From the get-go, we came together and made this one performance, so it’s like a rollercoaster,.’

‘Each fanbase gets their group but then we trade off, so the energy never stops. At the end of the day, you gotta give a good show.’

Read full article on Metro.co.uk.

If the nineties was the decade of the boy band then the noughties must be the dawn of man band. It seems almost every ageing pop star has dusted off the mic for a second shot at fame recently.

So when US heartthrobs New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys announced they were teaming up for a tour, girls around the world screamed. The two bands have joined forces to form a super group with a suitably 21st century style name NKOTBSB. LOL. As they filed out – all nine of them – onto the Manchester Arena stage we all took a step back in time.

The concert kicked off with a surprising collaboration of Coldplay’s Viva La Vida before each band rolled out a series of hits including I’ll Never Break Your Heart, Quit Playing Games, and I Want it That Way from Backstreet Boys Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell. NKOTB – made up of Joey McIntyre, Jordan and Jon Knight, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood – also got the crowd going with The Right Stuff, Step by Step and Cover Girl.

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BBC One Breakfast

Two of the world’s most popular boybands, New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys, say they have come together for their NKOTBSB supergroup tour out of “respect”.

Donnie Wahlberg from New Kids On The Block told BBC Breakfast the boy bands bands were never in competition.

“When we were first presented with the idea of touring with Backstreet Boys, we thought it was insulting to sort of ask them to to open for us,”

he said.

“It was never a competition, always respect,”

Wahlberg added.

The musicians say they are performing “mash ups” at the beginning and end of the show alongside a collection of their biggest hits.

Watch the video of their “BBC One Breakfast” interview on BBC.co.uk.

By Olivia Kerr

It’s not often I enter radio competitions. But on the morning of Friday 20 April, I took the radical decision to enter a competition to win tickets to see Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block that evening in the Odyssey Arena, only to go and win a pair of tickets. Delighted would be an understatement, being a fan of both boy-bands.

The Odyssey Arena show was a sell-out, with the crowds being dominated by either middle-aged women, or young girls who long for the return of these 80’s and 90’s boy-band wonders. The Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block definitely know how it’s done, JLS and The Wanted have a lot to live up to.

After the lights went out, and the crowd went wild, both New Kids on the Block and The Backstreet Boys put on a fantastic, exciting and energetic show. You would never have thought that the New Kids on the Block were in their early 40’s – they’re still dancing about to “The Right Stuff” like they were 16 again.

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WATCHING NKOTBSB is like being reunited with an old boyfriend – well nine of them actually.

All those teenage feelings of obsession and angst, which age has taught us to be ashamed of, come flooding back.

Nights staying up into the early morning to catch and record a Backstreet Boys’ music video on retro music channel, The Box, suddenly feel like yesterday.

Last night at the Echo Arena, women in their late 20s and 30s (maybe older) released those repressed feelings, screaming themselves breathless as Donnie Wahlberg ripped off his vest and gyrated over and over and over.

Members of both bands, New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys, paid tribute to Liverpool. BSB talked of having watched rap star Drake at the Arena the night before and of visiting The Cavern.

Donnie, a mad Reds fan, pulled on a crystal-encrusted Liverpool shirt at one point as the guys sang, My Favourite Girl, while band mate Joey McIntyre performed a sweet acapella version of Beatles hit, Help.

Read full article on LiverpoolEcho.co.uk.

Das CinemaxX zeigt am 29. April das New Kids on the Block Backstreet Boys-Konzert aus der Londoner O2-Arena in einer Live-Übertragung. Wir verlosen Karten!

Die größten Boygroup-Stars von New Kids on the Block und den Backstreet Boys geben sich vereint als NKOTBSB auf einer Bühne die Ehre. Die Tour rund um die Welt begann im Mai 2011 in Nordamerika und startet startet im April 2012 in Europa.

Ein außergewöhliches Kinoerlebnis
Auch Fans in Bremen können ihre Helden von früher hautnah und in Dolby Surround auf der großen Leinwand erleben: Am 29. April überträgt das CinemaxX das Konzert aus der O2-Arena in London via Satellit und lässt die Bremer Fans teilhaben an der einzigartigen Atmosphäre aus einer der größten Arenen Europas, so als seien sie selbst mit in Greenwich dabei.

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