Bremen. Da sind Erinnerungen an die Jugend wieder wach geworden: Zwei der berühmtesten Boy-Bands der 80er und 90er Jahre, die “New Kids on the Block” und die “Backstreet Boys”, sind gemeinsam auf Welttournee. Ihr Konzert ist am Sonntagabend live aus der O2-Arena in London via Satellit in das Bremer Cinemaxx übertragen worden.

Überwiegend Frauen ließen sich die Chance nicht entgehen, die Stars ihrer Jugend nochmal live zu sehen. Während der zweistündigen Show gaben die Boygroups, die nun als NKOTBSB auftreten, sowohl ihre jeweils eigenen Hits, als auch gemeinsame Songs zum Besten.

Es wurde mitgeklatscht, mitgesungen und mitgetanzt. Vor allem bei den Auftritten der Backstreet Boys wurde laut Gejubelt und als einzelne Gruppenmitglieder auf der Leinwand zu sehen waren, wurde sogar gekreischt.

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Boyband fever is taking over the world at the moment with British talent such as The Wanted and One Direction topping the charts in the US. 26 years earlier though it was New Kids On The Block that ruled the world before handing their boyband crown over to Backstreet Boys in 1996. New Kids On The Block called it a day in 1994 leaving it 14 years until they reunited. Backstreet Boys on the other hand have been going since 1993 and have taken one hiatus in their careers in the early 00’s before Kevin Richardson decided to leave the group. Carrying on as a foursome the group has had limited success since.

In 2010 New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys performed together and after receiving a positive reaction they formed super-group NKOTBSB and set off on tour together in 2011. A collective greatest hits featuring two newly recorded tracks was released and now NKOTBSB are taking their show across the world. Last night we caught the boyband legends as they performed the last date of the UK leg of their tour.

Nostalgic was definitely the best way to describe the NKOTBSB show. As we piled into The O2 Arena along with a largely female audience, the excitement was bubbling as people began to take their seats. For some fans they were seeing both groups for the first time whilst others had clearly been fans since the beginning. We were somewhere in-between remembering both groups as part of our childhood and shaping our idea of what good pop music should sound like.

Arriving on stage at 8pm NKOTBSB performed on an elevated platform which lowered down allowing them to move around their impressive stage. As Coldplay’s Viva la Vida played NKOTBSB performed a mash-up of their songs Single and The One. Immediately the super-group hurtled down the long catwalk stage towards the circular stage at the rear. For some fans the sight of their idols was too much with screaming and tears a key feature of the night making it really feel like the 90s.

From that point on the two boybands alternated on the stage for the first part of the show. Surprisingly this worked very well with the crowd getting into the rhythm of the show with ease. At the end of each song the lights went down and it actually became fun trying to figure out where the boybands would enter onto the stage. From NKOTB we heard hits such as their 2008 comeback Summertime, The Block’s Dirty Dancing and classic You Got It (The Right Stuff). Backstreet Boys selected The Call, early hit Get Down (You’re The One For Me) and Larger Than Life as their first songs of the evening.

After alternating for the first third of the show the boybands then took it in turns to perform longer sets consisting of several tracks. This also gave them opportunity to utilise The O2 Arena to the fullest. Backstreet Boys entered into the audience to find girls to take on stage and sing I’ll Never Break Your Heart whilst NKOTB ran up-and-down the arena stairs singing Tonight and hugging their adoring fans.

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IT’S been a long time between drinks for New Kids On The Block fans, but the long wait is finally over. More than two decades after the trailblazing boy band first graced our shores, they will return for a joint Australian tour with The Backstreet Boys.

But a lot of things have changed since the heady days of 1992. For one thing, all the members and their fans are old enough to legally drink. On that previous tour the band requested a hospitality room be set up at venues for fans’ parents. The Hangin’ Tough Tour backstage rider asked promoters to provide parents with coffee and doughnuts at minimal charge.

We have a feeling that this time around many members of the audience will be parents themselves.

New Kids On The Block and The Backstreet Boys play at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on May 23.

Source: CourierMail.com.au.

NKOTBSB would love to do another world tour but need to take a break after they finish up the current one.

NKOTBSB want to do another world tour.

Although the supergroup – comprised of pop heavyweights New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys – are only on the UK leg of their series of concerts with dates still to come across Europe, Asia and Australia, they are enjoying themselves so much they would love to tour together again, after a well deserved break.

NKOTB’s Donnie Wahlberg exclusively told BANG Showbiz: ”After we finish up the European leg of the tour we head off to Asia and Australia and then we’re going to take a much needed break. Backstreet Boys are going back into the studio after July 4 to make a new BSB record. This is a tour that we are all enjoying so much so if at any point down the road an opportunity arises for us to do this again then NKOTBSB will rise to the occasion again. We’ve all had fun doing this so who knows. This whole concept, it just works so we’re there!”

The band’s concert at London’s The O2 arena on Sunday (29.04.12) will be streamed to cinemas across Europe by Myscreenevent.com using HD camera technology and they admitted they wish it wasn’t live because they would love to be able to sneak in to some screens to see the fans reaction.

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If it’s good enough for every other 90s band, then it’s revivial time for the New Kids On The Block too.

Back in their heyday, they had arenas full of crazed teenage girls screaming in excitement. Believe it or not, it’s been a whopping 26 years since the New Kids on the Block released their first single.

For the Backstreet Boys, it’s been 16. And now, not to be outdone by a series of staggeringly successful comebacks from the likes of Take That, Spice Girls and Steps, the ultimate boyband heartthrobs of the 80s have joined forces with their 90s-dominant musical brothers to form a cheesy pop supergroup.

This frightening beast – nicknamed NKOTBB – has taken the world by storm, selling out dates across the US and Canada as Joey McIntyre, AJ McLean, Jordan Knight, Howie Dorough, Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Littrell, Danny Wood and Nick Carter try to prove they still have the moves.

Now, they are hitting the UK, bringing two generations of unapologetic pop fans together in one place.

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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.

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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.