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New Kids on the Block

Title:

New Kids on the Block

Synopsis:

SFTW meets New Kids on the Block. "When this ends we will be in our 40s...no more comebacks!"

REMEMBER 1989 when Madonna topped the singles charts with Like A Prayer, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade was a box-office smash, Liverpool beat Everton 3–2 in the FA Cup Final and the Berlin Wall came down?

Well for pre-pubescent girls, the year meant only one thing: the arrival of New Kids On The Block (cue hysterical screaming).

Brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, and Danny Wood — five buff guys from Boston who had the Right Stuff with their shiny white teeth, falsetto vocals, street fashion and slinky dance moves.

Fast forward 19 years and SFTW are in Burbank, California, 12 miles outside West Hollywood, at a rehearsal studio where the five are gearing up for their forthcoming world tour and release of their comeback album, titled, well what else but The Block. ...


Photo copyright: www.nkotb.com

Publish date:
8 August 2008
Author:
Jacqui Swift
Source:
The Sun
Country:
United Kingdom
Media:
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