Here's the new video for "Summertime," the comeback single for the New Kids on the Block. It's nothing too original, but all the NKOTB fans are going to love it because there's dancing! And matching outfits! And shirtless boybanders! We can hardly contain our excitement.
New Kids on the Block stopped by The Today Show to perform some old hits — key word being "old," because it's just not the same as it was back in 1991. That whole thug appeal of Donnie Wahlberg waving his arms around while singing about "The Right Stuff" isn't the same when it's 2008 and he's in a suit on a morning show.
Click through for the video, if you care to ruin your fond NKOTB memories of yesteryear. CONTINUED »
New Kids on the Block made a very special appearance this morning on The Today Show to announce the group's reunion (complete with a new album and tour) and make me ashamed that, out of all the boys, I loved Jon. The problem with this whole fiasco lies in the fact that all the old NKOTB fans are wiser now and have more pressing things to do than spend $60 on a reunion concert. A good time for this comeback would have been, oh, say 1999?
The band's Q&A session — where they explain what they've been doing with their lives for the past 14 years — after the jump. CONTINUED »
THE NEW SPICE GIRLS? "Looks like the Today show's got the right stuff: All five original New Kids on the Block members — Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight — will appear together in the morning show's courtyard on April 4."
The New Kids on the Block are the original modern boy band. The pretty puppets from New England did it first and they did it best. And now, according to rumors, they might be doing it again.
Despite being a little too old for the site, former Kid Danny Wood (in mustard above) has hinted on his MySpace page that a NKOTB reunion is not impossible.
"I loved being a part of the group, and have always thought 'maybe someday we'll get back together' — you just never know when your someday will come.
"I can guarantee all the fans that if this reunion were to happen, they would hear about it first on www.NKOTB.com."
But is there still an audience for New Kids on the Block? This commenter on Us' site seemed excited about a reunification: "Please come back New Kids On The Block, that way I'll finally have the courage to KILL MYSELF!!!"
Of course, one can't be sure Wood's talk isn't more promotion for a flagging Web site than actual entertainment news, but, as with anything in Hollywood, time and money could probably make a New Kids reunion possible. We think enough of the former has passed. Now someone needs to come forward with a lot of the latter before the rest of the former runs out.
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