Pop supergroup New Kids on the Block are back.�Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and Jordan and Jonathan Knight return on September 6, 2008 with The Block, their first album together in almost 15 years.
Featuring the first single, the run into mellow block �Summertime,� the album also features collaborations with some of the biggest name calling in pop music.�R&B mavin Ne-Yo appears on �Single,� the followup to �Summertime.��Other collaborations include �Grown Man� (with The Pussycat Dolls and uber-producer Teddy Riley), �Put It on My Tab� (with the ubiquitous Akon), �Big Girl Now� (with NY dance-pop diva Lady GaGa) and the much-buzzed around �Full Service� (with buster super-group New Edition).
NKOTB will support The Block with a sold-out tour that starts on September 18 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and continues throughout North America until the last of November.�
Background
New Kids On The Block sold more than 80 million albums worldwide -- including back-to-back international #1 songs, 1988�s Hangin� Tough and 1990�s Step By Step -- and a series of crossover smash R&B, pop hits like �You Got It (The Right Stuff),���Cover Girl,� �Didn�t I (Blow Your Mind This Time),� �Hangin� Tough,� �I�ll Be Loving You,� �Step By Step� and �Tonight.��The grouping shattered concert box office records playing an estimated 200 concerts a class, in sold out stadiums throughout the world.�They soundless hold many of these records to date.�They were Forbes highest paid entertainers of 1990, beating out Michael Jackson and Madonna.�The band boasted an extensive and highly profitable merchandise line which included everything from lunch boxes and sleeping bags to comic books, wits and dolls.
New Kids On The Block � The Block - Out September 6
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