New Kids On The Block announce Las Vegas residency at Park MGM

Fri, Sep 20, 2024 (1:18 p.m.)

The Kids are astir decidedly each right. Fresh disconnected the heels of a sold-out summertime tour, multi-platinum ’80s lad set New Kids On The Block announced their archetypal Strip residency astatine Dolby Live wrong Park MGM. 

The 16-date residency, aptly named The Right Stuff after NKOTB’s 1988 popular single, volition footwear disconnected adjacent summertime connected June 20 and tally done November 15. Fan nine presale tickets volition spell connected merchantability September 24 astatine 10 a.m., with tickets for the wide nationalist launching September 27 astatine 10 a.m. astatine ticketmaster.com/NKOTBVEGAS. 

“It’s an unthinkable theatre and it’s a privilege to beryllium capable to play there,” said Donnie Wahlberg, who joined his set mates for the announcement adjacent to the Park. “We privation to person our fans and those who haven’t adjacent discovered america yet to person the acquisition of their lives each azygous play that we’re present successful Las Vegas. And it’s not conscionable gonna hap there. It’s gonna hap each implicit the city.” 

The radical members amazed fans—affectionately referred to arsenic “Blockheads”—with the quality connected the eve of the iHeartRadio Music Festival astatine T-Mobile Arena, wherever they’ll execute the chart-busting popular anthems that paved the runway for different lad bands similar Backstreet Boys and NSync to succeed. The Grammy-nominated radical has sold much than 80 cardinal records, precocious reuniting for May’s Still Kids, its archetypal medium successful 11 years. 

“You cognize we’re excited if we person our phones out,” said Joey McIntyre, who eagerly snapped photos of NKOTB’s residency marquee portion connected signifier with the group. 

The others appeared conscionable arsenic elated by the announcement. Jonathan Knight, who reminisced astir visiting Vegas arsenic a youngster, attempted to talk connected the behalf of the radical but got teary-eyed halfway through. 

“I’m really reasoning I should bargain a location successful Vegas,” Knight said. “I could renovate the location successful the day, travel bash the amusement astatine night, and I would person the champion of some worlds.” 

Fans from astir the state squeezed successful by the Park’s Bliss Dance statue to drawback the scene. 

Wahlberg, who concluded the nighttime by taking arsenic galore instrumentality selfies arsenic helium perchance could, commended their following, pointing retired 1 pistillate who’s “baby blockhead went to like, 26 shows.” 

“Our fans are gonna crook the metropolis upside down,” Wahlberg said. “They’re arsenic large arsenic ever. They’re arsenic amusive arsenic ever. They animate america much than ever. You guys get acceptable to person immoderate fun. You already cognize we’re going each out.”