NKOTB is able to carry the block social gathering to Sin Metropolis.
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the New Kids on the Block — with members Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight — introduced their first Las Vegas residency on the Dolby Reside at Park MGM. Named “The Right Stuff” after their 1988 hit tune, the exhibits will run in two classes from June 20-July 5 and Nov. 1-15, 2025.
“We cherish each alternative that we get to carry out for our followers, however a Las Vegas residency provides us a possibility to take our efficiency, and interplay with our followers, to the subsequent degree,” Wahlberg mentioned in a launch.
The group made the announcement throughout an out of doors fan occasion in Las Vegas as a lead as much as their efficiency on the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21. In true Vegas type, they launched the information with a show-worthy show — arriving on a double-decker bus and main a caravan of cell billboards down the Strip, which was illuminated with marquees celebrating the upcoming exhibits.
The brand new manufacturing will probably be tailor-made particularly for Las Vegas, and will probably be designed to “immerse attendees in a coronary heart pounding evening of hits, spectacle, celebration and showmanship,” in response to the discharge. The band additionally hints that further occasions will probably be scheduled in the course of the run, from afterparties to doable solo shows with some of the group members.
“We plan on maximizing the whole lot that the wonderful Dolby Reside at Park MGM has to supply, to create essentially the most unbelievable NKOTB live performance ever,” mentioned Wahlberg. “In addition to the whole lot that Las Vegas has to supply — to create a number of occasions to straight interact with our followers. Las Vegas won’t ever be the identical after the New Children and the Blockheads take over the city.”
Particular present dates for “The Proper Stuff” residency embrace:
June 2025: 20, 21, 25, 27, 28
July 2025: 2, 3, 5
November 2025: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PT at ticketmaster.com/NKOTBVEGAS, and for NKOTB fan membership pre-sale starting Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PT.
It was a busy summer season for the New Children. In Could, the band released Still Kids, the group’s first full studio album in 11 years. The 12-track assortment — a mixture of retro, synth-pop songs laced with ’80s nostalgia, fashionable beats and a blast of Okay-Pop vitality — included the dance-beat single “Kids” and ballad “A Love Like This.”
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In August, in addition they wrapped up their Magic Summer Tour 2024 — a nostalgic nod to their 1990 stadium tour — with Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
Regardless of the schedules and time away from family and associates, the members say they’re nonetheless excited and motivated to carry out collectively.
“Our our bodies get somewhat older yearly, however I feel so long as we maintain that spirit of being younger and open and enthusiastic about life, we will nonetheless really feel like children even after we’re 95 years outdated,” Jordan Knight advised PEOPLE in Could.