only in the UK could we get away with something like this. its one of the reasons why i *love* living here

Filmed on 15/01/2009 @ Liverpool Train Station in London.

i left my awesome custom made hoodie on the god damn 85 bus tonight. Now some chav is probably running around wearing it or gave it to their dog to shit on.

The front says NKOTB 2009. I was really surprised by the quality and the printing came out amazing! just like i designed to a T. if you ever need some custom tshirt printing done, i can totally recomend streetshirts.co.uk I even got free shipping that was next day delivery. woo.

Mike said if I (FirstBus, Sheffield Forums) cant find it then hell buy me a new one. He thinks ill get it back because of the uniqueness of it, but I dont think so.  Or if I do it will be torn to shreds I hope so. im a sad panda without it.

though in happy news, the guys are currently on stage at this VERY moment performing to thousands of ladies in manchester! woo!! Though in lesser news Sheffield has been reduced to half house seating stupid nottingham. grrr.

Finally some coverage in the UK press thats positive! Even if they spelt Donnies name wrong. Poor boy. Oh wells, it cant be perfect all the time.

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/entertainment/Interview-New-Kids-Block/article-609861-detail/article.html

Interview: New Kids On The Block

Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 03:30

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WHEN Take That chose to call it a day in 1996, pop fans and the media mourned the loss of one of the most famous boy bands to have graced Top Of The Pops.

It was a different story when in 1994 the boy band who started it all, New Kids On The Block – Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood – decided to do the same.

“We just sort of walked away,” says Joey.

“And at that point, we weren’t exactly going to hold a press conference because no-one really cared.”

The downfall of New Kids On The Block’s career wasn’t strongly documented at the time, but with hindsight makes quite the Hollywood blockbuster.

Five teenage friends from a rough area of Boston formed a pop group and soon became a global phenomenon. On the back of hit singles Hangin’ Tough, Step by Step and Right Stuff, they sold 70m albums. But it was more than that – huge sales of badges, lunch boxes, mugs, watches, annuals and T-shirts showed the lucrative possibilities of boy band branding.

However, as quickly as they’d established themselves as constant chart-toppers, the public lost interest and the industry that had pronounced them a pop success story no longer wanted anything to do with them.

Now looking for the Hollywood ending, the five have reformed and this time it seems the public definitely does care.

Donny Wahlberg (brother of Mark) has arguably gone on to enjoy the greatest success since leaving the music industry, as an actor. So it’s surprising that it was his idea for the group to reform.

He says: “I heard this particular song and it sounded right. I was near to Jordan in Boston while I was working on a film in Connecticut. I was going through a lot in my personal life and music just seemed like a good idea.

“The song sounded good for the group and the guys reacted in the same way. I said, ‘Okay then let’s record it’. One song led to another, which led to another, which led to an addiction.

“Once I started writing, spending time in the studio and getting back into the music business again, I couldn’t really turn it off, it had been fomenting for the last 15 years, it became a 20-hour-a-day obsession.”

The other four were just as enthusiastic, albeit with an air of caution.

Says Jonathan: “Back in the day it was directed by people who wanted to capitalise on us and they didn’t really take into account the longevity or integrity of the group.”

Jordan agrees: “Yeah we made that mistake, we were only youngsters and unfortunately we signed one piece of paper and, boom, we gave away the sign-off and our managers went a little crazy. It commercialised us a little too much, but what are you going to do? This time the buck stops with us.”

This time around, they have decided to try to do as much in-house as possible.

“Donny took on a manager’s role and that was easier as he’s in the group and always has our best interests in mind,” says Danny.

“Everyone brought their own life experiences from the past 15 years to it and it’s made it a lot easier.”

The fact they didn’t reform for 14 years is as much down to what was going on with their individual lives as a lack of good offers.

“At some point, nobody wanted to do it and sometimes individual members didn’t,” continues Donny.

“But of the possibilities I’ve heard of, I wouldn’t have participated anyway because I was doing my own stuff as most of the other members were doing, too. Plus they weren’t real opportunities, they were fake, there was nothing attractive about them – only money and money doesn’t drive me.”

As for what the other members did with the 14-year gap, Jordan, Joey and Danny decided to launch solo careers, all releasing material, but Jonathan decided to step out of the limelight altogether and concentrate on building a real estate business.

And he still doesn’t seem totally at ease with the showbiz lifestyle. While he’s friendly, his privacy is very important to him. It’s therefore unfortunate for him that, aside from talk of Donny’s divorce, it’s been his private life – in particular questions over his sexuality – which has been the focus of gossip websites for the past couple of months.

While other members would be able to brush it off, he admits it does affect him.

“I wasn’t anticipating that. Nowadays it’s crazy, I was watching YouTube the other night and there I was, having a conversation with this girl at The Today Show – I didn’t even realise she was filming, but it was all there on video tape and then up on a website.

“You never know who’s watching and that part of it bothers me because it’s like Big Brother’s watching over you.”

While Jordan empathises that celebrity gossip on websites is not something they had to deal with first time around, he admits it does have its bonuses.

“Back in the day, a magazine said I had a sex change. It was published just a couple of days before I went on the Arsenio Hall show and that was a huge chat show and because of the magazine feature they brought it up.

“If that came out on PerezHilton or another site, it would have been over in two minutes because more gossip would have replaced it.”

It’s not just the media coverage that has changed since the ‘Kids were last in the charts, they’ve also seen themselves change from teenagers with no commitments, to having to juggle families and careers. They’re not going to pretend they’re still 18.

Says Joey: “It’s not like we’re trying to re-create every move from the past, we’re taking everything that we’ve got now. We’ve lived and done a lot of great things and we’re pulling all of that experience into this now as grown men and concentrating on putting on a great show and album.”

All five are determined to put things right this time and are confident the comeback will be a success.

“Back in the day we did take a couple of hits,” says Joey.

“Critically we were the whipping boys, but that’s in the past.

“We didn’t always make the right decisions but that’s why this is cool because we get to have the last word a little bit.

“There’s going to be people out there who don’t like what we do, of course, but I don’t think there’ll be any resentment from us because the power’s with us. You can only feel resentment when you’ve handed over the power and let others decide.”

*** Were you a big New Kids fan? If so, we want to hear your stories. Email simon.wilson@nottinghameveningpost.co.uk

New Kids On The Block, Arena, Friday, January 23, 7.30pm. Tickets are £34.26 to £44.04, call 0871 2200 260 or 08444 124 624. New album The Block is out now.

Part 4 of Joey Joes interview with Dave Harris from Retro Re-Wind

Its a great series and theres more to come.

God joe looks hot. *drool*

well at least the cruise is. apparently the whole ship sold out in just over an hour. woo. im hoping nothing bad happens and everyone REMAINS CALM. I do not want any reports of New Kids overboard!!!

this the ship the ladies will be taking over:

Carnivals ship 'Imagination'

Jealous ladies. Thats all I gotta say. so damned jealous!!! Still cant believe we crashed the site and sold it out in hours times. Keep up the good work girls! haha.

i can now leave comments again for the guys. someone checked in on their blog and saw I needed a password reset. lol. only took like 3 months. slowpokes!!!

yayayaya!!

PS Dont forget to watch the guys tonight on BBC1 for the lotto draw! I got my lucky dip, did you?!

and no its name is not suri.

NKOTB are having a cruisey cruise! wooo!!

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20251844,00.html

New Kids Announce Plans to Perform – on a Cruise!

Originally posted Tuesday January 13, 2009 09:35 AM EST

Call them New Kids on the Boat. In this exclusive video for People.com, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and Jonathan and Jordan Knight announce their plans to hit the high seas for a concert cruise from May 15-18.

Traveling from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. to the Bahamas, NKOTB will entertain fans on board with special performances and meet and greets. Jokes McIntyre: “We’re not going to be drinking pina coladas, we’ll be serving them!”

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Jan. 14. For more information, check out nkotb.com.– Michelle Tan

Im not going. I cant afford it plus we’ll be in the states at that time anyways and Mike would kill me if I dragged him to this. hahah I wonder if theyre going to have hubby day care?!?!

yes yes yes it is!!! jordan updated his myspace status to say ‘ going to get some fish & chips!’ ahhhh ahhhh omigodomigodmigod!!! is -THIS- REALLY happening??? seriously just knowing JORDAN was in the same damn country as me again made me skip down the street to work. i dont even fancy Jordan (sorry!! youre hot but my heart always will belong to Joe!!!) hahaha im losing my mind, i think. lol.

and of course they come back with the most awesomest video blog to kick off the UK & European leg of things

Take that, Take That! muahahahaha!! Love Jons impression of Mark!!!

♥♥♥ i cant wait until they are here!!!! aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Nine Inch Nails – Gave Up (Live in HD) from WhoRu? on Vimeo.

apparently interscope couldnt be bothered with giving trent back his rights for his music and wouldnt let him release a tour dvd, so to get back at them he leaked over 405 gigs of HD footage from 3 of his concerts from last year (2008). Above is one of the first fan created items to become public and widely available.

ive watched it in HD (as linked above) and this is just too fucking cool. its gorgeous. so gorgeous. a must must must watch

i wish more large profiled artists would start telling their record companies to fuck off and let the artist be.

is this REALLY happening? i mean in 16 days time I will be oogling at a Mr Joseph Mulrey McIntyre and dying from being in their presence. Okay maybe not dying but giggling and just being retarded. I still cant believe Im sitting thrid row let alone comprehending the fact that i am actually meeting them!!!! omg!!

Im so excited im having dreams about them (one where I was ’stalking’  – for a lack of a better term – Donnie and Joe was around I didnt want anything to do with him!! OMG! Thats just awful.. EEK) and thinking about them more than I really should do.. but its not getting unhealthy yet. Unhealthy would have been 13 yr old Kerri not 31 almost 32 ( )  Kerri. Its very strange and surreal and Im excited as hell.

Manchester kicks the EU tour off in 6 days. Support has been confirmed – its a singer names Shontelle – so its just all waiting on confirmation of the B stage and then its just counting the DAYS (!!) down to seeing the guys in the flesh. As Penny Lane said in Almost Famous – ITS ALL HAPPENING!!! wooooooooooo.

Cant wait!!!

Also it appears the rumours about ’saving the date’ being for a cruise are getting closer and closer to being true. Apparently a tour group who handle a lot of cruises with stars have booked out one of Carnivals ships (cancelling somones wedding in the process ) for that weekend. Only time will tell to see what is actually happening… till then stay tuned.

Oh one more thing, Jon blogged and said they had a ‘2 in the morning’ video shoot yesterday and the guys were starting to head off to us in the UK. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Theyre also appearing on the national lottery draw on wednesday night at 10 on BBC1.. oooh cant wait!!! must set sky+ to record it!! I wonder what the video will be like? 5 different lovers quarrels? or what?! ahhhh soooooooo anxious!!!!$£”!£$