New Kids On The Block Reunion Will Look Like This 
 Monday, February 18th, 2008

1986 New Kids On The Block debut album cover

Apparently we underestimated the interest of fans in a New Kids On The Block reunion.  Since we published our last article about the semi-confirmed (yeah, yeah, that's an oxymoron) reunion of the band, more than 400 of you voted, and 96% said they are excited about the NKOTB reunion.  Then again, it could have just been a bunch of people searching for NKOTB news...but interest is interest, no?

In fact, including the gazillions of U.S. New Kids On The Block fan sites across the net (From NKOTB Fans that's been around since 1995, to newer reunion gossip blogs like NKOTBlog, whose latest post "Who Is The Biggest NKOTB Fan?" you need to see!), there seem to be quite a lot of die-hard fan sites internationally, from France, to Germany, to Korea, to sites with languages I can't even decipher.

Here's a little gift from ConnieTalk and Photoshop of what NKOTB would look like together today if they did indeed make good on the reunion talk:

BANG Showbiz reported this month that NKOTB is close to completing a new album after "a series of secret recording sessions" at an Orlando, Florida studio.

I admit I'm now somewhat looking forward to the first leaked song - although there may not be a leak, seeing as how any details of this reunion are under lock and key like a freaking fortress.  It also appears that they have pretty good PR people this time around.  What we really want to know in the meantime, though are two things:

1)  Will Maurice Starr be involved in this?  The last that was heard of Maurice Starr in the press, he was wandering around Daytona Beach, Florida, looking for "new talents" and hosting Hollywood Talent Night (which is now defunct).  In late summer of 2007, he gave an interview to Jarrell Mason of WUAG FM and said that he's working with Big Face, "a young white rapper," and The Heartbeat Boys (who he subsequently forgot the name of, and then said they can't beat him up for it because "they're like 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 [years old], so that can't beat me up too bad").

The New Kids did split with Starr, of course, back in the 90's, when they shortened their name to NKOTB...but a reunion sounds like something Starr would try to have his paws all over.

2)  Which member of NKOTB were you in love with?  Take the poll!  I confess I was in love with Jordan Knight and was obsessed with Gummi Bears after reading in Tiger Beat that they were his favorite snack...

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