New Kids on the Block Magic Summer Tour

Fans with New Kids on the Block tickets remember NKOTB’s Summer Magic Tour as a summertime & year-long success in 1990!

New Kids on the Block Tour: Album
New Kids on the Block released their third pop album Step By Step to eager teen and NKOTB fans on June 5, 1990. The album was a hit at home, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and abroad where it hit No. 1 on the UK Albums chart. Step by Step’s first single was the title track, which was released in June 1990. The “Step by Step” single spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over 6 million copies worldwide.

New Kids on the Block had several hits from Step by Step including “Tonight” and “Call it What You Want.” New Kids on the Block mania was in full swing as New Kids on the Block fans raced to buy all things New Kids on the Block such as tickets, pillowcases, comic books and action figures! New Kids on the Block tickets were a hot commodity as diehard fans snatched up New Kids on the Block tickets for the group’s upcoming Magic Summer Tour, which was sponsored by Coca-Cola.

New Kids on the Block Tour: Magic
New Kids on the Block kicked off its Magic Summer tour shortly after Step by Step was released in June 1990 to thousands of screaming fans with New Kids on the Block tickets in hand. The Magic Summer Tour took New Kids on the Block to over 100 cities in America before leaving for another 100 cities around the world. Fans clad in all their New Kids on the Block gear, purchased New Kids on the Block tickets for Magic Summer to watch their favorite New Kids Danny Wood, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Jordan Knight and Jonathan Knight.

New Kids on the Block sold out tour dates in New York and Los Angeles and cities in between. On December 7, 1990, the New Kids on the Block performed a pay-per-view special for all NKOTB fans that were unable to buy New Kids on the Block tickets for the Magic Summer Tour. The pay-per-view special New Kids on the Block: No More Games Live! was filmed in Rhode Island in front of excited fans with New Kids on the Block tickets. The event was one of the highest rated cable specials in 1990!

New Kids on the Block’s Magic Summer Tour wrapped up in early 1991. The tour proved highly successful for the members of New Kids on the Block, grossing over $800 million in New Kids on the Block tickets and tour merchandise such as T-shirts, buttons, posters and CDs. An estimated 2 million fans with New Kids on the Block tickets saw the group perform live on the Magic Summer Tour.

New Kids on the Block Tour: Songs
The Magic Summer Tour was New Kids on the Block’s biggest tour yet in 1991. With two hit albums to NKOTB’s name, fans with New Kids on the Block tickets to the Magic Summer Tour heard songs from Hangin’ Tough, Step by Step and New Kids on the Block’s holiday album Merry, Merry Christmas, and other hits. Listed below are some of the New Kids on the Block songs those lucky fans with New Kids on the Block tickets to the Magic Summer Tour heard during the group’s year-long trek across the U.S. and beyond.

• “Step by Step” from the Step by Step album.
• “Hangin’ Tough” from the Hangin’ Tough album.
• “This One’s for the Children” from the Merry, Merry Christmas album.
• “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” from the Hangin’ Tough album.
• “My Favorite Girl” from the Hangin’ Tough album.
• “Cover Girl” from the Hangin’ Tough album.
• “Baby, I Believe in You” from the Step by Step album.
• “Stay with Me Baby” from the Step by Step album.
• “Please Don’t Go, Girl” from the Hangin’ Tough album.
• “Tonight” from the Step by Step album.