New Kids on the Block Review: Critics Summary

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Here’s what Boston-area critics have to say about both New Kids on the Block Boston Reunion Shows:

Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald:

• “Don’t call it a comeback. This was a resurrection of biblical proportions.”
• “Boston’s fab five had the bravado to begin their show with a Hollywood-style preview. It was like Jerry Bruckheimer presents NKOTB: ‘15 years ago they walked away,’ flashed across the screen. ‘Tonight the Block is back. Are you ready?’”
• “With lights flashing, and camera phones clicking, the New Kids rose up to shrieks of pleasure and launched into their new single, “Single.” And for two hours the insanity didn’t stop.”

http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/2008_09_27_New_Kids_create_frenzy_in_Boston/

Victoria Welch, Bostonist.com:

• “Rising to the stage in front of a glowing NKOTB emblem, the band dove into their newest radio release, the aptly titled "Single," with the dapper McIntyre modifying lyrics to tell thousands of willing ladies that ‘for the next couple of hours, baby, I'm gonna be your boyfriend.’”
• “The Kids still have it, even if the hard work is more apparent than it was in 1990. There were more slides than kicks on Sunday night, but the Knights, Wahlberg, Wood and McIntyre wisely acknowledged the age factor.”
• “Jumping up and down in their customized Celtics jerseys at what was the end of both the song and the night, the men didn't look like the husbands and fathers the New Kids on the Block have become. Instead they were the cute, goofy boys that Boston girls fell for in the bubblegum days of old.”

http://bostonist.com/2008/09/30/live_review_squealfest_2008_-_new_kids_on_the_block_at_td_banknorth_garden.php

Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe:

• “The New Kids on the Block may be old enough to have fathered the Jonas Brothers, but members of the recently-reunited Boston boy band, who played to a sold-out crowd of 13,360 at the TD Banknorth Garden last night, proved that they can sing in harmony and kick their legs from side-to-side with as much energy and charm as they did 15 years ago.”
• “As it turns out, the Kids are surprisingly polished. At 38, Jordan Knight still has a crisp falsetto, and Joey Mac's voice is sexier 20 years past puberty.”
• “NKOTB performed like a group that re-entered the scene for more than just padding for retirement. The men giggled and grinned. They did the Roger Rabbit. They showered the crowd with countless "thank yous.”

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/09/27/still_kids_just_more_polished/