This beautifully designed volume traces 40 years of the groundbreaking boy band through photos, interviews, and all the fascinating facts
New Kids on the Block is being profiled in the New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary Celebration, available on May 21st via Epic Ink. Music journalist and proud Blockhead Selena Fragassi explores the band’s origins – from their inception by manager Maurice Starr and early influences – to their pinnacle of success in the 1980s and 90s, their ongoing achievements, and the enduring legacy they’ve imprinted on the boy band landscape.
A must-have for every New Kids fan, this beautifully designed volume traces 40 years of the groundbreaking boy band through photos, interviews, and all the fascinating facts.
With engaging interviews, captivating photos, and sidebars brimming with entertaining facts and trivia, each turn of the page unveils a new facet of NKOTB’s enduring popularity. The book also explores the creation of the band’s biggest hits, such as “Please Don’t Go Girl” and “You Got It (The Right Stuff);” the fan culture that built up around the band, from the small gigs and mall tours of their earliest years to their inaugural fan convention in 2023; NKOTB’s influences, from R&B to pop, and their place in a boy-band history that begins with the Jackson 5 and continues in the modern day with bands like One Direction and BTS; and more.
Jonathan Knight, Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood sprang to the top of the charts (and into the hearts of millions of global fans) in the 1980s. Though each of the “kids” and the band itself has faced their ups and downs in the four decades since they came together, they continue to release new music and maintain a loyal fanbase lovingly known as “Blockheads.”
The multi-platinum pop icons will release Still Kids on May 17th via a new deal with BMG. The project marks the first full-length studio album from the New Kids in 11 years.
New Kids On The Block will celebrate the new album and classic hits with Blockheads across the country on their upcoming Magic Summer 2024 Tour, kicking off on June 14, with special guests Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Reimagining the smash 1990 tour of the same name, NKOTB is so excited to bring back the magic and relive it with their fans.
