Move over One Direction, the real bad boys of boy bands are coming out of retirement.
New Kids On the Block, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men are all going on tour — together.
The nearly 30 show tour, dubbed “The Package Tour,” was announced Tuesday on “The View,” kicking off May 31 in Connecticut and continuing through July.
** Forehead slap **
Why didn’t I keep my 1990s posters?
A few newsy tidbits:
This is the first 98 Degrees trek in more than 12 years.
There will be a new NKOTB album, 10, which will be released April 2. The first single, “Remix (I Like The),” hits iTunes Jan. 28.
Advance tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. for American Express card members and then to the public through Ticketmaster on Friday, Feb. 2. Prices are 29.50-$93.
The Package Tour Dates
May 31 - Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
June 1 – Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
June 2 - Boston, MA TD Garden
June 4 - Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
June 6 - Montreal, QC Bell Centre
June 7 - Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
June 8 - Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
June 9 - Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
June 11 - Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
June 13 - East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
June 14 - Washington DC Verizon Center
June 15 – Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
June 18 - Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
June 19 – Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
June 20 - Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
June 21 - Orlando, FL Amway Center
June 22- Fort Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
June 25 - Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
June 27 - Houston, TX Toyota Center
June 28 - Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
June 29 - Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
June 30 - St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
July 5 - Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center Arena
July 6 - Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
July 7 - San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
July 9 - Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
July 12 - Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
July 13 - Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Now look at that… the tour ends on my birthday. All jokes aside, if they came to Omaha, I’d probably go.
Five years ago, I saw Boys II Men at a show in Council Bluffs. And… I wasn’t the only gal, dancing and singing along to every song.
I have no doubt that ”You Got It (The Right Stuff)” and “Step by Step” would release the same flutters I got as a tween listening to their music on my mom’s boombox.
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