The New Kids on the Block were on the Today show this morning, performing in NYC in the rain. I vaguely recall wanting to take off to see them, but I forgot. I know you guys are SO interested in this, so here’s NKOTB singing their new song, Summertime.

Observations:

1. What is up with the matching outfits? They didn’t even do that back in the day.
2. Donnie completely fell back into his character. The baseball cap, the untucked shirt, the flirtatious pulling up of the shirt…very cute.
3. Poor Jon still can’t dance. But at least he didn’t have a panic attack and die. I wonder what meds they have him on.
4. I cracked up at the hootchie-soccer-mama backup dancers. I don’t think a-one of them is a day under 30.
5. I had some of the merchandise the women in the audience were sporting.
6. This is the best song they did, I suppose because it was written for their voices now. They don’t sound as good when they sing their older stuff.

Now, tickets go on sale tomorrow for their concert in Atlantic City. Tickets are $85/$125. Shit. This is not the time for me to be dropping $125 on a boy-band (man-band?) ticket. And I’ve sworn off the credit cards until they’re all paid. Maybe if my stimulus check was already here.

So as the New Kids realized they can’t do all the old dance moves like they used to and wisely re-choreographed some songs, I have to realize that I’m an adult now in a crappy economy and an uncertain time and I’m going to have to wisely let the party go on without me.

edited at 9:51 on Saturday 5/17 (Jordan’s birthday. Shut up.) to add Tickets are sold out.

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