Now here's something to make you feel old. Well, assuming you are old. It's eighteen years since New Kids On The Block topped the UK charts with 'You Got It (The Right Stuff)'. Yeah, 18 years. Like I say, you're all very old.
Anyway, what some think of as the first of the modern manufactured teen bands, are back in the news today because rumour is rife that NKOTB are about to announce a comeback. Yep, it's another pop reunion. People.com report that the band's official website has been refreshed, suggesting new activity, and they seem sure a reunion tour will be confirmed next month.
The group's members - Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood and Jordan and Jonathan Knight - who quit the boy band in 1994, have had mixed success in their post-NKTOB careers. McIntrye and Jordan Knight have enjoyed some success in the US with solo releases, while Wahlberg followed his brother Marky Mark into acting (albeit with less top of the bill roles). Wood appeared on MTV's 'Totally Boyband' show and was a member of the short lived group created by that programme, Upper Street.
The New Kids themselves were also the subject of a reality TV show - VH1's 'Band Reunited' tried to persuade the boy band to reform for a one off show in 2004, though somewhat unsuccessfully it should be added - all but the Knights refused to take part. It is unclear why the five members many now be considering a reformation - though the huge commercial success of the Take That reunion over here may have played a factor, Take That originally being created very much in the NKOTB mode.