Friday, March 20, 2009

New Kids on the Block regroups for another go-around

Make no mistake: The New Kids on the Block are still hangin' tough.

Their limbs, on the other hand, are taking things step by step.

"Oh, God, the body aches!" said New Kid Jonathan Knight, describing the main difference he's feeling on the band's current tour, versus the seminal boy band's late '80s-early '90s heyday.

The group is on a reunion tour, its first outing since 1994.

In the years since its breakup, various offers have been made to reunite Knight, his brother, Jordan, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and Joey McIntyre, multiplatinum-selling teen sensations whose likenesses graced everything from dolls to oversize buttons to pillowcases.

Opening for New Kids on the Block in Hershey is JabbaWockeeZ, a hip-hop dance troupe that's been gaining fame for its intricate, precise movements. Taking its name from the famous Lewis Carroll poem, "Jabberwocky," the group was conceived in 2003 by a group of friends in the California dance community.

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