Rolling Stone Review: Don't Turn Out the Lights by NKOTBSB

By Jon Dolan

To boy-band fans, New Kids on the Block getting together with the Backstreet Boys is like Moses teaming up with Jesus. And the gut-sucking supergroup's debut track is blue-eyed dance-pop whoosh. Every Boy and Kid gets a piece of the vocals, and we get a piece of the dream.

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Happy 18th Anniversary, Backstreet Boys!

It's Been Eighteen Years!

Info on Howie D's solo record

According to BSB Official Fan Club in Japan (c/o BSBOFC), the release of Howie D's solo record will be postponed from summer to fall.

Pre-order the iTunes Deluxe Edition with iTunes

iTunes Deluxe Edition includes 10 music videos and iTunes LP

The NKTOBSB iTunes LP includes three short videos with special behind-the-scenes footage, pulled from the recording sessions for the new single and rehearsals for their collaborative tour.  Also featured are brand-new photos, and a personal note from each member of the band  The songs include the top-five fan selected songs from each band, two brand-new songs, “Don’t Turn Out The Lights (D.T.O.T.L.)” and “All In My Head,” and a mash-up of hits from both groups.   

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Pre-Order the new NKOTBSB Fan Edition

Pre-order your copy of the album now!

For only ₱528.83PHP ($11.98), any die-hard Backstreet Boys (or New Kids On The Block) fans can buy Pre-Order. Shipping will be on or before May 24, 2011

 

This offer includes:

• 10 Fan-Voted Favorites + Brand New NKOTBSB Recordings
• The new single "Don't Turn Out The Lights" and the new NKOTBSB mash up
• 16-page booklet with all new photography and personal messages from the members of  NKOTBSB
• An NKOTBSB tour poster

Tracklisting:
1. Step By Step - New Kids On The Block
2. I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
3. You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids On The Block
4. Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Backstreet Boys
5. Please Don't Go Girl - New Kids On The Block
6. As Long As You Love Me - Backstreet Boys
7. Hangin' Tough - New Kids On The Block
8. Larger Than Life - Backstreet Boys
9. I'll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids On The Block
10. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys

11. All In My Head - NKOTBSB
12. Don't Turn Out The Lights (D.T.O.T.L.) - NKOTBSB
13. NKOTBSB Mash Up

This offer is exclusively by  NKOTBSB. For more information and to pre-order your copy now, click HERE

Fans go hysterical over Backstreet Boys

by Le Quynh Anh

The crowd exploded in screams and applause when the four Backstreet Boys leapt onto the stage. The whole stadium jumped to their feet and began dancing wildly to the hit "Everybody". 

No sooner had I thought my obsession was cured, when memories of the Backstreet Boys' concert in Ha Noi two weeks ago come rushing back. The show was quite a spectacle. My friends and I had one and half hours of non-stop dancing and singing... well, screaming, while our childhood idols belted out hit after hit, accompanied by impressive choreography that unleashed a flood of excitement and anxiety. 

I have to admit, it was not the rare opportunity to attend "a world-class performance by the best-selling boyband of all time", as a pompous advertisement read, that drove me to buy a front-row ticket. It was, in fact, driven by pure nostalgia.

In 1998, as a little girl with limited English, I hummed along to the Backstreet Boys infamous As Long as You Love Me, a song I learned from a borrowed VHS video tape. Thirteen years later, as a grown woman who works for the national English language daily, I could actually afford to see them live. 

NKOTBSB, ‘Don’t Turn Out the Lights’ – Song Spotlight

NKOTBSB, aka the supergroup that fuses two of the most almighty boy bands to ever strike the music scene — the Backstreet Boys and News Kids on the Block — have released their debut single, ‘Don’t Turn Out the Lights.’

The upbeat pop song will be featured on NKOTBSB’s forthcoming, self-titled album, and has a classic boy band vibe, with a harmonious chorus and toe-tapping melody.

The song kicks off with a pulsing synth and 808 as the members of the collaborative vocal group take turns singing the catchy verses. The song’s lyrics are about a relationship that is fizzling out, with the nine members singing about their hopes of making it work out in the long run.

Jordin Sparks opening for NKOTB & BSB Tour

American Idol alum, Jordin Sparks, will be opening for the New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys tour! The singer headed up Britney Spears' Circus tour in 2009, so she is very familiar with how big tours work!

The announcement came as a bit of a surprise to many NKOTBSB fans, who seem to be adjusting to having a female pop singer open for their fave guys just fine. She is a pop singer, and it's just the opening act, so it's really no big deal, right? Many NKOTBSB fans are excited to have a female opener - to change things up a bit. One of the last NKOTB tours, Lady Gaga opened for them (before she was huge) ... what a real treat!

Jordin Sparks just released the music video to her new song, The World I Know, so NKOTBSB concert goers can expect to hear her sing that this summer.

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Just One Kiss - Released in iTunes

Nick Carter's single from his 2nd solo record, Just One Kiss, is now available on iTunes. This is one of his newest songs from his latest album I'm Taking Off. To get a copy, simply click HERE. Get it now!

Joey McIntyre and A.J. McLean Talk NKOTBSB Tour

New Kids on the Block's Joey McIntyre and the Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean stopped by Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show today (April 5) to debut their new single and talk about the upcoming NKOTBSB record and tour.

The radio debut of NKOTBSB's 'Don't Turn Out the Lights' was subdued a bit by a leak of the song last week which hit most mainstream media outlets. But that didn't stop McLean and McIntyre from dishing some details about the supergroup's upcoming blockbuster summer tour.

The most important tidbit of information they revealed is that 'American Idol' alum Jordin Sparks will join them on tour as their opening act, but things got really interesting when they started to discuss the relationship between the two legendary boy bands. And it's not as smooth as you may think.