Get ready for a blast from the past! New Kids on the Block are ready to give 2019 a heavy dose of the 80s with their North American Mixtape Tour, they announced today.
The massive tour will visit over 50 cities across the U.S. and Canada next summer and features a stellar supporting lineup of Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty By Nature joining the boy band. All five acts teamed up for the aptly named surprise track “80s Baby,” which also dropped today in conjunction with the tour announcement.
This isn’t the first time New Kids on the Block have recruited other dominant acts of the 80s and 90s to join them on tour. In 2011, they joined forces with the Backstreet Boys for the wildly successful co-headlining NKOTBSB Tour and followed it up with 2013’s North American tour with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men. Most recently, they hit the road in 2016 with Boyz II Men again and Paula Abdul, marking her first tour in 20 years.
Catch the generation-defining artists on the throwback-filled tour, which launches May 2 in Cincinnati. It will extend through mid-July and visit major markets like Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Orlando, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis and NKTOB’s hometown of Boston. A June 19 gig in Toronto marks the lone Canadian show of the tour.
Along with the Mixtape Tour, New Kids on the Block will also gift fans with new music in 2019. In a recent sold-out show at New York’s famed Apollo Theater, group members Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McEntyre, Jonathan Knight and Danny Wood celebrated the 30th anniversary of their breakthrough album Hangin’ Tough by revealing that a special anniversary issue of the LP would be released in 2019 with new music. The record made the boy band a household name thanks to the success of singles “Cover Girl,” “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” and “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever).”
That’s right, Blockheads! We’re coming to a city near you in 2019 on the #MixtapeTour! We’ll be joined by very special guests @TheSaltNPepa, @naughtybynature, @tiffanytunes, and @debbiegibson. Tickets on sale this Friday at 10am EST with fan presale starting tomorrow 10am EST. pic.twitter.com/p04oh1v65d
— New Kids on the Block (@NKOTB) October 8, 2018
See the full list of tour dates below and find New Kids on the Block tickets here.
New Kids on the Block – Mixtape Tour Dates
May 2 – Cincinnati, OH – U.S. Bank Arena
May 4 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
May 5 – Indianapolis, IN – Bankers Life Fieldhouse
May 7 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
May 8 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
May 9 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
May 10 – Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum
May 11 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
May 13 – Corpus Christi, TX – American Bank Center
May 15 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
May 16 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
May 17 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
May 18 – Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Energy Arena
May 21 – El Paso, TX – Don Haskins Center
May 22 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena
May 23 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
May 24 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
May 25 – Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay Events Center
May 26 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
May 28 – Bakersfield, CA – Rabobank Arena
May 29 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center
May 30 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
June 1 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
June 2 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
June 4 – Boise, ID – Taco Bell Arena
June 6 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena
June 7 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
June 8 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
June 9 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
June 11 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
June 12 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
June 13 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
June 14 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
June 18 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
June 19 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
June 21 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center
June 22 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
June 23 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
June 25 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
June 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
June 28 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
June 30 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 2 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
July 3 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
July 5 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
July 6 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
July 7 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
July 9 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
July 10 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
July 11 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
July 12 – Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
July 13 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
July 14 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Event Center