This Friday, November 3, the quintessential ‘90s boyband New Kids On The Block are releasing The Block Revisited, a revamped version of 2008’s The Block. This was the band’s first album following their reunion and their first new music since 1994’s Face the Music. And if you thought this was going to be the biggest NKOTB news this week, you were wrong.
The biggest news? The band has announced The Magic Summer 2024 Tour, set for June through August of next year. The tour was announced via a promotional video featuring the band, Andrea Barber of Full House fame and the band’s infamous fashion dolls.
The tour is a nod to the band’s original 1990 Magic Summer Tour. The tour was sponsored in part by Coca-Cola and the “magic” in the name tied in with the soda brand’s “Magic Summer ‘90” promotion which featured the creative but ill-fated “magican.” NKOTB’s magic summer was far more successful, running for 22 months (it was renamed the No More Games Tour after the initial summer leg ended) and being named one of the top 10 tours in both 1990 and 1991.
The magic wasn’t just in the name, or in a can, though. Working with celebrated magician Harry Blackstone Jr. the tour’s stage show featured multiple magic effects including levitation, incredible disappearances and reappearances and an explosive ending. The band even won a Magic award for “Best Contemporary Use of Magic in Another Medium” for exposing new fans to stage magic.
There’s no word yet on whether or not we’ll be seeing stage magic with the tour’s return, but there will definitely be magic on stage. Especially with the featured acts being fellow '90s icons Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
General onsale begins Friday, November 3 at 10 AM local time. Presales will be available starting on Wednesday, November 1 for Fanclub members and CITI card holders.
MAGIC SUMMER 2024 TOUR DATES
06/14 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
06/15 - Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
06/18 - Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
06/19 - Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake
06/21 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
06/22 - Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis
06/23 - Prior Lake, MN @ Mystic Amphitheater
06/25 - Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
06/26 - Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
06/28 - Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
06/29 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
07/1 - Highland, CA @ Yaamava' Theater
07/2 - Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre
07/3 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
07/5 - Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
07/6 - Palm Desert, CA @ Acrisure Arena
07/7 - Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
07/9 - Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
07/10 - Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
07/12 - Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater
07/13 - The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented by Huntsman
07/14 - Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
07/16 - Franklin, TN @ FirstBank Amphitheater
07/17 - Franklin, TN @ FirstBank Amphitheater
07/19 - Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
07/20 - West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
07/21 - Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place
07/25 - Charleston, SC @ Credit One Stadium
07/26 - Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
07/27 - Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
07/28 - Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park
08/1 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
08/2 - Hartford, CT @ XFINITY Theatre
08/3 - Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
08/4 - Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
08/8 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
08/9 - Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion
08/10 - Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
08/11 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC
08/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann
08/16 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
08/17 - Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
08/22 - Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater
08/23 - Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
08/24 - Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater
08/25 - Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
