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The NKOTBSB Tour is a co-headlining concert tour between New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys, who together formed NKOTBSB. The tour visited North America in 2011. Europe, Australia, and Asia were added to the itinerary for 2012. The tour ranked 44th in Pollstar's "Top 50 Worldwide Tour (Mid-Year)", earning over 10 million dollars. After 2011, the tour placed 8th on Billboard's annual "Top 25 Tours", earning over $76 million with 51 shows. This was the only co-headlining tour without Kevin Richardson. Kevin permanently rejoined the Backstreet Boys on April 29, 2012.

The London concert on April 29, 2012, at the O2 Arena was shown live at select movie theaters at 9 PM CET.

Background[]

"We were all on tour, not together at the same time, but we were pretty close on the road. NKOTB were wrapping up their summer run. We happened to be out and we ended up being on stage together. It was a magical moment [...] none of us will never forget. Right after we performed together everybody on Twitter and Facebook...it was everywhere that we were going on tour. So we started talking about it and we made it happen."
— Brian Littrell

During the summer of 2010, the Backstreet Boys joined New Kids on the Block on stage at the Radio City Music Hall (as a part of NKOTB New Kids on the Block: Live), where the groups performed "I Want It That Way". Since the performance, the media began to circulate rumors of the two uniting for a tour in the summer of 2011.

The tour was officially announced on On Air with Ryan Seacrest during an interview, where it was mentioned the groups recording a single to be later released. To promote the tour further, the groups conducted a live Q&A session on Ustream. The groups also performed at the 38th Annual American Music Awards to give the public a taste of what they would see on the tour. For an interview on Entertainment Tonight, Donnie Wahlberg held a picture of the proposed staging, which featured a standard concert stage with an extended Runway catwalk leading to a circular platform.

Opening acts[]

  • Jordin Sparks (North America, May 25, 2011, May 29, 2011 - June 18, 2011, June 21, 2011 - July 1, 2011)
  • Ashlyne Huff (United States, May 26, 2011 - June 3, 2011, June 12, 2011 - July 2, 2011)
  • Midnight Red (United States, July 3, 2011)
  • Matthew Morrison (North America, July 6, 2011 - August 7, 2011)
  • Neverest (Canada, June 7 - June 9, 2011, August 4, 2011, August 6, 2011; Germany, May 6, 2012)
  • A Friend in London (Europe, except Germany, April 24, 2012, May 2, 2012)
  • Johnny Ruffo (Melbourne, May 18 - May 19, 2012)

Setlist[]

NKOTBSB
  1. Medley: "Single" / "The One" (contains elements of "Viva la Vida")
New Kids on the Block
  • "Summertime"
    • Backstreet Boys
  • "The Call"
    • New Kids on the Block
  • "Dirty Dancing"
    • Backstreet Boys
  • "Get Down (You're the One For Me)"
    • New Kids on the Block
  • "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
    • Backstreet Boys
  • "Larger Than Life"
    • New Kids on the Block
    1. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
    2. "Valentine Girl"
    3. "If You Go Away"
    4. "Please Don't Go Girl"


    • Backstreet Boys
    1. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
    2. "10,000 Promises"
    3. "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
    4. "Inconsolable" (Not performed on Europe/Australia/Asia Leg)
    5. "Drowning"
    6. "Incomplete"


    • New Kids on the Block
    1. "Step By Step" (contains elements of "Push It")
    2. "Cover Girl"
    3. "My Favorite Girl"
    4. "Games"
    5. "Click Click Click" (Not performed on Europe/Australia/Asia Leg)
    6. "Tonight"


    • Backstreet Boys
    1. "Shape Of My Heart"
    2. "As Long As You Love Me"
    3. "All I Have to Give"
    4. "If You Stay" (contains excerpts of "Raspberry Beret") (North America Leg only)
    5. "We've Got It Goin' On" (Europe/Australia/Asia Leg only) (contains elements of "Can You Feel It")
    6. "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" (contains elements of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough")


    • New Kids on the Block
  • "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"
    • Backstreet Boys
  • "I Want It That Way"
    • NKOTBSB
  • "Don't Turn Out the Lights"
    • Backstreet Boys
  • "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (contains elements of "Back in Black")
    • New Kids on the Block
  • "Hangin’ Tough" (contains excerpts from "We Will Rock You")
    • NKOTBSB
  • Medley: "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" / "Hangin’ Tough" (Reprise)
    • Notes
      • During the performance at the Staples Center on July 1, 2011, the supergroup was joined onstage by a then-former member of the Backstreet Boys, Kevin Richardson. He performed "I Want It That Way" and "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)".
      • During the performance at the Amway Center, the supergroup was joined onstage by Boyz II Men to perform their hit, "End of the Road".

    Tour dates[]

    List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue
    Date City Country Venue
    North America
    May 25, 2011 Rosemont, Illinois United States Allstate Arena
    May 26, 2011 Grand Rapids, Michigan Van Andel Arena
    May 28, 2011 Buffalo, New York First Niagara Center
    May 29, 2011 Baltimore Royal Farms Arena
    May 30, 2011 Uncasville, Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
    June 2, 2011
    June 3, 2011 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
    June 4, 2011 Boston TD Garden
    June 5, 2011 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
    June 7, 2011 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
    June 8, 2011 Toronto Air Canada Centre
    June 9, 2011
    June 11, 2011 Boston United States Fenway Park
    June 12, 2011 East Rutherford, New Jersey Izod Center
    June 13, 2011
    June 15, 2011 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center
    June 16, 2011 Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills
    June 17, 2011 Chicago United Center
    June 18, 2011
    June 20, 2011 Memphis, Tennessee FedExForum
    June 21, 2011 Nashville, Tennessee Bridgestone Arena
    June 22, 2011 Atlanta Philips Arena
    June 24, 2011 Lafayette, Louisiana Cajundome
    June 25, 2011 Houston Toyota Center
    June 26, 2011 Dallas American Airlines Center
    June 28, 2011 San Antonio AT&T Center
    June 30, 2011 Phoenix, Arizona Talking Stick Resort Arena
    July 1, 2011 Los Angeles Staples Center
    July 2, 2011 San Jose, California SAP Center
    July 3, 2011 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
    July 6, 2011 Anaheim, California Honda Center
    July 8, 2011 Tacoma, Washington Tacoma Dome
    July 9, 2011 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
    July 10, 2011
    July 12, 2011 Edmonton Rexall Place
    July 13, 2011 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
    July 15, 2011 Minneapolis United States Target Center
    July 16, 2011 Kansas City, Missouri Sprint Center
    July 17, 2011 Tulsa, Oklahoma BOK Center
    July 19, 2011 St. Louis Busch Stadium
    July 20, 2011 Louisville, Kentucky KFC Yum! Center
    July 22, 2011 Orlando, Florida Amway Center
    July 23, 2011 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum
    July 24, 2011 Columbus, Ohio Value City Arena
    July 26, 2011 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
    July 27, 2011 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
    July 29, 2011 Atlantic City, New Jersey Boardwalk Hall
    July 30, 2011 Hershey, Pennsylvania Hersheypark Stadium
    July 31, 2011 Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
    August 4, 2011 Ottawa Canada Canadian Tire Centre
    August 5, 2011 Montreal Bell Centre
    August 6, 2011 Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum
    August 7, 2011 London, Ontario John Labatt Centre
    Europe
    April 20, 2012 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
    April 21, 2012 Dublin Ireland O2 Dublin
    April 23, 2012 Liverpool England Echo Arena Liverpool
    April 24, 2012 Manchester Manchester Arena
    April 26, 2012 Newcastle upon Tyne Metro Radio Arena
    April 27, 2012 Birmingham LG Arena
    April 28, 2012 London The O2 Arena
    April 29, 2012
    May 1, 2012 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam
    May 2, 2012 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
    May 3, 2012 Geneva Switzerland SEG Geneva Arena
    May 5, 2012 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
    May 6, 2012 Leipzig Arena Leipzig
    May 7, 2012 Berlin O2 World Berlin
    May 9, 2012 Hamburg O2 World Hamburg
    May 10, 2012 Oberhausen König Pilsener Arena
    May 12, 2012 Herning Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen
    May 13, 2012 Malmö Sweden Malmö Arena
    May 14, 2012 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
    Australia
    May 18, 2012 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena
    May 19, 2012
    May 21, 2012 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
    May 23, 2012 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
    May 26, 2012 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena
    May 29, 2012 Perth Burswood Dome
    Asia
    June 1, 2012 Jakarta Indonesia Mata Elang International Stadium
    June 3, 2012 Pasay Philippines Mall of Asia Arena


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