Robin's NYC Adventure #2 To See NKOTB on Today Show About This Page:

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A Little Background:

I have loved New Kids on the Block since I was 15 years old. My first love my Joey McIntyre. I would gaze a photos of him on my wall and just droll. Sometime in 1990 I discovered Donnie Wahlberg. My love for Joey went out the window and an almost two decade obsession with Donnie begun. I moved to Boston in 1992 to attend college. In the first month my friend Marisa found out that our school was less then a mile from Joey McIntyre’s house. We would often take walks to his house, giggle alittle and turn around and go back to school. Yes it was silly but we were teenagers. Marisa loved Jordan, I was a Donnie girl and Sandy was in love with Joe. As time went on Marisa, Sandy and I went our separate ways never having realized the dream of meeting any of the members of New Kids on the Block (despite the fact that we lived in their hometown).


Me, Sandy and Marisa across from Joey McIntyre's House
Brookline, MA 1993

I married a man named John who was originally from the neighborhood of Dorchester in the city of Boston. Dorchester is the neighborhood that 4 of the five members of NKOTB grew up. John knew of the guys and actually went to the same school as Donnie and Danny as some point. So close yet, so far. When we would go back to John’s old neighborhood I would be on the look-out for anything NKOTB related. We moved to Michigan in 1995. It broke my heart to leave Boston.

New Kids on the Block broke up in the spring of 1994. Sadly I had no idea. My life with my husband had enveloped my life. With school and work there was not time for much else. I didn’t know they had broken up until 1995 and I felt terribly guilty. I had abandoned them.

Fast forward to January 2008, I was watching a morning news program called The Daily Buzz. They are based in Orlando and often have Disney related stuff on there. Also the anchors aren’t your normal stuffy reporters. I in the bathroom brushing my teeth when I hear the first few notes to Hangin’ Tough, I dropped my toothbrush and went into the living room. After the commercial a photo of Joey, Jon, Danny, Donnie and Jordan popped up on the screen and the anchor said, “According to People Magazine New Kids on the Block are going to reunite.” I shook my head in disbelief and thought to myself, “After 14 years? Noooo…can’t be.” I rewound my DVR. I had to sit down. This was big.

I joined a message board for New Kids fans a couple of days later. For months we all sat and waited to see what was going to happen. Would there be an album? A tour? How many dates? When? Were all 5 going to be involved? When would we hear word? Finally on March 31 it was confirmed, New Kids on the Block were reuniting with all 5 members and they would be on the Today Show to make an announcement on April 4!!

My friend Melissa begged me to go with her to New York City. I wanted to but I just couldn’t drop everything and go. I stayed behind and watched it on TV. There they were Danny, Donnie, Jordan, Joey and Jonathan dressed in suites looking as sexy as ever in 2008!! It was pouring rain. Joey commented, “We have the best fans they are standing out here in the pouring rain like it was a sunny day.” Joey had no idea how sunny that day actually was.

My mom called me that morning and laughed, “You never know who will come out from behind the curtain.” When I first heard about the possibility of a reunion I had told everyone that I would be at their first live performance no matter where it was. Donnie had announced that their first live performance together in 15 years would happen right there on the Today Show in May 16. I was on the computer that afternoon checking airfares.