New Jordan Interview

And it is almost new questions.....

The New Kids are back on the block (and at Sommet)
From Metromix columnist Heather Byrd: • March 6, 2009

If you were a teenage girl in the late ’80s, chances are good that you worshipped the ground that Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Jonathan Knight and Danny Wood walked on. (Especially Donnie — he was the bad boy!)
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Now, like a vision from one of our very sweetest dreams, they’re back. All five original members of New Kids On The Block have reunited for an American tour, and they’re coming to Music City. But why, after all this time, did the guys finally decide to regroup?

“It was kind of always left open as something that we would probably do, but it was just a matter of us getting around to it and waiting for the right timing,” says Jordan.

And there were definitely growing pains once they were all back in the same place. “It was surreal at first, definitely surreal,” Jordan recalls, “but after a few days we kinda just fell into the same group that we had before.

“I didn’t know, going into the studio, if anyone’s tastes had changed or if they wanted to go on some weird tangent musically,” he adds. “I didn’t know, if I went into the studio with Joe, if he wanted to do Indian meditation music, or if Donnie wanted to do, you know, hardcore rap or something like that. But we got in there and everyone was right on the same page, so it was just like old times.”

And while the Kids are aware that the bulk of their mainly female fan base has grown up just a bit since the band’s heyday, Jordan says the ladies are still just as frenzied as they ever were.

“The fans are just as wild,” he says, laughing. “I think we made an impression on our fans when they were really young, and when we do a show those feelings come out, even when you’re older. It’s like hearing a song. We all do it — I know I do it when I hear old songs — it brings me right back to that moment and I get the same feelings.

“Our show is like an escape from reality. It’s an escape from the mundane, day-to-day life that we all live, so you come and you have a free pass to go wild or dance or cry or laugh and sing. We give that to the audience, and hopefully the audience really catches on and it’s a great time.”

New Kids On The Block perform at Sommet Center on March 16,