NKOTBSB Tour

This article is about the tour. For other uses, see NKOTBSB (disambiguation).

The NKOTBSB Tour was a co-headlining concert tour between American boy bands New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys, who together formed NKOTBSB. The tour visited North America in 2011. Europe,^[1] 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.^[2] At the conclusion of 2011, the tour placed 8th on Billboard's annual "Top 25 Tours", earning over $76 million with 51 shows.^[3]

NKOTBSB Tour

Tour by NKOTBSB
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	NKOTBSB
Start date	May 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)
End date	June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)
Legs	2
No. of shows	80
Website	www.nkotbsb.com
New Kids on the Block tour chronology New Kids on the Block Live (2008–2010) NKOTBSB Tour (2011–2012) The Package Tour (2013) Backstreet Boys tour chronology This Is Us Tour (2009–2011) NKOTBSB Tour (2011–2012) In a World Like This Tour (2013–2015)

The London concert on April 29, 2012 in O2 Arena was shown live at select movie theaters at 9PM CET^[4] and streamed live with pay per view system.^[5]

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 ever 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.^[6]

— Brian Littrell, Entertainment Tonight

During the summer of 2010, the Backstreet Boys joined New Kids on the Block onstage at the Radio City Music Hall (as a part of NKOTB Casi-NO Tour), where the groups performed "I Want It That Way".^[7] Since the performance, the media began to circulate rumors of the two uniting for a tour in the summer of 2011.^[8]

The tour was officially announced on On Air with Ryan Seacrest during an interview, where it was mentioned the groups were recording a single to be later released.^[7] To promote the tour further, the groups conducted a live Q&A session on Ustream.^[9] 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.^[10] For an interview on Entertainment Tonight, Donnie Wahlberg held a picture of the proposed staging, which featured a standard concert stage with an extended 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)^[11]
• Ashlyne Huff (United States, May 26, 2011 - June 3, 2011, June 12, 2011 - July 2, 2011)^[12]
• Midnight Red (United States, July 3, 2011)^[13]
• Matthew Morrison (North America, July 6, 2011 - August 7, 2011)^[14]
• Neverest (Canada, June 7 - June 9, 2011, August 4, 2011, August 6, 2011; Germany, May 6, 2012)^[15][16]
• A Friend in London (Europe, except Germany, April 24, 2012, May 2, 2012)^[17]
• Johnny Ruffo (Melbourne, May 18 - May 19, 2012)^[18]

Setlist

NKOTBSB

1. Medley: "Single" / "The One" (contains elements of "Viva la Vida")

New Kids on the Block

2. "Summertime"

Backstreet Boys

3. "The Call"

New Kids on the Block

4. "Dirty Dancing"

Backstreet Boys

5. "Bye Bye Love" (Replaced by Get Down (You're the One for Me)" in the Europe/Australia/Asia Leg)

New Kids on the Block

6. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"

Backstreet Boys

7. "Larger Than Life"

New Kids on the Block

8. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
9. "Valentine Girl"
10. "If You Go Away"
11. "Please Don't Go Girl"

Backstreet Boys

12. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
13. "10,000 Promises"
14. "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
15. "Inconsolable" (North America Leg only)
16. "Drowning"
17. "Incomplete"

New Kids on the Block

18. "Step By Step" (contains elements of "Push It")
19. "Cover Girl"
20. "My Favorite Girl"(contains elements of "Poison")
21. "Games"
22. "Click Click Click" (North America Leg only)
23. "Tonight"

Backstreet Boys

24. "Shape of My Heart"
25. "As Long As You Love Me"
26. "All I Have to Give"
27. "If You Stay" (contains excerpts of "Raspberry Beret") (North America Leg only)
28. "We've Got It Goin' On" (Europe/Australia/Asia Leg only) (contains elements of "Can You Feel It")
29. "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" (contains elements of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough")

New Kids on the Block

30. "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"

Backstreet Boys

31. "I Want It That Way"

NKOTBSB

32. "Don't Turn Out the Lights"

Backstreet Boys

33. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (contains elements of "Back in Black")

New Kids on the Block

34. "Hangin’ Tough" (contains excerpts from "We Will Rock You")

NKOTBSB

35. Medley: "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" / "Hangin’ Tough" (Reprise)

Source:^[19][20][21]

Notes

• During the performance at the Staples Center, the supergroup was joined onstage by then-former member of the Backstreet Boys, Kevin Richardson. He performed "I Want It That Way" and "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)".^[22]
• During the performance at the Amway Center, the supergroup was joined onstage by Boyz II Men to perform their hit, "End of the Road".^[23]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
North America[12][24][25][26][27][28]
May 25, 2011	Rosemont	United States	Allstate Arena	Jordin Sparks	9,586 / 12,425	$485,145
May 26, 2011	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	Ashlyne Huff	5,925 / 9,255	$384,009
May 28, 2011	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		12,597 / 13,495	$608,165
May 29, 2011	Baltimore		Royal Farms Arena	Jordin Sparks Ashlyne Huff	7,445 / 12,547	$315,549
May 30, 2011	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena		6,830 / 7,212	$616,290
June 2, 2011
June 3, 2011	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center		13,799 / 13,799	$1,054,068
June 4, 2011	Boston		TD Garden	Jordin Sparks	13,224 / 13,224	$976,833
June 5, 2011	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		15,355 / 15,355	$1,126,713
June 7, 2011	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	Jordin Sparks Neverest	13,930 / 13,930	$1,079,770
June 8, 2011	Toronto		Air Canada Centre		30,562 / 30,562	$2,268,740
June 9, 2011
June 11, 2011	Boston	United States	Fenway Park	Jordin Sparks	33,588 / 33,588	$2,441,325
June 12, 2011	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium	Jordin Sparks Ashlyne Huff	161,810 / 161,810	$16,558,705
June 13, 2011
June 15, 2011	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field		55,823 / 55,823	$5,050,678
June 16, 2011	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		13,726 / 13,726	$889,033
June 17, 2011	Chicago		United Center		135,872 / 135,872	$13,860,350
June 18, 2011
June 20, 2011	Memphis		FedExForum	Ashlyne Huff	—	—
June 21, 2011	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	Jordin Sparks Ashlyne Huff	10,580 / 13,793	$777,680
June 22, 2011	Atlanta		Philips Arena		12,495 / 12,495	$902,678
June 24, 2011	Lafayette		Cajundome		8,640 / 9,513	$490,993
June 25, 2011	Houston		Toyota Center		12,742 / 12,742	$908,642
June 26, 2011	Dallas		American Airlines Center		12,524 / 15,006	$850,734
June 28, 2011	San Antonio		AT&T Center		8,348 / 13,045	$528,336
June 30, 2011	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena		9,803 / 12,326	$455,413
July 1, 2011	Los Angeles		Staples Center		14,404 / 14,404	$1,078,013
July 2, 2011	San Jose		HP Pavilion	Ashlyne Huff	12,051 / 12,051	$862,140
July 3, 2011	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center	Midnight Red	7,419 / 8,800	$615,280
July 6, 2011	Anaheim		Honda Center	Matthew Morrison	10,169 / 11,347	$614,845
July 8, 2011	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome		10,813 / 11,035	$634,435
July 9, 2011	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena		19,796 / 19,796	$1,306,300
July 10, 2011
July 12, 2011	Edmonton		Rexall Place		9,628 / 13,707	$701,153
July 13, 2011[A]	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome		8,810 / 12,395	$851,810
July 15, 2011	Minneapolis	United States	Target Center		12,762 / 12,762	$939,651
July 16, 2011	Kansas City		Sprint Center		11,294 / 11,294	$725,174
July 17, 2011	Tulsa		BOK Center		7,552 / 7,552	$521,215
July 19, 2011	St. Louis		Busch Stadium		48,428 / 48,428	$4,711,277
July 20, 2011	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		12,894 / 17,504	$761,063
July 22, 2011	Orlando		Amway Center		12,019 / 14,449	$834,170
July 23, 2011	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum		11,755 / 14,867	$722,088
July 24, 2011	Columbus		Value City Arena		11,136 / 14,617	$738,246
July 26, 2011	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse		10,506 / 12,425	$686,739
July 27, 2011	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena		11,714 / 18,636	$795,135
July 29, 2011	Atlantic City		Boardwalk Hall		10,847 / 10,847	$744,425
July 30, 2011	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium		15,138 / 16,252	$687,894
July 31, 2011	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum		12,917 / 12,917	$940,230
August 4, 2011	Ottawa	Canada	Scotiabank Place	Matthew Morrison Neverest	10,850 / 10,850	$803,718
August 5, 2011	Montreal		Bell Centre	Matthew Morrison	8,273 / 8,525	$670,340
August 6, 2011	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum	Matthew Morrison Neverest	10,574 / 12,478	$630,943
August 7, 2011	London		John Labatt Centre	Matthew Morrison	7,756 / 8,162	$523,524
Europe[29][30][31][32]
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	A Friend in London	7,121 / 8,246	$516,332
April 26, 2012	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena	—	—	—
April 27, 2012	Birmingham		LG Arena
April 28, 2012	London		The O2 Arena		24,694 / 29,914	$1,746,440
April 29, 2012
May 1, 2012	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Sportpaleis van Ahoy		—	—
May 2, 2012	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	A Friend in London	9,078 / 12,690	$534,164
May 3, 2012	Geneva	Switzerland	SEG Geneva Arena	—	—	—
May 5, 2012	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
May 6, 2012	Leipzig		Arena Leipzig	Neverest
May 7, 2012	Berlin		O2 World Berlin	—	13,492 / 13,492	$645,649
May 9, 2012	Hamburg		O2 World Hamburg		4,409 / 4,409	$483,906
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[31][33]
May 18, 2012	Melbourne	Australia	Rod Laver Arena	Johnny Ruffo	17,168 / 22,334	$2,046,140
May 19, 2012
May 21, 2012	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre	—	—	—
May 23, 2012	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
May 26, 2012	Sydney		Allphones Arena
May 29, 2012	Perth		Burswood Dome
Asia[34][35]
June 1, 2012	Jakarta	Indonesia	MEIS Ancol	—	—	—
June 3, 2012	Pasay	Philippines	Mall of Asia Arena
TOTAL					1,026,797 / 1,048,547 (97%)	$78,578,328

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert is a part of the Calgary Stampede^[36]

External links

• NKOTB Official Website
• Backstreet Boys Official Website

References

1. Fox, Hilary (18 October 2011). "BSB + NKOTB + UK TOUR". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
2. "Top 50 Worldwide Tours (01/01/2011 - 06/30/2011)" (PDF). Pollstar. Pollstar, Inc. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
3. "Top 25 Tours of 2011". Billboard. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
4. "NKOTBSB Live – Once in a Lifetime". 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
5. "NKOTBSB – LIVE FROM THE O2 LONDON". 2012-04-18. Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
6. "VIDEO: New Kids On The Block & Backstreet Boys Spill Tour Secrets". Entertainment Tonight. CBS Studios, Inc. 2010-11-09. Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
7. Romo, Danielle (2010-11-08). "New Kids On The Block & Backstreet Boys First Ever Interview Together". Ryan Seacrest Official Website. Ryan Seacrest Productions. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
8. Vick, Megan. "New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys Talking Joint Tour". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
9. "LIVE Q&A with NKOTB and BSB". Ustream. 2010-11-08. Archived from the original on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
10. Boedeker, Hal (2010-11-08). "Backstreet Boys set for American Music Awards". The Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
11. Moody, Mike (5 April 2011). "Jordin Sparks to open for NKOTBSB". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
12. "Rising Pop Star Ashlyne Huff is Set to Join This Summer's NKOTBSB Tour as the Opening Act" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2 May 2011. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
13. "Buzznet: Midnight Red '...the perfect openeing act' for NKOTBSB!". Interscope Records. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
14. Vena, Jocelyn (17 May 2011). "'Glee' Star Matthew Morrison To Join NKOTBSB Tour". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
15. Kelley, Ken (13 May 2011). "Neverest hits Moncton". Times & Transcript. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
16. Tomescheit, Wiebke (9 May 2012). "Kreisch! Boygroup-Gipfel macht Frauen kirre" [Screaming! Top boy band makes women tamed]. Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
17. Bæk, Henrik (13 May 2012). "New Kids On The Block og Backstreet Boys, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, lørdag d. 12. maj 2012" [New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Saturday 12th May 2012]. Gaffa (in Danish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
18. Symonds, Kristy (27 April 2012). "Johnny Ruffo lands New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys support act". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
19. Faulkner, Mitch (26 May 2011). "NKOTBSB tour set list". CIBK-FM. Astral Media. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
20. Craker, Lorilee (26 May 2011). "New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys get screaming love from 7,000 women fans at Van Andel Arena". The Grand Rapids Press. Booth Newspapers. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
21. "REVIEW - New Kids On The Block and The Backstreet Boys, Melbourne, May 19, 2012". Take40. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
22. MacKenzie, Carina Adly (2 July 2011). "Kevin Richardson joins Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block in Los Angeles". Zap2it. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
23. Abbott, Jim (22 July 2011). "Concert review: NKOTBSB at Amway Center". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
24. "Tour". NKOTBSB Tour Official Website. Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
25. "Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block team for NKOTBSB tour". Sound Spike. 2010-11-08. Archived from the original on 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
26. Kaufman, Gil (2010-11-22). "New Kids On The Block, Backstreet Boys Announce New Summer Tour Dates". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
27. Hall, Tara (4 January 2011). "New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys expand collaborative summer run". SoundSpike. MTV Networks. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
28. North American box score:

    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 18 June 2011. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 20 August 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 25 June 2011. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Boxscore". Billboard. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 15 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
    • "Billboard Boxscore – Current Scores". Billboard. 27 August 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
29. Norris, Brad (17 October 2011). "Pop Supergroup NKOTBSB Announce 2012 UK & Ireland Tour Dates". Stereoboard. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
30. "Tour". NKOTBSB Official Website. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
31. "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 22. New York. 23 June 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
32. Europe box score data:

    • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 20. New York. 9 June 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
    • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 21. New York. 16 June 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
    • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 23. New York. 30 June 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
33. "NKOTBSB TO TOUR AUSTRALIA". MAX. XYZnetworks. November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
34. "NKOTB, Backstreet Boys set to make Jakarta swoon". The Jakarta Post. PT Bina Media Tenggara. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
35. Martinez=Belen, Crispina (26 May 2012). "New Kids On The Block, Backstreet Boys In Manila Supergig". Manila Bulletin. Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
36. "Bring on the boy bands, NKOTBSB is coming to the Stampede". Calgary Stampede. 3 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2011.