America’s boy band, Midnight Red, just released a new cover video, and this time it’s in Spanish! Watch their cover of “Can’t Remember to Forget You” by Shakira featuring Rihanna below!
We love Midnight Red for being true to the boy band genre, with their synchronized dance moves and harmonies. We can’t wait to see them at Summer Jam!
Be sure to follow Midnight Red & Secret Fangirls on Twitter for more updates!
We’ve been the lamenting the lack of a boy band reunion in 2014, after recent years that brought us NKOTBSB, 98 Degrees, and even an *NSYNC reunion for a brief but glorious moment at the VMAs last year! After much speculation, O-Town announced they will be reuniting for a tour and album this fall! Unfortunately the bands’ most famous member, Ashley Parker Angel, appears to have better things to do and won’t be part of this.
While O-Town was never a priority in our boy band fangirling days, who doesn’t remember their single “Liquid Dreams?” Looking back, we aren’t sure why this song was played at middle school dances, but it was a huge Top 10 single for America’s 5th most popular boy band. Watch the video below and enjoy having it stuck in your head for the rest of the day!
The reunion comes 10 years after the bands’ breakup, and O-Town is calling the reunion a “new beginning.” The band started thinking of a reunion just for the fun of it, to give fans a chance to see them perform old songs, and it ended up sparking new ideas and developing into new music. We’re hoping that *NSYNC felt some of this in their reunion last year, and are secretely working on new music as well! (Remember Justin Timberlake is a master of recording in secret. It can be done).
O-Town Fall 2014 Tour Dates
November 4th – Irving Plaza – New York, NY – Buy Tickets
November 5th – The Paramount – Huntington, NY – Buy Tickets
November 6th – The Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ – Buy Tickets
November 7th – The Wellmont Theater – Montclair, NJ – Buy Tickets
November 9th – Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA – Buy Tickets
Follow O-Town & Secret Fangirls on Twitter for more updates!
There is nothing better than seeing your favorite artist on tour. Except when two or more of your favorites team up – then it’s pretty much guaranteed to fall into the best concert EVER category. Or as NKOTBSB billed it: One Night. One Stage. Once in a Lifetime. (or in our case, 3 times.) Here are some of our favorite tour lineups!
1. NKOTBSB (New Kids on the Block & Backstreet Boys)
Basically the greatest tour of all time. Sure anything with these two acts would be amazing. But the way the show was arranged, with alternate medleys of songs from each group, kept the audience thrilled from start to finish. And they played every song you’d ever want to hear – just giving the fans what they want. If you’ve never seen Backstreet Boys perform “Everybody” live, you’re missing out! The choreography, set list, stage, everything about this tour was amazing. It took everyone back in time , be it 1989 or 1999.
2. The Best of Both Worlds Tour (Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus)
It’s been years and we still aren’t sure how we managed to snag tickets to this one (as we say in our Fangirl Handbook, we refuse to buy resale tickets!) But we were there, on the floor, and it was even 10 times more awesome than it looked in the 3D movie. We’d seen Jonas Brothers a couple of times before, but this tour was when they really hit their stride and exploded. And this tour was truly a once in a lifetime event. Especially now that Hannah Montana is dead.
3. The Package Tour (New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees & Boyz II Men)
We love NKOTB and their boy band posse. They recruited newly reunited 98 degrees and Boyz II Men for the appropriately titled “Package Tour.” Once again, NKOTB nailed the set, stage, choreography, etc. They’re older now, as are their fans, so they’re at a point when everyone can just relax, have fun and have the time of their lives. It’s a beautiful thing. We’re so glad NKOTB reunited and are better than ever!
4. Summer Break Tour (Big Time Rush, Victoria Justice, Jackson Guthy & Olivia Somerlyn)
The perfect name for the perfect summer tour. We’re huge Victoria and BTR fans so we were thrilled to see them team up! Openers Jackson Guthy and Olivia Somerlyn were fun opening acts who had us singing and dancing along by the third go round. BTR doesn’t get enough credit for being a legit boy band, and for bringing back the genre. We’re convinced NKOTBSB and all these amazing things wouldn’t have happened without BTR. These guys are talented singers and dancers and totally bring it each night. It doesn’t hurt that they share a choreographer with NKOTB – boy band master Kevin Maher. Now if the New Kids could just recruit Big Time Rush for their boy band posse…
5. Matchbox Twenty & Goo Goo Dolls
We’re 90s fan girls so when we heard Matchbox Twenty and Goo Goo Dolls, two of our favorite bands ever, would be touring together we HAD to go. Mostly because if you had told us 15 years ago we would have the chance to go and didn’t, we would have been very upset with ourselves. Luckily we decided to go and it was more than worth it. Both acts played very solid sets including all of their old material. It was just as great in 2013 as it would have been in 1996. If you are/were a fan of either group, we highly suggest seeing them live at least once.
You can see New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, and Goo Goo Dolls on tour this summer!
As we’ve said before, Good Morning America gets all of the important fangirl announcements! This morning, Nick Carter and Jordan Knight stopped by to drop huge news: they recorded an album together, Nick & Knight, and are going on tour this fall!
The album will be released on September 2nd. Pre-orders are up now at NickandKnight.com, and you’ll receive a digital download of their first single “Just The Two of Us” instantly!
We’ve seen collabs from within boybands before (such as Jordan Knight’s “Stingy” feat Donnie Wahlberg), but this is the first cross-boyband duo in history. Since NKOTBSB was pretty much the greatest thing that has ever happened in the history of boybands, we are beyond thrilled for Nick & Knight!
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 2nd at 10am local time. And don’t forget NKOTBSB are a close knit bunch – you never know who could stop by your show! When we saw Jordan Knight in NYC, Donnie Wahlberg & Jonathan Knight stopped by.
Nick & Knight Fall 2014 Tour Dates
9/15 – Cannery Ballroom – Nashville, TN
9/17 – Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
9/19 – Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH
9/20 – Murat Theatre – Indianapolis, IN
9/21 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
9/23 – Folly Theater – Kansas City, MO
9/24 – Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
9/26 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
9/28 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Detroit, MI
9/30 – Agora Theater – Cleveland, OH
10/1 – Byham Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA
10/3 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC
10/4 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
10/5 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
10/8 – Emerson Colonial – Boston, MA
10/10 – Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
10/11 – Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
10/12 – Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
10/14 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
10/15 – Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
10/17 – SoundStage – Baltimore, MD
10/18 – The National – Richmond, VA
10/19 – Charleston Music Hall – Charleston, SC
10/21 – Plaza Live – Orlando, FL
10/22 – Revolution – Miami, FL
11/4 – Civic Theatre – New Orleans, LA
11/5 – House Of Blues – Dallas, TX
11/7 – House Of Blues – Houston, TX
11/9 -Orpheum – Phoenix, AZ
11/11 – House Of Blues – San Diego, CA
11/13 – House Of Blues – Las Vegas
11/14 – House Of Blues – West Hollywood, CA
11/15 – House Of Blues – Anaheim, CA
11/18 – The Regency – San Francisco, CA
11/20 – Showbox SODO – Seattle, WA
11/21 -Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC
11/22 – Flames – Central Calgary, AB
Be sure to follow Nick & Knight and Secret Fangirls on Twitter for more updates!
Back in the late 90s and early aughts, the Backstreet Boys vs *NSYNC feud was a very real thing. Across the world, middle school girls everywhere (OK and elementary, high school and college..) pledged their allegiance to one boy band, and one alone. This was even more serious than choosing a faction in Divergent. Did you prefer JT’s crunchy bleached curls? Or Nick’s platinum bowl cut? It was one or the other, you couldn’t have both.
We always (not so) secretly loved both bands. If anyone asked it was all about *NSYNC, but we loved Backstreet just as much and still do. I guess you could say that we are Divergent: we are simply not made to love just one boy band. Each group offered something different: where would we be without JC hitting that note in “Bye Bye Bye?” And Nick in “I Want It That Way?”
We loved *NSYNC’s dance moves and swag (it takes guts to pull off a down vest filled with cash and silver lipstick) and Backstreet Boys harmonies and over the top music videos.
But it’s not 1999 anymore, it’s 2014. Can’t we all just get along? There is more than enough boy band love to go around!
You can catch Backstreet Boys on their In a World Like This Tour across North America this summer, as well as Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 World Tour! And you know we are never giving up hope for that *NSYNC reunion tour…
Be sure to follow *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and each and every boy band that is your fire and one true desire on Twitter for more updates!
After a great weekend, we always get a serious case of the Mondays. At least we have “Dancing With the Stars” to look forward to! And by “Dancing With the Stars” we mean “James Maslow.”
We always knew how talented and hilarious James is, thanks to his part in Big Time Rush, but he’s proved week after week on DWTS that he has the talent, passion and drive (not to mention the voting power of the fan girls) to bring home the mirrorball trophy. He’s consistently improved and raised the bar week after week, even scoring a rare perfect score for his contemporary dance to “Let it Go” last week.
Check out some of our favorite Maslow dances below.
The Tango:
The Jive:
The Salsa:
And let’s not forget where it all started: Big Time Rush, whom we credit for bringing boy bands back in fashion, are one of the few LEGIT boy bands out there. As in they actually dance. Check out some of our favorite moves below. (BTR keep saying “it ain’t over” … we’re hoping for just one more tour?)
Be sure to follow James on Twitter & tune into “Dancing With the Stars” tonight at 8 on ABC!
After the *NSYNC reunion at the VMAS (our favorite moment of 2013!) we couldn’t get enough of them. Thanks to YouTube, the Disney *NSYNC special is easily found, as is their Madison Square Garden concert (although we have that one on DVD) and this video which was released only in Europe, “Drive Me Crazy.”
Which led us to finally reading Lance Bass’ memoir, the perfectly titled “Out of Sync.” This book is a must read for any *NSYNC fan, as it reveals much about the boys’ climb to fame, the truth about that Backstreet Boys feud, and how Lance managed to handle screaming girls throwing themselves at him every night (easy: he just wasn’t interested).
Here’s what we learned from reading.
1. The Backstreet Boys vs *NSYNC feud was totally fake and orchestrated by Lou Pearlman, who would make up things to tell each band. (“Chris Kirpatrick said AJ McLean couldn’t sing!”)
2. Lance Bass once ripped up a $100,000 check and walked out of a meeting. Why? They’d had the number one album for weeks and had been touring non stop yet Pearlman was keeping most of the profits for himself as the “sixth member of the band.”
3. Lance went through a LOT of training to go into space. For starters, he had voluntary heart surgery to fix a minor problem. He also spent months learning rocket science in Russia, meaning he had to go through all of his training in Russian. Now, THAT’S dedication!!
4. Unfortunately due to networks pulling out and taking away funding (“it just wouldn’t look good for our sponsors if you died”) and JT’s continual delays of the bands’ reunion as he worked on his solo album, Lance never made it to space. We’re hoping now that space tourism is a thing, he’ll finally get the chance to go!
5. Chris and JT were the biggest ladies men on the road.
6. Before *NSYNC, JT and JC, who knew each other from the Mickey Mouse Club, were working on a project as a duo when they got a call from Chris Kirkpatrick. (Can this still happen?)
7. We can all thank Chris Kirkpatrick for getting rejected from the Backstreet Boys and going on to form *NSYNC.
Grab your copy on Amazon today! While you impatiently wait for that *NSYNC reunion, be sure to check out Justin Timberlake on tour!
As we told you in January, American boy band Midnight Red are heading out on tour with The Wanted! The North American leg of the World of Mouth tour kicks off next week in Huntington, NY! We love Midnight Red because they are a legit boy band, who trained in the school of New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys, when they opened for the NKOTBSB tour in 2011. (They even have a solid cover of “Step by Step!”)
The boys of Midnight Red announced today they will be doing Meet & Greets each night of the tour, which include priority access into the venue. Tickets for the meet and greet upgrade go on sale Thursday, April 3rd at 12pm local time. *Note that you also need to have a ticket to the concert in order to attend the meet & greet.
Check out the tour dates & links to buy the Midnight Red Meet & Greet upgrade below!
And don’t forget to check out our Fangirl Handbook for advice on How to Meet the Band before your show!
THE WANTED Word Of Mouth Tour with Midnight Red
4/8 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/9 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/11 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/12 – Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theatre – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/14 – Boston, MA – House of Blues – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/18 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/19 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/21 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/23 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/26 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/28 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield – Meet & Greet Upgrade
4/29 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/2 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/4 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/5 – Houston, TX – House of Blues – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/7 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/9 – Miami, FL – The Fillmore – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/11 – Tampa, FL – Jannus Landing – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/14 – Columbus, OH – LC Pavil – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/15 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/16 – Kansas City, MO – The Uptown Theatre – Meet & Greet Upgrade
5/17 – Shawnee, OK – Grand Events Center – Meet & Greet Upgrade
Be sure to follow Midnight Red and Secret Fangirls on Twitter for more updates!
Header photo via Midnight Red’s Twitter
New Kids On The Block are only having four North American shows in 2014 and they’re all happening this summer in Las Vegas!
Check out the announcement from nkotb.com below!!
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: AFTER DARK.
The Axis Theater at Planet Hollywood
Las Vegas, NV
July 10, 11, 12 & 13, 2014!
AN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT * ONLY NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS IN 2014
Join us at the Axis Theater at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas for what plans to be four AMAZING SHOWS for our only U.S. appearances this year! Plan on having the best night of your life – 4 nights in a row! And if that wasn’t enough, you know we couldn’t come to Vegas without great things planned for you. EXCLUSIVE POOL PARTIES!* EXCLUSIVE AFTER PARTIES!* BACHELORETTE PRE-PARTIES!*
EXCLUSIVE VIP PACKAGES will also be available at nkotb.com/vegasvip. Meet us, greet us, get a great ticket to see us. All VIP ticket holders will get FIRST CRACK at all special events we are planning*.
*Details for events beyond our shows will be announced at a later date so check nkotb.com often.
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Even though these shows aren’t in NYC, we’re still really excited for everything NKOTB has in store for 2014. Remember….
Be sure to follow NKOTB on Twitter and Instagram, and keep checking back for more details as they become available.
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We’re so glad we made the switch from The Today Show to Good Morning America recently – GMA seems to get all of the important fangirl announcements. Like this morning, when Backstreet Boys revealed they will be heading back out on a North American tour this summer! We were getting majorly concerned that it was already March and we had no boyband tours to look forward to this year (We even made a list of forgotten bands who could reunite) so we are so excited that Backstreet’s Back in 2014! This will be their second North American tour since Kevin Richardson rejoined the group last year, just in time for BSB’s 20th Anniversary. Avril Lavigne will be joining the tour as well, so get ready for a night of early 2000s nostalgia.
Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, March 21st 2014 at 10am local time. Be sure to visit BackstreetBoys.com for info about fan club pre-sales, VIP packages, upgrades and after parties!
Backstreet Boys In a World Like This Tour Summer 2014 Dates
May 3rd – Moncton, NB @ Moncton Coliseum
May 4th – Kingston, ON @ Halifax Metro Centre
May 6th – Kingston, ON @ Rogers K-Rock Centre
May 7th – London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens
May 8th – Hamilton, ON @ FirstOntario Centre
May 11th – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
May 13th – Moosejaw, SK @ Mosaic Place
May 14th – Lethbridge, AB @ Enmax Centre
May 16th – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
May 17th – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
May 18th – Dawson Creek, BC @ EnCana Events Centre
May 20th – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
May 22nd – Seattle, WA @ WaMu Theater
May 24th – Wheatland, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
May 25th – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
May 28th – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
May 29th – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
May 30th – Las Vegas, NV @ Planet Hollywood
May 31st – Las Vegas, NV @ Planet Hollywood
June 2nd – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheatre
June 4th – Corpus Christi, TX @ American Bank Center
June 5th – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 6th – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
June 7th – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
June 9th – Omaha, NE @ Centurylink Center
June 11th – Chicago, IL @ FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
June 13th – Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center
June 14th – Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagra Pavilion
June 15th – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
June 17th – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theater
June 18th – Darien Lake, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 20th – Boston, MA @ Comcast Center
June 21st – Camden, NJ @Susquehana Bank Center
June 22nd – Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Be sure to follow Backstreet Boys on Twitter for more updates!
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