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90s, Boy Bands, Friday Five, Music, NKOTB, On Tour

The Friday Five: The Main Event Playlist

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In case you haven’t noticed, we are insanely excited about The Main Event Tour happening this summer.   NKOTB, TLC, and Nelly performing together on one stage?  It’s guaranteed to be a nonstop party.   Not sure about you, but we’ll be attending at least two shows.  Check out all of the tour dates HERE!  Here are some of the songs we can’t wait to hear this summer!

1. NKOTB – “Block Party”
The ultimate opening song, and NKOTB says it best:  “Leave your troubles all behind only good times here tonight.”  We still know all the choreography from The Package Tour.

2. TLC – “No Scrubs”
One of our favorite songs of the late 90s – we can’t wait for an arena-wide singalong.

3. Nelly – “Hot In Herre”
We’re imagining some sort of onstage collab between NKOTB & Nelly for this song, especially since NKOTB have done some “Dirty Dancing” to this song in the past.

4. NKOTB – “Cover Girl”
If you’ve seen NKOTB on tour before, then you might also know this song as “that song when Donnie rips off his tank top.”

5. TLC – Waterfalls
Throwing it way back to the days when we had to record songs off of the radio to cassette tapes on our boom boxes so we could listen on our Walkmen.  (Kids, if you have no idea what we’re taking about, watch this.  You have no idea how easy you have it now)

90s, Boy Bands, Music, NKOTB, On Tour

Mixtape Festival To Return to Hershey in 2015 with NKOTB, TLC, Sugar Ray & More!

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Mixtape Festival, the ultimate fangirl fest, is returning to Hersheypark Stadium this June after a one year hiatus.  We’re not “festival people,” but we will make an exception for Mixtape, which brings together the best in 90s pop for an unforgettable weekend.  We went to the inaugural fest in 2012 and saw NKOTBSB, LL Cool J, and 98 Degrees’ first show post- reunion.  Needless to say, it was AMAZING, and we’re thrilled that Mixtape Festival is back in 2015!  Check out the lineup below – tickets go on sale Saturday, January 31st.

2015 Mixtape Festival Lineup
NKOTB
TLC
Nelly
Sugar Ray
Vanilla Ice
Salt-n-Pepa

Mixtape Festival 2015
Saturday, June 27th 2015
Hersheypark Stadium – Hershey, PA
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Mixtape Festival is great because all of the artist play full sets, not abbreviated festival sets.  There are usually fun activities to go along with the concert, like boyband vs. boyband dodgeball games and VIP afterparties.  Visit MixtapeFestival.com for more info on tickets and VIP packages!

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90s, Album Release, Music

TLC Launch Kickstarter Campaign for Final Album

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TLC announced they are working on their 5th and final album – but they need your help!   They launched a Kickstarter campaign today to fund the album, and are asking fans to contribute.  Why?   This way fans can be involved and TLC will maintain creative control.  As they wrote, “While major labels offer artists multimillion dollar recording and marketing budgets, they don’t often give artists complete control of their own music. It is ESSENTIAL that we create our final album completely on our own terms, without any restrictions, with YOU.”

This will be the first TLC album recorded by Chilli and T-Boz as a duo.  Like with any Kickstarter, you can get rewards for your contribution, ranging from a digital copy of the album once it’s released, to a TLC slumber party.  You can contribute to TLC’s Final Album HERE!   The campaign ends on February 19th, with a goal of $150,000.

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We hear TLC might be heading out on tour soon … stay tuned for an announcement and practice singing “Waterfalls!”

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90s, Big Time Rush, Boy Bands, Friday Five

The Friday Five: Have A Boyband Christmas

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‘Tis the season for boys in matching chunky turtlenecks and festive headwear!  If you’re searching for the perfect Holiday music to add to your playlist (or any playlist), you can’t go wrong with some classic boyband songs.

1. 98 Degrees – “This Gift”
Is it okay if we say this is our favorite 98 Degrees album?  (Sorry, “Microphone.”)

2. *NSYNC – “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays”
The most iconic Christmas music video of all time.

3. NKOTB – “Funky Funky Xmas”
They performed this on the Arsenio Hall Show in 1990, and Jordan decided his Christmas gift to you would be to take his shirt off mid-performance.

4. Big Time Rush – “Beautiful Christmas”
Confession: we will listen to this song year round if it shuffles on our BTR playlist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtslyuJPgFU

5. Backstreet Boys – “It’s Christmas Time Again”
BSB somehow managed to avoid releasing a full Christmas album (although we would love that guys, get on it).  They did release this single in in 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Llx2shF_Eg

90s, Boy Bands, Movies, Music

Watch The Trailer for Backstreet Boys “Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of”

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We literally could not be more excited for the upcoming Backstreet Boys documentary!  It’s in theaters January 30th, and is just the perfect pick-me-up during that dreaded post-Christmas, concert-less vortex known as January and February.  Watch the official trailer below!

Make sure you practice your BSB choreography in the meantime, because if people aren’t dancing in the aisles in the theater we will be VERY disappointed.

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90s, Austin Mahone, Music

Austin Mahone Drops “Waiting For This Love”

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Austin Mahone has been busy working on his much anticipated debut album (seriously, he has a book out – but not a full album!)  While we (impatiently) wait for it, Austin wanted to give us some new music in the meantime “as a thank you for supporting everything I do.”  He wrote the track with pal Robert Villanueva in Miami.  We love Austin for his 90s pop-influenced sound, but this track is more of a throwback to classic 90s R&B.  Check it out and download for free below!

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90s, Music, THE HEYDAZE

THE HEYDAZE Cover TLC’s “No Scrubs”

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Was 1999 the greatest year for music of all time?  We think yes.  THE HEYDAZE clearly share our love of 90s pop – they do a killer mashup of Sisqo’s “Thong Song” and Mario’s “Let Me Love You” on tour, and their latest cover is TLC’s classic jam “No Scrubs.”  Obsessed.   Listen below!

https://soundcloud.com/theheydaze/noscrubs

You can see THE HEYDAZE in NYC at Gramercy Theatre on December 19th.  Get your tickets now!

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90s, Boy Bands, Movies, Music

Backstreet Boys Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of Documentary To Be Released January 30th!

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Backstreet’s Back, alright?  After teasing us with the trailer on tour for the last two summers, the Backstreet Boys movie finally has a release date!  “Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of” will be released in theaters and video on demand January 30th, 2015!  The documentary is a behind the scenes look at the best selling boyband of all time, who are celebrating a remarkable 21 years together this year.  It was filmed over a two year period, including their worldwide “In A World Like This Tour.”  So, you just might see yourself in the movie!

Watch the trailer below and start planning that BSB screening party with your fellow fangirls now.  And brush up on your dance moves, because there better be dancing in the movie theater aisles.

The documentary will premiere later in 2015 on VH1 as part of VH1 Rock Docs.

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90s, Boy Bands, Music, NKOTB, On Tour

Nick & Knight Live At The Best Buy Theater in NYC

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Nick Carter and Jordan Knight brought their duet project, Nick & Knight, to the Best Buy Theater in New York City on Friday night and it was everything we could have imagined and more for two boy band members teaming up for an album and tour.

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During the concert, Jordan kept picking on Nick for being a trooper and powering through the concert even though Nick had almost lost his voice and was having a hard time singing.  That didn’t slow down his dance moves though, which he showcased in their terrific 90s medley mid-concert.  We might be biased but the best part of the concert might have been that cover of Ginuwine’s “Pony” that had the audience screaming with delight – like it was 1996 all over again! Watch their 90s medley below, which on its own is worth the price of admission.

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Nick and Jordan slowed things down a little when they broke out an acoustic guitar and keyboard to sing one of the most heartfelt songs on the album – “Halfway There.”  Making sure to give their larger than life fans the right stuff, Nick and Jordan also covered their boy band hits “I Want It That Way” and “Step By Step.”

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While we’re sad Jordan didn’t sing “Stingy” (Donnie was busy filming his TV show on Friday night), the sold out audience was treated to “Give It To You” and “Larger Than Life” featuring Nick Carter on the electric guitar.

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Watch Nick & Knight sing “Paper” live below.

Catch Nick & Knight when they roll through your town.  You won’t forget it!    Check out the rest of the tour dates HERE.

Pick up a copy of their album on iTunes or Amazon now.

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90s, Boy Bands, Music

“Pop Nation” Musical Based on 90s Pop Scene Opening in New York

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We all know the 90s were the greatest musical era of all time, especially for pop music.  We had Backstreet Boys, we had *NSYNC, we had Britney, we had 2ge+her, we had it all.   So we were thrilled when we heard about a new musical opening in New York that is set in the 90s pop scene.  “Pop Nation,” opening in November,  “puts you behind the scenes as boy bands and bubblegum divas blast off on a whirlwind ride to the heights of pop royalty.”

The show is described as a “social theatrical experience,” mixing the feel of a musical with a nightclub.  We’re not sure exactly what this means, but they had us at “90s boybands” and we’ll definitely be checking this one out.   “Pop Nation” features original music by Damon Intrabartolo, choreography by RJ Durell, who has worked with Madonna and Britney, and production design by Kevin Antunes, JT’s go-to.

Previews for this new musical begin November 14th at the Hudson Hotel in New York City.  Tickets are available now on the official “Pop Nation” website.

Watch your favorite Backstreet or *NSYNC video to get pumped for the show

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