NKOTBSB Tour

This article is about the tour. For other uses, see NKOTBSB (disambiguation).
NKOTBSB Tour
Tour by NKOTBSB
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumNKOTBSB
Start dateMay 25, 2011 (2011-05-25)
End dateJune 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)
Legs2
No. of shows80
Websitewww.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 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]

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

Setlist

NKOTBSB
  1. Medley: "Single" / "The One" (contains elements of "Viva la Vida")
New Kids on the Block
  2. "Summertime"
Backstreet Boys
  2. "The Call"
New Kids on the Block
  2. "Dirty Dancing"
Backstreet Boys
  2. "Get Down (You're the One for Me)" (Replaced "Bye Bye Love" since the Memphis show on June 20, 2011)
New Kids on the Block
  2. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
Backstreet Boys
  2. "Larger Than Life"
New Kids on the Block
  1. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
  2. "Valentine Girl"
  3. "If You Go Away"
  4. "Please Don't Go Girl"
Backstreet Boys
  1. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
  2. "10,000 Promises"
  3. "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
  4. "Inconsolable" (North America Leg only)
  5. "Drowning"
  6. "Incomplete"
New Kids on the Block
  1. "Step By Step" (contains elements of "Push It")
  2. "Cover Girl"
  3. "My Favorite Girl"(contains elements of "Poison")
  4. "Games"
  5. "Click Click Click" (North America Leg only)
  6. "Tonight"
Backstreet Boys
  1. "Shape of My Heart"
  2. "As Long As You Love Me"
  3. "All I Have to Give"
  4. "If You Stay" (contains excerpts of "Raspberry Beret") (North America Leg only)
  5. "We've Got It Goin' On" (Europe/Australia/Asia Leg only) (contains elements of "Can You Feel It")
  6. "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" (contains elements of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough")
New Kids on the Block
  2. "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"
Backstreet Boys
  2. "I Want It That Way"
NKOTBSB
  2. "Don't Turn Out the Lights"
Backstreet Boys
  2. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (contains elements of "Back in Black")
New Kids on the Block
  2. "Hangin’ Tough" (contains excerpts from "We Will Rock You")
NKOTBSB
  2. 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]

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