The Word Is Out!
January 28, 2008 - There was at work on a wonderful Monday morning when my friend Jason asks me if I heard the announcement on the radio. I said, no, what announcement? He said your boys are coming back. My boys? Huh? Then he said New Kids on The Block. I was in shock. I had to turn the radio on right away. Of course, I missed it and the radio personality didn't talk about it again but I heard that the stagnant website had now suddenly been "turned back on". So you know the first thing I did, right? I typed in www.nkotb.com on my iPhone. Although I accessed the page, it wouldn't load properly because I needed flash player which the iPhone does not currently support. Come on Apple and Adobe work together! My favorite group in the whole world is reuniting and I can't get to their website from my iPhone. Ugh!
Joe - you feel me? I know you have an iPhone too.
So, I go home and use my home computer to go to the website. This is what I saw:
I almost had a heart attack. My heart was racing, I felt weak, I couldn't believe it. I wanted to know more.
Within the next few weeks, they had put a few more things on the website but it still wasn't giving a whole lot of information. I signed up for the newsletter to be sure I found out the minute any news came out about where and when. I got out my CD's (mostly cassette tapes) I had and started listening to them non-stop. I was so excited. This is the best thing ever! I kept checking the website daily to see if anything changed. It was always the same information. The hype was fading. I started to think that maybe it was all a hoax. Who would do such a thing? Get these girls (who are grown ladies now) all emotional over a big comeback and then just stop all the hoopla. Madness!
All but the last day of the month of March there was not a peep from them. Then on March 31st I get an email announcing that they are making an appearance on the Today show on Friday, April 4th. My first though was, "I am so there!" but I didn't get enough notice to schedule a day off from work and prepare for the 2 1/2 hour drive to NYC. So I DVR'd it instead. I could not wait to come home from work that day and see what they had to say. I will tell you one thing, Donnie really knows the fans well. He knew exactly how I was feeling about the rumor possibly not being true. Take a look for yourself on the You Tube clip. May 16th could not get here fast enough. I had plenty of time now to take a day off from work, make hotel reservations, and everything else that comes with being a dedicated fan. I am back on the block for sure!