New Kids on the Block: The Block is Hot
New Kids on the Block: The Block is Hot
Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL, USA - October 24, 2008
by Terra Cooney, photo by Dan Locke
For some Chicagoans, Friday, October 24, at Allstate Arena, was the second time around to see the New Kids on the Block in less than three weeks. But for most, it had been some 15 years or more since they last saw the five guys on stage. Each Chicago performance, the first of the recent tour being on October 4, in the same venue, was an experience in itself. With all the "buttons and the pins and the loud fanfare" the night was a magical one that took many back to their childhood. With a sold out show on night one, the New Kids came back to give Chicago more, on a night two that produced the same fabulous feeling for long-time fans. Many of the concert-goers, the majority of them women, remembered what it felt like to be 12 or 14 years old again, when nothing else mattered but their favorite boy band. The emotion the singers evoked, by just their presence alone was of a type that most of us, with children, husbands, careers, and responsibilities, forgot all about. Not only did the boys bring back childhood dreams, but they did it with style, class, and a lengthy stage show including elaborate lights and plenty of dance moves, old and new. Before they started though, they had a great British treat in their corner, to open up the night.
Read the full review at UnRatedMagazine.com
Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL, USA - October 24, 2008
by Terra Cooney, photo by Dan Locke
For some Chicagoans, Friday, October 24, at Allstate Arena, was the second time around to see the New Kids on the Block in less than three weeks. But for most, it had been some 15 years or more since they last saw the five guys on stage. Each Chicago performance, the first of the recent tour being on October 4, in the same venue, was an experience in itself. With all the "buttons and the pins and the loud fanfare" the night was a magical one that took many back to their childhood. With a sold out show on night one, the New Kids came back to give Chicago more, on a night two that produced the same fabulous feeling for long-time fans. Many of the concert-goers, the majority of them women, remembered what it felt like to be 12 or 14 years old again, when nothing else mattered but their favorite boy band. The emotion the singers evoked, by just their presence alone was of a type that most of us, with children, husbands, careers, and responsibilities, forgot all about. Not only did the boys bring back childhood dreams, but they did it with style, class, and a lengthy stage show including elaborate lights and plenty of dance moves, old and new. Before they started though, they had a great British treat in their corner, to open up the night.
Read the full review at UnRatedMagazine.com
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