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2008: the block/the reunion
In April 2008, after months of speculation, Donnie Wahlberg confirmed to CNN that
the group had reunited with plans to record new material and to stage a tour. The
following month, the group released their first single, "Summertime".
On August 12, 2008, they released their second single, "Single", featuring R&B singer/
songwriter Ne-Yo, followed by the release of the group's first studio album in fourteen
years, The Block. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums Chart and
#2 on the Billboard 200 in September 2008. It was certified Gold in October 2008, in
Canada.
The group's reunion tour, New Kids on the Block: Live, was scheduled to begin at
Toronto's Air Canada Centre on September 18, 2008. They will tour the US with
Natasha Bedingfield and Lady Gaga as supporting act. There are seven concerts
scheduled for Canada and forty-one in the US, ten in the UK and two in Germany.
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