The NKOTBSB Tour was a co-headlining concert tour between American

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and the

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, who together formed NKOTBSB. The tour visited North America in 2011. Europe, 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. At the conclusion of 2011, the tour placed 8th on Billboard's annual "Top 25 Tours", earning over $76 million with 51 shows. The London concert on April 29, 2012 in O2 Arena was shown live at select movie theaters at 9PM CET and streamed live with pay per view system.

Background

During the summer of 2010, the Backstreet Boys joined New Kids on the Block onstage at the

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(as a part of NKOTB Casi-NO Tour), where the groups performed "

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". Since the performance, the media began to circulate rumors of the two uniting for a tour in the summer of 2011. The tour was officially announced on

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during an interview, where it was mentioned the groups were recording a single to be later released. To promote the tour further, the groups conducted a live Q&A session on

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. 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. For an interview on Entertainment Tonight,

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held a picture of the proposed staging, which featured a standard concert stage with an extended

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leading to a circular platform.

Opening acts

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(North America, May 25, 2011, May 29, 2011 - June 18, 2011, June 21, 2011 - July 1, 2011) * Ashlyne Huff (United States, May 26, 2011 - June 3, 2011, June 12, 2011 - July 2, 2011) *

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(United States, July 3, 2011) *

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(North America, July 6, 2011 - August 7, 2011) *

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(Canada, June 7 - June 9, 2011, August 4, 2011, August 6, 2011; Germany, May 6, 2012) * A Friend in London (Europe, except Germany, April 24, 2012, May 2, 2012) * Johnny Ruffo (Melbourne, May 18 - May 19, 2012)

Setlist

;NKOTBSB #Medley: " Single" / " The One" (contains elements of "

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" Summertime"

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" The Call"

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" (Replaced "Bye Bye Love" since the Memphis show on June 20, 2011)

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" Larger Than Life"

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Please Don't Go Girl "Please Don't Go Girl" is a 1988 song by American boyband New Kids on the Block. The lead vocals were sung by Joey McIntyre, Jordan Knight, and spoken by Danny Wood, but the majority of the lyrics were sung by Joey McIntyre. Written and produce ...
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Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys, taken from their third studio album, ''Millennium'' (1999). It was written by Max Martin and Herbie Crichlow, with production by Martin and Kristian Lundin. ...
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"10,000 Promises"
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I'll Never Break Your Heart "I'll Never Break Your Heart" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. The song was written by singer-songwriters Eugene Wilde and Albert Manno and produced by Veit Renn and Timmy Allen. It was released in the United Kingdom on December 4 ...
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" Step By Step" (contains elements of " Push It")
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"Click Click Click" (North America Leg only)
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" Shape of My Heart"
" As Long As You Love Me"
" All I Have to Give"
" If You Stay" (contains excerpts of "
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Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys, released in October 1996 by Jive Records as the fourth single from their international debut album (1996). It was written by Max Martin and Herbie Crichlow, and ...
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;New Kids on the Block #

I'll Be Loving You (Forever) "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" is a 1989 ballad song from New Kids on the Block, released as the third single from the group's second album, ''Hangin' Tough''. The lead vocals were sung by Jordan Knight. It was the group's first single to reach n ...

;Backstreet Boys #

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Don't Turn Out the Lights "Don't Turn Out the Lights" is a song by American vocal groups New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys from their collaboration compilation album, ''NKOTBSB''. The song's lead vocals are provided by NKOTB members Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg ...

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" Hangin’ Tough" (contains excerpts from "

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Medley: "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" / "Hangin’ Tough" (Reprise)

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Tour dates

;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances :This concert is a part of the

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External links

NKOTB Official Website

Backstreet Boys Official Website

References

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