The Main Event (tour)

The Main Event
Tour by New Kids on the Block

Promotional poster for the tour
Start date May 1, 2015 (2015-05-01)
End date July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)
Legs 1
Number of shows 47
Box office $88.2 Million
New Kids on the Block tour chronology
The Package Tour
(2013)		 The Main Event
(2015)

The Main Event was a concert tour from American boy band New Kids on the Block with special guests; TLC, and Nelly. The tour began on May 1, 2015, in Las Vegas and finished on July 2, 2015, in Buffalo, New York, it traveled across North America with close to fifty dates. It was the thirty-eighth ranked North American tour of 2015, grossing $26.1 million.[1]

Background

In January 2015, New Kids on the Block appeared on Good Morning America to announce the tour. [2] It has been hinted the band might collaborate with TLC and Nelly each other while out on the road. For the show's production there will be "new and top notched production elements", and a 360 degree stage. [3] TLC is excited about the tour and said, "We are thrilled to be able to join pop icons NKOTB and Nelly on tour. We are equally excited to back on the road connecting with our fans in such huge arenas."[3]

Concert synopsis

The concert begins with Nelly who performs a few of his songs followed by TLC's set, which was approximately 40 minutes. Once these two sets are over with there is a ten-minute break until New Kids on the Block takes the stage. Going with the theme of the tour, the guys dramatically enter the stage looking "like prizefighters entering a ring.", "wearing modern leather ensembles" and opening their set with a new song. In a wedding-invitation style font "1989" would appear on the screen whenever a classic New Kids song was performed. Fans can see the band during the costume changes that are "captured on the “Quick Change Cam”." [4]

The show is filled with production and choreography for every song, streamer canons, confetti shooting high into the air, and heart-shaped balloons. The band starts the show with two new songs and some other songs performed are "Block Party", "10", "Crash", "Step by Step" and "My Favorite Girl". There are solo sections during the show such as Jordan Knight on his solo hit "Give It to You", Joey McIntyre on "Twisted", and Donnie Wahlberg on "I Need You".[5]

Setlists

[5]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Gross revenue
North America [8]
May 1, 2015 Las Vegas United States Mandalay Bay Events Center N/A N/A
May 2, 2015 Anaheim Honda Center N/A N/A
May 3, 2015 San Jose SAP Center N/A N/A
May 5, 2015 Denver Pepsi Center N/A N/A
May 6, 2015 Tacoma Tacoma Dome N/A N/A
May 8, 2015 San Jose SAP Center N/A N/A
May 9, 2015 Inglewood The Forum 12,108 / 12,108 $576,040
May 11, 2015 San Diego Viejas Arena N/A N/A
May 12, 2015 Glendale Gila River Arena N/A N/A
May 14, 2015 Dallas American Airlines Center 12,621 / 13,636 $617,443
May 15, 2015 New Orleans Smoothie King Center N/A N/A
May 16, 2015 Houston Toyota Center 11,302 / 12,536 $883,360
May 18, 2015 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena N/A N/A
May 19, 2015 Kansas City Sprint Center N/A N/A
May 20, 2015 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center N/A N/A
May 22, 2015 St. Louis Scottrade Center N/A N/A
May 23, 2015 Rosemont Allstate Arena N/A N/A
May 24, 2015
May 26, 2015 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena N/A N/A
May 27, 2015 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 12,939 / 14,860 $742,512
May 29, 2015 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,559 / 13,480 $813,283
May 30, 2015 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 9,435 / 10,929 $649,119
May 31, 2015 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse N/A N/A
June 2, 2015 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena N/A N/A
June 4, 2015 Sunrise BB&T Center N/A N/A
June 5, 2015 Orlando Amway Center 10,028 / 11,812 $671,057
June 6, 2015 Atlanta Phillips Arena 11,670 / 16,364 $747,333
June 7, 2015 Louisville KFC Yum! Center N/A N/A
June 9, 2015 Norfolk Norfolk Scope N/A N/A
June 10, 2015 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 9,464 / 12,246 $700,667
June 11, 2015 Bethlehem Sands Bethlehem Events Center N/A N/A
June 12, 2015 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 7,892 / 8,267 $697,734
June 13, 2015 Bethlehem Sands Bethlehem Events Center N/A N/A
June 14, 2015 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center N/A N/A
June 16, 2015 Columbus Nationwide Arena N/A N/A
June 17, 2015 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena N/A N/A
June 19, 2015 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 12,558 / 12,558 $906,589
June 20, 2015 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum N/A N/A
June 21, 2015 New York City Madison Square Garden N/A N/A
June 22, 2015
June 24, 2015 Boston TD Garden N/A N/A
June 25, 2015
June 27, 2015 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium — —
June 28, 2015 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 24,090 / 24,090 $1,118,040
June 29, 2015
June 30, 2015 Montreal Bell Centre 5,288 / 6,351 $335,266
July 2, 2015 Buffalo United States First Niagara Center N/A N/A
Total 150,954/ 169,237 (90)% $9,404,443

Critical reception

Kelli Skye of the Orange County Register says that the show "was a grand spectacle done in the round so guests could get a 360-degree view of all of the on state action." they "made sure that every section of the venue got a little love."[5] Beth Spotswood from SF Gate stated that the New Kids "appeared older, more embarrassing in concert." Spotswood ready to go home once McIntyre went out on stage wearing nothing but white jeans. On opening act Nelly, "it was a bit sad to see the rapper hit the stage to perform for a bunch of moms at 7:20 p.m. on a Sunday evening." McIntyre would occasionally thank "the audience for sticking by NKOTB."[4]

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstarpro.com. POLLSTAR. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Nelson, Jeff (January 20, 2015). "Holy Flashback! New Kids on the Block to Tour with TLC and Nelly – See the Mashup!". people.com. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "New Kids on the Block Announce The Main Event Tou". nkotb.com. January 20, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Spotswood, Beth (May 4, 2015). "New Kids on the Block appear older, more embarrassing in concert". SF Gate. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Skye, Kelli (May 3, 2015). "New Kids on the Block bring the right stuff to Anaheim". ocregister.com. Orange County Register. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ "New Kids on the Block Setlist at Gila River Arena, Glendale, AZ, USA". setlist.fm. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ "New Kids on the Block Setlist at American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX, USA".tx-13c8799d.html|website=setlist.fm|accessdate=May 19 2015
  8. ↑ http://nkotb.com/events
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