New Kids On The Block & Paula Abdul Coming To Tinley Park

TINLEY PARK, IL — They'll be loving you forever—but especially on June 15, 2024.

NKOTB fans, the iconic boy band, is back to see if they can still make you swoon. New Kids on the Block, along with special guests Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff, have announced a 40-city Magic Summer Tour 2024, with a stop at Tinley Park's Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre on Saturday, June 15.

With the Tinley Park venue closed for the off-season, the tour teaser is one of the earliest for the 2024 concert season at the venue, 19100 Ridgeland Ave.

Quintet New Kids on the Block hit the scene in the early-'80s with members Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood, but they didn't start Hangin' Tough on the airwaves until the album of the same name in 1988. They went on to show they had The Right Stuff with hits like I'll Be Loving You, Tonight, and Please Don't Go Girl. They were nominated for a Grammy for their music video accompanying Hangin' Tough. They have nine studio albums, 17 compilations, and 44 singles and EPs, according to website Discogs. They had three, no. 1 hits in the Billboard Top 100, and nine top 10 hits. Their latest album—a 15th anniversary version of the 2008 album The Block—will come out Nov. 3, as The Block Revisited, the band announced in September. The album celebrated the band's return to the music scene 15 years ago, and the refreshed version promises fans four previously unreleased songs, additional bonus material and a new remix of their single “Dirty Dancing” featuring Joshua, DK and Dino from K-pop supergroup Seventeen. The group has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide. The tour marks their first almost exclusively outdoor venue tour since 1990.

Tour is a nod to the band's tour of the same name then, which took place at the top of their success and played to sold-out crowds at venues like Dodgers Stadium, Giants Stadium, and many others. More than 3 million attended shows on that tour, according to Live Nation.

"The true 'magic' of this tour is in the music, the moments and the memories that we get to create —and recreate—with our amazing fans each night," said Donnie Wahlberg to Live Nation. "Feeling all the nostalgic feels of the original Magic Summer, with the bond that we’ve shared throughout the years, will make for a most magical time indeed."

Grammy award-winning Paula Abdul joins them on tour. Once an LA Laker girl at 18 years old, Abdul went on to become a dancer, renowned choreographer, and TV personality, most known as an original judge on American Idol, according to her website. She has sold 60 million records and earned numerous awards and recognitions including 17 MTV Video Music Awards nominations with five wins, two Grammy awards, three American Music Awards, two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Choreography (The Tracey Ullman Show, and her performance on the American Music Awards), two People’s Choice Awards as Favorite Female Music Performer, and five Juno Awards. She was the first entertainer to receive the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Hall of Fame Award. Most recently she was featured performing her classic hit “Straight Up!” at the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Also a special guest, DJ Jazzy Jeff—well-known renowned DJ, music producer, and entrepreneur with a career spanning three decades. First debuting to the world as half of pair DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, he went on to have Grammy-winning collaborations with Will Smith. His accomplishments include multiple Grammy, American Music Award, and NAACP Image Award wins and nominations.

Tickets are available starting with Fanclub and CITI presales beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning Friday, November 3 at 10 a.m. local time on LiveNation.com.