NKOTB–New Kids On The Block
My friend, Jessica, recently told me that she had purchased a NKOTB tour ticket for $65! Really?!!? That is a lot of money to walk down memory lane. Now I wasn’t a fan of NKOTB when they WERE popular, much less now that they are all older and gosh I guess that means I’m older too now and why would I want to listen to a bunch of songs about teenage angst anymore…but I digress.
I’ve noticed a trend lately of has-beens, never-should-have-been’s, etc. popping back into the limelight (or attempting to) to tug at our memory heart strings and get us to loosen our death grip on the pocket book. My husband thinks it’ is because they’ve all gone broke – well, maybe.
I mean why else would you expose yourself to the criticism of the world and have a grueling practicing and traveling schedule, etc. unless you needed the money? When they say things like “we have a lot of fans out there”…who are they talking about?
Is it the soccer moms of today who are chasing around a few kids that are going to stop and go to a concert? And if so, are they going to pay $65 to do it? I think not. I am curious to know if anyone else has fallen for this or plans to go…I’m cheap, so I won’t be going.
