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		New Kid on The Block walks offstage mid-show. This is major news here in the year 1989 (cnn.com)		36
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FirstNationalBastard		2013-04-06 11:38:16 AM

I guess he just wasn't...

...Hangin' Tough.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

antidisestablishmentarianism		2013-04-06 11:44:56 AM

FirstNationalBastard: Hangin' Tough

That shiat is stuck in my head now.

FirstNationalBastard		2013-04-06 11:46:39 AM

antidisestablishmentarianism: FirstNationalBastard: Hangin' Tough

That shiat is stuck in my head now.

Are you tough enough?

I guess you don't have the right stuff.

But it's okay, just take it step by step and you'll be fine.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener		2013-04-06 12:37:20 PM

Get back to me when one of the Funky Bunch ends up in court for something high-larry-ous.

ten foiled hats		2013-04-06 01:00:39 PM

Uh-oh, uh-oh-oh.

/got nothing

Gosling		2013-04-06 01:02:58 PM

"concert freakouts"

"I'm Feeling Lucky"

...HOW THE HELL DID I WIND UP WITH TAYLOR SWIFT THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE POSSIBLE

MagSeven		2013-04-06 01:04:05 PM

FirstNationalBastard: I guess he just wasn't...

...Hangin' Tough.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

We're RUFF!

Gosling		2013-04-06 01:06:13 PM

"concert walkouts"

"I'm Feeling Lucky"

...well, that works. It's the fans walking out, and a slideshow, but that works.

Atomic Spunk		2013-04-06 01:28:49 PM

It's going to be difficult to continue to keep a group member who suffers from debilitating anxiety. They should just replace him with an exact lookalike and pretend as if it's the same Jonathan, similar to what The Beatles did after the original Paul died.

Bondith		2013-04-06 01:40:34 PM

Wait, wait, wait...

...they walked? They didn't hobble or wheel?

LewDux		2013-04-06 01:54:13 PM

HollywoodLife.com's Emily Longeretta was in the front row, and wrote on the celebrity website that Knight "seemed out of it. While the men started their choreographed dances, Jonathan stood uncomfortably in the background -- actually just standing and texting on his phone during the performance."

"Okay Knight is coming out"

baufan2005		2013-04-06 01:56:46 PM

Can you really still call them a boy band if they are in their 30's?

theurge14		2013-04-06 02:04:26 PM

Must have been a pretty intense show where someone on stage has the opportunity to text on his phone.

hamiltonjdavid		2013-04-06 02:08:24 PM

baufan2005: Can you really still call them a boy band if they are in their 30's?

Pretty sure the bulk of them (if not all of them) are in their 40s.

antidisestablishmentarianism		2013-04-06 02:12:20 PM

hamiltonjdavid: baufan2005: Can you really still call them a boy band if they are in their 30's?

Pretty sure the bulk of them (if not all of them) are in their 40s.

Well, they are still males in a band.

HighOnCraic		2013-04-06 02:16:10 PM

!yvaN eht nioJ

Premeditated_Road_Rage		2013-04-06 02:17:03 PM

He's a NKOTB...of course he wasn't N'Sync...

*rimshot*

/got nuthin', not even the right stuff.

skinink		2013-04-06 02:20:59 PM

He knows he has an anxiety problem but tours anyways?

BumpInTheNight		2013-04-06 02:21:54 PM

Was their fan pissed?

KellyKellyKelly		2013-04-06 02:36:10 PM

skinink: He knows he has an anxiety problem but tours anyways?

He went through the same issues 20+ years ago. There were plenty of media appearances (including a spot on the Arsenio Hall Show) back then where he wouldn't even show up due to an anxiety attack. Since he rarely (if ever) solo'd he wasn't missed.

coffee fiend		2013-04-06 02:57:42 PM

My cousin is their tour manager. I'm gonna have to call him and find out what happened.

Canton		2013-04-06 02:59:17 PM

antidisestablishmentarianism: FirstNationalBastard: Hangin' Tough

That shiat is stuck in my head now.

Wow.

I now feel lucky for having been out of the pop culture loop back in elementary school.

/Not really.
//We have to deal with Bieber earworms now.

KrispyKritter		2013-04-06 04:15:02 PM

that was a very sad article. makes me wonder why he ever was a performer, and who pushed him into doing something that must have been terribly painful for him.

911Jenny		2013-04-06 04:58:00 PM

I figured it was him before I even clicked the article. Poor guy. A reunion tour was probably his worst nightmare and if I remember this is their 3rd time out since getting back together.

As someone who has social anxiety I sympathize. Nothing is worse than trying to suck it up and push through only to have to admit defeat. Although I've never done in front of an audience and then had the internets talk about it. Poor little lamb.

Saw them the first tour after the reunion and then when they toured with Backstreet Boys and had a blast both times. They put on a great show considering none of them are kids or boys anymore. Decided to skip this tour because, well, 98 Degrees. Ew.

/total boyband fangirl

ongbok		2013-04-06 04:58:05 PM

Anxiety my ass. It suddenly hit him that it is 2013 and he is performing at a New Kids on the Block show. shiat he was embarrassed. Probably figured that no amount of money was worth his dignity.

SurelyShirley		2013-04-06 05:05:58 PM

"Jonathan stood uncomfortably in the background -- actually just standing and texting on his phone during the performance"

What a class act. Moving out of everyone else's way when texting during a concert.

fusillade762		2013-04-06 05:30:02 PM

Premeditated_Road_Rage: He's a NKOTB...of course he wasn't N'Sync...

Came here to make this joke.

Dialectic		2013-04-06 05:39:12 PM

Dawg, dirty dawg, dawg, dirty dawg,
Dawg, ooh, you're a dirty, dirty,
Dawg, dirty dawg, dawg, dirty dawg,
Dawg, oh, you're sow damn dirty.

...and he needs to hang tough!

Rocket To Russia		2013-04-06 06:27:28 PM

911Jenny: Saw them the first tour after the reunion and then when they toured with Backstreet Boys and had a blast both times. They put on a great show considering none of them are kids or boys anymore.

/total boyband fangirl

Beach Boys, Kids In The Hall, Sonic Youth... it happens.

Mugato		2013-04-06 07:02:46 PM

What's the audience for 40 year old boy band dudes? Is Justin Bieber still going to have a draw when he looks like Ellen Degeneres?

largedon		2013-04-06 07:44:21 PM

Maybe he suddenly realized how bad NKOTB's music sucks.

Chevello		2013-04-06 08:27:49 PM

Wait til their second reunion tour. They' change the name of the group to "Old Dudes In The Home"

puckrock2000		2013-04-06 09:45:02 PM

Mugato: What's the audience for 40 year old boy band dudes?

MILFs.

ModernLuddite		2013-04-07 07:04:57 AM

It would be awesome if their reunion show was just them doing covers of black metal songs with no explanation.

"Hi, we're the New Kids on the Block, and we're gonna do something a little different tonight...."

GirlWonder		2013-04-07 03:12:34 PM

baufan2005: Can you really still call them a boy band if they are in their 30's?

Try mid-40s...

TrainingWheelsNeeded		2013-04-08 10:49:44 AM

FTFA "Knight "seemed out of it...visibly out of sync"

Seems like a natural reaction to a live performance of "Hanging Tough" in the 21st century.

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