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I was in love with a New Kid on the Block

October 2nd, 2008, 4:44 pm by Kelli Skye Fadroski

The New Kids on the Block make an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live." PETER KRAMER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESSEvery girl remembers her first crush. Finding that one boy who causes those powerful fluttering stomach butterflies and that warming sensation that roses up the cheeks. All those signs of being in love.

For me, that boy was Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block.

The group called it quits in 1994, and girls everywhere were heartbroken. But now the boys are back with a new album (The Block) and tour, which they’ve been plugging on virtually every daytime talk show – and news of their reunion has awakened the kid in me.

It’s exciting to think that in just a few short days – Oct. 8 at Staples Center, to be exact – I’ll be seeing them perform live for the very first time. (They also perform Nov. 26, the day before Thanksgiving, across the street at Nokia Theatre.) I can’t help but wonder if seeing them again will trigger any of the same feelings I once had.

It also has forced me to recall my first big crush – and, as embarrassing as it is to admit now, my first big heartache.

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Second New Kids on the Block show at Staples moved

August 13th, 2008, 12:03 pm by Ben Wener

New Kids on the Block 2008Just fyi: That day-before- Thanksgiving New Kids on the Block show at Staples Center, Nov. 26, has been moved across Chick Hearn Court to the considerably smaller Nokia Theatre, apparently due to a scheduling conflict with a Clippers game. How it is that venue operators didn’t realize there was a Clippers game that night kinda baffles me. But there it is.

And note: Just ’cause you had tickets to the Staples gig doesn’t mean you now have tickets to the Nokia show. If you purchased them through Ticketmaster online or by phone through Staples Center, you will automaticallly receive new tickets. But if you purchased them through a Ticketmaster outlet or through the Staples Center box office, you will have to back to your point of purchase to exchange them. No tickets to Staples will be honored at Nokia.

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