Danny Wood, who will star in MTV UK’s ‘Totally Boyband’ in September, tells Neil Sean of Sky News his former New Kids on The Block bandmates are planning a reunion of sorts. “We are in talks about a 20th anniversary documentary and also have plans to remix and re-release our greatest hits,” Wood revealed. “We’re not planning to reform, but may do a one-off TV concert as a thank you to fans.”

In returning, the Backstreet Boys tell Steve Hochman of the Los Angeles Times that they wanted to avoid contrivances such as New Kids on the Block’s comeback a decade ago with a calculatedly updated sound and a shortened name, NKOTB, to downplay the “Kids” aspect. “All we care about is making good music, and the whole baggage will still be there,” said Nick Carter, the youngest member at 25. “We’re not trying to break away from it, not trying to say we’re all grown up. People were saying we should change the name to the Backstreet Men or something. The Beach Boys never changed their name. We’re not going to change.”

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On his website, Adam Duritz from the rock band Counting Crows talked about *NSYNC, the Backstreet Boys and the New Kids on The Block, giving props to all three groups. Included in his comments is the following passage which could apply to all music, not just these vocal groups: “Without a truly open mind, you can never really understand music. I know the rest of you are going to stick up your noses at this, but I bet a lot of you have never even heard a Backstreet Boys album in its’ entirety. Give ‘em a chance. The singles don’t really tell the whole story. They’ve always been more of an album band. I’m constantly surprised by how narrow all your musical tastes are and that the music you like is so different from the music we like.”