‘Still Kids’: New Kids on the Block to release first album in 11 years

Billboard reported that the first single, “Kids” was already previewed, and is available on Apple Music. It will be joined by 13 other tracks when the album is released on May 17. It can be preordered now.

The “Kids” video is available on YouTube and will be performed when they take over “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Friday, Us Weekly reported.

“Still Kids” follows NKOTB’s 2013 studio album “10″ and will be “full of pop anthems, dance tracks, love songs and grooves that will become fast favorites for the Blockheads.”

Despite the name, Donnie Wahlberg said that it is, “It’s the most mature album we’ve ever made,” adding, “Yet it’s the most fun and most comfortable album we’ve ever made… This album, more than any other, is bringing the New Kids and the fans full circle. It’s about hope and possibilities and being ourselves.”

“Donnie and I pretty much co-wrote the whole album,” Joey McIntyre told Us Weekly.

He said the song is a good overview of the band’s nearly 40-year-career, calling it a new anthem for the group.

“It kind of says it all,” he said. “We’ve been lucky, the five of us, to never grow up in some ways. And a lot of people look to us to go back to that happy place, and we give permission to them to just have fun. We’re that getaway and we’re going to beat that drum forever and ever. And I think this song [”Kids”] is a new anthem for us.”

The album and subsequent tour feature DJ Jazzy Jeff and Taylor Dane. They will also be joined by Paula Abdul on the road.

Here’s the track list for “Still Kids”:

1. “Magic”
2. “Summer Love”
3. “Long Time Coming”
4. “Kids”
5. “A Love Like This”
6. “Dance With You”
7. “Come Back”
8. “In the Night”
9. “Runaway”
10. “Pop”
11. “Get Down” (feat. DJ Jazzy Jeff)
12. “Old School Love” (feat. Taylor Dayne)
13. “Better Days”
14. “Stay”

The band will also be on tour this summer starting in June:

• June 14 — Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Blossom Music Center
• June 15 — Tinley Park, Illinois, Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
• June 18 — Clarkston, Michigan, Pine Knob Music Theatre
• June 19 — Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, The Pavilion at Star Lake
• June 21 — Cincinnati, Ohio, Riverbend Music Center
• June 22 — Maryland Heights, Missouri, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
• June 23 — Prior Lake, Minnesota, Mystic Lake Amphitheatre
• June 25 — Bonner Springs, Kansas, Azura Amphitheater
• June 26 — Rogers, Arkansas, Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
• June 28 — Denver, Ball Arena
• June 29 — Salt Lake City, USANA Amphitheatre
• July 2 — Wheatland, California, Toyota Amphitheatre
• July 3 — Mountain View, California, Shoreline Amphitheatre
• July 5 — Irvine, California, FivePoint Amphitheatre
• July 7 — Chula Vista, California, North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• July 9 — Phoenix, Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
• July 10 — Albuquerque, New Mexico, Isleta Amphitheater
• July 12 — Del Valle, Texas, Germania Insurance Amphitheater
• July 13 — The Woodlands, Texas, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• July 14 — Dallas, Dos Equis Pavilion
• July 16 — Franklin, Tennesee, FirstBank Amphitheatre
• July 19 — Tampa, Florida, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
• July 20 — West Palm Beach, Florida, iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
• July 21 — Jacksonville, Florida, Daily’s Place
• July 25 — Charleston, South Carolina, CreditOne Stadium
• July 26 — Alpharetta, Georgia Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
• July 27 — Charlotte, North Carolina, PNC Music Pavilion
• July 28 — Raleigh, North Carolina, Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• August 1 — Virginia Beach, Virginia, Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
• August 2 — Bridgeport, Connecticut, Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
• August 3 — Hershey, Pennsylvania, Hersheypark Stadium
• August 4 — Wantagh, New York, Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
• August 8 — Holmdel, New Jersey, PNC Bank Art Center
• August 9 — Gilford, New Hampshire, Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
• August 10 — Mansfield, Massachusetts, Xfinity Center
• August 11 — Saratoga Springs, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center
• August 15 — Philadelphia, Mann Center for the Performing Arts
• August 16 — Columbia, Maryland, Merriweather Post Pavilion
• August 17 — Toronto, Ontario, Budweiser Stage
• August 22 — Darien Center, New York, Darien Lake Amphitheater
• August 23 — Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena
• August 24 — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, American Family Insurance Amphitheater
• August 25 — Noblesville, Indiana, Ruoff Music Center