Nearly four decades after its heyday, New Kids On the Block its still hanging tough. Last Friday, the boy band was back in Tampa—where they pioneered the Super Bowl Halftime show in 1991—for a show that was heavy on ‘90s aesthetics from the neon onstage to the support on the bill which included pop star Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

New Kids on the Block plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on July 19, 2024. Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
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Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet
Credit: Photo by Yvonne Gouglelet

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...