Yes, we have a hard time believing the New Kids on the Block — who, were they real kids on real blocks would be neither new nor kids nor living on any blocks of ours — are still getting mobbed outside of their hotels these days. But apparently the boys are still being greeted with screaming fans wherever they go — and to be fair, they warned us about all of this many years ago in their song "Hangin' Tough": "and if you try to keep us down were gonna come right back." Yes, they came right back. ]]> Jenna 2009-01-19T13:34:36-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/16/165624/16 <![CDATA[<p><object width="399" height="299"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PEdBLM0bFo8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PEdBLM0bFo8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="399" height="299"></embed></object><p><p>These are tough times we are living in today. Wall Street is in the shitter. Big corporations are asking for billion-dollar bailouts. Layoffs are increasing. The 2009 Arena Football league has been suspended. The Queen is even cutting back on her expenditures. <p>And we are currently living in a world where New Kids On The Block has been successfully resuscitated enough to play a gig on New Year's Eve in Las Vegas at <a href="http://www.lightgroup.com/nye/jet/">JET</a> inside <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mirage/local/104"><b>The Mirage.</b></a> Actually, it's just Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood but that's like almost worse. All you need is just two members of NKOTB to host a New Year's juliana 2008-12-16T17:00:52-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/