Back on Nov. 15, 2008, my wife, Katie, and her BFF Michelle went to what was then the E Center of West Valley City (and what is now the Maverik Center) to see the reunited New Kids on the Block in concert. Considering this was the first time they’d seen them since Sept. 1, 1990, as 11-year-olds, at the height of NKOTB-mania, they could not have been more excited.
For one thing, their seats were near a portal where NKOTB were gathering midshow, ready to hit their secondary stage. Upon seeing the guys, the girls went apes---, started screaming and were handed a slightly used water bottle by no less than Donnie Wahlberg, of which they now share joint custody.