New Kids get support from Natasha Bedingfield
June 20, 2008 07:06 AM
By Kym Kilgore
LiveDaily Contributor
New Kids on the Block [ tickets ] have added Natasha Bedingfield to their North American reunion tour, and have added a couple new dates to their itinerary.

The 10-week outing, which will visit US and Canadian cities from coast to coast, is set to kick off Sept. 18 with the first of three concerts in Toronto. Since last check, a stop was added in Providence, RI, and a second Los Angeles gig was tacked on. So far, shows have been sold out in Toronto, the Denver area, Atlantic City and Uncasville, CT, according to the New Kids' website. An updated itinerary is listed below.

On the road trip, New Kids on the Block plan to put a new twist on their old songs and introduce material from their forthcoming album, which is due this fall. The lead single from the set, "Summertime," has been climbing Billboard's pop and mainstream charts over the past six weeks and is streaming at the group's MySpace page.

New Kids, whose members are now in their 30s, appeared together on NBC-TV's "Today" show in April to announce their reunion. They returned to the program last month to give their first public performance together in 15 years. They've since played a couple of radio festivals and performed at Toronto's MuchMusic Video Awards.

Bedingfield, one of the UK's biggest pop stars, will get fans warmed up with material from her latest album, "Pocketful of Sunshine," which reached No. 3 on The Billboard 200 in February. The set has spawned the hits "Love Like This" and the title track, and a third single is due this summer.

The Grammy-nominated songstress made a huge impression on US fans with her 2005 release, "Unwritten," the title track from which was one of the most played songs on mainstream American radio in 2006, according to her bio.

Bedingfield is currently traveling around the US on the Verizon VIP Tour, which also features Kate Voegele and The Veronicas.

Thank gawd, I listened to that song and it was Horrible!

Angel plz

Where does it say Put Your Arms Around Me isn't a single? It should be her next single. Angel should be the 4th.

Angel NEEDS to be the third single. Period. PYAAM is a horrible choice for a single.

I just assumed if put your arms around me was her third single they would have mentioned it in the article. I am just a optimistic person

With a few exceptions, I think Natasha could release any song from Pocketful of Sunshine and I'd be happy. Angel is obviously a great candidate, but I hope she has at least 5 singles from this album, with the last one being Freckles.

Angel should be a single

yeah

the album is great no doubt yet i think she should maximize her cd and release angel

pocketful of sunhine didn't perform as well as i thought it would. Maybe the record label could still try to push that song to do better

Unless you were expecting the songs to go top 5 or #1 it performed perfectly fine.
It peaked @#2 on iTunes (I beleive), #6 on the Hot 100, and it's currently #6 on top 40 radio.

The song has been holding steady in the top 10 on billboard hot 100 for quite some time

Actually it hit number one momentarily on itunes

She is also pretty high on billboard digital downlaod




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I'm sorry, but "Freckles" is a sure-fire flop. If she were to release 5 singles I'd say she puts out "Angel" "Put Your Arms Around Me" and "Soulmate" since those are the three most radio friendly songs. I know some think that "Soulmate" would flop, but I think it would do perfectly fine with the right promotion. Billboard mentioned in a review that she had to release it, and its the best selling non-single on iTunes

What were you hoping for? POS to be #1? It's been doing very well and it's now #6 on the Hot 100.

Angel would be a good choice.

eww, Put Your Arms Around me is a perfect choice for her 3rd single, then Angel then Not Givin Up

For just a couple minutes. Then Bleeding Love stole it back. It is still hanging on at #10 on iTunes. Which is really good considering that all the Camp Rock songs are pushing down every song.

POS is still at #5 in Digital Sales with 1,346,826 copies sold! (That means it's Platinum) It also sold 109,472 copies last week. It is #2 on Music Box, Vol. 2's tracklist too. (It was #1 until this week. - Coldplay has surpassed.)

Angel
Put Your Arms Around Me
Freckles

All are good songs