Whereas the 2021 American Music Awards aired stay from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, one among its most memorable performances was a Battle of Boston.
Just like a Verzuz, the present had New Version and New Youngsters on the Block, two iconic, pioneering boy bands that each occur to be from Beantown, trip performing their largest hits.
New Youngsters on the Block took the stage first, clad all in black and serving up their acquainted side-kick choreography to “You Bought It (The Proper Stuff).”
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic New Youngsters on the Block on the 2010 American Music Awards.
Then New Version, decked out in colourful hats and trench coats, launched into “Sweet Lady” earlier than ceding the stage to NKOTB, who ran by way of their signature solos on “Step by Step.”
New Version took the stage again for “Mr. Phone Man,” then invited their Dorchester compatriots to carry out with them on “Is This the Finish,” which discovered all of the boy-banders crushing the unison dance strikes.
The teams continued to trade-off, with New Version launching into “Can You Stand The Rain” and NKOTB taking on for “Hanging Robust.” The Boston battle ended with the bands combining for “If It Is not Love,” which even had members of BTS grooving from the viewers.
Whereas New Youngsters on the Block have carried out on the AMAs as just lately as 2010, Sunday’s occasion marked the primary time New Version carried out on the present since 1997.
In a recorded section previous to the efficiency, Donald Wahlberg credited New Version for paving the way in which not simply New Youngsters on the Block, however for Boyz II Males, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, One Course, and LFO.
Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Photos New Version on the 2014 Macy’s Music Pageant.
Though the 2 teams, each two-time AMA winners, weren’t nominated for any awards this yr, they nonetheless walked away victorious having gotten the acknowledgment that their shoulders are those that teams like BTS stand upon.
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