New Kids on the Block announced its 2026 Las Vegas extended residency dates last fall with a mock wedding ceremony at the Little White Wedding Chapel, vows and all. If this is what a long-term Vegas commitment looks like, the fans are absolutely here for it.
And so are the numbers. Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Jon Knight, Jordan Knight and Joey McIntyre set up shop at Dolby Live at Park MGM with The Right Stuff in 2025, and it has grown into a full-blown love affair: 24 performances total this year, running June 19 through July 4 and again Oct. 2–17.
The inaugural residency ran for 16 shows, and due to overwhelming demand from their fans, affectionately known as Blockheads, the group had no choice but to extend the run. Who can say no to thousands of screaming and gyrating fans who still know every word of “Step by Step,” “Hangin’ Tough” and “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”—and aren’t shy about showing it?
“What we’ve built here in Vegas, together with our incredible Blockheads, feels truly magical,” Wahlberg said during the extension announcement.
Dolby Live at Park MGM is one of the best rooms in a city full of world-class venues, intimate enough to make a sizable arena feel personal, with state-of-the-art production that can do things most arenas only dream about. Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Usher and Aerosmith have all called it home. NKOTB didn’t just book a venue; it chose a partner worthy of what it’s trying to build.
The Right Stuff was designed from the ground up for this room. “The energy in that room each night—the lights, the lasers, flying up to the balcony to see all our Blockheads dancing and singing along—is so far beyond anything we’ve ever done before,” Wahlberg said.
That tracks, if you know anything about NKOTB’s relationship with its fanbase. These are the guys who ran a fan club with more than 200,000 members and a hotline fielding 100,000 calls a week at their peak—in the early ’90s, before the internet made that kind of fan access look easy. The group has sold more than 80 million records worldwide. That DNA runs all the way through this residency, right down to the meet-and-greets held on the stage itself, the backstage tours and the preshow VIP lounges. Blockheads have always gone above and beyond for these five, and NKOTB goes above and beyond right back.
Add the band’s latest album, Still Kids, released in May 2024 and its first new music in more than a decade, and the picture is complete: a group fully committed, putting in the work and building something that can only be experienced here.
So, yes, they married Vegas. And if the sold-out nights and steadily growing run are any indication, it’s a very happy union.
Park MGM, 8 p.m. June 19-20, 24, 26-27, starting at $99.16 plus tax and fee. parkmgm.mgmresorts.com
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