Did you know that one of *NSYNC’s biggest songs was supposed to be for Michael Jackson?
Well, a lot of revelation like this have been coming out into the open over the past week all thanks to Justin Timberlake. Right before the inaugural iHeartRadio Music Awards, Timberlake went onto Instagram to post the album art for Jackson’s first post-mortem single, “Love Never Felt So Good” which he participated in. The song would go onto to premiere on the award show with Usher dancing to it in honor of the departed King of Pop.
During an interview with Ryan Seacrest on his radio show yesterday, Timberlake also revealed that *NSYNC’s hit track, “Gone” was originally penned for Jackson by him. The song got turned down, but by some chance the boy band ended up recording the song which made it to number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Interestingly enough, there were songs on the last *NSYNC album…one song in particular, ‘Gone,’ originally I wrote that song for Michael. I’ve always been a big fan of him and I think back to…it made me reminisce to the times he performed at the VMAs with *NSYNC, where we performed at Madison Square Gardens with him, and the numerous meetings I had had with him in the past just about music,” Timberlake told the host.
This isn’t the first time Timberlake has ended up with a song that was originally given to Jackson. Recently, it was revealed that Timberlake’s hit song “Rock Your Body” which was penned by The Neptunes, was offered to Jackson first for his 2001 album, Invincible. The pop star passed on the song and Timberlake took it for his debut solo album, Justified.
Jesus Christ Superstar is about to return and follow in the footsteps of many other musicals by hitting the road this Summer.
The new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical is slated to kick off its 51-city North American arena tour on June 9 in New Orleans. The biggest surprise of the announcement, is the fact that many musicians will be filling the cast including Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd, former Destiny’s Child Michelle Williams, *NSYNC alum J.C. Chasez and The Sex Pistols’ John Lyndon or Johnny Rotten, as he’s better known as.
The announcement of the show was made this morning during Good Morning America where Boyd and Williams not only revealed the news but also performed one of the songs from the show. Boyd will play Judas Iscariot while Williams will take on the role of Mary Magdalene. Chasez will play Pontius Pilate, Lyndon will take on the role of King Herod and Ben Forster will once again reprise the role of Jesus after playing the character in the U.K. leg of the tour.
“I’m looking forward to the experience,” said Chasez. “This is honestly my first theater experience so I’m being thrown into the fire a bit. But I’m excited because the fact that we’re doing something that feels pretty unique.”
“It’s completely new, and it’s incredible,” said Boyd during the sit down portion of the interview. “It’s an arena rock show.”
Boyd would be familiar with arena rock tours since his band, Incubus, have managed to perform at some of them in the past.
Since its premiere back in 1971, the retelling of the last week of Jesus of Nazareth had been revived several time, most recently in 2012, but never has it hit the road for a full tour. Considering that the newest trend is to take big Broadway musicals such as Mary Poppins, Wicked, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Jersey Boys on the road, this might be just the thing for the musical.
Tickets are set to go on sale next week but can range from $29 and $125. while tour dates can be seen here.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR TOUR DATES:
6/9 New Orleans, LA – Lakefront Arena
6/10 Birmingham, AL – BJCC Arena
6/11 Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Arena
6/13 Fort Lauderdale, FL – BB&T Center
6/14 Orlando, FL – Amway Center
6/15 Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Times Forum
6/16 Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
6/17 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
6/19 San Antonia, TX – Freeman Coliseum
6/20 Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center
6/21 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
6/22 Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
6/23 Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Energy Arena
6/24 Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
6/26 Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
6/28 Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
6/29 Chicago, IL – United Center
7/1 St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center
7/2 Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
7/4 Winnipeg, MB – MTS Center
7/5 Regina, SK – Brandt Center
7/6 Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place 7/8 Boise, ID – Taco Bell Arena 7/9 Spokane, WA -Spokane Arena 7/10 Seattle, WA – KeyArena At Seattle Center 7/12 Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena 7/13 Portland, OR – Moda Center 7/15 Sacramento, CA – Sleep Train Arena 7/16 Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center 7/17 Bakersfield, CA – Rabobank Arena 7/18 San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose 7/20 Anaheim, CA – Honda Center 7/22 El Paso, TX – UTEP Don Haskins Center 7/23 Phoenix, AZ – US Airways Center 7/24 San Diego, CA – Valley View Casino Center 7/25 Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay Events Center 7/26 Los Angeles, CA – STAPLES Center 7/29 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center 7/30 Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena 7/31 St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center 8/1 Milwaukee, WI – BMO Bradley Harris Center 8/2 Indianapolis, IN – Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8/3 Cincinnati, OH – U.S. Bank Arena 8/5 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 8/7 Washington, DC – Verizon Center 8/9 Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center 8/10 Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena 8/12 Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center 8/13 Buffalo, NY – First Niagara Center 8/14 Boston, MA – TD Garden 8/16 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
What was the most anticipated portion of the MTV Video Music Awards was also the shortest of the night; the reunion of NSYNC!
After much speculation of are they or aren’t they, the former boy band including JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass and the man of the evening Justin Timberlake took the stage for probably a total of three seconds to perform a quick medley of “Girlfriend” and “Bye, Bye, Bye” with choreography from the video and all.
Last week, when word had gotten out that there might be reunion, that’s all that it was at the time; rumors. Many were hoping that Timberlake would finally agree to give the kids from the ’90s something to remember especially when it was the boy band that helped launch him to super stardom, and he did, briefly.
Keep your eyes open because if you blink, you might miss it.
Well, just when the internet was turned on its head over rumors that *NSYNC would be reuniting for a one-off performance at the MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday, Lance Bass comes out of nowhere and sparks some confusion on nostalgic fans.
Bass, who, surprised has his own radio show on SiriusFM, took to the airwaves to address the major news/rumor of the day. What somehow got lost in translation is that not once did Bass admit or deny that the reunion was going to happen. This of course sparked fans to wonder if this was just a stunt to get people to tune into the network’s show. The way Bass was addressing the rumor, it looked like the rumors were heading more towards a thumbs down.
Read an except of Bass’ address:
I have to address the rumors. This morning, I woke up to a lot of rumors flying [around] that the *NSYNC reunion is happening after eleven years at the VMAs this Sunday. Well, let me tell you how this all came about. Justin Timberlake is getting the Michael Jackson [Video] Vanguard Award this Sunday at the awards, so of course people are automatically going to think we’re going to be there performing, but this is exactly how it happened and I knew these rumors were going to fly. We all came down here [to Miami] except for J.C. [Chasez]—J.C. stayed in California, he had to work…Joey [Fatone], Chris [Kirkpatrick] and myself went to go see Justin’s last show with Jay Z at the [Sun Life] Stadium last Friday, and I even took a picture of it, it’s on my Instagram. [it was] really fun and…I think that’s what started the rumor that there’s going to be this big reunion with NSYNC…it’s amazing to see the reaction out there on Twitter and social media…[and] how many people are supporting NSYNC. It’s so nice to see because when we ended things [over] ten years ago, there was no social media, there was no Twitter [fan base], but it’s so cute to see how many people are supporting [us] and NSYNC was even trending.
Now that our hopes may be a little squashed, do you think that this is just an expansion of MTV trying to get publicity for the award show or what?
Could it be true? Could the ’90s officially be making a comeback in 2013?
The way that things are looking, 90s boy band are making a major comeback, perfect for us nostalgic people. First we had New Kids on the Block getting back together to go on tour. Then Boyz II Men and 98 Degrees joined, going on tour with the first two. Recently, we had the Backstreet Boys announced that they would be on tour and releasing a new album in celebration of their 20th anniversary,
Now the rumor is spinning again, claiming that *NSYNC might be reuniting as soon as this weekend.
In the last couple of hours, the consensus is that *NSYNC might be making a reunion happen at MTV’s Video Music Awards this weekend. The award ceremony, or party more like it, celebrates musicians who are the hottest of the bunch during the voting period. Awards are given off based votes, so yes, MTV does occasionally play music.
In the past, there had been the same kind of rumors running around, but they all ended up being squashed because, you know, Justin Timberlake is one of the most busy guys in Hollywood. The New York Post’s Page Six reported that they five guys will be gathering together for a one-off performance, though no confirmations nor denials have been made.
Timberlake will be appearing at the event to receive the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award as well as to perform. Sources report that former bandmates, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Krikpatrick will be joining him on stage.
This year’s line up already features Lady Gaga opening the show, Katy Perry probably performing her new single, “Roar,” Robin Thicke giving us some of his sexy vocals on “Blurred Lines” and many other.
So if *NSYNC are in fact reuniting for a one-off performance, what song do you want them to do? We’re partial to “It’s Gonna Be Me.”
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