I've tried to combine before. But what if New Edition and The Jacksons toured. Both are in the mood for touring these days. Together they could sell larger venues. Since The J5 was the firt boy band they'd fit with NE. Whaddoya this of Ralp singing Michael's parts?

While we're at it, add the Boys and Another Bad Creation as the openers.

No,this doesn't sound like a good tour.Two different groups from two entirely different eras.

A better idea would be for New Edition to do a tour with Boyz II Men,Guy and EnVogue....a tour like that would sellout arenas.It would be an 80s/90s R&B show.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

While we're at it, add the Boys and Another Bad Creation as the openers.

I'd go with The Jets, Osmonds, Menudo (1983 lineup), Shanice Wilson, En Vogue, & El DeBarge. It could be a Ozzfest/Lillith Fair/Monsters Of Rock kind of package tour with different acts and maybe throw in some freestyle acts too like Lisette Melendez and The Cover Girls

SoulAlive said:

No,this doesn't sound like a good tour.Two different groups from two entirely different eras.

A better idea would be for New Edition to do a tour with Boyz II Men,Guy and EnVogue....a tour like that would sellout arenas.It would be an 80s/90s R&B show.

That tour (sans Boyz II Men) has already been done before and besides, they've already done a show with the Jacksons and R. Kelly last year at the BET Expreience. Now the best joint tour idea NE should do is with New Kids on the Block. It's time that tour happened!!!!! And BTW, NKOTB should open and NE closes the show.

JabarR74 said:

That tour (sans Boyz II Men) has already been done before and besides, they've already done a show with the Jacksons and R. Kelly last year at the BET Expreience. Now the best joint tour idea NE should do is with New Kids on the Block. It's time that tour happened!!!!! And BTW, NKOTB should open and NE closes the show.

It's doubtful it would be promoted like that, since the New Kids are more well known mainstream wise than New Edition. It's like U2 didn't open for B.B. King or Van Halen for Kool & The Gang.

MickyDolenz said:

It's doubtful it would be promoted like that, since the New Kids are more well known mainstream wise than New Edition. It's like U2 didn't open for B.B. King or Van Halen for Kool & The Gang.

What about when Chicago opened for Earth, Wind & Fire? Besides, NE has done a lot more and had a lot of success as solo acts than New Kids had. So New Kids opening and New Edition closing is the best thing.

JabarR74 said:

MickyDolenz said:

It's doubtful it would be promoted like that, since the New Kids are more well known mainstream wise than New Edition. It's like U2 didn't open for B.B. King or Van Halen for Kool & The Gang.

What about when Chicago opened for Earth, Wind & Fire? Besides, NE has done a lot more and had a lot of success as solo acts than New Kids had. So New Kids opening and New Edition closing is the best thing.

Chicago & EWF had equal billing, so there is no opening act who had a shorter set than the other. It's not really what a you as a fan think is best. A promoter is trying to make money, and New Kids are a bigger draw overall. You could say Boyz II Men had bigger hits on the pop charts than NKOTB, but Boyz opened for the New Kids and 98 Degrees. 98 Degrees is basically a "one hit wonder", and yet they did not open. At any rate, New Kids were still the main draw. NE is more popular with the R&B audience than a pop audience, and vice versa. You don't see NKOTB on a Tom Joyner Cruise, Essence Festival, or Sinbad's Summer Jam. I don't think NE, BBD, or Heads Of State tours by themselves get the same gross as a New Kids one. Hit singles in themselves don't necessarily translate into selling concert tickets. Billy Ocean, Sheena Easton, & Howard Jones had more Top 40 hits than KISS or Metallica, Hall & Oates has more hits than U2. But does Billy, Sheena, H&O, and Howard draw as big of an concert audience today as KISS or U2?