The Magic Summer Tour was the second major concert tour by American boy band New Kids on the Block. The tour supported their fourth studio album, Step by Step (1990) and their first compilation album, No More Games/The Remix Album (1990).
The tour began only one month after their previous concluded. After the summer leg ended, the tour shifted gears and was renamed the "No More Games Tour", following the announcement of their remix album. Lasting 22 months, the group played over 220 concerts in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and South America.
Background The 1990 summer tour was sponsored by Coca-Cola and tied into its "Magic Summer '90" campaign that included the infamous MagiCan.
The tour was a commercial success. Both stints in North America landed the group in the top 10 tours in 1990 and 1991. In 1990, the group earned $74.1 million from 152 shows in North America (25 of which were performed during their previous tour). In January 22nd, 1991, the group headlined the Rock in Rio Festival fourth night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at Maracanã Stadium, for a crowd of over 100.000 attendance.https://rockinrio.com/rio/novidade/retrospectiva-rock-in-rio-22-de-janeiro-de-1991/
During an encore performance of "Hangin' Tough" at the end of the second concert held at Saratoga Springs on June 25, Donnie Wahlberg fell through a trap door while jumping off a raised platform. He received scrapes and bruises to his chest, neck, and arms. After being hospitalized for a night, he spent a week recuperating, and the rest of the band continued the next few concerts as a four-piece act.
Opening acts Perfect Gentlemen Rick Wes Tommy Page Biscuit Brenda K. Starr George Lamond The Good Girls The Osmonds Second Generation
Setlist "Call It What You Want" "My Favorite Girl" "Valentine Girl" "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" (Europe and North America's first leg only) "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" "Baby, I Believe in You" "Cover Girl" "Let's Try It Again" "Stay With Me Baby" Joey Medley: "I Remember When" "Angel" "Please Don't Go Girl" "Where Do I Go from Here?" "Treat Me Right" "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" "Funny Feeling" "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" "Games" "Tonight" "Step By Step" "This One's for the Children" "Hangin' Tough"
Notes: • "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" was performed as the third song in the setlist instead of Valentine Girl during the 1990 European dates of the tour
• "Funny Feeling" was occasionally taken out of the setlist for unknown reasons and "I'll Be Loving You (Forever) was performed instead.
• There were shows where the spot in the set list that held both "Funny Feeling" or "I'll Be Loving You (Forever) (depending on the show) were taken off the set list completely and "Games" would be performed right after "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again".
• At select shows in Japan, a rendition of the Jackson 5 song "I'll Be There" was performed during the set list.
Tour dates Magic Summer Tour DateCityCountryVenueEuropeApril 25, 1990EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh PlayhouseApril 26, 1990ManchesterEnglandManchester ApolloApril 27, 1990Whitley BayWhitley Bay Ice RinkApril 28, 1990April 29, 1990BrightonBrighton CentreMay 3, 1990HamburgWest GermanyAlsterdorfer SporthalleMay 4, 1990FrankfurtFesthalleMay 5, 1990MunichOlympiahalleMay 6, 1990EssenGrugahalleMay 8, 1990BirminghamEnglandNEC ArenaMay 9, 1990May 11, 1990LondonDocklands ArenaMay 12, 1990May 13, 1990North AmericaSources for select tour dates in North America for the Magic Summer Tour:June 23, 1990Lake PlacidUnited StatesOlympic Center Ice RinkJune 24, 1990Saratoga SpringsSaratoga RacewayJune 25, 1990June 26, 1990Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn HillsJune 27, 1990June 28, 1990Hoffman EstatesPoplar Creek Music TheaterJune 29, 1990June 30, 1990East TroyAlpine Valley Music TheatreJuly 1, 1990July 4, 1990Saint PaulHarriet IslandJuly 5, 1990Bonner SpringsSandstone Center for the Performing ArtsJuly 6, 1990Iowa CityCarver–Hawkeye ArenaJuly 7, 1990NoblesvilleDeer Creek Music CenterJuly 8, 1990July 10, 1990CincinnatiRiverfront StadiumJuly 11, 1990Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music CenterJuly 12, 1990July 13, 1990BurgettstownCoca-Cola Star Lake AmphitheaterJuly 14, 1990July 17, 1990Washington, D.C.RFK StadiumJuly 20, 1990East RutherfordGiants StadiumJuly 21, 1990July 22, 1990WantaghJones Beach Marine TheaterJuly 23, 1990July 26, 1990Old Orchard BeachSeashore Performing Arts CenterJuly 27, 1990BristolLake Compounce AmphitheaterJuly 28, 1990July 29, 1990FoxboroughFoxboro StadiumJuly 31, 1990August 3, 1990TorontoCanadaCNE GrandstandAugust 4, 1990MontrealOlympic StadiumAugust 5, 1990OttawaLansdowne ParkAugust 8, 1990AtlantaUnited StatesBobby Dodd StadiumAugust 9, 1990CharlotteAmerican Legion Memorial StadiumAugust 10, 1990TallahasseeTallahassee-Leon County Civic CenterAugust 11, 1990St. PetersburgFlorida Suncoast DomeAugust 12, 1990Miami GardensJoe Robbie StadiumAugust 14, 1990GreenvillePaladin StadiumAugust 15, 1990Winston-SalemGroves StadiumAugust 16, 1990NashvilleStarwood AmphitheatreAugust 17, 1990KnoxvilleThompson–Boling ArenaAugust 19, 1990IrvingTexas StadiumAugust 20, 1990HoustonAstrodomeAugust 22, 1990PensacolaPensacola Civic CenterAugust 23, 1990New OrleansLouisiana SuperdomeAugust 24, 1990ShreveportIndependence StadiumAugust 25, 1990JacksonMississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumAugust 26, 1990St. LouisBusch StadiumAugust 28, 1990TulsaSkelly StadiumAugust 30, 1990Greenwood VillageFiddler's Green AmphitheatreSeptember 2, 1990ProvoMarriott CenterSeptember 5, 1990VancouverCanadaBC PlaceSeptember 6, 1990SeattleUnited StatesKingdomeSeptember 8, 1990OaklandOakland–Alameda County ColiseumSeptember 9, 1990Mountain ViewShoreline AmphitheatreSeptember 12, 1990Costa MesaPacific AmphitheatreSeptember 13, 1990September 14, 1990Los AngelesDodger StadiumSeptember 15, 1990Las VegasThomas & Mack CenterSeptember 16, 1990ChandlerCompton Terrace
No More Games Tour