Justin Timberlake got the old band back together when he reunited with *NSYNC on Wednesday night (March 13) during his warm-up set at The Wiltern in Los Angeles.
JT and *NSYNC set hearts racing and charts on fire during their golden years in the 1990s and early 2000s before going on hiatus in 2002. The boy band—or rather, the boy band – back to their old ways in Los Angeles. a full body workout ahead of his Forget Tomorrow world tour.
Tonight's 'One Night Show' will be a tough act to follow. Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and Lance Bass performed '90s smash hit “It's Gonna Be Me” and debuted new collab track “Paradise,” footage of which can be seen below.
The surprise reunion was their first on stage since a one-off performance at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards last September. Before that, the “It's Gonna Be Me” singers last tried out their projects as a full five-piece in 2013, for JT's Video Vanguard Award medley.
Later in 2019, Chasez, Kirkpatrick, Fatone and Bass joined Ariana Grande on stage during her Coachella headlining performance for a performance of “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored” and “Tearin' Up My Heart “. In that case, Timberlake was out of place.
Timberlake returned to his roots — and the studio — with *NSYNC in 2023 for “Better Place,” which accompanied the animated family film starring JT Trolls Band Together. The track bowed at No. 25, marking NSYNC's lucky 13th appearance on the Billboard Hot 100
In total, *NSYNC has scored six top 10 hits on the Hot 100, including “Bye Bye Bye” (No. 4), “This I Promise You” (No. 5) and “It's Gonna Be Me” (No. 1 , two weeks). On the Billboard 200, the guys have scored four top 10s, including No. 1 albums There are no strings attached (eight weeks) and Celebrity (one week).
JT's concert acts as a curtain call for his Friday (March 15) release Everything I thought it wasand his opening kick Forget Tomorrow World tour on April 29 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada.
The upcoming album, led by the single “Selfish,” marks JT's first solo release in more than five years. EITIW is the follow-up to his 2018 solo LP Man of the Woodswhich debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Timberlake beat the rush earlier this week with the first performance of “No Angels.” Jimmy Kimmel Live.
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