New Kid Quits Mid-Show But Returns For Successful ‘Today’ Performance

When a New Kid quit mid-show on Thursday, many fans worried about the forthcoming New Kids on the Block tour.

The band said all was well after Jonathan Knight’s mid-concert walkout, and it now seems they were right. Things looked back to normal on Friday, with the reformed 90s boy band performing on the Today show.

Less than 24 hours earlier at the iHeartRadio Theater in New York, Knight had walked off after appearing to suffer an anxiety attack (the video of this incident is embedded below). The remaining members of the band, Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, and Danny Wood, stayed on stage without Knight to finish the track “Survive You.”

The fellow band members were quick to downplay the incident late Thursday, joking that Knight had to answer a call of nature and had got stuck in the bathroom. McIntyre later calmed fan fears over Knight, tweeting:

“Not 2 worry BHs, all is well w Jon! It was a crazy album release week we are all on a plane to Napa look fwd to a grt show this weekend!”

McIntyre added:

“We love Jonathan and he loves us.”

The incident wasn’t mentioned in the group’s interview on Today, but bandmate Joey McIntyre later tweeted:

So proud of @jonathanrknight for coming back strong on the @todayshow this morning. We Own Tonight sounded good ?

— Joey McIntyre (@joeymcintyre) April 5, 2013

You can see New Kid quit mid-show below: