As promised, check out high-quality videos of the New Kids’ performance on NBC’s Today earlier today. Danny Wood, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, and brothers Jonathan Knight and Jordan Knight sang and danced through a medley of their older hits, as well as the 1990 throwback “Tonight,” and they sang one new tune, a very mellow track called “Summertime.” The last is available for purchase on iTunes right now.

Up first, the old-school medley, followed by “Tonight” (preceded by a little chit chat with show hosts Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, who I bet were screaming somewhere offstage, too — Ha ha!) and the new single “Summertime” after the jump.

The extravaganza ends with yet another video of the group dishing with Lauer and Vieira about their forthcoming tour. There may be more footage later because MSNBC added videos as I was writing this post. I’ll check the site again later today for additional clips to publish.

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To prove it, the group’s website nkotb.com is currently chock full of supporting extras, including a blog, image downloads, and a brand-spanking-new track called “Summertime,” the last of which is located at the New Kids on the Block MySpace site.

As of this writing, the following tour dates are listed, so start snapping up those tickets now if you’ve got NKOTB fever. And, if you won’t be able to make any of the dates or locations, I’ll have video clips of NKOTB’s May 16th performance on NBC’s Today that very same day.

Current New Kids on the Block Tour Dates

• May 16, 2008: The Today Show (New York, NY)
• May 17, 2008: Izod Center (East Rutherford, NJ)
• May 18, 2008: Tweeter Center (Boston, MA)
• Sep 20, 2008: Bell Centre (Montreal, Canada)
• Sep 21, 2008: Air Canada Center (Toronto, Canada)
• Sep 23, 2008: Izod Center (East Rutherford, NJ)
• Sep 24, 2008: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Uniondale, NY)
• Sep 26, 2008: TD Banknorth Garden (Boston, MA)
• Sep 27, 2008: Borgata Hotel and Casino Event Center (Atlantic City, NJ)
• Oct 04, 2008: Allstate Arena (Chicago, IL)

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The guys — Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, and brothers Jonathan Knight and Jordan Knight — were in New York to make their first public appearance together in 14 years, and aside from Mother Nature’s refusal to play along, the reunion went off without a hitch.

Each member of the band looked pretty good given the passage of time, and as co-host Hoda Kotb noted at one point, even they seemed overwhelmed by the rapturous reaction of the crowd. If anyone thinks today was something, just wait until the group returns exactly six weeks from now, on May 16, to perform live with one another again for the first time in nearly 15 years.

Like many people, I assumed that would happen this morning. But, it didn’t. Instead, at precisely 9:39am EST (a little clock keeps time throughout the show in a corner of the screen), NKOTB participated in a brief interview with enthusiastic co-host Natalie Morales and then answered a couple of fan emails. The first asked if the group will continue to dance during their performances and the second wondered if they plan to remove “Kids” from their name since they’re not exactly young’uns anymore.

Take a look at the four-and-a-half minute clip of the Today show appearance after the jump. If you listen closely, you’ll also get a quick preview of NKOTB’s new track “Summertime,” which is on the forthcoming album it sounds like they group has already completed.

NOTE: If you require closed captions, you can enable that feature on the video player by clicking the CC symbol in the top right-hand corner.

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