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    Donnie Wahlberg, center, performs with New Kids On The Block at SAP Center in San Jose on Friday, July 12, 2013. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group)

  • OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Recording artist Sandra 'Pepa' Denton...

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    OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Recording artist Sandra 'Pepa' Denton of the hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa perform at halftime in Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers at ORACLE Arena on June 3, 2018 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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    New Kids On The Block performs at SAP Center in San Jose on Friday, July 12, 2013. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Jordan Knight, at front, performs with New Kids On The...

    Jordan Knight, at front, performs with New Kids On The Block during the iHeart80s Party at SAP Center Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Jordan Knight, front, performs with New Kids On The Block...

    Jordan Knight, front, performs with New Kids On The Block at SAP Center in San Jose on Friday, July 12, 2013. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group)

  • OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Recording artist Sandra 'Pepa' Denton...

    OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Recording artist Sandra 'Pepa' Denton of the hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa perform at halftime in Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers at ORACLE Arena on June 3, 2018 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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    OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Recording artists Cheryl 'Salt' James, and Sandra 'Pepa' Denton of the hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa perform at halftime in Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 3, 2018 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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    Donnie Wahlberg, at left, and Jordan Knight perform with New Kids On The Block during the iHeart80s Party at SAP Center Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Jonathan Knight , at left, and Joey McIntyre run on...

    Jonathan Knight , at left, and Joey McIntyre run on stage as New Kids On The Block performs during the iHeart80s Party at SAP Center Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group)

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    Debbie Gibson and Alan Bersten perform during ‘Dancing with the Stars’ on Monday September 18, 2017. (ABC/Eric McCandless)

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    Donnie Wahlberg with New Kids On The Block performs at SAP Center in San Jose on Friday, July 12, 2013. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group)

  • OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Recording artists Cheryl 'Salt' James,...

    Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

    OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Recording artists Cheryl 'Salt' James, and Sandra 'Pepa' Denton of the hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa perform at halftimein Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 3, 2018 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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    Jordan Knight sings as New Kids On The Block performs during the iHeart80s Party at SAP Center Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Alan Bersten and Debbie Gibson perform during ‘Dancing with the...

    Alan Bersten and Debbie Gibson perform during ‘Dancing with the Stars’ on Monday September 18, 2017. (ABC/Eric McCandless)

  • OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Recording artist Sandra 'Pepa' Denton...

    OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 03: Recording artist Sandra 'Pepa' Denton of the hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa perform at halftime in Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers at ORACLE Arena on June 3, 2018 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

  • New Kids On The Block performs at SAP Center in...

    New Kids On The Block performs at SAP Center in San Jose on Friday, July 12, 2013. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group)

  • Alan Bersten and Debbie Gibson perform during ‘Dancing with the...

    Alan Bersten and Debbie Gibson perform during ‘Dancing with the Stars’ on Monday September 18, 2017. (ABC/Eric McCandless)

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Jim Harrington, pop music critic, Bay Area News Group, for his Wordpress profile. (Michael Malone/Bay Area News Group)
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Don’t look now, but this just might be the best retro pop-music package tour of 2019.

Of course, we’re talking about the trek headlined by the New Kids on the Block, one of the most popular “boy bands” of all time and the multi-platinum-selling act behind such smash hits as “You Got It (The Right Stuff),” “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever),” “Hangin’ Tough,” “Cover Girl” and “Step by Step.”

But this tour features so much more than just the New Kids.

For starters, NKOTB will be joined by Salt-N-Pepa, the legendary hip-hop troupe that should have been elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame years ago. Salt-N-Pepa was absolutely terrific during its set at last year’s Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco.

Also on the bill is Naughty By Nature, the hip-hop troupe that gave the world the multi-platinum single “O.P.P.”

Then there’s former teen idol Tiffany, who you might remember for her hit cover of “I Think We’re Alone Now.”

Not a Tiffany fan? Prefer, say, Debbie Gibson instead?

Well, that’s cool. Because Gibson (“Foolish Beat,” “Lost In Your Eyes”) is also on the bill.

Catch all the retro fun on May 29 at the SAP Center in San Jose and May 30 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

Details: 7:30 p.m.; $29.95-$179.95, www.ticketmaster.com