- Title: New Edition gets permanent spot in Hollywood
- Date: 23rd January 2017
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 23, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ***WARNING CONTAINS PROFANITY*** NEW EDITION STAR BEING UNVEILED NEW EDITION MEMBERS RECEIVING PLAQUES BOBBY BROWN HOLDING PLAQUE NEW EDITION POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) RICKEY BELL SAYING: "This moment right here, I mean I want to just take a second just to take in the moment because see, it's not just about that what we're doing here, right. But, listen what other moment do we have to have all six of us together with our family, with our close friends, and with our fans all in one place? It doesn't just happen like that. I don't want us to take this for granted. This means so much to us, seriously." NEW EDITION MEMBERS POSING FOR PHOTOS VARIOUS OF BOBBY BROWN AND NEW EDITION MEMBERS POSING FOR PHOTOS VARIOUS OF CROWD ASSEMBLED (SOUNDBITE) (English) JAMES "JIMMY JAM" HARRIS SAYING: "This is what love looks like, not that bullshit we saw the other day. This is what love looks like and this is a respect and these are the kind of gentlemen that you play that kind was respect to New Edition and I will leave it at that." BOBBY BROWN POSING FOR PHOTOS NEW EDITION MEMBERS POSING FOR PHOTO NEW EDITION WALK OF FAME STAR VARIOUS OF BOBBY BROWN WITH WIFE RONNIE DEVOE POSING FOR PHOTOS RALPH TRESVANT POSING FOR PHOTOS
- Embargoed: 6th February 2017 23:45
- Keywords: New Edition music band Walk of Fame star Hollywood
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Music
- Reuters ID: LVA00160AZAZ1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Former boy band New Edition received the 2,600th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday (January 23). Members Ronnie DeVoe, Rickey Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill were all on hand for the ceremony.
"This moment right here, I mean I want to just take a second just to take in the moment because see, it's not just about that what we're doing here, right. But, listen what other moment do we have to have all six of us together with our family, with our close friends, and with our fans all in one place? It doesn't just happen like that. I don't want us to take this for granted. This means so much to us, seriously," said Bell.
Starting off as a Boston boy band in the early 1980s, New Edition had multiple early hits, including "Candy Girl" and "Mr. Telephone Man."
Brown left the group in 1986 for a solo career. He was replaced by Gill, who helped the group earn their biggest-selling album, "Heartbreak," which garnered three number one songs.
Members Bell, Bivins and DeVoe went on to create the group Bell-Biv-DeVoe in 1989, which had enormous success with their hit single "Poison."
Many people credit New Edition for launching the modern boy band movement, setting the stage for acts like The Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block, and Boyz II Men.
The group's story has been made into a 3-part TV series, set to debut on network BET on January 24. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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