Justin Timberlake surprised the audience at his latest concert by brining out his former NSYNC bandmates for a brief on-stage reunion, marking their first performance together since 2013.
On Wednesday (March 13), the superstar performed at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA for what was branded a “One Night Only” event in the leadup to his next album, Everything I Thought It Was (due out March 15), and its supporting tour the following month.
Tickets for the show were distributed for free via raffle and the gathering ended up attracting a number of celebrities such as three-time Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce and AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys. Additionally, Tobe Nwigwe and Coco Jones made guest appearances during the set, which comprised career-spanning hits by JT as well as live premieres from the new LP.
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Most notably, though, the singer and dancer turned the clocks back and welcomed JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and Lance Bass from NSYNC on stage for four songs: “Girlfriend,” “Bye Bye Bye,” “It’s Gonna Be Me” and the soon-to-be-released “Paradise” on the 43-year-old’s sixth studio album.
Rumors of an NSYNC reunion were first stoked back in 2023, when the legendary group reunited to release a new song titled “Better Place” for the Trolls Band Together movie soundtrack.
Back in January, Justin Timberlake unveiled the itinerary for his Forget Tomorrow World Tour across North America, shutting down hopes for the boy band getting back together for a concert series. The 22-date trek commences on April 29 with a show in Vancouver, Canada and concludes on July 9 in Lexington, Kentucky.
It’s been six years since JT dropped a full-length project. Man of the Woods, which was released in 2018, featured production from the musician and actor himself as well as The Neptunes, Timbaland and more. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 293,000 album-equivalent units sold in its first week.
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The tracklist for the new album appeared via an enormous Spotify billboard in Los Angeles earlier this month. The 18 songs on the album include three featured artists: Fireboy DML is set to appear on “Liar,” Tobe Nwigwe has been tapped for “Sanctified” while NSYNC will reunite on the album’s penultimate track, “Paradise.”
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Check out the setlist of Justin Timberlake’s one-off show in LA:
With The Tennessee Kids
“Sanctified” (w/ Tobe Nwigwe)
“SexyBack”
“LoveStoned”
“Like I Love You”
“My Love”
“No Angels”
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Acoustic
“Selfish”
“What Goes Around… Comes Around”
With The Tennessee Kids
“Señorita”
“Summer Love”
“Rock Your Body”
“Suit & Tie”
“Until the End of Time” (w/ Coco Jones)
“ICU” (Coco Jones cover w/ Coco Jones)
“Cry Me a River”
DJ Set
“Holy Grail” (JAY‐Z)
“Carry Out” (Timbaland)
“Poison” (Bell Biv DeVoe)
“Give It to Me” (Timbaland)
“Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (Michael Jackson)
“Gone” (NSYNC)
With NSYNC & The Tennessee Kids
“Girlfriend” (w/ NSYNC)
“Bye Bye Bye” (w/ NSYNC)
“It’s Gonna Be Me” (w/ NSYNC)
“Paradise” (w/ NSYNC)
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With The Tennessee Kids
“Mirrors”
