The Jonas Brothers Get Around (Town That Is)

After playing a show in the Hamptons this weekend that cost concertgoers $1500 a pop, the Jonas Brothers played a surprise free show at the SoHo Apple Store last night. Almost 1,000 people showed up (about half were turned away) in order to see the purity ringed-hands of the brothers Jonas rock out songs from their new EP A Little Bit Longer. The brothers have been busy: they are co-hosting TRL in honor of Jonas Brothers Fan Week and yesterday morning, they visited Regis & Kelly's studio, where an out-for-a-jog Steve Guttenberg checked in with Jonas Brothers fans outside the studio. We didn't think that there was a way for Steve Guttenberg to rule any more than he already did.

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By Billy Parker in Arts and Events on August 13, 2008 5:20 PM

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junecarter

Everyone can say as much shit about the Jonas as they want. The brothers are laughing all the way to the bank and Disney executives are already spending their Christmas bonus. This music is made for teenage girls and that audience is eating it up. No one marketing that band cares if middle age hipsters don't like it, think they are gay, think they are going to break up, or don't hear the music on the radio.

Steven

So how many years before the Jonas Brothers break up? I say in 2010.

tnturner

gay

thefacts

Liztish @ 9:44

How old are you ?

Let me guess. 13? 14? Maybe 12 but you look old for your age?

Anyone other groups from Disney you like?

Doesn't Disney produce great music?

Do you scream when they perform?

Do your musical tastes run the spectrum from A to D?

Have I spelled 'teeny-bopper' correctly?

Isn't 9:44 past your bedtime?

junecarter

The Jonas Brothers are actually 3 brothers. There is a 4th Jonas brother but he is seven, not in the band, and is referred to as "The Bonus Jonus". They write all the music and lyrics and play all the instruments. Next week their new album will debut at #1 selling over 770,000 in the first week.

dr zippy

some people take pride in being ignorant and not knowing how to do a Google.

Lizitish

Waah waah.

They are not really a boy band in the traditional sense. They are actually quite good. And radio is dead. Duh, people.

They've succeeded based on album promoted partly through TV, and more largely online and through 4+ years of almost nonstop live touring. They're about to have a second album go platinum based on that.

Move into the 21st century. And if you're not paying attention, why open your mouth?

Think2wice

They look like overdressed Strokes. And sing like N'Sync.

babyhitler

This is really weird now. It used to be that boy bands and pop stars had their music played on the radio. Now miley cyrus and Jonas brothers have their music played on kids tv shows. I fucking never heard a single song from these guys. At least backstreet boys and nsync had music on the radio.

dr zippy

The Jonas Brothers are a boy band made up of four boys in the Jonas family. They are popular for the same reason every boy band is popular.

aveB4life

who the hell are the jonas brothers

Steven

Is the any particular reason why the Jonas Brothers are so popular?

BoredMike

I was caught in the mess. Took some pictures:

http://blog.limewire.com/posts/3310-Jonas-Brothers-stop-Soho-traffic

slyseekr

I made the mistake of passing by the Apple SoHo store yesterday just as the brother's arrived... and paid the price with deaf ears for 30 minutes.

The U.S. could make billions forging a weapon from teenage girls' screams!