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New Edition delighted a celebrity-packed audience in Los Angeles Wednesday, as the R&B innovators reunited on stage.
The performance took place during Black Entertainment Television's 25 Strong: BET Silver Anniversary Special, part of a celebration honouring the network's 25th birthday. The show, taped at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, will be broadcast Nov. 1 on BET.
The New Edition reunion included all six members of the 1980s-era R&B-boy band pioneers, including the group's original co-founder, Bobby Brown.
Brown, whose brushes with the law and high-profile marriage to singer Whitney Houston have kept him in the headlines over the years, initially left the group in 1986 to pursue a solo career.
Fellow members Ricky Bell, Ronnie Devoe, Michael Bivins and Ralph Tresvant replaced him with singer Johnny Gill. When they eventually separated in the early 1990s, all had moderate levels of success.
Brown returned in 1996 to record the hit New Edition comeback album Home Again, but, as in the past, tempers flared up during the subsequent tour and once again the group took a break. Brown did not participate in One Love, the New Edition album released in 2004 on the Bad Boy record label, run by hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Speaking to reporters after Wednesday's performance, Tresvant confirmed that all six members of New Edition have come back together, now that they all have had time to grow and mature. He added that the singing group is seeking a live televised concert special and would like to conduct a world tour.
The group, whose members were between the ages of 13 and 15 when they first started, are best known for Jackson 5-inspired songs like Candy Girl, Is This The End?, Cool It Now and I'm Still In Love With You. They set the stage for blockbuster 1980s boy band New Kids On The Block, which was formed by New Edition's former manager, Maurice Starr.
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