Joey Fatone Spills the Latest News on an *NSYNC Reunion – and Why It’s Taking So Long (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

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Fans still hoping for a true*NSYNCreunion are going to have to wait a little longer.

Speaking to PEOPLE on Sept. 13 at 90s Con 2024 in Daytona Beach, Fla., band memberJoey Fatonesaid that given the five singers’ busy schedules, “we haven’t had that conversation yet.”

“Justin [Timberlake]is finishing up his tour, I’ve been doing a bunch of things withAJ [McLean]from Backstreet Boys. So that’s been great.”

But, he added, “hopefully at some point when [Justin] is done with his tour, we’ll sit down and go, ‘What are we doing?’ and figure it out. I would love to have that conversation, whether yes or no — I just want to know. Just tell me so we can move on with our lives. Either say we had a good run and be done with it, or see what we can do.”

Joey Fatone at 90s Con 2024 in Daytona Beach.Thats4Entertainment/Adrian Ruiz

Thats4Entertainment/Adrian Ruiz

Elaborating one day later during a 90s Con panel with fellow boy bandersTrevor Penick, Dan Miller, Erik-Michael Estrada and Jacob Underwoodof O-Town, Fatone, 47, picked back up with the conversation, saying a second part of the question is whether or not *NSYNC would make new music, tour or both.

“Everybody has families and relationships now,” he continued of the group, which also includesLance Bass,JC ChasezandChris Kirkpatrick. “It’s hard to get the five of us together and it’s a huge commitment.”

“However I will say the gears are in the right direction as far as the interest from everybody.”

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For Fatone, a desire to reunite is particularly personal.

“It’s really cool for my kids to see what I did back in the day,” he said of daughters Kloey, 14, and Briahna, 23. “They’ve seen videos but never an actual *NSYNC concert. I’d love for my kids to see some of that.”

Fans of the band got a glimpse of what new *NSYNC music could look like when the group recorded “Better Place,” a track off the 2023Trolls Band Togethersoundtrack, and “Paradise,” featured on Timberlake’s albumEverything I Thought It Was.

JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone and Lance Bass at the 2024 premiere of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’.Noam Galai/Getty

Noam Galai/Getty

He added with a laugh, “I’ll keep doing as many shows as I can to keep singing, but hopefully there’s a time when the other four knuckleheads get their heads out of their asses.”

In July, Fatone, Bass, Chasez and Kirkpatrickreunited on the red carpetat theDeadpool & Wolverinepremiere and enjoyed a resurgence this summer when their 2000 hit “Bye Bye Bye” was featured in the film. The group’s last studio album was 2001’sCelebrity.

source: people.com