NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 'CLOSE TO FINISHING COMEBACK ALBUM'

LATEST: Eighties teen hearthrobs NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK are reportedly recording a new album in secret.

Singer Danny Woods recently attempted to shoot down increasing rumours the boyband is planning to reunite, insisting there had been "no discussion" of a comeback.

But a track was uploaded onto the group's newly-active official website last week (ends1Feb08) - and sources tell the New York Post the five-piece have almost completed work on a new LP, with the help of legendary music mogul Irving Azoff.

An insider tells the newspaper, "They've been going to a studio in Orlando and recording the album. It's just about done."

NKOTB - Woods, Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre and Jordan Knight - sold over 50 million albums before splitting in 1994.