Justin Timberlake has surprising reaction to *NSYNC in concert crowd

Justin Timberlake has surprising reaction to *NSYNC in concert crowd

Justin Timberlake was saying hi hi hi to his former *NSYNC bandmates.

The singer, 43, had some surprise guests in the audience while performing at the Thousand Palms, California, stop of his Forget Tomorrow World Tour.

JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick showed up to Timberlake’s concert, as seen in Bass’ Tuesday TikTok video.

Justin Timberlake spots *NSYNC members in concert crowd. lancebass/TikTok

The footage shows the artist onstage as he spots the trio in the crowd.

“Why didn’t you guys text me?” Timberlake mouths before laughing and moving to another part of the stage.

The clip cuts to Bass dancing, with the text reading: “On second thought, maybe we should have texted Justin before we showed up.”

Bass, 45, Chasez, 48, and Kirkpatrick, 53, continued to dance together in the audience as Timberlake performed onstage.

*NSYNC members surprise Justin Timberlake at his concert. lancebass/TikTok

Missing from the action? Joey Fatone, 47, who’s currently on Broadway. His debut as Lance in “& Juliet” was Tuesday, taking over from actor Paulo Szot.

“In honor of Joey’s Broadway debut tonight,” Bass playfully wrote in the caption, “we had a date night without him.”

Bass also shared footage of the night on Instagram, with a photo of the four former boy-banders backstage at Timberlake’s show, plus a promotional pic announcing Fatone’s “& Juliet” run. “You guys are the sweetest I appreciate it !!!!” the thespian commented.

*NSYNC circa 2001. Getty Images

Fatone then shared his own Instagram post, photoshopping himself into the reunion pic.

“Thank you, Chris for putting me in the photo,” Fatone captioned the cheeky shot. “It is perfect! I was definitely there in spirit!”

Last week, Fatone told The Post that the group needs to “have a conversation” about a future reunion.

Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Justin Timberlake and Joey Fatone of boy band *NSYNC arrive for the premiere of “Trolls: Band Together” in LA on Nov. 15, 2023. AFP via Getty Images

“That’s really what it boils down to. And we’re gonna hopefully do that soon. We keep saying soon, but it’s getting where it’s like either s—t or get off the pot,” he said. “Let’s be real.”

And with the 25th anniversary of *NSYNC’s blockbuster album “No Strings Attached” coming up in March, Fatone thinks that it’s time for “that moment of the five of us sitting down going, ‘OK, what does this look like? Do we want to do a tour? Is it just a tour? Is it an album? Is it an EP? Are we not going to do anything? Like, what exactly are we going to do?’”

Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC perform during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center. Jeff Kravitz

Chasez would also be down for a reunion.

“You go where inspiration is, right?” he said during a November appearance on the “LadyGang” podcast. “I’m not one of those people that fakes it very well. Whenever I’ve tried to fake it, I’ve always felt s–tty about it, to be honest with you.”

But in July, TMZ reported that Timberlake was allegedly the big holdout on a reunion tour.

Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Justin Timberlake of NSYNC attend the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023. Getty Images for MTV

The outlet claimed that insiders revealed the “SexyBack” star and his team did not respond to multiple proposals for an *NSYNC stadium tour this summer, despite the other members showing interest.

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