NSync had a reunion at Justin Timberlake’s show without Joey Fatone

Lance Bass, JC Chasez and Chris Kirkpatrick felt so good playing to the beat Justin Timberlakeconcert on Monday, January 20, in miniNSync reunion.

Joey Fatonwho is in New York as Lance on Broadway & Julietwas the only one absent from Timberlake Forget Tomorrow World Tour productivity.

Bass, 45, captured the moment in a group photo of the four members of the boy band, which he posted on Instagram.

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

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Fatone, 47, took the FOMO in stride, replying: “You guys are the cutest I appreciate that!!!! 😂”

He even published a photo of himself to his Instagram account, crudely photoshopped into the original group shot.

“Thanks Chris for putting me in the picture,” he wrote. “This is perfect! I was definitely there in spirit! May the blush be with you all!”

Bass also shared a video of the group dancing during the concert via his TikTok channel. In the video, Timberlake, 43, spots the trio and asks them, “Why didn’t you guys text me?” before continuing the performance.

“In hindsight, maybe we should have texted Justin before we showed up,” Bass captioned the video.

While this may not be the reunion NSync fans were hoping for, the band has a gift for melody and there’s still hope they can pull it off. Fatone told the New York Post in a story published on Jan. 17 that the band needs to “have a conversation” about it.

“That’s really what it all comes down to. And we hope to do it soon. We keep saying it’s coming soon, but it’s getting to the point where it’s like s— or get off the pot,” he said. “Let’s be real.”

Fatone continued, wondering aloud what the meeting would look like.

“Do we want to take a tour? Is it just a tour? Is this an album? Is this an EP? Are we not going to do anything? Like, what exactly are we going to do?”

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Bass also told Billboard in 2023 it will be “never say never” about the reunion.

“I’m always upset that there wasn’t an end because we didn’t have a final show, we didn’t have a final tour because we didn’t know it was the last days,” he explained. “I think we owe it to the fans to give them something at some point. I just hope it happens before I’m 80.”

“We should all be inspired at the moment,” he added. “But I think the world needs something from ‘NSync again.”