The Beijing News reported March 10as the youngest member of Nick on January 28 this year, enter the 30-year-oldthreshold, once accompanied by a number of "80 after" Backstreet Boysspent during adolescence has now become the "Backstreet man. "
This month17, the Backstreet Boys in the Capital Gymnasium Kai Chang, Howie D team onbehalf of the whole regiment accepted the newspaper interview，Howie DFace of the "breathing" in question, Howie D is still enoughconfidence in themselves.
Nick has always been envious impression about China Chinese Snacks
The Beijing News: Last come to China toperform how they feel? Chinese fans on-site response to what kind of impression?
>Howie D: We come to Chinamany times, and also very looking forward to this performance. Prior to a concert when the audience feels theperformance of China'sslow heat, but as the show progresses, slowly rising up the atmosphere.
The Beijing News: Last time there did not go to Beijing's attractions orenjoy snacks?
>Howie D:Having successfully hosted the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing has been more and more people arewell known.
Beijingis its most attractive of our building, it is both a very modern high-risebuildings, there are a traditional Chinese residential areas, such as thecourtyard, which is very impact of a feeling. Nick has always been veryenvious of China'ssnacks, but that she has no chance to taste this we must find the opportunityto taste.
The Beijing News: Do youthink the new album is said that inside the "Bigger" and
"TheAnalects of Confucius" inside "Sanshierli" very fit?
>Howie D:there are now countries in the world "Chinese fever", this phenomenonhas affected us. Theconcert will be one we will be singing two songs in Chinese, but it really ishard to learn Chinese.
"Bigger"This song is written, people reached a certain age, stage of life began tothink more in-depth, relying on their own ability to bear the responsibilityalone, but can not always ignorant, and capricious. For us, this age group phaseshould be is 30 years old.
Totalk about players feeling there is love there is hate to spend the every day
The Beijing News: Kevinimpact of the withdrawal of the band of his life?
Howie D:Kevin's exit first of all, we can no longer get along with day and night, butwe are well aware of his thoughts at that time. His age and physical conditionis difficult to bear such a high-intensity tour, and he would also like to makegood management of his family, which is human. We never thought to dissolvethe combination.
The Beijing News: You havebeen together for seventeen years, and as time goes by, the feelings betweenyou, whether it has been conserved?
Howie D:We are a few people together every day is different, most of the time very easyto get along. However,several of our people, after all, their lifestyle is still not the same, surethere will be friction. I think several of our people is more like a family,there is love there is hate, but after all, spend the every day.
The Beijing News: Lookingback at your popular young years, there is no particular emotion or regret thatplace?
Howie D:Orchestra gone through a lot of ups and downs. But I think every moment onstage when the main line is the life of the other time is at rest. After a break we can do anoutright Backstreet Boys. Over the years there are many moments worth treasuring.After the planning isvery simple: we will continue to sing, to always love our fans.
Talkabout style of music
We focus on the Asian fans feeling
The Beijing News: Some people say you are the United States Teenpop (Teen pop)music of the most important promoter of how your own perception of the statusof the Backstreet Boys?
>Howie D:indeed, after our debut, there has been a lot of Teenpop singers and orchestra,only those who say that we are beginning. Of course, Teenpop as a typeof music, has also been too much criticism. Music itself is a variety offorms, and it is this multi-form giving the fans a lot of choices. Music is no good or bad, onlythe listener the feeling --- feeling nicely or not.
The Beijing News: how do you treat the "breathing"was, now the U.S.music scene, after all, is Beyonce, JAY-Z, and Lady Gaga the world.
>Howie D:those people in the hip-hop or R & B field, and our popular music iscompletely different disciplines. Yes, hip-hop in the United States is very fire, and popmusic by its extrusion particularly drastic. However, in Japan and China, we are still very popular.
The Beijing News: Do you focus on the future performances willmove it to Asia?
>Howie D:Our influence is the longest in Asia, whileAsian markets, we have always been valued. Just formed a delegation, we regardthe arranger and concert fans feel very focused in Asia, each of the tour isbasically also have Asian station, so far from center of gravity shift.
OnConcert
Willincrease the co-ordination of electronic and rock
The Beijing News: Do you goto this concert will be mature line, and many fans are holding nostalgic lookat the mentality, and are not afraid they will not meet?
>Howie D:This concert program arrangements for both "This Is Us" this album'ssongs, but also we are very familiar with some of the songs, so neither willlet the fans down to listen to songs, will not let holding of nostalgia to seethe mentality of fans disappointed. Of course, and fans can grow along with that we reallyhonor.
The Beijing News: previoushits such as "I'll Never Break Your Heart" "As Long As You loveMe" and "Get Down" if they would perform at the concert? Will change over the pastconcerts way?
>Howie D:of course, singing many of the previous tracks. The way the concert willincrease the number of electronic music and rock combination.
The Beijing News: You are nowthe album and the concert's primary audience is still the old fans. But you have songs in lateryears will take care of the new young people?
>Howie D:We know of many loyal fans of old will now bring their children to ourconcerts, they adopted such a way that the next generation of its own into theBackstreet Boys of the family. In fact, our music attracts all ages and differenttastes of the fans, as long as you are a people who love rhythm.
Source: Ent.Oeeee.Com
3.12.2010
THIS IS US TOUR: Backstreetboys in Auckland
When:Thursday 11th March, 7:00pm
Where:Vector Arena, Auckland CBD
Ticket Information: For tickets contact Ticketmaster – 0800 111 999
Website:www.ampresents.com
With worldwide record sales in excess of 100 million and 14 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the Backstreet Boys are among the most successful pop groups in music history.
According to US Billboard 200 the group is the first artist since Sade to have their first seven albums reach top 10 on the chart.
In 2009 their latest album titled This Is Us was released and they are currently on the European leg of a successful World tour of the same name.
Today the quartet - Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and AJ McLean - have announced they will be extending the tour to include Australia and New Zealand.
"We are so excited to bring the This Is Us tour to New Zealand and we can't wait to see you in March 2010 dancing in the audience” said the band.
The tour showcases the latest album and of course all their greatest hits, including I Want It That Way, Everybody (Backstreet’s Back), I’ll Never Break Your Heart, As Long As You Love Me, The Shape of My Heart and Incomplete.
The Backstreet Boys are back – alright!
Source: Events@MSN.Com
Where:Vector Arena, Auckland CBD
Ticket Information: For tickets contact Ticketmaster – 0800 111 999
Website:www.ampresents.com
With worldwide record sales in excess of 100 million and 14 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the Backstreet Boys are among the most successful pop groups in music history.
According to US Billboard 200 the group is the first artist since Sade to have their first seven albums reach top 10 on the chart.
In 2009 their latest album titled This Is Us was released and they are currently on the European leg of a successful World tour of the same name.
Today the quartet - Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and AJ McLean - have announced they will be extending the tour to include Australia and New Zealand.
"We are so excited to bring the This Is Us tour to New Zealand and we can't wait to see you in March 2010 dancing in the audience” said the band.
The tour showcases the latest album and of course all their greatest hits, including I Want It That Way, Everybody (Backstreet’s Back), I’ll Never Break Your Heart, As Long As You Love Me, The Shape of My Heart and Incomplete.
The Backstreet Boys are back – alright!
Source: Events@MSN.Com
3.11.2010
Backstreet Boys - better, if not bigger, than ever
The Backstreet Boys arrived in the country this afternoon ahead of their concert at Auckland's Vector Arena on Thursday.
Nightline's Ali Ikram - who is a very, very big fan of the Backstreet Boys, it has to be said - is still wondering why he was the only journalist there.
In the late '90s, when boy bands were king, the Backstreet Boys sold over 100 million albums. No one could walk in slow motion like them, and no other boy band understood fully that being in love looks frightfully similar to constipation.
But their arrival at Auckland Airport could not have been more low key, the boys confronted by just two fans seeking photos.
The Backstreet Boys have been to New Zealand before, but only to do promotion - this will be their first concert.
The hardcore posse of local fans saw all four of the group's Australian concerts.
"Last night in Brisbane one of the members, Brian, acknowledged me on stage," says Jenny Zindell. "He was like, 'Is this four or five shows you're going to?' So he was adorable."
But having Backstreet in New Zealand is the culmination of a decade's lobbying by fans and a petition with thousands of signatures.
While the ladies at the airport have seen as many as 14 concerts, Thursday night at Vector will special.
"It's extremely overwhelming," says Kirsten Mander. "We got pretty emotional on the plane coming over, it's great to have them here finally."
They've survived the departure of Kevin Richardson, rehab and legal wrangles, but their fans believe after 17 years the boys are better than ever.
Backstreet Boys are back
Seventeen years after the chart-topping Backstreet Boys formed, they're about to play their first New Zealand show.
When the Backstreet Boys formed in 1993, no one anticipated the group would have the success or longevity they would achieve - least of all whomever named the group.
After newspaper advertisements and auditions in 1992 and 1993 and the departure of three early members, the five who would go on to stardom - with pop ballads such as I'll Never Break Your Heart, As Long As You Love Me and I Want It That Way - were found.
Now aged in their 30s, the Backstreet Boys have been through one rumoured stint in rehab for drug addiction, an open-heart surgery and a lawsuit against former manager - and the group's creator - Lou Pearlman, who the group sued for cheating them out of earnings.
Their lineup has also changed again (their fifth member, Kevin Richardson, left in 2006) but despite all the changes that came with growing older, their name will stay the same, member Brian Littrell says.
"One of the very first questions we ever got when we first started the group was 'when you guys get older are you going to change your name to the Backstreet Men or the Backstreet Guys or whatever' and the answer was no then, and today, 17 years later, it's still no. We'll always be the brand known as the Backstreet Boys."
With bandmates Nick Carter, AJ McLean and Howie Dorough, the group is about to perform in New Zealand for the first time, as part of their worldwide This Is Us tour.
"I think we stopped in there - this sounds really bad - I think we came there one time like 11 years ago and we popped in so fast, we were probably there for 20 minutes," Littrell says.
"We've never performed live there with the band and the show so we're really, really excited to come and see what the fans' response is gonna be."
The group is "doing just fine" and "moving fullsteam ahead" as a four-piece, Littrell says.
"The door is always open for Kevin if he wants to come back but at the end of the day the Backstreet Boys, from now till whenever he does decide to come back, we're a four-member group now and we're just continuing on."
A naive 18-year-old when he joined the Backstreet Boys, Littrell is now 35, with a wife and son, and calls the southern state of Georgia home.
Back then, he'd planned to go to Bible School on a vocal scholarship, make Christian music, and maybe become a teacher.
"I thought I had my life planned out. I was going to go off to college and live a normal life and not really pursue entertainment, but still be involved somehow with music because music was going to pay my way through school. That would have been my path."
He says the industry has changed greatly since the group first rose to fame, largely because of the internet and music downloading, and the creation of shows such as American Idol.
"With the internet, with downloading, I don't think that the Backstreet Boys will ever sell a million records the first day. It's probably impossible for anybody other than, say, a Michael Jackson or somebody like it.
"Things change all the time, it's inevitable that we're gonna get older, our fans get older, the industry changes, it gets faster and faster...
"Our rise to fame wasn't easy and we've really worked hard for the things that we have."
Littrell laughs when told of a plan by gossip blogger Perez Hilton and music manager extraordinaire Simon Fuller, who created the Idol franchise, to find "the next generation Boy Band".
"Are you kidding me? Really? Wow. My advice is good luck. It's a lot tougher than people think it is.
"It doesn't matter if you have Perez Hilton or Simon Fuller [although] I'm sure that in a way having someone like that behind you, they will be very very successful. But my advice to them is good luck and be prepared to work, and work hard, because it takes a lot, it takes a whole lot."
As for the Backstreet Boys - they plan to continue on as long as there are still fans buying their records and coming to their shows.
"It's fun doing what we do, travelling the world, putting on shows, singing a lot of the old hits but also introducing a lot of new music, and that's important to us.
"If it ever got to the point where I hated it, then I wouldn't do it anymore but right now I don't see why we couldn't have a consistent balance of homelife and pop stardom for the next 10, 15 more years."
The Backstreet Boys perform at Vector Arena in Auckland on March 11.
3.07.2010
Backstreet Boys arrive in Manila
MANILA, Philippines - Popular American vocal group “Backstreet Boys " arrived here Friday (February 26) for a one-night concert at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Saturday.
The band consists of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and Nick Carter.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News, the band expressed their happiness in performing again for their Filipino fans.
"Thanks for welcoming us back. Hoping to have a great show tomorrow and hope you guys come out," Dorough said upon the group's arrival at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay at around 12:30 p.m..
Formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993, Backstreet Boys is considered one of the biggest selling groups of all time. The band has released a total of seven albums and has sold over 130 million records worldwide.
Backstreet Boys is expected to entertain their Filipino fans and supporters with their hits -- "Get Down (You're the One for Me)," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," "Quit Playing Games With My Heart," and "If You Stay."
Source: ABS-CBN News
The band consists of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and Nick Carter.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News, the band expressed their happiness in performing again for their Filipino fans.
"Thanks for welcoming us back. Hoping to have a great show tomorrow and hope you guys come out," Dorough said upon the group's arrival at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay at around 12:30 p.m..
Formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993, Backstreet Boys is considered one of the biggest selling groups of all time. The band has released a total of seven albums and has sold over 130 million records worldwide.
Backstreet Boys is expected to entertain their Filipino fans and supporters with their hits -- "Get Down (You're the One for Me)," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," "Quit Playing Games With My Heart," and "If You Stay."
Source: ABS-CBN News
Boys no more: Backstreet's a grownup-man band
I'll admit two things: I was one of the millennium teenage generation for whom oxygen came in the form and sounds of bubblegum pop cohorts. And secondly, I was frankly awestruck when I met two members of one of the most successful and enduring groups Brian Littrell and Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys (BSB) yesterday.Yes, I was there when BSB's tunes like 'I'll Never Break Your Heart' and 'I Want It That Way' were my sentimental anthems. I was also there when the group went through its trials and tribulations. How Nick and A.J. McLean battled their alcoholism and drug abuse; when Nick tried to set off a solo career and dated Paris Hilton; when eldest member Kevin Richardson quit the group; and whenever closest rival boyband N'Sync scored a one-up over BSB
Looking back, I hope I didn't sound too much like a gushing groupie in front of them.
The band put up a 100-minute concert at the Suntec Convention Centre last night as part of their This Is Us world tour. Two of the boys, Brian and Nick, met reporters right after flying in from the Philippines, their previous destination.
As expected, questions thrown at one of the world's most successful pop acts of the 1990s and 2000s, who just released their seventh studio album This Is Us last September, revolved around their evolution. Most evidently, the use of the 'boyband' title on a bunch of men whose youngest member, Nick, is now 30.
Brian explained, "The term 'boyband' really depends on the fans, if that's what they want to see us as. We're never a boyband, we're a singing-harmony group."
Nick shot, "I never liked bubblegum! We're singers first. And we're special because such harmony groups don't exist."
"At a time when everything needed a label, 'boyband' was assigned to us. There were a gazillion such groups out there. But we proved we can sing," Brian added. The devout Christian, whose latest tweet was a call for a prayer for earthquake-hit Chile, also joked that it's probably more appropriate to call them a "grownup-man band" now.
The 35-year-old is happily married, so is bandmate Howie Dorough, while A.J. is recently engaged. Is girls' favourite Nick feeling the itch, then?
"Me and my girlfriend are happy now but no," when asked if we can expect wedding bells anytime soon. "I'm not a marriage kind of guy."
Backstreet Boys started out 17 years ago in Florida and helped pave the way for a generation of boybands and girl groups, known for their young age, good looks, spiffy dance moves, and sex appeal, like N'Sync, Spice Girls and Westlife. Boasting global sales in excess of 100 million, many critics and watchers have been waiting for the day the bunch of Orlando natives split like their peers have, but the worst we've seen so far were a three-year hiatus and the consensual departure of Kevin, Brian's cousin, which reduced BSB to a four-piece.
The bestselling group still refuses to rule out a return for ex-member Kevin, "You never know. The doors are always open for him. He knows where to find us."
Brian, now assuming more responsibility in leading the group, reassured fans, "If we wake up one day and find it no longer fun, we won't do it anymore. But we're enjoying it and we also do it for our fans, who have a sense of loyalty to us. You can safely say we'll still be together."
Nick had a different take on things. "Someone in the group won't allow us to split," he sniggered. "Only death will stop him," revealing Brian to be the man holding the team together.
Is there any particular artiste that the band, which has experimented with R&B, pop rock and Eurodance over the years and worked with RedOne, Max Martin, Ryan Tedder and T-Pain in This Is Us, hopes to collaborate with?
Noting the recent trend of collaborating with a new, rising star, Brian and Nick expressed a desire to "go back to the classics." They picked soul legend Lionel Richie and Grammy monster Stevie Wonder.
Including last night's showcase, BSB has visited Singapore four times, and the island still holds surprises for them.
"A floating soccer field, seriously?", exclaimed Brian. Their hotel suite here overlooks Marina Bay and the world's largest floating platform, currently displaying a lush, green football field.
BSB will leave today for Perth, Australia, before heading to China. After that, they will return home to tour the US, before immediately starting work on a confirmed eighth studio album.
Source: Yahoo! Singapore News
The boys are back – again
Remember the Backstreet Boys? The baggy trousers, the Kangol hats and those upbeat pop anthems that reverberated throughout the 1990s: I Want It That Way, As Long As You Love Me and Everybody (Backstreet’s Back), among myriad other lyrical gems.
Well, steady yourselves, people, because Backstreet’s back, part two. The quintet is down to a quartet (Kevin Richardson, the oldest member, left on friendly terms in 2006), but the boys are surging through the European leg of their new tour like a musical Hadrian’s army and before arriving for their first-ever Middle East gig in Dubai on December 17.
The tour is called This Is Us, appropriately named after their latest and seventh studio album, which was released last month. You will no doubt have heard the catchy first single, Straight Through My Heart, on radios across the land.
“We made it a point to go back to our roots,” explains AJ McLean (he’s the one with the goatee). “We were kind of adamant about making a lot of up-tempo tracks so we could bring it to our live shows. We’re dancing 85 per cent of it.”
Last week, the boys played two of these high-energy gigs in London and appeared on The X-Factor after-show, The Xtra Factor, where the controversial contestants John and Edward Grimes, or “Jedward”, said that the Backstreet Boys were their inspiration when they were growing up. “They may not be the best vocalists in the world,” McLean says, “but they’re having a lot of fun.”
McLean, 31, is familiar with matters of meteoric success. The Backstreet Boys formed 16 years ago and subsequently notched up sales of more than 100 million albums worldwide. They signed multimillion-dollar record deals, were besieged by hysterical teenage girls in cities across the world and littered their path with number-one hits.
But at the same time, the boys grew up. Brian Littrell (the blonde who isn’t Nick Carter) got married and had a baby, Howie Dorough followed suit, and Richardson left to pursue “the next chapter” of his life. The band’s next two albums, Never Gone (2005) and Unbreakable (2007), didn’t reach the dizzy levels of success that previous efforts did, and there were struggles with their record label, Jive. All that glittered was definitely not gold.
“We actually never stopped, though,” McLean says of the hiatus. “All that stuff about how we broke up, that was never the case.”
But 16 years on, is the name Backstreet Boys still appropriate? “It’s funny,” McLean says. “Look at other groups – The Beach Boys, the Pet Shop Boys, the Beastie Boys, they’re all still boys. It’s a brand. It will never change.”
So why the push now, with the worldwide tour and the new album? “We just love making music and it felt the right time to make a new record,” McLean says.
A good number of the fans, he adds, are grown up but still coming to gigs and bringing new faces with them. “Lots of them are married now and they’re bringing their sons and daughters with them. It’s starting a whole new fan base.”
The Backstreet Boys are in good company on this eternal boy-band merry-go-round. Take That’s summer tour this year was the fastest-selling tour ever in the UK. Westlife are toiling over a new album and there are whispers that ’N Sync (Justin Timberlake’s old band) might pull it back together. Does that worry the Backstreet Boys?
“We’re all friends,” McLean says wearily. “Obviously the press always want to make out a fight, but it’s not even close to that. We’ve all been friends for years.”
The recent death of Boyzone’s Stephen Gately was “definitely a shock”, he adds. “Hearing things like this about peers of mine, it really changes things. I don’t want to wind up dead in my hotel room.” Having previously spent time in rehab for drugs and alcohol, McLean is back on good behaviour, but calls it “a daily struggle”.
There’s plenty for him to focus on, though. In addition to the current tour, McLean is working on his solo career and releasing a debut album next year. He has a girlfriend, though admits to harbouring a “huge” crush on Lady Gaga. “I’m dying to meet her and do a song together,” he laughs.
And 20 to 30 years from now, will the boys still be churning out music? “Absolutely,” he says. “We might not be dancing as much. We might need our walkers on stage, but we’re doing this as long as our fans want us to and as long as we’re having fun. That’s the biggest thing.”
Source: The National.AE
Well, steady yourselves, people, because Backstreet’s back, part two. The quintet is down to a quartet (Kevin Richardson, the oldest member, left on friendly terms in 2006), but the boys are surging through the European leg of their new tour like a musical Hadrian’s army and before arriving for their first-ever Middle East gig in Dubai on December 17.
The tour is called This Is Us, appropriately named after their latest and seventh studio album, which was released last month. You will no doubt have heard the catchy first single, Straight Through My Heart, on radios across the land.
“We made it a point to go back to our roots,” explains AJ McLean (he’s the one with the goatee). “We were kind of adamant about making a lot of up-tempo tracks so we could bring it to our live shows. We’re dancing 85 per cent of it.”
Last week, the boys played two of these high-energy gigs in London and appeared on The X-Factor after-show, The Xtra Factor, where the controversial contestants John and Edward Grimes, or “Jedward”, said that the Backstreet Boys were their inspiration when they were growing up. “They may not be the best vocalists in the world,” McLean says, “but they’re having a lot of fun.”
McLean, 31, is familiar with matters of meteoric success. The Backstreet Boys formed 16 years ago and subsequently notched up sales of more than 100 million albums worldwide. They signed multimillion-dollar record deals, were besieged by hysterical teenage girls in cities across the world and littered their path with number-one hits.
But at the same time, the boys grew up. Brian Littrell (the blonde who isn’t Nick Carter) got married and had a baby, Howie Dorough followed suit, and Richardson left to pursue “the next chapter” of his life. The band’s next two albums, Never Gone (2005) and Unbreakable (2007), didn’t reach the dizzy levels of success that previous efforts did, and there were struggles with their record label, Jive. All that glittered was definitely not gold.
“We actually never stopped, though,” McLean says of the hiatus. “All that stuff about how we broke up, that was never the case.”
But 16 years on, is the name Backstreet Boys still appropriate? “It’s funny,” McLean says. “Look at other groups – The Beach Boys, the Pet Shop Boys, the Beastie Boys, they’re all still boys. It’s a brand. It will never change.”
So why the push now, with the worldwide tour and the new album? “We just love making music and it felt the right time to make a new record,” McLean says.
A good number of the fans, he adds, are grown up but still coming to gigs and bringing new faces with them. “Lots of them are married now and they’re bringing their sons and daughters with them. It’s starting a whole new fan base.”
The Backstreet Boys are in good company on this eternal boy-band merry-go-round. Take That’s summer tour this year was the fastest-selling tour ever in the UK. Westlife are toiling over a new album and there are whispers that ’N Sync (Justin Timberlake’s old band) might pull it back together. Does that worry the Backstreet Boys?
“We’re all friends,” McLean says wearily. “Obviously the press always want to make out a fight, but it’s not even close to that. We’ve all been friends for years.”
The recent death of Boyzone’s Stephen Gately was “definitely a shock”, he adds. “Hearing things like this about peers of mine, it really changes things. I don’t want to wind up dead in my hotel room.” Having previously spent time in rehab for drugs and alcohol, McLean is back on good behaviour, but calls it “a daily struggle”.
There’s plenty for him to focus on, though. In addition to the current tour, McLean is working on his solo career and releasing a debut album next year. He has a girlfriend, though admits to harbouring a “huge” crush on Lady Gaga. “I’m dying to meet her and do a song together,” he laughs.
And 20 to 30 years from now, will the boys still be churning out music? “Absolutely,” he says. “We might not be dancing as much. We might need our walkers on stage, but we’re doing this as long as our fans want us to and as long as we’re having fun. That’s the biggest thing.”
Source: The National.AE
Backstreet Boys – This Is Us Tour
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a gaggle of women in their late 30’s sing I Want It That Way outside the 02, complete with M&S knicker flashing. In fact, the whole place was teeming with oestrogen, waiting impatiently for four grown men to grace the stage and make them swoon. After much anticipation (and a booing session when Jedward arrived and took their seats), the Backstreet Boys finally emerged, belting out Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) to thunderous cheers. So far, so good. Then, rather unfortunately, the cracks appear and the show ends up becoming a rather tedious affair.
Perhaps the ‘boys’ feel that if Take That can come back strong after their wilderness years, then why not them? Sadly, I couldn’t help but think I was watching the cast of Dad’s Army. They’re very much men now, and the leaping about and (much) younger female dancers only added to the fact that their glory days are long behind them. The music itself is great, holding up surprisingly well after nearly 10 years. But why on earth do they throw away a bunch of memorable hits and sing about a third of them? The One, Quit Playing Games, The Call, Shape Of My Heart, all granted a verse, chorus, and then tossed aside. There was no real chance to enjoy some of their past successes in such a swift fashion.
But, of course, the main point of the tour is to showcase their new material, which went down like a lead balloon. Frantic pleading for audience participation only served to make it all the more cringe-worthy, with AJ running to the sides of the stage asking us all to chant “PDA” (Public Display of Affection apparently, one of the weaker new tracks). Seriously, I’d rather just pop to the bar if it’s all the same with you.
The many flaws aside however, any sort of credibility is completely unnecessary. Girls come to scream and wave banners and throw teddy bears at the boys, and gush excitedly on the train home about how ‘amazing’ it all was. For that purpose, it worked a treat. It certainly doesn’t mean that it’s the best concert you’re ever likely to see. If they claim that “This Is Us”, then maybe it’s best to pass.
Source: Pink Paper News.Com
Perhaps the ‘boys’ feel that if Take That can come back strong after their wilderness years, then why not them? Sadly, I couldn’t help but think I was watching the cast of Dad’s Army. They’re very much men now, and the leaping about and (much) younger female dancers only added to the fact that their glory days are long behind them. The music itself is great, holding up surprisingly well after nearly 10 years. But why on earth do they throw away a bunch of memorable hits and sing about a third of them? The One, Quit Playing Games, The Call, Shape Of My Heart, all granted a verse, chorus, and then tossed aside. There was no real chance to enjoy some of their past successes in such a swift fashion.
But, of course, the main point of the tour is to showcase their new material, which went down like a lead balloon. Frantic pleading for audience participation only served to make it all the more cringe-worthy, with AJ running to the sides of the stage asking us all to chant “PDA” (Public Display of Affection apparently, one of the weaker new tracks). Seriously, I’d rather just pop to the bar if it’s all the same with you.
The many flaws aside however, any sort of credibility is completely unnecessary. Girls come to scream and wave banners and throw teddy bears at the boys, and gush excitedly on the train home about how ‘amazing’ it all was. For that purpose, it worked a treat. It certainly doesn’t mean that it’s the best concert you’re ever likely to see. If they claim that “This Is Us”, then maybe it’s best to pass.
Source: Pink Paper News.Com
Fans from a region arrive at the Belgrade Arena
American boys band “Backstreet Boys” perform tonight at the Belgrade Arena. Fans from Bulgaria have already arrived, while fans from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Romania arrive today.
According to the concert organizers, the concert of Nick Carter and the boys has attracted great attention. Apart from Serbian fans, numerous admirers from abroad will also attend the concert at the Belgrade Arena. About a hunderd of avid fans from Bulgaria arrived in Belgrade on Monday, while about fifty girls from Zagreb will arrive today. Although the band “Backstreet Boys” has recently performed in the capital of Croatia, fans were so delighted that they decided to see the concert in Belgrade as well, but with special equipment. They plan to throw bras with their phone numbers at the band members!
To remind the readers, “Backstreet Boys” concert in Belgrade is part of their tour on which they are promoting their new album “This is Us“. Ticekts cost 2,310 dinars (grandstands), 2,410 dinars (pit), 3,010 dinars (fan pit) and 4,510 dinars (box) and can be purchased in Eventim, Bilet servis, IPS stores, Delta City and Belgrade Arena.
Source: BLIC.RS
According to the concert organizers, the concert of Nick Carter and the boys has attracted great attention. Apart from Serbian fans, numerous admirers from abroad will also attend the concert at the Belgrade Arena. About a hunderd of avid fans from Bulgaria arrived in Belgrade on Monday, while about fifty girls from Zagreb will arrive today. Although the band “Backstreet Boys” has recently performed in the capital of Croatia, fans were so delighted that they decided to see the concert in Belgrade as well, but with special equipment. They plan to throw bras with their phone numbers at the band members!
To remind the readers, “Backstreet Boys” concert in Belgrade is part of their tour on which they are promoting their new album “This is Us“. Ticekts cost 2,310 dinars (grandstands), 2,410 dinars (pit), 3,010 dinars (fan pit) and 4,510 dinars (box) and can be purchased in Eventim, Bilet servis, IPS stores, Delta City and Belgrade Arena.
Source: BLIC.RS
Indian music becoming a rage in US: Backstreet Boys
Bollywood and Indian music are often discussed in Hollywood and are slowly becoming a rage, say members of popular American band Backstreet Boys.
“Bollywood is constantly mentioned in Hollywood. Indian music is very influential and is slowing becoming a rage in the US. Even Indian movies are big there like ‘Slumdog Millionaire’,” Nick Carter, a band member, said.
The band is even open to an Indian association, if they like the music.
“We are always on the lookout for something new. If it makes an impact on our vision, we are open to any collaboration,” said Carter.
The artists were in India to participate in the Romanov Red Rock ‘n India music festival, which was held in the capital and Bangalore last weekend. They belted out their all-time hits at the shows.
When asked how they were feeling on Indian soil, Dorough replied: “This is our first trip here and we are so happy to be here. Hopefully, we will be back soon with our own show.”
Formed in 1993 in Orlando, Florida, Backstreet Boys originally had five members — A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. However, in 2006 Richardson left the group to pursue other interests.
The band, which has released seven albums so far, created a place for themselves in the music industry with hit numbers like “Everybody”, “Quit playing games”, “As long as you love me” and “I want it that way”.
So how easy has it been to stay united, especially after 17 years of being together?
“We have a really good bond. We are a family. This is what we are supposed to be doing and we enjoy it. So splitting up never occurred even though we have been together for 17 years now,” said A.J.
Talking about their last album, “This Is Us”, Carter said it spelt quality.
“Our new album has some of our best works that we have done in a long time. Last few years we were in a discovery process and this album has captured all the hard work that we have been doing in the last five-six years.
“The material we have on that album is really quality material. The entire album is our sound, what we represent. It’s a kind of a get back on your feet album,” he said
Source: The Hindu.Com
“Bollywood is constantly mentioned in Hollywood. Indian music is very influential and is slowing becoming a rage in the US. Even Indian movies are big there like ‘Slumdog Millionaire’,” Nick Carter, a band member, said.
The band is even open to an Indian association, if they like the music.
“We are always on the lookout for something new. If it makes an impact on our vision, we are open to any collaboration,” said Carter.
The artists were in India to participate in the Romanov Red Rock ‘n India music festival, which was held in the capital and Bangalore last weekend. They belted out their all-time hits at the shows.
When asked how they were feeling on Indian soil, Dorough replied: “This is our first trip here and we are so happy to be here. Hopefully, we will be back soon with our own show.”
Formed in 1993 in Orlando, Florida, Backstreet Boys originally had five members — A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. However, in 2006 Richardson left the group to pursue other interests.
The band, which has released seven albums so far, created a place for themselves in the music industry with hit numbers like “Everybody”, “Quit playing games”, “As long as you love me” and “I want it that way”.
So how easy has it been to stay united, especially after 17 years of being together?
“We have a really good bond. We are a family. This is what we are supposed to be doing and we enjoy it. So splitting up never occurred even though we have been together for 17 years now,” said A.J.
Talking about their last album, “This Is Us”, Carter said it spelt quality.
“Our new album has some of our best works that we have done in a long time. Last few years we were in a discovery process and this album has captured all the hard work that we have been doing in the last five-six years.
“The material we have on that album is really quality material. The entire album is our sound, what we represent. It’s a kind of a get back on your feet album,” he said
Source: The Hindu.Com
Boy that was good!
If you think they should be called Backstreet Men, think again. The Backstreet Boys, who took the stage at the Rock In India Festival, certainly proved that they can sing and dance as well or even better than they used to in the 1990s, when they were in their teens and early 20s.
Indian bands like Swarathma and Five Little Indians entertained the audiences first. Post which, Jayce Lewis from the UK, and Prime Circle from South Africa rocked the crowd. While Jayce played his popular songs like Icon, Prime Circle played songs like She Always Gets What She Wants and Consider Me, Consider You.
Ballad king Richard Marx greeted the audiences with a sweet Namasteji and started with When You Are Gone, and went on to perform his hit song, Hazard. “This is a sad song about a little town in the state of Nebraska called Hazard,” he explained.
Richard dedicated Through The Veins to his father. “He was a wonderful, generous man and the best musician I’ve known,” he said.
He then played a song called Here And Now, for which he had collaborated with the band Lifehouse. Richard had obviously saved the best for last — Right Here Waiting For You.
The Backstreet Boys comprising Nick, Brian, AJ and Howie, took the stage soon after. Starting with Everybody, Backstreet’s Back, the guys performed PDA, Quit Playing Games and As Long As You Love Me. “We are honoured and privileged to be performing in India. If it wasn’t for beautiful and lovely people like you, the Backstreet Boys wouldn’t exist,” said Brian.
Be it their all-time hits like Shape Of My Heart, The Call, Show Me The Meaning, or songs from the latest album This Is Us — She’s A Dream, Bigger, You Need Love and Bye Bye Love, the band mesmerised everyone.
The robotic dance movements for Larger Than Life took everyone by storm and I’ll Never Break Your Heart, their classic love song was dedicated by AJ, to “all the sexy ladies present.”
The Boys even played spoofs of Hollywood hits like The Matrix, The Fast and The Furious, Enchanted and Fight Club, in which they had starred. The band ended the show with their biggest hit I Want It That Way and current hit Straight Through My Heart.
People of all age groups were spotted thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Said singer Jerusha Verghese, “I was so excited to see Backstreet Boys. We have grown up on their music, and I knew all the songs that they sang.” Amazed at the impeccable song and dance show presented by them, she said, “I have done musicals and I know how difficult it is to sing and dance at the same time. They must have practised a lot.”
Her mother Leila, a Richard Marx fan said, “Hazard and Right Here Waiting For You were my favourite performances,” she said. “Many of the Backstreet Boys’ performances were really nice too. The only thing that made me angry was the fact, that they weren’t allowing water or eatables inside. They should make an exception, at least for the elderly.”
Source: Deccan Herald.Com
Indian bands like Swarathma and Five Little Indians entertained the audiences first. Post which, Jayce Lewis from the UK, and Prime Circle from South Africa rocked the crowd. While Jayce played his popular songs like Icon, Prime Circle played songs like She Always Gets What She Wants and Consider Me, Consider You.
Ballad king Richard Marx greeted the audiences with a sweet Namasteji and started with When You Are Gone, and went on to perform his hit song, Hazard. “This is a sad song about a little town in the state of Nebraska called Hazard,” he explained.
Richard dedicated Through The Veins to his father. “He was a wonderful, generous man and the best musician I’ve known,” he said.
He then played a song called Here And Now, for which he had collaborated with the band Lifehouse. Richard had obviously saved the best for last — Right Here Waiting For You.
The Backstreet Boys comprising Nick, Brian, AJ and Howie, took the stage soon after. Starting with Everybody, Backstreet’s Back, the guys performed PDA, Quit Playing Games and As Long As You Love Me. “We are honoured and privileged to be performing in India. If it wasn’t for beautiful and lovely people like you, the Backstreet Boys wouldn’t exist,” said Brian.
Be it their all-time hits like Shape Of My Heart, The Call, Show Me The Meaning, or songs from the latest album This Is Us — She’s A Dream, Bigger, You Need Love and Bye Bye Love, the band mesmerised everyone.
The robotic dance movements for Larger Than Life took everyone by storm and I’ll Never Break Your Heart, their classic love song was dedicated by AJ, to “all the sexy ladies present.”
The Boys even played spoofs of Hollywood hits like The Matrix, The Fast and The Furious, Enchanted and Fight Club, in which they had starred. The band ended the show with their biggest hit I Want It That Way and current hit Straight Through My Heart.
People of all age groups were spotted thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Said singer Jerusha Verghese, “I was so excited to see Backstreet Boys. We have grown up on their music, and I knew all the songs that they sang.” Amazed at the impeccable song and dance show presented by them, she said, “I have done musicals and I know how difficult it is to sing and dance at the same time. They must have practised a lot.”
Her mother Leila, a Richard Marx fan said, “Hazard and Right Here Waiting For You were my favourite performances,” she said. “Many of the Backstreet Boys’ performances were really nice too. The only thing that made me angry was the fact, that they weren’t allowing water or eatables inside. They should make an exception, at least for the elderly.”
Source: Deccan Herald.Com
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