THIS IS US TOUR: Older, Wiser Backstreet Boys Are In It For The Long Hual

Well actually, as the Backstreet Boys’ 2005 album pointed out, they were “Never Gone.”

Yes, other boy bands such as ’N Sync, 98 Degrees and - dare we say - O-Town have gone the way of the rotary phone. Meanwhile, scream-worthy dreams such as the Jonas Brothers and Justin Bieber have risen up the pop ranks and locked down the current teen market.
That hasn’t kept the 30-something Backstreet Boys - the best-selling boy band of all time - from forging ahead. In fact, despite the departure of Kevin Richardson in 2006, remaining members Howie Dorough, A.J. McLean, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell have no plans of stopping. They do have plans to sing Tuesday at their summer tour’s Bank of America Pavilion stop.
“The fans have been loyal to us for many, many years and there’s a future still in the Backstreet Boys,” the 35-year-old Littrell said from his home in Atlanta. “We’re not touring off of nostalgia. We’re touring off of where the Backstreet Boys are headed in the next five, 10 years.”

Yeah, so they’re not Boys anymore. Who cares?

With 17 years under their belts, more than 100 million albums sold worldwide and a lengthy list of hits to their credit, the Backstreet men can still incite hysteria virtually anywhere they go.

In the near future they’ll tour the United States and South America, then host a sold-out fan appreciation cruise in December. Mayhem, anyone?

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