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Kellogg’s ® Pop-Tarts ® toaster pastries have signed on as the Presenting Sponsor of the SFX-produced Backstreet Boys “Black & Blue Summer Tour,” granting Kellogg USA an array of marketing and on-site promotional benefits. The second leg of Backstreet Boys North American tour will kick off June 8 in the their hometown of Orlando and hit 45 cities before concluding August 31 in Dallas. Backstreet Boys have been on the road in support of the eight-times platinum Black & Blue CD since January 22, performing an array of sold-out and critically acclaimed shows in the U.S. and South America. “The… Read more »

Haven’t seen Shaggy perform his smash single, “Angel,” yet? You can this coming Sunday night, June 10, on ABC-TV at 7 p.m. when the reggae pop star joins Sugar Ray, Dream, BBMak and Baha Men on the “Walt Disney World Summer Jam Concert” special. For his appearance on the “Summer Jam Concert,” Shaggy taped his performance at the Walt Disney World Resort earlier today, during a visit to Orlando to kick off a summer North American tour with the Backstreet Boys that begins this Friday. This year’s Jam-packed hour of entertainment and fun was filmed at three exotic ports of… Read more »

U.S. band Backstreet Boys Thursday brushed aside a jibe by Oasis star Noel Gallagher that they “can’t sing, can’t play, can’t dance,” and said the British guitarist should “go back to London.” “His opinion doesn’t mean anything to us,” Kevin Richardson told a news conference in Caracas, where the popular Florida quintet were due to give two concerts over the weekend. Backstreet Boys were asked about scathing comments made about them by Gallagher in January, when he called their songs “rubbish” and said they “should be shot.” “He should just go back to London,” Backstreet Boys’ A.J. McLean retorted Thursday.… Read more »

The Backstreet Boys, in Brazil for two concerts this week, have urged their young fans to take care of themselves so they did not faint and miss the excitement. Dozens of fans have been camping outside the Rio and Sao Paulo show venues for days to ensure they get a front-row view of their idols. While grateful for the support, the boy band’s members said Tuesday they sometimes worried about their fans. “It’s very flattering,” band member A.J. McLean said at a news conference. “But at the same time it’s a little bit scary that they don’t eat, don’t drink… Read more »

The Backstreet Boys are coming to the small screen in their first ever television special, The Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life, to air May 30th on CBS. The hour-long program gives BSB fans a look at the hectic year that began with the group’s Around the World in 100 Hours tour in support of their latest album, Black and Blue. Clips from the band’s journey through seven cities – Stockholm, Tokyo, Sydney, Capetown, Rio de Janeiro and New York – in six continents will be featured in the special as well as the band’s performance from the Staples Center in… Read more »

Early birds catch the worms, and this year they’ll also be able to catch live performances from ‘NSYNC, the Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez and Destiny’s Child on NBC’s “Today” show. Those artists, as well as Ricky Martin, Sugar Ray, Shaggy and a host of others are slated to participate in the sixth annual “Today” Summer Concert Series, a 22-week string of free, televised concerts staged outside the midtown Manhattan studios of NBC-TV’s “Today” program. The concerts will be held Friday mornings at 8:30 a.m., with the exception of the Backsteet Boys’ July 2 performance, which falls on a Monday. The… Read more »

The Boys’ previously announced summer tour, which begins June 8 in their hometown of Orlando, Florida, has just added venues to its itinerary. The trek is in support of the group’s latest album, the multiplatinum Black & Blue, which has sold nearly 5 million copies since its release in November, according to SoundScan. Reggae-pop star Shaggy, with the momentum of his fifth album, Hotshot, at his back, and 19-year-old singer/pianist Krystal, whose Me and My Piano is scheduled for a summer release on the Boys’ own as-yet-untitled label, will open all the dates of the tour. Over the weekend, the… Read more »

The Backstreet Boys have announced the dates and cities for the summer portion of their North American arena tour, which comes in support of the chart-topping smash “Black & Blue” album (Jive). The new leg will get underway June 8 in Orlando, Fla., and wrap Sept. 1 in Little Rock, Ark. Shaggy, whose “Hotshot” (MCA) topped The Billboard 200 last month, will support on all dates. While fellow boy-band ‘N Sync is visiting stadiums on its current tour, the Backstreet Boys decided to continue headlining arenas, based on direct input from their fanbase. “After speaking to our fans, they’ve told… Read more »

The Backstreet Boys have had their harmony vocals wiped from a single they recorded with soul veteran Lionel Richie in case they ended up competing with one of their own songs. The track, Cinderella, which features on Richie’s forthcoming Renaissance album, was recorded last year, but now the boy band are fearful of going head-to-head with a single from their Black & Blue album. Both artists agreed to remove the vocals. “I think the single is so strong with them on it, just amazing,” Richie told the Wall Of Sound website. “We custom-tailored it for the Backstreet Boys, but everyone… Read more »

“Backstreet Men” doesn’t really have the same ring, but make no mistake, the Backstreet Boys are coming back more mature on their first album in five years. The group, which hasn’t released a collection of new music since 2000’s Black & Blue, just wrapped sessions for the as-yet-untitled album, which might surprise people expecting the same pop sound of old, according to member Howie Dorough. “We’ve been working on it for more than a year now, but it really started taking shape and changing over the past six months,” Dorough said. “It’s going in a more pop/rock direction, kind of… Read more »