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And we thought A.J. was the bad boy: Squeaky clean Backstreet Boy Nick Carter was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly disobeying a cop’s orders to leave a Tampa, Florida, nightclub. The blond, 21-year-old singer (and youngest Boy of the Backstreet) has been charged with a misdemeanor count of resisting or opposing a law enforcement officer without violence. Carter was cuffed and placed in a squad car, but was later released on his own recognizance, police say. He’s due in court March 4. Police pulled up to the Pop City nightclub late Tuesday night after a fight reportedly broke out,… Read more »

Backstreet Boy Nick Carter Arrested Backstreet Boy Nick Carter was arrested on suspicion of refusing to follow police officers’ orders to leave a nightclub after a fight broke out. The youngest of the five-member pop group at age 21, Carter was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor count of resisting/opposing a law enforcement officer without violence. He was handcuffed, placed in a squad car and released on his own recognizance. In a statement released Thursday, Carter said he did nothing wrong. “I truly believe my celebrity motivated the officer to arrest me,” he said. I am certain that after a full… Read more »

When it came to the year-end concert-grossing chart, there was no way U2 were gonna get left behind. The band’s Elevation Tour ranked as the top money- maker of 2001, bringing in $143 million, according to a report by Amusement Business. The band’s earnings eclipsed those of its competitors, largely because U2 played a whopping 113 arena concerts across the globe. ‘NSYNC and Backstreet Boys took the #2 and #3 slots on the list with strikingly similar earnings – $90.2 million for ‘NSYNC, $89.8 million for Backstreet Boys. Interestingly, ‘NSYNC played less than half the number of gigs as Backstreet,… Read more »

With the Backstreet Boys tour back on track, the group is now planning to release their first-ever greatest hits package on October 23rd. The collection, titled Chapter 1, features favorites like “I Want It That Way,” “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” and “Larger Than Life.” The tracks on the record will vary depending on the country of release, but all albums will contain the new single, “Drowning.” A companion VHS and DVD will accompany the album. The boys shot a video for “Drowning,” which features BSB Kevin Richardson on piano, in Los Angeles last week, and the song hits radio on September… Read more »

At the band’s first show since A.J. McLean left a rehabilitation center where he was treated for alcoholism, depression and anxiety, more than 14,000 fans at the Bradley Center welcomed the group back Friday with screams and shouts of “We love you, A.J.” The Backstreeters themselves, however, welcomed A.J. back with Silly String, dousing the mustachioed singer with the sticky stuff, along with hugs, as they wrapped up their first show in almost two months. While that might have been the group’s playful way of saying, “Welcome back, bro,” the Boys did take time out to thank their fans for… Read more »

Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell and his wife Leighanne have formed a music label and entertainment production company called BriLeigh Productions in association with Insight Entertainment Group – a Los Angeles-based management company. Leighanne, the president of BriLeigh, explained: “BriLeigh will be built upon traditional values that allow passionate, talented artists to freely express themselves in a safe and secure environment. We want to be a label that considers its artists part of the family, to nurture the creative side of the relationship as well as the business and marketing aspects necessary in launching a successful project.” BriLeigh will initially concentrate… Read more »

A.J. McLean is “doing great” and is ready to get back on the road with his fellow Backstreet Boys, bandmate Howie Dorough said on “TRL.” “[A.J.] looks great – he’s put on a little bit of weight, his hair is platinum blond,” Dorough told “TRL” host Carson Daly on Friday (August 17). “He’s really psyched to get back out there – he can’t wait.” McLean, who entered rehab last month for treatment of alcohol abuse, depression and anxiety, recently began care at a “transitional care” facility in Los Angeles. After postponing their tour twice because of McLean’s problems, BSB say… Read more »

A London publicity firm is forming the world’s first “man band,” a pop group consisting of five musically talented men over the age of 50. “If you look at Tom Jones, Elton John and Mick Jagger, these guys are getting better as they get older,” said Kizzi Nkwocha, an executive at 15 Minutes, the company launching the project. “We’re not sure why no one has thought of this before. Instead you have all of these young musical butterflies. They look beautiful for a few days and then they die.” “If you look at Tom Jones, Elton John and Mick Jagger,… Read more »

Taking a cue from their new single, The Call, the romantically inclined Backstreet Boys will reach out and touch some of their fans on Valentine’s Day… well, sort of. Folks who sign up for the group’s “Send-a-Phone-Call” program via the group’s official online store can play cupid by sending a Valentine phone message from one or all of the pop heartthrobs to any lucky BSB fan in the U.S. Senders can prearrange the prerecorded calls to be made any time on or before February 14. Sample messages posted at the store – including one from A.J. McLean beginning with a… Read more »