KETTERING — All week commercials ran on Miami Valley television hyping the appearance of the Backstreet Boys at the Fraze Pavillion

They lauded the 1990s boy band as having “changed pop culture.”

All week I vowed that I would make the Fraze and the Backstreet Boys pay for that overblown claim.

While I am not willing to say they changed pop culture, they did put on a really good show. On Saturday, Aug. 9, the Fraze was filled with fans of all ages, from young girls to men with thinning, white hair. The group has been around for 15 years, with a CD released as recently as October after years dominating the charts in the 1990s, but still the span of the crowd’s ages was surprising.

Teenagers, who had to be in elementary school during the Backstreet Boys’ heydey, screamed and squealed when one of the members ran backstage before the show. Their screaming didn’t end until the 105 minute show ended.

They are a dramatic group, those Boys. They held the long notes long, touched hands with fans in the front row and wiped their sweaty brows with aplomb.

Their opening song, “Larger than Life,” featured Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and A.J. McLean as prize fighters duking it out in a ring.

The group, known for its harmony, were in good voice, especially Littrell, but it was their dancing that stood out. Their intensely choreographed, almost regimented moves thrilled the audience. Sometimes it was unintentionally funny (that means you, Nick Carter), but it was always energetic.

“Quit Playing Games with My Heart” and “As Long as You Love Me” slowed things down, then an extra-bouncy “(Everybody) Backstreet’s Back” closed the show.

Source: Daytondailynews.com

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Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys is out and about with his wife Leighanne Wallace and their son Baylee Thomas Wylee Littrell in Toronto, Canada on Thursday.

Brian, 33, is currently in town with the Backstreet Boys who are performing a concert. Littrell and his family went to Starbucks for refreshments and signed some autographs for fans.

The Backstreet Boys have been touring in support of their sixth album, Unbreakable, which was released last year. The tour moves to Detroit, Michigan on Friday where the Backstreet Boys will perform at the DTE Energy Music Theater

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The now-aged, but still-recording New Kids on the Block have some whippersnappers competing for the attention of suburban housewives nationwide, name of the Backstreet Boys.

Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean are looking to give their boy-band brethren a run for their record sales. The quartet has begun working on its sixth studio album, targeted for a late 2008 release, just in time to compete with the latest from NKOTB.

The Backstreet Boys (still sans the retired Kevin Richardson) began cranking on the new material while touring Europe last month, according to Billboard. They may debut some of the material during their North American tour, which runs through August and September, before putting the wraps on the follow-up to 2007’s Unbreakable. • Read More?

The Backstreet Boys beat New Kids On The Block to the punch in terms of regrouping when they released Never Gone in 2005, yet there seems to be little animosity between the two factions.

In fact Backstreet Boy Nick Carter is hoping for the best for the Boston-based boy band.

“We are excited and we’re actually rooting for the New Kids because what they represent is what we represent, which is good pop music that needs to come back and stick around,” Carter says prior to launching their Canadian tour in St. John’s. “So we’re rooting for them and we want them to succeed.” • Read More?

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OTTAWA - The red carpet looked a little worse for wear, but that didn’t stop the Backstreet Boys from basking in the glory of screaming fans and bursting flashbulbs Monday night at an after-party following their concert at Scotiabank Place.

A throng of young women - and a few young men - took over half a block of Clarence Street in advance of the Boys’ arrival at the Tila Tequila nightclub. Traffic on the street was chaos as party-goers and curious on-lookers also jammed the street in front of the club, hoping to catch a glimpse of the longtime heartthrobs, known for such hits as, I Want It That Way and Larger Than Life. • Read More?

It was what the Backstreet Boys do best, whipping a crowd of young adoring women into a bouncing sing-a-long frenzy, through warm harmonies and dizzying dance moves.

A decade ago, the five boys were the dreams of teeny-boppers across the world, but it was clear last night at

Scotiabank Place that the Backstreet Boys haven’t strayed far from those same hearts

The crowd of around 6,000 consisted of mostly women — young adults in their 20s and 30s — the very fans whose teenage bedrooms would have been plastered with posters of the boys.

The night opened with Girlicious, a sexy, gyrating foursome created by Pussycat Dolls’s founder, Robin Antin. The popular group’s eye-catching dance moves and feminine lyrics energized the expectant crowd till they were shrill with excitement for the headlining act.

The reunion tour is called the Unbreakable World Tour, a nod at the longevity of the boy-band’s famous pop-songs.

With the crowd’s vocal chords warmed up by Girlicious, the Backstreet Boys entered the stage to deafening screams. In sensational lighting, they wore bright satin boxing robes, leaping onstage into a boxing ring for the 1999 single, Larger than Life. Tight, loud and ferocious, they danced through choreographed punches, hooks and ducks.

Now only a foursome — Kevin Richardson left in 2006 — it didn’t take long to reconcile the four men on stage with the boys they were during their early international success. While they may be sporting a few grey hairs, the years hadn’t touched their warm harmonies, nor taken the edge off their dance moves.

Arms waved and lighters were held up as the four offered up the hits from their earlier albums: the 1997 Backstreet’s Back; 1999’s Millennium and from 2000, Black and Blue.

Known for their theatrical shows, last night’s audience was not to be

disappointed.

With a costume change for almost every song, the boxing ring was soon replaced by a card table around which the boys sat, singing through Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely. Then, bar stools lined up along the stage, they crooned through I Will Love You More Than That.

With their years of experience showing in the flawless performance, the whole experience — costume changes, smooth lighting and the four-part dances — may have seemed clichéd, but admittedly, even for this rocker, it was riveting.

And yet with everything a nostalgic memory, it was refreshing to see the band introduce live versions of their 2007 album, Unbreakable. With the maturity level stepped up a notch, in was in these songs that one saw live instruments highlighted through harder, grittier rock.

But as if wary of alienating their long-time fans with their new tunes, it wasn’t long before the boys dove back into their long-time singles and famous crooning — always in step with each other, always smiling and chatting with their audience.

As they reached out, mid-song, to touch the hands of front-row fans, it was evident the affection went both ways.

Sure, the crowd hadn’t forgotten their favourite boy-band. But what was touching, was that in turn, the Backstreet Boys had clearly not forgotten their fans.

Source: Ottawa Citizen

Many boy bands of yesteryear have seen their time and whittled away into faded memories of concert programs and t-shirts, likely hidden at the back of the closest.

Though bubble-gum pop band New Kids on the Block have been resurrected, the ever-familiar Backstreet Boys have never left the music scene. It’s hard to believe that 15 years have passed since they first stepped into the music world and broke concert sales records.

Even with all hardships such as major health issues, substance abuse and the loss of one member, Kevin Richardson — the Backstreet Boys just keep on going.

“It was a little difficult at first, but we were cool with it. (Kevin) moved on and so have we. We’re comfortable with what we do as four and it’s still just as strong,” Nick Carter tells Metro.

“Competitive spirit that’s just in every single one of us, and to be the best that we can be as a team, as a group and musically, we feel that what we stand for is honesty and purity in great music that people love,” he says.

Even though the guys — Carter, AJ McLean, Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell — have taken time to get married, start a families and even pursue solo projects they’ve still managed to work together as a group.

Their last album, Unbreakable (Jive Records), came out last October and carries a lot of what they’ve always been known for — indelible melodies, catchy hooks and finely crafted three and four part harmonies.

“I think the most challenging part was kind of figuring out who the new Backstreet Boys are … because that was an issue when Kevin had left the group,” says Carter. “I think we kind of doubted ourselves at certain times — but once we realized we were confident, I think that it turned out to be really good and we’re excited.”

With all the boy bands out there and those like the New Kids on the Block trying to make a comeback, Carter says the group isn’t worried about staying strong.

“Only time will tell, we’ve been around for 15 years and we really haven’t left the scene,” he says. “We are rooting for the New Kids on the Block to succeed. We want them to be successful because we feel that sort of music and what we represent is what this world needs again.”

As for what’s next, the guys plan on hitting the studio following the current tour so look for another album in the next year.

Source: Metro News CA

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