The Backstreet Boys checked in on their YouTube channel from Fenway Park in Boston, wearing Red Sox jerseys in preparation for a concert with the New Kids on the Block on Saturday (June 11). “We’re about to run out of the dugout for probably the biggest show of my life,” Brian Littrell said. “It’s Fenway Park. It’s massive. We’ve done stadiums, but never baseball stadiums.” Watch the clip via YouTube below.
The Backstreet Boys have announced their BSB Cruise 2011 event, which will take place December 2-5. The boy band will be playing, eating, dancing and drinking the nights away on the ocean with their fans. All presale and other cruise information can be found at backstreetboyscruise.com. “If you weren’t able to come last time we expect to see your shinning faces this time and if you were there last time….well, ahem….you know what’s up,” the guys write. “We can’t wait to see you aboard this wild ride!” Watch an announcement from Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough and AJ McLean, as well as highlights from their prior cruise, via YouTube below.
Backstreet Boys documented their visit to the center of the earth, visiting Ecuador’s monument marking the equator. “I feel centered,” Nick Carter said when asked to describe his feelings. “I feel at peace and balanced.” Watch the sightseeing adventure via YouTube below.
The Backstreet Boys checked in with fans from Vietnam on their YouTube channel to talk about their shows in Ho Chi Minh on March 24th and Hanoi on March 26th. “We are so excited to be coming to your beautiful country, it’s our first time,” Howie Dorough said. Watch the message below.
Footage of the Backstreet Boys performing ‘PDA’, a song off their most recent album ‘This Is Us’, has been posted at the group’s YouTube channel. Watch the performance during their show at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 1st below.
New Kids on the Block surprised fans at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Saturday night (June 19), performing an acoustic cover of ‘I Want It That Way’ by the Backstreet Boys, only to have their boy band counterparts waiting behind the curtain to join in on the performance. “These guys flew all the way across to country to be with us tonight and to be with you guys,” Donnie Wahlberg said before adding the guys would stick around for another song – ‘Shape Of My Heart’. Watch fan filmed footage via YouTube below.
The Backstreet Boys did a meet and greet with fans at their concert in New York City on June 10th. A concertgoer who had a platinum VIP pass was videotaped sharing hugs with AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Howie Dorough before grabbing Nick by the shirt to pose for a photo. Watch it via YouTube below.
AJ McLean and Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys showed off their stuntmen skills in a hotel bedroom, jumping the bed and getting smacked with a pillow to hilarious results. Watch it via the veteran boy band’s YouTube channel below.
Backstreet Boys are out with the music video to their new single ‘Bigger’, the second release from the American boy band’s seventh studio album ‘This Is Us’, out now on Jive Records. Watch the Frank Borin directed video via MyPlay below.
The Backstreet Boys canceled their NYC PINKTOBER Hard Rock Café signing due to Brian Littrell getting diagnosed with the swine flu. Brian’s bandmates Nick Carter, Howie Dorough and AJ McLean have seen a doctor and are not showing any symptoms. Their doctor has prescribed Tamiflu to the group and their touring party, who had just returned to the states from Tokyo, as a preventative measure.
The boy band’s promotion for their new album ‘This Is Us’, out Tuesday, was dealt additional blows with their CBS ‘Early Show’ performance getting canceled. The rest of the band’s promotional schedule for this week has not been determined.
“We were really looking forward to spending time with our closest fans and friends in NYC and take part of PINKTOBER, an unbelievable and important program,” Littrell said. “I hope we can come back soon and do everything we can to help.”
Watch Brian’s message to fans apologizing for the situation below.