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I Used to like their Music, but not anymore

They're back in the recording studio making a new album. I recently made a CD for Lauren full of nothing but BSB Songs.

Their old songs weren't bad...but the Black and Blue album kinda lost me a bit...

You got to listen to them closely, dude. One of them could be played at Jen & Wes' wedding on Power Rangers.

Backstreet Boys Say Comeback Single 'Incomplete' Chose Them

Quintet mulling follow-up single, solidifying summer tour.
by Brandee J. Tecson
Backstreet Boys at KIIS FM's Wango Tango 2005 (Photo: MTV News)

Lesson #1 in staging a successful comeback: Don't bother choosing the music; let the music choose you.
As the Backstreet Boys were busy sifting through dozens of tracks to determine the first single off their forthcoming release, Never Gone, little did they know that the choice had already been made for them.
"We were narrowing it down to about two or three songs collectively as a group, and we were talking amongst ourselves about it with our management, and the next thing you know, we're getting news that 'Incomplete' is on the radio and on the Internet," AJ McLean said.
Before the mid-tempo power ballad was leaked, the Boys were also considering the fan tribute "I Still" and "Weird World," written by Five for Fighting's John Ondrasik, as their comeback single (see "Backstreet Boys Promise New Single 'Is Going To Shock You' ").
But, " 'Incomplete' got such a great response from all the program directors and such a great response from the fans that we told them to just go for it," eldest member Kevin Richardson said.
Turns out the Boys made the right move. Since the song officially hit radio on March 18, it has soared to #2 on the iTunes Top 100 and stands at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"[The song] has done really well, and we've been very fortunate," McLean added. "We are very, very blessed."
The Boys are still in the throes of deciding what their follow-up single will be, although youngest member Nick Carter says they're looking at something mid-to-up-tempo to heat up the radio dials this summer.
"We've got about three songs in contention, and we're gonna vote on it. [There's a] democratic process between us and the record company to figure out which one's the best," Richardson said.
The Backstreet Boys have been busy touring the country to promote Never Gone, which drops June 14. Earlier this year, the quintet embarked on an intimate club tour, mainly in the eastern states, to showcase the new material (see "Backstreet Boys Anxious To Tour, Kick Off Club Run In March").
"[For the first time in awhile], we all got back on one bus," Howie Dorough said. "Nick annoyed the heck out of me, but it was good."
"It was great to be onstage again," Richardson said. "We [wanted to do] a small venue tour so we could reconnect with our fans and have an intimate, unplugged-type vibe at the shows, and we had a blast."
If you missed the Boys' first outing, don't fret - tour dates for a larger arena trek this summer are expected to be announced next week, according to their publicist.

Never Gone Sneak Peek, Free iTunes Sampler, and More!
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Never Gone In Stores Tuesday June 14th
It's almost here! Never Gone, the new Backstreet Boys album will arrive in stores on Tuesday, June 14th! Starting this Friday you can stream the entire album of Never Gone on-demand exclusively with Sneak Peek®. That's right! Click here starting this Friday and listen to all of Never Gone before you buy it on Tuesday!

Get Never Gone In 3 Different Ways
That's right, no matter how you like to consume music, Backstreet Boys has an option for you! Never Gone will be available as a CD with 12 tracks in pristine digital stereo. Click here to pre-order the CD now!

It will also be available as a DualDisc, a new product that combines audio and video content on a single disc.The DualDisc includes the full Never Gone album on the CD audio side. On the DVD side, there is the entire album in enhanced digital stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound, along with the video for “Incomplete,” a behind-the-scenes look at the “Making of” the “Incomplete” video, bonus photos and a discography! DualDisc plays on existing CD and DVD players, portable players, PCs and game consoles! Click here to pre-order the DualDisc now!

For those who prefer the digital music experience, download the album at your favorite digital music service including iTunes where a special exclusive digital version of the album including the “Incomplete” video and a digital booklet will be available for download beginning on June 14.

Free Never Gone Sampler Available on iTunes
You don't have to wait to get a taste of the entire Never Gone album! Go to iTunes NOW and download the free Never Gone album sampler. It gives you a taste of every song on the album. Go get it, it's FREE!

Watch BSB on Sessions@AOL
Watch the intimate performance of “Incomplete” from the Boys on Sessions@AOL now! Beginning on Friday, June 10th check back for performances of three other new songs from Never Gone plus interview footage. These intimate performances were recorded recently in an LA studio and allow you to get an up-close look at Backstreet Boys doing their magic. Click to start watching!

It's BSB TV Mania
Set your VCR, TiVo, or park yourself in front of the TV so that you don't miss a beat when it comes to BSB on TV this month! Here are the upcoming TV appearances. Check your local listings for details.
6/10 The Today Show
6/13 VH1 Behind the Music
6/14 The View
6/16 Tonight Show with Jay Leno
6/17 CBS Early Show

Backstreet Boys' Summer Nights Are Booked

Group touring in support of Never Gone, due out Tuesday.
by Gil Kaufman
Backstreet Boys' Brian Littrell (file) (Photo: Getty Images)

Maybe they're not all the way back, but the Backstreet Boys will be heading back out on tour. The group is moving up from its spring theater run to a mix of outdoor amphitheaters, theaters and arenas for a slate of summer shows that will kick

Add VH1 News to My Yahoo off on July 22 with a show in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The 28-date trek is in support of the Boys' first album in five years, Never Gone (June 14), which will be released in the DualDisc format containing the video for the first single, "Incomplete" (see "Backstreet Boys Say Comeback Single 'Incomplete' Chose Them"). The disc will also include a "making of" documentary on the video and a bonus photo gallery.
Fans who buy two top-price tickets for Backstreet Boys' summer tour between June 10 and 24 can get two more low-price seats for free though an AOLCityGuide.com promotion that begins on Friday.
Backstreet Boys tour dates, according to the band's label:

* 7/22 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheatre
* 7/23 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
* 7/24 - Duluth, GA @ Arena at Gwinnett Center
* 7/26 - Cleveland, OH @ Tower City Amphitheater
* 7/27 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
* 7/29 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Hotel & Casino
* 7/30 - Wantagh, NY @ Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
* 7/31 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
* 8/3 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
* 8/4 - Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Six Flags Performing Arts Center
* 8/6 - Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavilion
* 8/7 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
* 8/9 - Wallingford, CT @ ctnow.com Oakdale Theater
* 8/10 - Portland, ME @ Cumberland County Civic Center
* 8/12 - Hershey, PA @ Star Pavilion at Hersheypark Stadium
* 8/13 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
* 8/14 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
* 8/16 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
* 8/17 - Burgettstown, PA @ Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake
* 8/19 - Chicago, IL @ Northerly Island Amphitheater
* 8/20 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
* 8/21 - Bonner Springs, KS @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
* 8/25 - Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
* 8/26 - Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
* 8/27 - Las Vegas @ Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
* 8/30 - Concord, CA @ Chronicle Pavilion
* 8/31 - Marysville, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
* 9/2 - Ridgefield, WA @ Clark County Amphitheater

Backstreet Boys Explain Their Motivations To Club Full Of Ladies

Guys work the crowd at fan event in New York.
by Alyssa Rashbaum

NEW YORK - Say what you will about the Backstreet Boys, but one thing is undeniable - they know how to work a room full of shrieking girls better than anyone in the business, a talent they tapped into on Tuesday night at the Canal Room.
On the day its first album in five years, Never Gone, hit stores, the group was feted by Teen People magazine at the downtown club, where the guys posed for photos with fans, signed autographs, belted out a few impromptu notes and shared the stories behind some of their favorite tracks on the new LP.
Seated side by side on the stage, the Backstreet Boys, looking very un-BSB in stylistically divergent outfits - Kevin Richardson wore a Beatles Revolver tee and Brian Littrell sported a suit jacket - listened and sang along to their favorite cuts off the new album, like "Just Want You to Know," which Nick Carter explained was the last track they recorded for Never Gone.
The room, full of fans who might have needed parental accompaniment to some of BSB's earlier concerts, already knew every word to each track on the album, and screamed along. Though they were slightly older than the prepubescent swarms the group catered to in its heyday, the crowd was feeling the new sound, even if the girls didn't know the artists who helped Backstreet achieve it.
"We recorded this song with the drummer from Prince's New Power Generation," said Kevin of the track "Crawling Back to You," a fact that was initially greeted with confused silence.
"It's a classic 'I screwed up and I want you back' song," Richardson said of the track, as Littrell found the microphone sitting idle in his hand irresistible, and began singing along with the music. Taking that as his cue, AJ McLean hopped off his stool and took a few flying leaps across the stage.
While they only briefly addressed the issues behind their five-year absence, they broached the topic subtly, such as when they discussed "Weird World," written by Five for Fighting's John Ondrasik.
"The song is saying, 'Don't let all this negativity wear you down,' " Richardson said.
"That's why we're back - to try to bring back a positive vibe," Carter added.
"We were taking ourselves for granted, taking our fans for granted," McLean chimed in. "It just wasn't fun anymore."
The Boys showed a more whimsical side on the slightly up-tempo "Poster Girl," and catered to fans during "Climbing the Walls," a track originally intended for the "Spider-Man 2" soundtrack, by signing autographs for the duration of that song, as well as the current single, "Incomplete."
While the event itself was short, McLean promised the crowd that the group was serious about its return to music and its fans, and that he has no plans to return to his old habits that kept him off the Backstreet Boys' last tour and contributed to the group's separation.
"It's because of you we're doing this again," he said. "So we're going to keep doing this. And I promise to see you all out on tour."

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Don't miss the Boys on one of these dates near you this Summer:
7.22.05 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
7.23.05 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheater
7.24.05 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Arena
7.26.05 Cleveland, OH Tower City Theater
7.27.05 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
7.29.05 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel Spa & Casino
7.30.05 Wantagh, NY Tommy Hilfiger Jones Beach Theater
7.31.05 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
8.3.05 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
8.4.05 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Amphitheatre
8.6.05 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
8.7.05 Saratoga Springs, NY SPAC
8.9.05 Wallingford, VT CTNow.com Theatre
8.10.05 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
8.12.05 Hershey, PA Star Pavilion at Hersheypark Stadium
8.13.05 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
8.14.05 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
8.16.05 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
8.17.05 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
8.19.05 Chicago, IL Lakefront Pavilion at Northerly Island
8.20.05 Minneapolis, MN US Bank Theater at Target Center
8.21.05 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8.25.05 Los Angeles, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8.26.05 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
8.27.05 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay
8.30.05 Concord, CA Chronicle Pavilion
8.31.05 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
9.2.05 Portland, OR Clark County Amphitheater

Their music is good to work out too.

And express your feelings for someone.



This is post #19800!!!!!!!!!!

Backstreet Boy A.J.'s Dream Collaborator Is ... Enya?
Boy-band rebel hopes to complete his first solo LP by June.
by Brandee J. Tecson, with reporting by Jeff Cornell
Nick Carter may have one up on his bandmates as far as solo discs go, but that's likely to change as the Backstreet Boys part ways for the next six months to focus on individual projects.
"We're going to go our separate ways for a while,"A.J. McLean told MTV News recently, adding that his own solo debut is already well under way. "I've been working on it for about two years now, when I've had the time, and I have about 30 or 40 songs written so far. It's my very first record on my own, so it needs to be the best it can possibly be."
This isn't the first time the 28-year-old crooner has dabbled in a solo career. In 2000, at the height of Backstreet's fame, the tattooed "rebel" of the group broke off to perform as his seedy alter ego, Johnny No Name, touring small clubs and showcasing his renditions of tunes from artists like Eminem and Brian McKnight (see "Backstreet's A.J. Goes Solo ... Sort Of"). But he never released an album under the pseudonym, and it's unlikely he ever will.
Those dark days are well behind the rehabilitated singer, who struggles to maintain a clean lifestyle since his 2001 treatment for alcoholism, depression and anxiety (see "Backstreet Boys Postpone Tour As A.J. McLean Seeks Treatment"). Thanks to the support of family and friends, he's been sober for nearly three years.
Never one to do what's expected of him, McLean said his solo effort will probably raise some eyebrows. "It's going to be like funk/soul/rock," he said, citing old-school inspirations like Al Green, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Creedence Clearwater Revival. "I want to go back to the basics. Live instruments, live horns - something you don't hear on the radio anymore. [Right now] it's all about synthesizers and beats, so [I thought], 'Let's try something else.' "

McLean said he wants to keep the focus on his own talents and limit the number of collaborations, but he's willing to bend the rules for a select few. And no, it's not Pharrell.
"I think it would be fun to do something with Enya just to really screw people up," he said, referring to the ethereal-voiced Irish songstress. "I'd love to do something with Peter Gabriel or John Fogerty, or even Lenny Kravitz or Al Green, if I could."
The singer plans to take his time with the project. He hopes to have it completed by June but said that if it's not 100 percent ready, it's not coming out.
"We're just going to experiment and see [what happens]," he said. "That's how we did our last Backstreet record. We went in for a year and a half and came out with something we were really proud of."
In other Backstreet solo news, Carter is about to start work on his sophomore LP, Howie Dorough is prepping a Spanish/English album, and Brian Littrell is set to drop his pop-gospel record, Welcome Home, on May 2. Meanwhile, Kevin Richardson is diving back into acting after a successful run on Broadway in "Chicago."
Despite all the solo action, fans needn't worry about a Backstreet breakup. A.J. said he and the fellas will hit the studio together this summer to work on a follow-up to 2005's Never Gone, the group's first album since 2000 (see "Backstreet Men? The Boys Grow Up On First Album In Five Years").
"We are definitely going to do another record," he said. "We're not going to wait another five years."
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I like the Backstreet Boys actually I had some of there CD's I've had the first CD a long time ago and also I've had Black & Blue, Never Gone and I've been too there concert ilke three times.