Backstreet goes Singapore
November 28, 2005
The star

They've never really gone, really. And for those who didn’t get enough of the Backstreet Boys’ appearance earlier this year at the Force of Nature concert then you’ll be glad that the quintet’s Never Gone Tour hits Asia in January.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that Malaysia has, once again, been sidelined for whatever reason.

The nearest cities to us that the boys are appearing at are north in Bangkok, and south in Singapore. Other cities on the mega list include Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai and Manila (makes us feel a little left out doesn’t it?)

The best date for us to pencil in would be Jan 24 for the Singapore show, brought in by LAMC Productions, and to be staged at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Without a doubt, the Backstreet Boys is one of the most widely accepted of boy bands, with millions of fans from all corners of the world. The quintet’s sixth studio album Never Gone, released in the middle of this year, comes nearly five years after their last studio album, and reflects the adult ideals of a quintet that broke music and concert sales records the world over, moving more than 80 million albums since coming into the fray in 1997.

As teen idols, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson, sold more than 13 million copies each of their first two US albums, Backstreet Boys (1997) and the No. 1 (in 25 nations) Millennium (1999). Black and Blue followed (2000), moving eight million copies, and then Hits: Chapter One (2001).

Never Gone, which the boys spent more than a year recording, moves beyond pop idol notoriety to reflect what is happening in the group’s lives and in the world.

Ticket prices for the group’s Singapore concert are S$162 (RM366), S$127 (RM287), S$97 (RM220) and S$72 (RM163). Tickets go on sale on Thursday at all Sistic outlets. Visit www.sistic.com.sg, or call the hotline 02-63485555. Bookings in Kuala Lumpur can be made via Holiday Tours & Travel, Sentral Station in Kuala Lumpur (03-22732200).