Updated 03/17/00
Happy St. Patricks Day!!!
Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean is leaving the back streets behind for
a short tour as the man with no name. Or to be more precise,
McLean will adopt the identity of pop rascal Johnny No-Name.
No-Name - pronounced Chris Gaines - is a not-so-distant relation
of Johnny Suede, the solo persona McLean unveiled in January at
a benefit performance for VH1 Save the Music.
McLean's solo tour will again benefit Save the Music, which
campaigns for funding for school music programs. "Music has
obviously played a huge role in my life," the singer told Rolling
Stone. Obviously. "Being involved in supporting VH1's Save the
Music Foundation and helping to provide the same opportunities
I've had, to the less fortunate schools in our country, just seemed
like the natural thing to do."
McLean's mother and manager, Denise McLean, told MTV that the
hour-long sets will incorporate covers of songs by Eminem and see
A.J. debuting some of his own original compositions, like "If You
Knew What I Knew." The Backstreet Boys band will back him, with
Mindy Abair and the group Nobody's Angel as support.
At his first solo gig, McLean performed hits like Brian McKnight's
"Back at One" and Stone Temple Pilots' "Down." Dressed in a
homburg and not much else, McLean seemed to be channeling
Kid Rock at certain points of the Orlando concert, especially when he
was led off the stage in handcuffs as a part of the act. Still, his
knockout performance raised $42,000 for Save the Music.
The tour begins in Los Angeles on March 27 after the Backstreet
Boys' sell-out Millennium tour ends tonight (Wednesday) in Toronto.
The itinerary will take in major metropolitan centers like Chicago
and New York.
Will McLean find himself consumed by his solo persona, like Ziggy
Stardust? The levelheaded lad said he had a better chance of
becoming consumed by his immaculately trimmed beard. Instead,
he will be pouring his remaining energy into the next Backstreet
Boys album. "We have some ideas, collectively as a group, about
doing something really different for this next album that has never
really been done before, which will kind of display each of our solo
abilities," he told MTV.
Updated 12/12/99
There is soon to be an Official AJ McLean web site! pretty kewl? Yes! of course kewl...You can go to "AJMcLean.com"To see for yourself.
If you weren't aware before..(This news is kinda old) Nick and Howie also have thier own sites. At "www.nick-carter.com" and "www.howied.com"
Also the tour dates for 2000 are out! to see them you can go to "backstreetboys.com"There is also a press conference there if you haven't already checked this out...
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