News
May 4, 2000
MTV's Total Request Live (TRL) world-premiered the Backstreet Boys' video for "The One" today which is really cool. It was basically a compilation of clips from the "Into the Millenium" tour footage and other appearances by the guys. Howie D. called in from Orlando. He said that the guys and he just got back from the Bahamas where they worked on some songs, and that they will soon fly to Europe.
About an hour after TRL, MTV aired an episode of ultrasound dedicated to the Backstreet Boys. They chronicled the early lives and successes of the guys. Topics discussed included Kevin's father's death, Brian's heart surgery, AJ's relationship with his father, Howie's sister Caroline's death from lupus, and Nick's thought son his mother.
April 28, 2000
The Backstreet Boys are endorsing an official book written about themselves. Titled BACKSTREET BOYS, the book's suggested retail price is $14.95 and is scheduled to go on sale nationwide on Tuesday, July 5, 2000.
"Backstreet Boys: The Official Book is the official book, from our perspective with our input," says Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean. "I think it is high time that we give back to our fans what they honestly deserve-which is to be closer to us and to be a part of our lives as much as we are a part of theirs."
For more information, click here.
April 5, 2000
The official Backstreet Band website has just been updated with some news. Here's what has been posted:
AJ is in the middle of his Johnny No Name tour.
The opening acts of Johnny are "Nobody's Angel", a 5 piece girl act, and of course, the great Mindi Abair.
Howie attended and performed at the first two Johnny No Name shows. AJ aka Johnny douced him with water onstage once, and Howie had nothing to change into. Poor Howie.
AJ recently had a press conference with the band and official tour mascot Guido for all the media including MTV and a lot of European press.
Johnny No-Name is not only thinking about recording an album in the next few months but he is also planning a European tour.
The band has added two new band members for Johnny No Name. Scott Hoffman is our new drummer and Matt Hagar is singing background vocals along with Mindi.
Contrary to rumours, AJ is NOT engaged. He was misquoted in the press. Although he feels very close to Amanda and hopes that she will turn out to be the one that he shares his life with, he feels that they are both too young to make a decision about getting married right now. They have no plans to do so in the immediate future. AJ says that he wants to settle down and have kids at some point, but not now.
AJ invited the band over to his new house in Orlando which has its own movie theater. AJ plans to build a studio there too.
March 30, 2000
As you all know, AJ will be performing a series of benefit shows under his alter ego, Johnny No Name to raise money for VH-1's Save The Music Foundation. The foundation has already received $42,000 from the Johnny No Name show he did in Orlando on his 22nd birthday last January.
Here are the rest of the Johnny No Name tour dates as released by the official Backstreet Boys website.
3/27/00 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theater
3/28/00 - Las Vegas, NV @The Joint @ Hard Rock
4/1/00 - Milwaukee, WI @ Modjaska Theater
4/2/00 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Quest
4/4/00 - Chicago, IL @ Rosemont Theater
4/5/00 - Detroit, MI @ State Theater
4/7/00 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
4/8/00 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Taj Mahal
4/9/00 - New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
Millenium TV for this week 3/30 - 4/5 is centered around AJ. The man otherwise known as Johnny No-Name talks about his passions for acting and dancing, and how they led to a singing career. To watch, click here.
March 11, 2000
AJ is scheduled to do a live chat with amuZnet.com on Friday, March 17th at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.
For more information, click here.
MTV aired a show today called Video Feuds, which is basically Dave Holmes and Ed Lover showing four videos and having people at home vote on the best one via the internet. A segment of it is called POP PUNCHOUT. The participants were the Backstreet Boys' "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely", 'N SYNC's "Bye Bye Bye", Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca", and Enrique Iglesias's "Be With You". 'N SYNC were broadcasted live pleading for fans to keep voting, and they won by getting 57% of the votes to BSB's 38%. Enrique had 3% and Ricky Martin came in with 2%.
March 10, 2000
The next single to be released and video to be made by the Backstreet Boys is "The One"as announced by BSB's own Kevin Richardson. "The One" was actually in last place when the promotion started, but Nick announced two days ago that the guys favored it, so I guess people started voting for that.
March 9, 2000
Update on the MTV BSB Single promotion.
Don't Want You Back 41%
It's Gotta Be You 29%
The One 30%
This week (3/8-3/15), Millenium TV is showing the Backstreet Boys' Grammy rehearsal. Get a behind the scenes look on how the guys got ready for their amazing performances.
The Backstreet Boys official site is now offering free email service.
Sign up today to get your very own @backstreetboys.com e-mail address.
March 8, 2000
MTV is hosting a Backstreet Boys promotion this whole week (3/6 - 3/10) where fans can go and vote for the next single and video that they want the guys to release. There are three choices: "Don't Want You Back", "It's Gotta Be You" and "The One". On Friday March 10th during Total Request Live, MTV will tally up the votes, and Carson Daly will announce the song with the most votes. Nick Carter called in during TRL today from Cleveland to talk about this event. He said that personally he and the guys like "The One" and have actually kicked around ideas about the video already. He said that they were thinking of doing a western movie kind of thing. However, he also said that the guys will do whatever song the fans vote for.
Here are the voting statistics as of today.
"Don't Want You Back" 44%
"It's Gotta Be You" 30%
"The One" 27%
To place your vote, click here.
From a radio interview with Kevin, he states that this will be the last
single of the album, "Millenium", so don't forget to vote vote vote!
March 2, 2000
Here's some news from the official site latest newsletter:
"This leg of the "Into The Millenium Tour" has been great! We've been given the keys to the city of Minneapolis, had official "Backstreet Boys Day" named after us in Houston, and took a break to perform with our hero Elton John. Through it all, you fans have been so sweet and supportive. We hope you know how much that means to us."
Millenium TV this week (3/2 - 3/8) will be running an episode called Almost Showtime. Watch the Backstreet Boys practice dance moves and vocal arrangements to get ready for the remainder of their "Into The Millenium Tour".
To check out Millenium TV, click here.
The official Backstreet Band website maintained by keyboardist Tommy Smith had a message saying that AJ needs to come up with a new last name for his alter ego Johnny Suede within twenty- four hours. It requests anyone who can think of a good name to leave it in the guestbook.
According to Elton John's official website, the Backstreet Boys do the backing vocals on the track "Friends Never Say Goodbye" from his new album, "The Road to El Dorado".
February 29, 2000
Backstreet News reports that the Backstreet Boys , along with their management company The Firm, hosted a post-Grammy awards party at a Bel Air mansion. This party, which lasted until around 7:00 Thursday morning, had 1600 invitees including Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, Kid Rock, and Eminem.
February 24, 2000
The Backstreet Boys did not win anything at the 42nd Annual GRAMMY awards. They did, however, do a womderful rendition of the BeeGees, Temptations, and Boyz II Men songs as well as their own "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely." They also did a pretty good job helping out Elton John in performing "Philadelphia Freedom".
HAIR UPDATE: AJ's hair at this event was cut really short and was dark brown.
February 17, 2000
Two members of the Backstreet Boys are now engaged to be married, as they told MTV News' John Norris on Tuesday night when the group's "Into the Millennium" world tour hit Albany, New York. Congratulations goes out to the cousins Brian Litrell and Kevin Richardson. I wish you the best!
February 14, 2000
I was at Backstreet.net today, and I checked out the links page. Did you all know that there are now more AJ sites than Brian sites? As of today, AJ has 176 sites dedicated to him whereas Brian has 173. Wow.....that is amazing. I remember when I first started this website five months ago. AJ was behind a lot. Oh well, just thought I'd mention that.
February 13, 2000
The cast of the WB series "For Your Love" hosted this weekend's VH1 Top Ten countdown. They mentioned that the Backstreet Boys' "Show Me The Meaning Of Lonely" video is number one in Phoenix and Orlando.
Total Request Live is scheduled to have a two-hour Grammy edition show on February 23, 2000. TRL is also hosting a poll where viewers can vote for their favorites. To participate, click here.
Here is a complete list of other Grammy preshows.
February 18, 2000
MTV News 1515 Grammy Edition @ MTV - 7:00 pm
February 23, 2000
Live Grammy Awards Preshow @ E! Channel - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
TRL Grammy Edition @ MTV - for two hours probably 3:30 - 5:30 pm
VH1 Preshow of the Grammys @ VH1 - 7:00 pm
I found some great magazines that I think you all will enjoy.
The February 2000 of SuperTeen has an article called the Battle of the Birthday Boys on pages 4, 5 and 9. It features Justin Timberlake who turned 19 last January 31, Nick Carter who turned 20 last January 28, Joey Fatone Jr. who turned 23 last January 28, and of course, our main man, AJ McLean who turned 22 last January 9. It talks about each boys' birthday, trademarks, what are you gonna buy him for his birthday, what makes him special, the most romantic thing he's ever done, the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for him, and if he's your type. It's pretty interesting.
The March issue of 16 has BSB fan poems and love letters on pages 56-57. It has a lot of creative stuff by fans just like us not to mention great pics of the guys.
February 10, 2000
The Backstreet Boys official site's Millenium TV section is running AJ TV from 2/10 - 2/16. Next week from 2/17 - 2/23, it will be showing AJ TV and Brian TV. Be sure to tune in and watch BoneDaddy and B-ROK in action!
To check out Millenium TV, click here.
The Backstreet Boys are nominated for two awards for the Sixth Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. Their nominations include Favorite CD (Internet Only) for "Millenium" against Britney Spears' "... Baby One More Time", Limp Bizkit's "Significant Other", Shania Twain's "Come On Over", and Ricky Martin's "Ricky Martin" and Favorite Pop Group against 'N SYNC and 98 Degrees. The star-studded event honoring the lead and supporting actors and actresses in top performing movies in 1999, as well as music artists based on the top-selling albums for 1999, will be broadcasted live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and is scheduled to air on FOX this coming June.
February 8, 2000
The Backstreet Boys are working with comic book editor/writer Stan Lee to create a new comic book series about the music and superhero adventures of BSB. Lee and BSB's own Nick Carter will be co-creators of this series known as The Backstreet Project, and a special edition comic book introducing the series will be available for sale at BSB concerts starting with the one on February 19 in Atlanta, Georgia.
For more information and to see the cartoon versions of the guys, click here.
The February 14, 2000 issue of Time magazine also features an article on this upcoming series as well as a full page picture of BSB's comic book characters.
February 7, 2000
During today's Total Request Live show, John Norris reported that MTV is trying to get a hold of the Backstreet Boys to ask them to explain their individual scenarios in the latest video "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely". He said that that interview will be aired soon, so keep an eye out for it.
January 23, 2000
AJ was on CNN today talking about their Grammy nominations. He said that even if they don't win any(of their 5 Grammy nominations), they will still be very happy with themselves just knowing how hard they work and knowing that they make people really happy.
January 22, 2000
I know that magazines take about two to three months to be published, so this might be old news to some of you, but I decided to post it anyway just in case someone out there hasn't heard about it yet.
I read an article about the Backstreet Boys in the February 2000 issue of 16 magazine. It said that the Backstreet Boys were so upset to find out that over 1200 tickets for their October 31, 1999 show in the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado were released to scalpers that they asked The House of Blues (the promoter for that particular show) to donate $75,000 to the Columbine College Fund. Way to go guys!
The article also mentions that the Backstreet Boys have patched things up with Jive Records businesswise and are going to be releasing approximately five future albums with the company.
January 20, 2000
According to an article that a viewer sent to Backstreet.Net, Burger King Corporation (BKC) today announced an exclusive promotion with the Backstreet Boys, which will include an unprecedented CD and video offer this year and exclusive title sponsorship of the group's Fall 2000 tour. The exclusive CD and video tie-in which is scheduled to be released around August or September of 2000 will feature an advance single from the group's upcoming album as well as five previously recorded but never-before released live songs. In addition, a video with new backstage footage and personal interviews with the Backstreet Boys -- Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean And Kevin Richardson -- will be sold exclusively at BURGER KINGŪ restaurants.
For more information about this deal, go here.
The Backstreet Boys are on vacation right now, but they will be doing a six-week US tour soon starting on February 11, 2000 in University Park, PA.
The tour dates for the second leg of the Backstreet Boys' "Into The Millenium" tour have been released. You can view them here.
After the tour, the guys will return to the studio to record a new album, which is tentatively scheduled to be released around October or November of this year.
January 17, 2000
As you all probably know, the Backstreet Boys received two nominations for the 27th annual American Music Awards, set to air tonight on ABC. Under the category of Rock-Pop, the guys were nominated for Best Band, Duo, or Group with 'N Sync, and Santana, and for Best Album for "Millenium" with Britney Spears "... Baby One More Time", and Santana "Supernatural". I am happy to report that the guys won the Best Pop-Rock Band, Duo, or group award. Congratulations fellas!
January 10, 2000
AJ's concert as Johnny Suede was a success. He performed a lot of songs including "Hey Mr. DJ", "Lay Down Beside Me", and "If You Knew What I Knew", a song he co-wrote himself. The opening acts were PYT, EYC, and the Backstreet Band's very own Mindi Abair. Brian Littrell also made an appearance at the concert, singing two Brian McKnight songs with AJ,"Back at One" and "6, 8, 12."
January 6, 2000
AJ will be twenty-two years old three days from now on January 9, 2000. Happy Birthday babe!
The Backstreet Boys have been nominated for five Grammy awards for the 42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 23, 2000. Their nominations include record, album and pop album of the year for Millennium and song of the year and pop song of the year for "I Want It That Way".
"Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely" debuted at number one on Total Request Live. Keep on voting!
January 2, 2000
On December 31, 1999 at 9:00 AM, MTV had a Top 99 of 99 countdown. Three Backstreet Boys' videos appeared in the countdown. "All I Have To Give" was number thirty-four, "Larger Than Life" was number twelve, and "I Want It That Way" was number one. Congratulations guys!
After the countdown, at 7:00 PM, MTV hosted a huge party called 2 Large to welcome in the new millenium. They had viewers log on to MTV.com and vote on what they thought was the best album of all time. These were the top three choices:
42% Backstreet Boys' "Millenium"
17% 'N SYNC's "'N SYNC"
7% Limp Bizkit's "Significant Other"
"Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" was also world-premiered. The guys even introduced it themselves, and said that they hope we enjoy it. Help us make it number one not only on the first TRL of the millenium, but for sixty-five days straight by clicking on the banner below.
December 30, 1999
The Backstreet Boys are the 1999 Rolling Stone Readers Poll Artists of the Year, Band of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Video, Best Dressed, Best Fan Site, Best Tour and Biggest Hype.
In MTV's Total Request Live yesterday, Kurt Loder said that the Backstreet Boys are the overall best sellers of 1999. He said that BSB has sold over 10 000 000 copies of their album Millenium since they released it seven months ago. He also said that BSB will be back on the road February 11, 2000 at University Park in Pennsylvania.
December 14, 1999
Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely is going to be the next single and video out for the Backstreet Boys. Stay tuned in to Total Request Live to see its world premiere on December 31, 1999.
December 11, 1999
Here's information on AJ's concert at Universal Studios-Orlando on his 22nd birthday, January 9, 2000.
AJ McLean as Johnny Suede
7:00 p.m.
Hard Rock Live in Orlando, FL
Tickets on sale 10:00 a.m. December 11,1999 for $15.00
For ticket information call (407) 351-LIVE, or Ticketmaster @ (407) 839-3900.
There is supposed to be an official AJ McLean website under construction. Check it out here.
December 8, 1999
The Backstreet Boys won four awards at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards held today at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. They won Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year for "Millennium", Artist Of The Year, and Artist Duo/Group Of The Year. Congratulations guys!
November 6, 1999
I love the New York Knicks. I used to live in New Jersey, and I watched them play all season. You're probably wondering why I'm talking about them in my Backstreet Boys' website. Well, the Knicks played the Pistons last night in Michigan, and the Backstreet Boys were the ones who had the honor of singing the National Anthem. Since one of my friends from Jersey knew how much I loved the Knicks, she called me this morning and told me all about the game. She also told me all about the Backstreet Boys' performance. This is what she said.....
"The Backstreet Boys sounded great. AJ has changed his haircolor once again. His hair is now bright red. It looks like the same color as the hair of 'N SYNC's Joey Fatone. He was wearing a cream colored tutleneck sweater and black carpenter pants. Nick's hair also changed. He got it cut, so it's shorter now. He and Brian sang most of the song. During the "the bombs bursting in air" part, fireworks went off. Everything was just awesome!
On top of that, the Knicks won! Yeah!
November 1, 1999
The Backstreet Boys are going to be at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan on November 5, 1999. They will be singing the National Anthem for the Detroit Pistons game.
Thanks to Nicole for sending in this information.
