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Boy-band impresario LOU PEARLMAN is being sued for more than $130 million by creditors and investors for failing to pay his bills.

Pearlman, who created such groups as the BACKSTREET BOYS, ‘N SYNC and US-5, has been the subject of several recent lawsuits.

The latest case, filed Thursday in Orlando, Florida Circuit Court by Bank of America, alleges Pearlman defaulted on business and personal loans worth more than $17 million.

A week earlier, the same bank filed a mortgage-foreclosure suit seeking more than $25 million.

According to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, a judge recently ordered Pearlman to pay $33 million on previous lawsuits against him. Pearlman has blamed the spate of court cases on people trying to cash in on his success saying, “I know a lot of people come at me, as a deep-pockets theory. The more success you get, the more lawsuits, unfortunately.”

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The Backstreet Boys plan to record another album this summer.

In an interview with andPOP’s Sarah Millar, Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell revealed that the boys have been talking about their next album and hope to return the studio as soon as June.

“There are tentative plans to be in the studio at the end of June but we’re still working on that (and) with material and the direction of the record,” Littrell told andPOP. “I’ve had a few conference calls with everyone talking about the end of June meeting in LA. We do plan to be in the studio probably the majority of July and maybe part of August. We’re moving forward together.”

The Backstreet Boys released “Never Gone” last year, after four years without new material.

“The record was recorded amazingly,” he said. “We didn’t know what to expect coming out with a new album after 13 years (together). But it was just embraced and loved by the fans.”

With less than a week to go before the Backstreet Boys release “Never Gone,” their first studio album in five years, the group has released their summer tour dates.

The Backstreet Boys will begin their tour July 22 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and end it all Sept. 2 in Portland, Oregon.

They will be playing in mostly arenas and amphitheaters.

Tour Dates:

Friday, July 22 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
Saturday, July 23 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Sunday, July 24 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Arena
Tuesday, July 26 Cleveland, OH Tower City Theater
Wednesday, July 27 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
Friday, July 29 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel Spa & Casino
Saturday, July 30 Wantagh, NY Tommy Hilfiger Jones Beach Theater
Sunday, July 31 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Wednesday, August 3 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Thursday, August 4 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes Amphitheatre
Saturday, August 6 Washington DC Nissan Pavilion
Sunday, August 7 Saratoga Springs, NY SPAC
Tuesday, August 9 Wallingford, VT CTNow.com Theatre
Wednesday, August 10 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
Friday, August 12 Hershey, PA Star Pavilion at Hersheypark Stadium
Saturday, August 13 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Sunday, August 14 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
Tuesday, August 16 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Wednesday, August 17 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Friday, August 19 Chicago, IL Lakeside Pavilion at Northerly Island
Saturday, August 20 Minneapolis, MN US Bank Theater at Target Center
Sunday, August 21 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Thursday, August 25 Los Angeles, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Friday, August 26 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
Saturday, August 27 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay
Tuesday, August 30 Concord, CA Chronicle Pavilion
Wednesday, August 31 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Friday, September 2 Portland, OR Clark County Amphitheater

The Backstreet Boys are hoping to return to the top of the charts when they release “Never Gone” on June 14.

It will be their first studio album in almost five years.

Billy Mann (Pink and Sting), John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting, John Shanks (2004 Grammy Award Producer of the Year), and John Fields (Switchfoot) contribute their writing or producing skills to tracks on the album.

Group member Kevin Richardson co-wrote the title track as a tribute to his father.

Upcoming appearances include all the usuals: The View, Leno, Ellen, and Today Show.