The Backstreets Boys announced their anticipated 20th anniversary summer tour, In A World Like This, on Ryan Seacrest’s morning radio show Monday.
“Backstreet Boys are going on tour this summer,” says Nick Carter. “That’s right, baby! All five of us are back together. It’s our 20th anniversary tour. We’ve got a brand new album coming out.”
The Jersey Shore‘s DJ Pauly D and Jesse McCartney are scheduled to join Nick, Howie, A.J., Brian and Kevin on the road.
The boy band have been working hard on recording their new album, the first since Kevin rejoined the band last year.
“It doesn’t sound like The Call or it doesn’t sound like the Millennium album,” Kevin told MTV News. “But it’s fresh; it’s new. We are trying to find where we are now sonically, and we are experimenting. It’s really exciting.”
The tour kicks off in Chicago on Aug. 2nd and ends in San Francisco Sept. 8.
Listen to the Backstreet Boys Announce Their Summer Tour Below:
In A World Like This Tour Dates Below:
Figuring out the top 10 hottest guys of the 90s was a lot harder than I thought. I mean, I remember all the posters I had in my room and who was on them, but I needed some help from my friends to rank them. So here it is, the product of my hard research: the top 10 heartthrobs from the 1990s.
10. Chris Klein
I’m pretty sure this was one of the only reasons girls wanted to watch American Pie movies, after all, those movies were made for guys. Every girl I knew watched them, and we all had a poster of Chris in our rooms (Thank you J14 magazine). If you saw the latest installment, American Pie:Reunion, he might have a slightly different hairline, but the 34-year-old seems to have aged well. I mean, how could that jaw-line not age well?
9. Nick Carter
Being one of the biggest boy bands in the 90s, it’s only natural the Backstreet Boys’ resident heartthrob made this list. Nick Carter was the blonde babe that all the girls liked. Much like the Bieber’s haircut, Carter’s trademark ‘do was donned by every guy. Still not sure why we loved his style, but that’s the 90s for you. He is now 33.
8. Freddie Prinze Jr.
This hunk got his start in I Knew What You Did Last Summer but we all took notice when he starred in She’s All That and Summer Catch. It’s only fitting he marry an equally gorgeous 90s bombshell Sarah Michelle Gellar, making them the best 90s couple around. He’s still hot at 37.
7. Usher
Okay, I personally would have him as my number 1, but according to my highly “scientific” survey, he belongs in the number seven spot. Does anyone remember the song, “Nice and Slow”? I basically fell in love with him watching that video. Usher is pure sex, ladies.
6. JTT aka Jonathan Taylor Thomas
There is something to be said about sitting down with a big mug of coffee, tea, or any warm drink of your choice as it’s one of the best, most comforting feelings known to man kind.
I remember in high school when I would sit down to study or do homework I would make myself a big cup of tea or coffee to get myself calmed down and ready to be productive. It always did the trick and kept me focused and free of panic.
A mug can be sacred to a person who finds serenity in sitting down with a hot drink. For this reason, everybody should have a go-to one that is representative of their personality. It makes the experience that much more serene.
The world (and internet) is plentiful with unique mugs. I’m sure you can can even get your own made if you really wanted to. Your own mug can become your staple, also it will prevent anyone else in your family from using it if you have a one that is distinctly yours.
For me personally, I think I would invest in a big mug with Time Square on it or a quote about dreaming big. Yes, you just got the ultimate insight on who I am as a person which is my point: your mug should encompass who you are or at least a small fraction of you reflected on it.
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I’d probably ditch my own wedding too if it meant seeing Nick Carter in the flesh. Old Navy features BSB (swoon) singing in the company’s new Rockstar Jeans commercial. It also features grown-ass women screaming at the mere sound of their angelic voices.
The ad is a cute play on words for the song “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back),” because literally everybody is supposed to fit into these jeans. While this is cool, I couldn’t get past the band’s awkward-but-beautiful dance moves. (Can we please take in how graciously they bob their heads?) The BSB were so convincing in this commercial that, I too, was rocking my body as I pressed the replay button. Several times.
Ironically, the whole point of this commercial is to sell the pants. But something tells me the ladies in this commercial just wanted to rip them off and throw them onstage.
Watch it here:
When I was in grade two my parents couldn’t separate me from my Nick Carter T- shirts and Backstreet Boys CDs. If you walked into my room, you’d see posters of my love Nick plastered all over my bedroom walls. I even convinced my young and delusional self that when I became of age I would be known to the world as Mrs. Carter, even if it took excessive stalking coupled with voodoo magic.
Now, even though I’m older and slightly more mature I can’t stop my old symptoms from returning when I see boy bands like The Wanted, One Direction and Big Time Rush. Girls everywhere have an undying thirst for these smooth talking, ballad-singing, handsome guys. And I’m okay with that. Here’s why:
1) It’s been too long since I’ve relished in an upbeat, though formulaic, pop song. Ever since boy bands of yore bowed gracefully off the music scene, the radio has been filled with auto-tuned dance music. While I enjoy breaking it down every once in awhile, I miss those cheesy songs that make a girl feel… well, special. The songs that make you picture Justin Timberlake holding your hand and serenading you in front of all your friends. [Tugs on collar] Or am I the only one who imagines that? Anyone?
2) Have you seen One Direction’s Harry Styles? Harry you may call me if you’re reading this. With this new wave of boy bands you can crush on any of them guilt free. Members of old boy bands aren’t exactly boys anymore! The main reason we outgrew them isn’t just because they’re old; because trust me I do have a thing for older guys. Our favorite members are now married and have children, so it’s kind of hard to crush on them when you know their wives are waiting by the stage exit.
3) I’ll gladly indulge in a little more fandom. For those of you who were too young to see the Backstreet Boy’s first concert, to know Justin Timberlake pre-movies and solo career, or to know that the first real boy band was not the Jonas Brothers, then I will tell you: you will always have a favourite boy band and compete with fans of other boy bands. I for one am still head over heels obsessed with the Backstreet Boys and I may have cried a little when I saw them last summer at their reunion concert. But they were tears of joy.
The Wanted “Glad You Came”
4) The Wanted’s single “Glad You Came” is perfect for a day at the beach with your closest friends. My favourite memory will always be me and my friends rocking out to pop songs while reading the latest J14 issue. Boy bands create a soundtrack for your youth, whether you realize it or not.
5) Boy bands just overall make me feel happy “You don’t know you’re beautiful. That’s what makes you beautiful” I mean what girl wouldn’t feel instantly happy when they hear that on the radio?
One Direction “What Makes You Beautiful”
When we first met Nick Carter, we were under the assumption that he spent most of his free time on a bed of money playing with precious metals. Contrary to our initial thoughts, we were quick to discover that even though he was a part of one of the largest-grossing groups of our generation, he’s just a regular guy. How do we know this? He plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist. Just remember that the next time you blame your lack of a social life on your devotion to your guild.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation. If YOU want to call Nick, make sure to follow @andPOP so we can tell you the next time he’s coming 
A little while back, Nick Carter dropped by the andPOP studio to do a LIVE interview (broadcast on andPOP.TV) and as we suspected our twitter literally blew up with questions. There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
Nick Carter stopped by the andPOP studios today and joined @jordans_life on andPOP Live. They talked about his World of Warcraft addiction, what kind of underwear he wears, the debut of his brand new single and much more! We’ll have the interview up soon.
Get down, get down and move it all around because Nick Carter’s dropping by the andPOP studio today at 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Our favourite Backstreet Boy will sit down on the famed red couch with Jordan and since it’s live, anything can happen! Tune in today at 12:30 here on andPOP.
This wont be the first time Nick’s given a little love to andPOP. In August he chatted with Jordan about the release of his second album, I’m Taking Off. You can watch the hilarious interview here.
Don’t forget to take a longer lunch break tomorrow to catch Nick live in our studio by going on andpop.com at 12:30 and clicking the watch live link. Be there or be square!
Get down, get down and move it all around because Nick Carter’s dropping by the andPOP studio tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Our favourite Backstreet Boy will sit down on the famed red couch with Jordan and since it’s live, anything can happen! Tune in tomorrow at 12:30 here on andPOP.
This wont be the first time Nick’s given a little love to andPOP. In August he chatted with Jordan about the release of his second album, I’m Taking Off. You can watch the hilarious interview here.
Don’t forget to take a longer lunch break tomorrow to catch Nick live in our studio by going on andpop.com at 12:30 and clicking the watch live link. Be there or be square!
Nick Carter’s a Backstreet Boys vet who’s been hanging on the walls of teenage girls for over a decade. Sure he’s just released his second solo album, but he’s also just completed Call Of Duty: Black Ops for the first time. (That’s got to rank pretty high on his achievements, if you judge by his celebration dance.)
He sat down to talk to us about the new album, what it’s like to be him, and to answer a couple of the questions our Twitter followers, (that’d be you,) demanded he answer. Honestly, we would have asked more, but he’s a very busy man.
Also the interview takes place on Nick Carter’s bed. Is that not enough to get anyone excited?
I don’t believe we knew this at the time, but many of you know we had the rare opportunity to interview the Backstreet Boys a couple of weeks back. Anyways it turns out that A.J. had pink eye, however we did not know it at the time.
TMZ caught up with A.J. at the airport to ask him about this medical condition. Although A.J. is not a hundred percent sure how we contracted pink eye, he is not ruling out Nick Carter as a suspect.
So you think the Backstreet Boys are finished? Well you would be dead wrong! We had the rare privilege of talking to the guys right before a recent Toronto show, and believe us, these guys are still hot. The Molson Ampitheatre was completely sold out for this show with thousands of female fans. We spoke with the guys about their amazing career, their amazing fan base, and they give some words of wisdom to Justin Bieber. Oh ya, they also teach Jordan how to dance!
Backstreet’s back, alright!
Only this time, critics are not grooving to the music.
The Backstreet Boys have returned with their seventh studio album entitled, This Is Us. But reviews are in, and they are not in favour of the boy (er, man?) band.
The album was released on October 6, and music critics across North America are in agreement: that sure, the Boys deliver a few catchy tunes, but that at the end of the day the album just sounds like a regurgitation of their previous hits.
“Though the Boys were one of the biggest pop acts of the ’90s, they largely hand the reins off to their producers here, who include Lady Gaga’s hit-maker RedOne, Jim Jonsin and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder,” writes August Brown of the Los Angeles Times. “Cuts like ‘Bye Bye Love’ and ‘Straight Through My Heart’ have au courant hotel-lounge decadence to them, and ‘She’s a Dream’ benefits from the light melodic touch of guest T-Pain. But when the boys extol a lady’s virtues because ‘she don’t even know I’m a celebrity,’ the lyric rings of self-fulfilling prophecy.”
BACKSTREET BOY NICK CARTER’s mother has denied dumping his pitbull terrier in a Florida animal shelter without the pop star’s knowledge.
Jane Carter was reported to have dropped the dog, Layla, off at a Tampa-area animal home at the beginning of the week (27Aug07), after her eldest son asked her to babysit his pet.
Singer Nick, who rescued the dog from a Los Angeles animal shelter last year (06), was said to only have found out about his mother’s actions when a volunteer at the shelter identified Layla via a microchip implant and phoned him.
However, Jane has dismissed the allegation as “baloney”, claiming she handed Layla to a “friend of her husband” to look after, only for the pooch to escape at which point animal services picked her up, reports website TMZ.com. (GES/WNWCMZ)
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Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys is angered by the mention of his name in a lawsuit filed by his younger sister’s roommate.
Kathryn Kelly has filed a lawsuit against her former roommate, Bobby Jean Carter, 23, claiming she had assaulted her during the month of April.
According to the lawsuit, Kelly claims Bobby Jean “stabbed Kelly with a knife in her thumb, leg and arms,” as well as, “punched, choked, pinned and forcefully struck Kelly multiple times,” reported E! Online.
Mentioned also were Carter, 25, and his father, Robert. The suit claims they did not supervise Bobby Jean during the time of the attacks while she worked for her father and as her brother’s assistant.
“It is obvious that the only reason Nick Carter was named in this lawsuit was so that she could get publicity, since her lawsuit does not contain any claim that Nick Carter personally engaged in any wrongful conduct harming the accuser. We are confident that the court will promptly dispose of these frivolous and fictional claims against Nick Carter,” stated Carter’s attorney, Martin D. Singer.
“After the case is completed, he plans on filing for sanctions against her and her counsel to stop her and others like her from attempting to capitalize on his name,” said Carter’s rep, Juliette Harris.
Carter and the Backstreet Boys are preparing to kick off their summer tour.
The Backstreet Boys had succeeded in making a comeback this summer, but youngest member Nick Carter still had one more hurdle to face: a drunken driving charge he obtained four months ago.
Yesterday, Carter was ordered to three years of informal probation, a three-month alcohol-treatment program, and restricted driving privileges for 90 days. He was also fined $1,200.
The deal was agreed upon by prosecutors in Orange County, California, where the singer was pulled over on Mar. 5 for erratic driving in Huntington Beach. He was slapped with two misdemeanour charges after failing a field sobriety test.
The pop star pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol count of over 0.08, the legal limit. The second DUI count was dropped in exchange for the guilty plea. Because the charge was a misdemeanour, Carter wasn’t required to be present at the hearing.
The terms were settled last Thursday, avoiding a preliminary hearing in the case set for today. Orange County Deputy District Attorney Tate McCallister told reporters that Carter’s alcohol treatment will be on an outpatient basis.
Initially, the 25-year-old musician pleaded not guilty to the charges in April, with his rep denying he was driving under the influence.
“Nick Carter deeply regrets the current situation. He is on doctor-prescribed medication and was unaware of its interaction possibilities,” his publicist Juliette Harris said.
Two weeks ago, the Backstreet Boys released their fifth studio album, Never Gone, which is on its way to worldwide success. It debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 200 album chart and had top five debuts in countries around the world. In total, the group has sold over 73 million albums worldwide since they first formed in the early ’90s. This summer, the band will be hitting the road for a North American tour, which kicks off July 22 at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Earlier this week, we brought you all the information from our interview with Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys, and so far, thousands of people have read it and learned more about his upcoming album.
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Now we bring you some of the video of the interview, conducted at a Hilary Duff charity event earlier this week.
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Nick Carter surprised his fans last year when his debut solo album was full of rock music. For his next album, Carter will use the styles that made the Backstreet Boys icons.
“What I had done on the last album, I had gone out and did rock music,” Carter tells andPOP, in Toronto for a charity event hosted by Hilary Duff. “It was rock-pop with a little bit of a rock edge.”
“Now what I want to do is kind of go back to my roots. My up-tempo is going to be pop-rock, with dance music, so I can probably dance to it again. The mid-tempo is going to be kind of Backstreet sounding. Low-tempo is going to be R&B, slow, kind of reminiscent of the Backstreet Boys.”
While Carter is changing his sound a little for his upcoming second solo album, his rock influences will still be evident, with the help from Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee.
“I’ve got a lot of respect from people like Tommy,” Carter says. “Tommy is probably going to be playing some drums on the record with me.”
He also plans to work with producers Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins, and Teddy Riley, and artists like Snow, and maybe even Elton John.
“It’s going to be packed with a lot of celebrities that I’m going to be reaching out to this time around. This one’s going to be hot. I’m out for blood this time around.”
Carter will begin recording in the next two weeks.
As for the status on the Backstreet Boys, Carter remains mum.
“We’re on hiatus for right now.”
Want to see a video of the interview? Check back to andPOP later this week.
