Here's the scoop... As you all know, in November of 2000 the Backstreet Boys did a HUGE promo tour for the release of their fourth album: Black & Blue. During this promo tour the boys flew around the world in 100 hours with stops for interviews and performances in all the continents! Here, the boys are posing for the camera in Sydney, Australia on November 19.
The new BSB tour has been announced!! The dates are:
January 22: Ft. Lauderdale, FL - National Car Rental Center
January 23: Ft. Lauderdale, FL - National Car Rental Center *
January 26: Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Coliseum
January 27: Atlanta, GA - Georgia Dome
January 30: Philadelphia, PA - First IUnion Center
January 31: Philadelphia, PA - First IUnion Center *
February 2: Washington, DC - MCI Center
February 3: East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena
February 4: Nassau, NY - Nassau Coliseum
February 5: Nassau, NY - Nassau Coliseum *
February 7: Toronto, Canada, SkyDome
February 8: Pittsburgh, PA - Mellon Arena
February 9: Pittsburgh, PA - Mellon Arena *
February 12: Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
February 13: Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena *
February 15: Pontiac, MI - Pontiac Silverdome
February 17: Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
February 18: Grand Forks, ND - Alerus Center
February 20: Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
February 23: Vancouver, BC - GM Place
February 25: Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
February 26: Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome *
February 27: Portland, OR - Rose Garden
March 2: Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena
March 5: Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena
March 8: Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand
March 12: Phoenix, AZ - America West
March 13: Phoenix, AZ - America West *
March 14: Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center *
March 17: San Diego, CA - Sports Arena *
March 18: San Diego, CA - Sports Arena *
The band will then head to South America in April, Europe in June, back to North America for a set of stadium dates throughout the summer before jetting off for the Pacific Rim, Japan, Australia and New Zealand in October and November.
The Black & Blue album remains at the numer one spot on the Billboard album chart for the second week running, and sails pass the 2 million mark in the USA! This makes the album Double Platinum in the US.
On December 11, the UK's biggest pop magazine announced it's yearly winners in the "Smashhits Poll Winners Party", a huge live pop event held in London. The winners are all voted for by the readers. Unfortunately the BSB didn't get any first price, but they did end up in several first five spots! Congratulations boys, especially to Nick!!
The most fanciable male:
5) Nick Carter, 4) Ben Adams (A1), 3) Kian Egan (Westlife), 2) Ronan Keating, 1) Shane Filan (Westlife)
Best Haircut:
5) Nick Carter, 4) Ronan Keating, 3) Ben Adams (A1), 2) Brian McFadden (Westlife), 1) Kian Egan (Westlife)
The new Black&Blue C.D. is now out! It is doing amazing on the charts! Guess what, it was announced that the next single will be "The Call" The video is expected to be ready in late January 2001. The time has come once again!! The new Backstreet Boys C.D. will be out on November 21!! It will be called "Black and Blue" But guess what, on October 3rd, you'll be able to hear the new single "Shape of my Heart" on radios! I hope everyone's very excited for this next, surely going to be awesome, BSB album. |
