Cigarrillos sabor naranja y comida rápida para los Backstreet Boys en Rusia

Moscú, 3 dic (EFE).- Los Backstreet Boys, uno de los principales exponentes del "fenómeno fan" de los años 90 del siglo pasado, han pedido comida rápida, chicles de varios sabores y cigarrillos de naranja para sus dos conciertos en Rusia, informaron hoy los organizadores de su gira en este país.

En su lista de exigencias, los integrantes del grupo estadounidense, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, A. J. McLean y Howie Dorough, subrayan la necesidad indispensable de contar con cuatro camerinos individuales con espejo de cuerpo entero incluido, así como un cuarto de baño para cada uno.

Para desayunar, los músicos quieren huevos, diversas variedades de beicon, tostadas, tortas, gofres, cereales, donuts y magdalenas, queso blando, mantequilla, yogures y fruta, mientras que para comer y cenar piden varias sopas, también vegetarianas, diferentes clases de comida rápida y carne.

Sin embargo, el grupo señaló que saludará "la inventiva del cocinero, si éste quiere preparar platos exóticos o nacionales", aunque deberán ser bajos en grasa, sin saborizantes ni aditivos biológicos.

El listado de los artistas no incluye nada de alcohol, pero sí bebidas energéticas y refrescos con gas, indicaron los organizadores, según la agencia oficial RIA-Nóvosti.

Piden, además, té con miel y limón, pastillas para la tos, chicles de diversos sabores, cigarrillos sabor naranja y toallas de mano de color negro.

Los Backstreet Boys actuarán en San Petersburgo y Moscú los próximos días 10 y 11, en el marco de la gira de presentación de su nuevo álbum, "This Is Us", que salió al mercado el pasado 6 de octubre.

Se trata de la segunda actuación del grupo estadounidense en Rusia, después de su concierto el año pasado para presentar su disco "Unbreakable".EFE

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The boys are back – again

Sophia Money-Coutts

Last Updated: November 17. 2009 9:49AM UAE / November 17. 2009 5:49AM GMT

Remember the Backstreet Boys? The baggy trousers, the Kangol hats and those upbeat pop anthems that reverberated throughout the 1990s: I Want It That Way, As Long As You Love Me and Everybody (Backstreet’s Back), among myriad other lyrical gems.

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Well, steady yourselves, people, because Backstreet’s back, part two. The quintet is down to a quartet (Kevin Richardson, the oldest member, left on friendly terms in 2006), but the boys are surging through the European leg of their new tour like a musical Hadrian’s army and before arriving for their first-ever Middle East gig in Dubai on December 17.

The tour is called This Is Us, appropriately named after their latest and seventh studio album, which was released last month. You will no doubt have heard the catchy first single, Straight Through My Heart, on radios across the land.

“We made it a point to go back to our roots,” explains AJ McLean (he’s the one with the goatee). “We were kind of adamant about making a lot of up-tempo tracks so we could bring it to our live shows. We’re dancing 85 per cent of it.”

Last week, the boys played two of these high-energy gigs in ­London and appeared on The X-Factor ­after-show, The Xtra Factor, where the controversial contestants John and Edward Grimes, or “Jedward”, said that the Backstreet Boys were their ­inspiration when they were growing up. “They may not be the best vocalists in the world,” McLean says, “but they’re having a lot of fun.”

McLean, 31, is familiar with ­matters of meteoric success. The Backstreet Boys formed 16 years ago and subsequently notched up sales of more than 100 million albums worldwide. They signed multimillion-dollar record deals, were besieged by hysterical teenage girls in cities across the world and littered their path with number-one hits.

But at the same time, the boys grew up. Brian Littrell (the blonde who isn’t Nick Carter) got married and had a baby, Howie ­Dorough followed suit, and Richardson left to pursue “the next chapter” of his life. The band’s next two albums, Never Gone (2005) and Unbreakable (2007), didn’t reach the dizzy levels of success that previous efforts did, and there were struggles with their record label, Jive. All that glittered was definitely not gold.

“We actually never stopped, though,” McLean says of the hiatus. “All that stuff about how we broke up, that was never the case.”

But 16 years on, is the name Backstreet Boys still appropriate? “It’s funny,” McLean says. “Look at ­other groups – The Beach Boys, the Pet Shop Boys, the Beastie Boys, they’re all still boys. It’s a brand. It will ­never change.”

So why the push now, with the worldwide tour and the new album? “We just love making music and it felt the right time to make a new record,” McLean says.

A good number of the fans, he adds, are grown up but still coming to gigs and bringing new faces with them. “Lots of them are married now and they’re bringing their sons and daughters with them. It’s starting a whole new fan base.”

The Backstreet Boys are in good company on this eternal boy-band merry-go-round. Take That’s summer tour this year was the fastest-selling tour ever in the UK. Westlife are toiling over a new album and there are whispers that ’N Sync (­Justin Timberlake’s old band) might pull it back together. Does that worry the Backstreet Boys?

“We’re all friends,” McLean says wearily. “Obviously the press always want to make out a fight, but it’s not even close to that. We’ve all been friends for years.”

The recent death of Boyzone’s Stephen Gately was “definitely a shock”, he adds. “Hearing things like this about peers of mine, it really changes things. I don’t want to wind up dead in my hotel room.” Having previously spent time in rehab for drugs and alcohol, McLean is back on good behaviour, but calls it “a daily struggle”.

There’s plenty for him to focus on, though. In addition to the ­current tour, McLean is working on his solo career and releasing a ­debut ­album next year. He has a girlfriend, though admits to harbouring a “huge” crush on Lady Gaga. “I’m dying to meet her and do a song together,” he laughs.

And 20 to 30 years from now, will the boys still be churning out music? “Absolutely,” he says. “We might not be dancing as much. We might need our walkers on stage, but we’re doing this as long as our fans want us to and as long as we’re having fun. That’s the biggest thing.”


• The Backstreet Boys perform ­December 17 at The Palladium, Dubai ­Media City. Tickets available from www.boxofficeme.com.

43 Pictures from the Backstreet Boys concert in Oberhausen

'Westfaelische Nachrichten' posted 43 pics from the BSB concert yesterday in Oberhausen

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There's also a little article on the site - pls translate it with google b/c I'm a lil busy currently to do a translation :]

"This Is Us" - Da waren sie wieder… die Backstreet Boys in Oberhausen

AJ McLean Photoshoot Pics

Well... it's not pretty cool doin a font on a photoshoot pic... it's okay if you do it on private pics... but photoshoot pics... c'mon... :D

Auftakt der Deutschlandtour in Oberhausen [+Translation]

Auftakt der Deutschlandtour in Oberhausen

Die Backstreet Boys haben am Montag zusammen mit vielen treuen Fans in der Arena in Oberhausen den Auftakt ihrer Deutschlandtour gefeiert.



Oberhausen . In den 90ern sangen sie „I'll Never Break Your Heart“ oder „As Long As You Love Me“ und brachen ihren weiblichen Fans damit die Herzen. Jetzt sind sie wieder da: Die Backstreet Boys haben am Montag zusammen mit vielen treuen Fans in der Arena in Oberhausen den Auftakt ihrer Deutschlandtour gefeiert. Neben den alten Songs präsentierten sie vor allem die Lieder ihres neuen Albums „This Is Us“ – darunter die Single-Auskopplung „Straight Through My Heart“.

Seit 16 Jahren stehen Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, Howie Dorough und Nick Carter gemeinsam auf der Bühne. Nach dem Ausstieg des ältesten Backstreet Boys Kevin Richardson im Jahr 2006 gibt es nur noch vier Bandmitglieder.

Mit seichter Popmusik auf ihrer neuen CD wollen die Amerikaner zurück zu ihren Wurzeln. „Wir haben erkannt, wer wir sind und was wir am besten können“, sagte Carter, der jüngste Backstreet Boy. „Es ist das beste Album, das wir seit Jahren aufgenommen haben.“

Für die nächsten Tage sind noch Konzerte in München (18.11.), Frankfurt/Main (22.11.), Berlin (23.11.) und Bamberg (29.11.) geplant.




Start of the Germany Tour in Oberhausen

The Backstreet Boys have celebrated their start of the Germany tour together with many uncompromised Fans on Monday.

Oberhausen - In the 90s they sang 'INBYH' or 'ALAYLM' and broke many female hearts. Now they're back again: The backstreet Boys celebrated their start if the Germany tour with many uncompromised Fans on Monday. Beside old songs they've present their new songs from their new album 'This is us' - including the single 'STMH'

Since 16 years Brian, AJ, Howie and Nick are together on stage. After the exit of the oldes BSB Kevin R. in 2006 they're only 4 band members.

With emotionally pop songs on their new album the Americans want to go back to their roots. 'We've realized who we are and what we can do best' sais Nick Carter - the youngest member. 'It's the best album we've recorded over the last years'

For the next couple of days they'll be on stage in Munich (18 Nov), Frankfurt/Main (22 Nov), Berlin (23 Nov) and Bamberg (29 Nov).