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Apr 18,2013

Backstreet Boys’ Kevin Richardson Expecting Second Child With Wife Kristin

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A mini-Backstreet Boy (or girl!) is on the way.

Kevin Richardson and his wife, Kristin, are expecting their second child later this year, the boy-bander announced Sunday via Twitter.

The 41-year-old singer tweeted a photo of the mom-to-be and her growing baby bump posing with the Easter Bunny. “So excited to share….,” he wrote. “The Easter bunny brought a very special egg this year!”

The couple have been married since 2000 and are also parents to a 5-year-old son named Mason.

Backstreet’s Back, all right! [Source]

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Apr 11,2013

Backstreet Boys Will Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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The Backstreet Boys, who have sold more than 130 million albums worldwide, the most for a boy band, will receive the 2,495th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame April 22nd in connection with their 20th anniversary.

The star will be in front of the Live Nation Building at 7072 Hollywood Blvd., next to the star of another popular boy band Boyz II Men, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which administers the Walk of Fame, announced today.

Max Martin, who has produced and written some of the Backstreet Boys’ works, plus a special fan of the group will speak at the ceremony, according to Ana Martinez, producer of the Walk of Fame ceremonies.

The ceremony will be streamed at walkoffame.com beginning at 11:30 a.m.

The ceremony will come two days after a fan celebration at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood.

The band — A.J. McLean, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson and Nick Carter — was formed in 1993 and released their self-titled first album in 1996, which received diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. [Source]

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Mar 01,2013

Backstreet Boys back in Malaysia

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THE Twin Towers @Live franchise is back for the third time and will host major local, international and K-Pop acts in conjunction with the PETRONAS Malaysia grand prix weekend.

Now in the lineup that already features pop star Demi Lovato and K-Pop artistes U-Kiss accompanied by local stars Atilia and K-Town Clan on March 22, are the Backstreet Boys, headlining the March 23 show with Korean sensation UI and Malaysians Mizz Nina and Caprice.

The Backstreet Boys, one of the biggest boy bands ever with more than 130 million albums sold worldwide are set to celebrate its 20th Anniversary as a band, this year.

With the band set to embark on its reunion tour across the US in May, the appearance in KL will be the perfect warmup and a special occasion for local fans.

The quintet, comprising AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough, and Nick Carter, has developed its music over the years — from the teen-inspired pop tunes that made them superstars to more adult contemporary undertones evident in their come-back albums — Never Gone in 2005 and Unbreakable, two years later.

The 2009 release of This Is Us featured big hook songs like PDA, Bye Bye Love and Straight Through My Heart featured tracks that reminded fans of the Backstreet Boys magic.

The album featured the group’s classic sound and vision while also placing it squarely in today’s music environment.

More recently, the Backstreet Boys released a Christmas single, It’s Christmas Time Again, last year. [Source]

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Feb 14,2013

Backstreet Boys Give Approval to Documentary

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Boy band is enthusiastic about ‘vulnerable and honest’ film

Backstreet’s back, alright: the Backstreet Boys have given their approval for a forthcoming documentary film centering on their rise from child stars to pop icons, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Director Stephen Kijak plans a revealing tell-all chronicle of all five original members of the Nineties boy-band behemoth.

Kijak, who hopes to complete the documentary by this fall, said members of the band have been enthusiastic about the project. “What drew me to this project is their openness and willingness to push themselves into uncomfortable places, to be vulnerable and honest and to be really trusting of the filmmaking team to steer them in the right direction,” he said, promising the project won’t just be a “3D boy-band puff piece.”

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Jan 24,2013

Backstreet Boys will start world tour in China

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The Backstreet Boys are a five-man ensemble once again. The boy band are in Beijing to announce the start of their 20th anniversary world tour in China this May.

The multi-platinum group, best known for hits like I Want It That Way, Backstreets Back and Quit Playing Games With My Heart, will tour several Chinese cities including Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Xi’an.

The five members, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson, wore traditional Chinese red coats to greet their Chinese fans with the traditional Chinese Spring Festival so close (Feb 9.) [Source]

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Dec 05,2012

Backstreet Boys Talk ‘More Personal’ New Album

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Once again a quintet, with Kevin Richardson having rejoined Nick Carter, A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell, the Backstreet Boys are well into recording their follow-up to 2009′s This Is Us, their first album with all five members since 2005′s Never Gone.

“We’re about 75 percent through,” Dorough tells Rolling Stone of the as-yet untitled album, which will be out in time for the group’s 20th anniversary in 2013. “We’re trying to have a single released hopefully in the spring, and an album summer or third or fourth quarter.”

The group spent three weeks in London earlier this year working with producer Martin Trefere, who has worked with Train and Jason Mraz, among others. They’ve also worked with the Fliptones and reteamed with Dan Muckala, who wrote “Incomplete.” Two other collaborators, Morgan Taylor Reid and the “Prophet” (Mika Guillory), co-wrote the group’s current holiday song, “It’s Christmas Time Again,” with Dorough and Carter. Read the rest of this entry »

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