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Backstreet
Boys working on new songs
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Source: AllPop
Solo careers, weddings and babies haven't pushed the
Backstreet Boys to the backseat forever.
Although Nick Carter just released his solo debut album
"Now or Never," Brian Littrell is a soon-to-be
father and AJ McLean is busy planning his wedding, the boys
are still working on their music, MTV reports.
They've already recorded two more songs and two demo versions
are also in the works, according to fellow Backstreet member
Howie Dorough.
Dorough dismissed any rumours that the Backstreet Boys would
continue without Carter: "We are all giving each other
space to explore things," Dorough said. "While
Nick's doing his thing, the rest of us are writing for the
next album. So when Nick's done with his project and Brian has
his baby and A.J gets married, we'll be able to get back into
the studio and crank out the album."
Dorough reiterated the rest of the boys' support for Carter's
new project, saying that after a decade together they all
needed some space.
McLean's planning on marrying his fiancee Sarah Martin on
Valentine's Day next year, while Littrell's expecting his
wife, Leighanne, to give birth at the beginning of December.
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Nick
Carter celebrates Thanksgiving in Detroit
back up
Source: The Detroit Freepress
If you live and/or are visiting the Detroit, Michigan area
Nov. 27 and 28 you can see Nick at the Thanksgiving Day Parade
(riding the "Club DRQ Float") on the 28th (admission
is free) and you can see him at the Hob Nobble Gobble the 27th
(starts at 6:00pm EST) at the new GM Wintergarten at the
Renaissance Center (tickets and ticket info at 313-923-7400).
If you live in the Detroit area listen to 93.1 WDRQ and you
could win the chance to ride on the Club DRQ float with Nick
Carter. Good luck!
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AJ
McLean Joins Cox Communications and VH1 Save The Music
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Source: Cox Communications Inc.
$100,000 Donation of Musical Instruments To Benefit San Diego
Area School Children Pop superstar AJ McClean of the
Backstreet Boys will join officials from Cox Communications,
VH1 Save The Music and the San Diego Unified School District
to announce the donation of $100,000 worth of instruments for
the restoration of music education programs at San Diego area
schools. Wilson Middle School and Keiller Middle School to
benefit from donation of musical instruments.
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002 10 a.m. (media check-in at 9:30
a.m.)
WHERE: Wilson Middle School 3838 Orange Ave. San Diego, CA
92105 619/280-1661
WHAT: The VH1 Save the Music Foundation is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to improving the quality of education
in America's public schools by restoring instrumental music
education programs in cities across the U.S. and raising
public awareness about the importance of music participation
for our nation's youth.
WHO: AJ McClean, member of Backstreet Boys Bill Geppert, Vice
President and GM, Cox Communications Lorne Hammond, VH1 Save
The Music San Diego School District Representative Bernadette
Nguyen, Principal - Wilson Middle School
CONTACT: Cox Communications, San Diego
Judith Morgan Jennings, 619/266-5382
or
VH1
John Kiehle, 310/752-8478
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2nd
Annual BSB Fan Convention - A Decade of Devotion
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Source: Kriss
Fans worldwide are invited to join in the fun at the 2nd
Annual BSB Fan Convention. The convention will be held March
14, 15 and 16, 2003 at The Sleep Inn and Suites, in Baltimore
Maryland.
This year's convention has an even greater meaning to all BSB
fans, as we will be celebrating the Boys 10 year anniversary
with "A Decade of Devotion" as our theme. This event
is a charity fundraiser to raise money and awareness for the
Backstreet Boys charity organizations (DLF, HHC, NCOC, JWR
& JNN), while also providing a place to meet up with other
Backstreet Fanfriends and have a lot of fun while doing it!
This year we have lots of surprises in store for you, (so we
won't tell you everything!), as well as bringing back some of
last years favorite activities. There will be guest speakers,
and we would like to officially announce, with permission from
Angela Herring of the DLF, that the wonderful folks of the
Dorough Lupus Foundation will be joining us again! We will
have contests, drawings for special prizes, auction items,
games- like Totally Backstreet Request Live and Becoming
Backstreet, information/official charity booths, fan club
booths, a special Backstreet Boys presentation, & lots
more! There are a limited amount of tickets, so sign up soon!
Tickets to the 2003 convention can be purchased as they were
last year through Janet Connell, the convention President. An
online form is provided on our website here,
to help make the ordering process a little easier this year.
We look forward to once again serving your Backstreet needs
and making lots of money for all of the official charities!
C'ya in March 2003 to celebrate "A Decade of
Devotion" for the Backstreet Boys! Please direct any
media requests to Kriss.
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Now
or Never Review from People Magazine
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Source: People Magazine
Now or Never - Nick Carter (Jive)
On Carter's solo debut, the baby Backstreeter shows that at 22
he's not a boy, not yet a man. On the cheesy pop-rocker
"Is It Saturday Yet?" (one of five songs he cowrote),
he plays to the Nickelodeon crowd with an eighth-grade
mentality better befitting his 14-year-old brother, Aaron
Carter. Later, on the silly, suggestive "Miss
America," he vainly attempts to put some stubble on his
smooth-cheeked delivery as he sings, "Take it off, take
it off/ Let's get it on, get it on." Marvin Gaye he's
not. Even worse, though, is when Carter attempts to rock out
on cuts such as "Girls in the USA" that make him
seem like, at best, a junior Jon Bon Jovi. He's better off
sticking to bouncy guitar pop and love ballads like "Who
Needs the World" that take him back to Backstreet. Bottom
Line: Subpar solo.
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