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NEWS
September
2002
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Bay
area musicians to join Carter on the road
back up
Source: St. Petersburg
Times
Nick Carter, who has been building a career away from the Backstreet
Boys, has formed a touring band of Tampa Bay area musicians for his
new Jive Records project, NOW or NEVER.
Carter, a Tampa area native himself, started off in July by hiring
local bassist Alicia Crawford, daughter of WRBQ-104.7 FM radio
deejay Mason Dixon. Crawford, a member of the Christian rock Daniel
B. Marshall Band, paved the way for bandmates Daniel Marshall
(guitar/vocal), Andy Pardue (guitar) and Jason Leiter (drums).
Carter and Co. will appear in the debut video at 5:30 p.m. Monday on
MTV. They leave this week for a tour of Europe, South Korea and
Japan, in advance of the album's release on Oct. 29.
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Nick
Webchat and Competition with TOTP
back up
Source: BackstreetUK.com
Nick will be doing a live Webchat on http://bbc.co.uk/TOTP
(the Top Of The Pops Website) on Thursday 26th September at 6pm till
6.30pm. There will also be a TV trail for this on Thursday 26th
right after Neighbours....so log on and get a chance to ask Nick the
questions you've always wanted to!!
Also on the website will be a competition to win Signed single
artwork, Nick's video will be on there for 2 weeks as well as a
chance to hear his new single 'Help Me'.
Competition
Nick Carter will be on CBBC 1's The Saturday Show on Saturday
21st September for the World Exclusive performance of his solo
single 'Help Me' and you can be there too. We've got 15 audience
tickets to give away. All you've got to do is tell us why you're
Nick Carter's Number 1 fan. It couldn't be easier.
We need to know the following details:
Name
Age
Address
Telephone number
In no more than 50 words tell us why you are Nick
Carter's Number 1 Fan
E-mail them to us at thesaturdayshow@bbc.co.uk
and mark the subject box 'Nick Carter Number 1 Fan.'
Stuff you have to know:
You must be aged between 10-17 yrs
Tickets are free
You must be able to get yourself to BBC TV Centre,
Wood Lane, London,
W12
7RJ, UK
You'll be with us from 7am until 1pm.
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Nick
Carter just dreamy in acting debut
back up
Source: USA Today
Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys is taping his acting debut today
and Tuesday for NBC's new American Dreams, a retro drama built
around the legendary dance/music show American Bandstand. Carter
just completed recording Come a Little Bit Closer and She Cried for
his role on the Nov. 3 episode as Jay of Jay & The Americans.
The show, which premieres at 8 p.m. ET/PT Sept. 29, showcases
Michelle Branch as Lesley Gore (singing You Don't Own Me) in its
Oct. 6 episode.
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Are
Justin & Nick Ready To Go Solo?
back up
Source: VH1
Joey McIntyre & Johnny Gill offer secrets for success.
By: Corey Moss
For every Joey McIntyre and Jordan Knight, there is a D-Fuse.
If you've never heard of the now-defunct solo venture from their
fellow New Kid on the Block Danny Wood, that's proof enough that no
matter how famous your boy band is, a solo career is never
guaranteed.
So with 'NSYNC's Justin Timberlake (see "Dirty South Pop:
Timberlake Teams Up With Bubba Sparxxx"), Backtreet Boys' Nick
Carter (see "Nick Carter Has Plenty Of Songs, Few Guests For
Solo Album") and 98 Degrees' Nick Lachey (see "98 Degrees'
Nick Lachey Following In Footsteps Of Justin T., Nick C.") all
releasing albums this fall, the pop world is wondering who will be
"Larger Than Life" and who will go "Bye, Bye,
Bye."
We asked a few former boy band stars who've enjoyed solo success to
lend advice to the next crop, and while ex-Menudo crooner Ricky
Martin was too busy with his own album to help, others stepped up to
the task.
"Get in the gym, eat right, get your sleep and go full
speed," instructed Johnny Gill, whose 1990 self-titled solo
album went platinum after he made a name for himself with New
Edition. "When you're on the stage with your group, there are
five different people to look at, but when you have to carry the
whole show, all the pressure's on you."
While all of Gill's New Edition partners were successful outside of
the group — Bobby Brown and Ralph Tresvant as solo artists and
Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe as Bell Biv DeVoe —
other recent groups haven't been as lucky.
McIntyre and Knight hit the charts with comebacks in 1999, but their
sales figures were nothing compared to New Kids'. And, of course,
there was D-Fuse. While Robbie Williams' solo career made many
Americans forget about Take That, none of the other British boy
bands have produced stars in the States.
While McIntyre believes that staying out of the spotlight between
NKOTB and releasing Stay the Same helped him, he thinks it might
hurt Nick Carter.
"Justin's hitting the ground running, and Nick's been away for
a while," McIntyre explained. "It's only been a year, but
it's going to be harder for him. The segue wasn't as quick. Justin's
done some stuff to make his segue a little bit easier. He has
aligned a lot of people in his corner. He's really not missing a
beat. Business-wise, it's a smart move."
McIntyre said the key is to stick with what you know best. In other
words, Timberlake shouldn't do a hip-hop record. (Perhaps Korn
bassist Fieldy should have followed that advice for his Fieldy's
Dreams hip-hop flop.)
"Nick might say 'I'm doing rock' and Justin might say 'It's
more R&B,' but it's pop no matter how you slice it,"
McIntyre said. "They'll always be pop acts. They can't be
marketed any other way."
On the other hand, don't force the music out.
"You gotta do what you want to do," McIntyre said.
"If you're doing something for the sake of someone else, you're
going to be miserable. You gotta do the music you like."
Or, as boy band engineer Lou Pearlman put it, "Sing what you
enjoy!"
Pearlman, who was instrumental in launching 'NSYNC and the
Backstreet Boys, also noted the importance of staying loyal to your
fans, but said the music is the most important thing. "Great
songs will lead to great success," he said.
Going solo is a grand tradition in popular music, with everyone from
the Beatles to the Fugees seeing members break off one by one to be
the center of attention. This year alone, members of pop groups
(Destiny's Child, Lucy Pearl), rock groups (Blink-182, Korn) and rap
groups (St. Lunatics, the LOX) have temporarily left to head their
own projects.
"It's real cool to do it, because it allows you do your own
thing and have that space to be creative and continue to grow,"
Gill explained.
Solo projects inevitably spark rumors of breakups, and in some cases
the groups never do rejoin. Gill believes going solo can actually
benefit the group.
"When you get to breathe and have your space and time and be
creative, you come back with a new attitude and appreciating working
with the other guys," he said. "And when you have that
enthusiasm, the public feels it."
Still, he doesn't recommend it unless the artist is fully prepared.
"I tell you, it's real lonely, no matter how many bodies you
put up there to try to substitute for the guys you're used having
stand next to you," he said. "It's a really weird
feeling."
Have your say on this story and read what other fans have to say here.
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Nick
Carter Lands TV Role back
up
Source: Katrillion
First, he decided to try a solo career on the side. Now, Backstreet
Boy Nick Carter is singing with a new band... well, sort of.
The singer will play the frontman of '60s band Jay and the Americans
on the new blast-from-the-past NBC series "American
Dreams."
The episode, which will have Nick singing the classic tunes
"Come a Little Bit Closer" and "She Cried," will
air on Nov. 3.
Nick has been a busy boy lately. He is promoting his first solo
album, "Now or Never," which will hit stores on Oct. 29.
The video for his first single "Help Me" debuts on MTV
this week.
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