Strap on your going-out top, feed your Tamagotchi and swipe on some Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers because Backstreet’s back — at least at Riverbend Music Center.
Cincinnati may be able to claim one of the great boy bands of the late-’90s/early-2000s as our own — hi, 98 Degrees — but the fame of Nick Lachey and Co. is no match for five harmonizing heartthrobs from Orlando.
The Backstreet Boys — aka Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson — are one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. And they are bringing their unique ~fashun~, facial hair and top Billboard hits to Cincinnati on the “DNA World Tour.”
The tour, which kicked off in Las Vegas, celebrates the band’s 2019 release, DNA. Featuring the Grammy-nominated single “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” the tune proves fans still “want it that way” — it was Backstreet Boys’ first song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 in 10 years, per the band, and “went straight to No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs and Global charts.”
In honor of the tour, the boys have created a docuseries called Making of the DNA Tour to give fans an inside look at the process of prepping for a global jaunt. You can hype yourself up for the Cincinnati concert by watching episodes — and practicing the choreography to the “Everybody” music video — on the Backstreet Boys’ YouTube channel.
Backstreet Boys perform July 26 at Riverbend Music Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem opens. Info: riverbend.org.
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This article appears in Jun 29 – Jul 12, 2022.
