Backstreet Boys play Vegas Sphere: 'Taking fans on a trip down memory lane and into the millennium'

Backstreet's back - and their fans of 20 plus years couldn't be more excited. In February, Backstreet Boys announced their summer 2025 residency at the iconic Sphere in Las Vegas, making them the first pop act to play the immersive venue. Backstreet Boys, made up of Nick Carter, 45, AJ McLean, 47, Kevin Richardson, 53, Brian Littrell, 49, and Howie Dorough, 51, will be performing from July 11 through the 27.

The fandom is still going so strong decades later that while talking to the DailyMail.com at the Four Seasons in New York City, they were recognized by a group of women in an office nearby, who tried to get their attention. BSB has been together for 30 years, after getting their start singing in school gymnasiums. Now, they're bringing back their iconic 1999 album, Millennium, with a new and improved version.

'We're going to take our fans a trip down memory lane and into the millennium,' Howie promised DailyMail.com. 'Millennium was so important to us, and it was a very monumental moment for us in our career when that album came out,' Nick added. The Backstreet Boys announced their summer 2025 residency at the iconic Sphere in Las Vegas , making them the first pop act to play the immersive venue. The Backstreet Boys, made up of Nick Carter , 45, AJ McLean, 47, Kevin Richardson, 53, Brian Littrell, 49, and Howie Dorough, 51, will be performing from July 11 through the 27.

BSB has been together for 30 years, getting their start in school gymnasiums playing a mix of their own songs and covers - shown above in 1995. BSB is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Millennium by re-releasing the album with 25 songs, including six demos, six acoustic live songs, and a new single called Hey. They've already started thinking about the elaborate visuals for their sold-out Sphere shows and are putting together a nostalgic setlist.

'We're excited to be in this club of folks that have been invited to play the Sphere,' Kevin said. 'It's a one of a kind venue, an incredible medium to get to create in.'. 'I mean, it can't get larger than life than that place,' Howie quipped. If fans can't get to Vegas, unfortunately, there won't be a livestream - with the group joking that 'all you'll see is from people's phones as of right now.'. In 2019, the iconic boy band put out their Grammy-nominated 10th studio album DNA and in 2023, they embarked on the DNA World Tour.

BSB is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Millennium by re-releasing the album with 25 songs, including six demos, six acoustic live songs, and a new single called Hey. Now, they're taking it back to the moment pop music was 'at its pinnacle'. 'Millennium was sort of futuristic, in a way,' Nick reminisced. 'Everyone was freaking out. Pop music was at its pinnacle.'. With their previous Las Vegas residency, they would have meet and greets with four generations of fans, from granddaughter to grandma.

'They can tell you they probably had some of the best memories of their lives,' Howie said about fans who were able to come to Vegas previously. 'It's a great place to get away from all your stuff going on back home and just enjoy yourselves,' Howie promised. 'Millennium was sort of futuristic, in a way,' Nick reminisced. 'Everyone was freaking out. Pop music was at its pinnacle'. The group was in New York City for SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, performing alongside Miley Cyrus, David Byrne, and more.

As the women trying to get their attention outside of their hotel window proved, they maintain a devoted fanbase. When it comes to being recognized it public, Nick joked that 'AJ can't go anywhere.'. Nick, who lives in Vegas, admitted if they're going anywhere together as a group, they'll 'definitely be recognized.'. The iconic group is most often recognized on flights or at the grocery store with their families - frequently by fans who have been devoted since their tween years.

'I was playing in a golf tournament, and a guy asked me for a quick selfie for his girlfriend,' AJ recalled. Later on, the golfer's friend 'called him out,' and admitted that he wanted the picture, after being a big fan since middle school. 'Now dudes can admit that they like the Backstreet Boys,' AJ joked. While the Sphere is a bucket list accomplishment, up next, they'd love to do a stadium tour or a win a Grammy, after a whopping nine nominations.