Music | Backstreet Boys to perform in Macau

The ongoing Backstreet Boys tour has been extended to include Macau, where the best-selling boy group will perform on April 24 at the Venetian’s Cotai Arena.
Singapore promoter Live Nation Lushington decided to extend the “In A World Like This Tour” to Macau because “the two Hong Kong shows on April 22 and 23 were sold out within an hour,” the Venetian Macao mentioned yesterday in a press release.
Consisting of Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough, A.J. McLean and Nick Carter, the multiple award-winning and Grammy-nominated group has sold 130 million records worldwide.
The Backstreet Boys’ first nine albums all debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard Top 100, and they have gone gold and platinum in 46 countries. Backstreet Boys are the only group in Canadian history to have three consecutive diamond albums commemorating sales of over 10 million records, and they hold two diamond awards in the US. The group also made history when their anticipated 11-week, 39-city 1999–2000 North American arena tour sold out within the first hour of ticket sales. The Backstreet Boys received a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013.
The 2013 album release, “In A World Like This,” not only celebrated 20 years of Backstreet Boys; it was their first collaboration with founding member Richardson since the group’s 2005 album, “Never Gone.” It came hot on the heels of their historic global joint tour with New Kids on the Block, “NKOTBSB,” in 2011.
Backstreet Boys have amassed a huge catalogue of hits, including “I Want It That Way,” “As Long As You Love Me,” “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely,” “I’ll Never Break Your Heart,” “All I Have to Give” and “We’ve Got it Going.”
According to the press release, tickets to the Backstreet Boys concerts in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur “have sold out quickly.”
Tickets for the local concert will be available to the public via the Cotai Ticketing box today. Tickets start from MOP/HKD588, with ferry and hotel packages also available.