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"This Is Us" Backstreet Boys World Tour Concert in Shanghai [Backstreet Boys concert in Shanghai]
Date/Time List: Mar. 14th, 2010 19:30 (Sun) Mar.15th,2010 19:30 (Mon)
Venue: Shanghai International Gymnastic Center (Address: No. 777 Wuyi Road, Shanghai 上海市武夷路777号.上海国际体操中心)
Ticket Price (RMB): ￥1280, ￥880, ￥580, ￥380
Ticket State: On sale soon and hot booking by now
Booking Office: Room 23B, No.420(HeYi Building), JiangNing Road, Shanghai,China
Booking Hotline: 021-62189950 021-62189930
The Backstreet Boys were, in many ways, a contradictory band. Comprised entirely of white, middle-class Americans, the group sang a hybrid of new jack balladry, hip-hop, R&B, and dance club pop that originally found its greatest success in Canada and Europe, with their 1996 debut album charting in the Top Ten in nearly every country on the continent. Ironically, success in their native land did not follow until nearly two years later, when teen pop enjoyed a commercial explosion in America. Along with such artists as *NSYNC and Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys rose to the forefront of popular music during the turn of the 21st century, with albums like Backstreet's Back, Millenium, a Black & Blue enjoying worldwide success.
The core of the Backstreet Boys was comprised of cousins Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell, both of whom hailed from Lexington, KY. The two began singing in local church choirs and festival while they were children, performing doo wop and new jack R&B in the style of Boyz II Men. Two of the group's other members, Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean, were natives of Orlando, FL, who met each other -- as well as transplanted New Yorker and fifth Backstreeter Nick Carter -- through auditions for local commercials, theater, and television. At one audition, the three discovered that they shared an affection for classic soul and could harmonize well together. In no time, they were singing as a trio. Shortly after the trio had formed, Richardson moved to Orlando, where he became a tour guide at Disney World and concentrated on music at night. Eventually, he met Dorough, Carter, and McLean through a co-worker, and the four decided to form a group, naming themselves after an Orlando flea market. Littrell was later invited to join and make the band into a quintet.
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