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Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
AJ McLean: Q&A @ Manila SC
AJ talked a lil about his relationship with Rochelle and confirmed that they'll marry in May. But not in 2010 as it was written in an article. It's May 2011.
[video by anggun28]
[video by anggun28]
Monday, March 1, 2010
What keeps the BSB together?
By Maridol Rañoa-Bismark (The Philippine Star) Updated March 02, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Backstreet Boys have changed — make that matured. They’re no longer the bubble kind of group who thrilled to the mass hysteria their hit songs
(e.g. I’ll Never Break Your Heart, Shape of My Heart, etc.) generated in one country after another.
The Backstreet Boys’ A.J. McLean and Howie Dorough say their recent show at the Araneta Coliseum is a sign that they are going back to traditional melodies
Most of the guys have gotten married or are about to and have started their own families.
“Some of the guys bring their own families with them,” says A.J. McLean. “Our fans are older themselves and bring their own families with them.”
Their fans no longer see Howie Dorough as the heartthrob of yesteryear but as loving father and devoted husband whose appeal lies in his being just like one of them.
A.J. himself admits he’s getting married next year and will soon “join the club.”
But that doesn’t diminish their stature one bit. In fact, it enhances their image as human beings who practise what they preach in all those love songs the group popularized through the years.
“When we were younger, things were hysterical,” recalls A.J. “They put us on the pedestal. But now we’re on the same page. People are bringing in their husbands and wives (to the shows).”
Still, he knows there’s a Backstreet Boys fan in schools, parties and other places where young people gather.
After all, the energy they showed in their concert at Araneta Coliseum last Saturday night has never waned. It was one big party where the dancing and feet stomping never stopped.
The group adjusted to the times by bringing in a DJ and a couple of female dancers. They also changed costumes six times, the better to keep concert goers’ eyes on stage.
In keeping with the movie theme of the show, each member came representing a film. A.J., for instance, represented The Fight Club.
The music, they promised, is back to basics.
“It’s back to the sounds our fans like: Pop, R&B, ballads, organic sound,” explains A.J.
It’s the kind of music their fans fell in love with, as far as some 17 years ago, when the band members were just teenagers and started making a name for themselves.
Those years were not a walk in the park, states A.J. Like all fledgling bands, they had their share of “not knowing what was gonna happen” before they cut their first record deal in 1996.
“We were just traveling around the US and playing in middle school. It was not an overnight success,” relates A.J.
They look at hot boy bands like JLS and see the eagerness, the love of music that catapulted them to the top.
“We met JLS and see ourselves in them when we were just starting, except that at 20, they’re older than us when we were starting,” adds A.J.
Now that Backstreet Boys are nearing their 20th year in the business, their only advice to other bands is to practice patience.
“The music industry right now is fickle. It’s constantly changing. It will actually become worse before it becomes better,” warns A.J.
The group doesn’t feel daunted at all. Out of every crisis, there lurks an opportunity. And so they’re trying to make the best of it.
Now, they feel, is the best time to go out of their comfort zone and experiment on their music.
“Our album, Never Gone, is our biggest experiment,” says A.J.
The album, which they are also promoting in the country, is no longer just dance grooves and upbeat tempo. Here, the boys go back to the good old melodies that make ballads and R&B songs so popular.
“It’s back to the traditional sounds, to something more organic,” A.J. describes the band’s latest studio release.
The guts to leave their comfort zone reflects a confidence borne out of 17 years of success.
“We don’t have to do it for the money,” Howie reveals. Instead, they do it because “It’s great to work hard at something, not only for ourselves but for our fans.”
Along the way, Howie — and the rest of the group, also composed of Brian Littrell and Nick Carter — discover the joy of working with others.
Howie, for his part, found working with Sarah Geronimo in a duet “simply amazing.”
“We allow each other to collaborate with other artists,” says A.J.
But this doesn’t mean they will give in to the temptation of disbanding when a good offer comes along.
“Who knows,” Howie thinks aloud, “We may even come up with Backstreet Boys 2, this time made up of our children.”
A.J. chimes in, “But my fiancée and I are planning to have a baby girl.”
Nonplussed, Howie retorts, “It’s gonna be Gladys Knight and the Pips then!”
Whatever it is, the Backstreet Boys’ love for music will always push them to raise the bar, to outdo themselves.
They may no longer be the boys part of their name says they are. But make no mistake. No matter what age, no matter what time, the Backstreet Boys will always be there with the music they love to share with an audience that never seems to tire listening to them.
[philstar]
MANILA, Philippines - The Backstreet Boys have changed — make that matured. They’re no longer the bubble kind of group who thrilled to the mass hysteria their hit songs
(e.g. I’ll Never Break Your Heart, Shape of My Heart, etc.) generated in one country after another.
The Backstreet Boys’ A.J. McLean and Howie Dorough say their recent show at the Araneta Coliseum is a sign that they are going back to traditional melodies
Most of the guys have gotten married or are about to and have started their own families.
“Some of the guys bring their own families with them,” says A.J. McLean. “Our fans are older themselves and bring their own families with them.”
Their fans no longer see Howie Dorough as the heartthrob of yesteryear but as loving father and devoted husband whose appeal lies in his being just like one of them.
A.J. himself admits he’s getting married next year and will soon “join the club.”
But that doesn’t diminish their stature one bit. In fact, it enhances their image as human beings who practise what they preach in all those love songs the group popularized through the years.
“When we were younger, things were hysterical,” recalls A.J. “They put us on the pedestal. But now we’re on the same page. People are bringing in their husbands and wives (to the shows).”
Still, he knows there’s a Backstreet Boys fan in schools, parties and other places where young people gather.
After all, the energy they showed in their concert at Araneta Coliseum last Saturday night has never waned. It was one big party where the dancing and feet stomping never stopped.
The group adjusted to the times by bringing in a DJ and a couple of female dancers. They also changed costumes six times, the better to keep concert goers’ eyes on stage.
In keeping with the movie theme of the show, each member came representing a film. A.J., for instance, represented The Fight Club.
The music, they promised, is back to basics.
“It’s back to the sounds our fans like: Pop, R&B, ballads, organic sound,” explains A.J.
It’s the kind of music their fans fell in love with, as far as some 17 years ago, when the band members were just teenagers and started making a name for themselves.
Those years were not a walk in the park, states A.J. Like all fledgling bands, they had their share of “not knowing what was gonna happen” before they cut their first record deal in 1996.
“We were just traveling around the US and playing in middle school. It was not an overnight success,” relates A.J.
They look at hot boy bands like JLS and see the eagerness, the love of music that catapulted them to the top.
“We met JLS and see ourselves in them when we were just starting, except that at 20, they’re older than us when we were starting,” adds A.J.
Now that Backstreet Boys are nearing their 20th year in the business, their only advice to other bands is to practice patience.
“The music industry right now is fickle. It’s constantly changing. It will actually become worse before it becomes better,” warns A.J.
The group doesn’t feel daunted at all. Out of every crisis, there lurks an opportunity. And so they’re trying to make the best of it.
Now, they feel, is the best time to go out of their comfort zone and experiment on their music.
“Our album, Never Gone, is our biggest experiment,” says A.J.
The album, which they are also promoting in the country, is no longer just dance grooves and upbeat tempo. Here, the boys go back to the good old melodies that make ballads and R&B songs so popular.
“It’s back to the traditional sounds, to something more organic,” A.J. describes the band’s latest studio release.
The guts to leave their comfort zone reflects a confidence borne out of 17 years of success.
“We don’t have to do it for the money,” Howie reveals. Instead, they do it because “It’s great to work hard at something, not only for ourselves but for our fans.”
Along the way, Howie — and the rest of the group, also composed of Brian Littrell and Nick Carter — discover the joy of working with others.
Howie, for his part, found working with Sarah Geronimo in a duet “simply amazing.”
“We allow each other to collaborate with other artists,” says A.J.
But this doesn’t mean they will give in to the temptation of disbanding when a good offer comes along.
“Who knows,” Howie thinks aloud, “We may even come up with Backstreet Boys 2, this time made up of our children.”
A.J. chimes in, “But my fiancée and I are planning to have a baby girl.”
Nonplussed, Howie retorts, “It’s gonna be Gladys Knight and the Pips then!”
Whatever it is, the Backstreet Boys’ love for music will always push them to raise the bar, to outdo themselves.
They may no longer be the boys part of their name says they are. But make no mistake. No matter what age, no matter what time, the Backstreet Boys will always be there with the music they love to share with an audience that never seems to tire listening to them.
[philstar]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Backstreet Boys still got it goin’ on
By WALDEN SADIRI
February 28, 2010, 1:54pm
Like the few times they’ve visited and performed in the Philippines, the Backstreet Boys, the phenomenal pop boys band of the mid-90’s, had always something new to offer their Filipino fans.
With their “This Is Us” concert last Feb. 27 at the Araneta Coliseum, the boys showcased their updated music—a crossbreed of the classic Backstreet Boys sound given modern inputs from the world’s renown international producers and writers!
The “This Is Us” concert in Manila last Saturday, a downsized version of their original production – a smaller set, only a few female dancers and a DJ replacing their band, is part of their global tour for their latest album of the same title. “This Is Us” is their third album since coming back to the recording scene with “Never Gone” in 2005 and 2007’s “Unbreakable.” It is also their second album as a quartet—Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, A.J. McLean and Nick Carter (Kevin Richardson left in 2006). With the current tour, Backstreet Boys hopes to share with their millions of fans how their music evolved through time while maintaining the distinct Backstreet Boys sound that catapulted them to fame at the same time reminding people of their humble beginnings.
As the group once described in one of their interviews, helming “This Is Us,” the album brought them out of their “comfort zones” as they worked with different producers including those who were instrumental in making them popular worldwide like Max Martin “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back),” “I Want It That Way,” and “Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely”). They were also proud “getting more personal” with the songwriters and producers they collaborated with in “This Is Us.”
Some cuts in “This Is Us” are also the result of working with modern day hitmakers like RedOne and Jim Jonsin. Prominent names in the music industry like T-Pain, Claude Kelly and even Pitbull have contributed to making “This Is Us” an album that houses the modern sound of Backstreet Boys!
And their album, since they worked on it during their “Unbreakable” concert tour, was envisioned to expose to the world their undying and always evolving creativity in music. As they have said in an interview, they simply want to top their past album and “raise the bar!”
So what did they mean with “raising the bar?” “I think we did it more for us. Raising the bar as far as our previous records. The ‘Unbreakable’ album was kind of getting back to the sound that our fans knew us for, pop, R&B, ballads and dance pop. It was never done with a bit of leftfield. It was more organic, it was more rock and nothing that we’re used to as Backstreet Boys… so with this album it is going back to the basic and it’s kind of setting the bar for us to go from here, to continue doing more albums and being ourselves. We try to always better ourselves. We keep on setting higher and higher goals,” explained A.J. McLean during an interview Saturday afternoon at the EDSA Shangri-La before their show at the Araneta Coliseum.
As for their reason and drive to continuously create new albums, A.J. with Howie Dorough during the interview session pointed out that it is not about the money anymore. “The music industry has changed so much and if we’re doing it for the money, we won’t be doing so good right now. Thank God we had successes in the past that we’re able to be comfortable enough that we don’t have to do it right now for the money. Don’t get me wrong, it is always great to make money especially for something you worked hard at. We now have the luxury to do now because we want to do it for ourselves and our amazing fans around the world,” exclaimed Howie.
“It is all about the music for us. We wouldn’t have the fans we have right now or the tours if we didn’t have great music,” added AJ.
So will their next album or songs be more experimental with their direction of creating new music for themselves? “I think in each of our albums, we tried to experiment. I think our biggest experiment was with the ‘Never Gone’ album since we took a time off. It was more of a pop rock. As music changes you have to evolve with it and we can’t exactly make the same music 15 years ago. Even though, believe it or not, that ‘This Is Now’ is more back to basic with simple melodies and more of the harmonies but obviously modernized,” described Howie.
“This Is Us” is composed of 11 cuts – “Straight Through My Heart,” “Bigger,” “Bye Bye Love,” “All of Your Life (You Need Love),” “If I Knew Then,” “This Is Us,” “PDA,” “Masquerade,” “She’s A Dream,” “Shattered” and “Undone.”
Backstreet Boys’ “This Is Us” aptly paints a picture of who they are now – evolved and matured with an insatiable creative hunger with their music! “We love to make music together. We don’t hold anybody back and we always keep the line of communication open and we stay passionate about it,” remarked A.J.
“We like what we do. We enjoy being with each other and we’re also competitors and we want to be on top. We strive to always be the best,” commented Howie on their longevity in the music business.
(With only a few more years before the Backstreet Boys reaches their 20th year as a group, AJ and Howie revealed the possibility of a “big show” to celebrate it or even another album. AJ will also be getting married this May.
[mb.com.ph]
February 28, 2010, 1:54pm
Like the few times they’ve visited and performed in the Philippines, the Backstreet Boys, the phenomenal pop boys band of the mid-90’s, had always something new to offer their Filipino fans.
With their “This Is Us” concert last Feb. 27 at the Araneta Coliseum, the boys showcased their updated music—a crossbreed of the classic Backstreet Boys sound given modern inputs from the world’s renown international producers and writers!
The “This Is Us” concert in Manila last Saturday, a downsized version of their original production – a smaller set, only a few female dancers and a DJ replacing their band, is part of their global tour for their latest album of the same title. “This Is Us” is their third album since coming back to the recording scene with “Never Gone” in 2005 and 2007’s “Unbreakable.” It is also their second album as a quartet—Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, A.J. McLean and Nick Carter (Kevin Richardson left in 2006). With the current tour, Backstreet Boys hopes to share with their millions of fans how their music evolved through time while maintaining the distinct Backstreet Boys sound that catapulted them to fame at the same time reminding people of their humble beginnings.
As the group once described in one of their interviews, helming “This Is Us,” the album brought them out of their “comfort zones” as they worked with different producers including those who were instrumental in making them popular worldwide like Max Martin “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back),” “I Want It That Way,” and “Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely”). They were also proud “getting more personal” with the songwriters and producers they collaborated with in “This Is Us.”
Some cuts in “This Is Us” are also the result of working with modern day hitmakers like RedOne and Jim Jonsin. Prominent names in the music industry like T-Pain, Claude Kelly and even Pitbull have contributed to making “This Is Us” an album that houses the modern sound of Backstreet Boys!
And their album, since they worked on it during their “Unbreakable” concert tour, was envisioned to expose to the world their undying and always evolving creativity in music. As they have said in an interview, they simply want to top their past album and “raise the bar!”
So what did they mean with “raising the bar?” “I think we did it more for us. Raising the bar as far as our previous records. The ‘Unbreakable’ album was kind of getting back to the sound that our fans knew us for, pop, R&B, ballads and dance pop. It was never done with a bit of leftfield. It was more organic, it was more rock and nothing that we’re used to as Backstreet Boys… so with this album it is going back to the basic and it’s kind of setting the bar for us to go from here, to continue doing more albums and being ourselves. We try to always better ourselves. We keep on setting higher and higher goals,” explained A.J. McLean during an interview Saturday afternoon at the EDSA Shangri-La before their show at the Araneta Coliseum.
As for their reason and drive to continuously create new albums, A.J. with Howie Dorough during the interview session pointed out that it is not about the money anymore. “The music industry has changed so much and if we’re doing it for the money, we won’t be doing so good right now. Thank God we had successes in the past that we’re able to be comfortable enough that we don’t have to do it right now for the money. Don’t get me wrong, it is always great to make money especially for something you worked hard at. We now have the luxury to do now because we want to do it for ourselves and our amazing fans around the world,” exclaimed Howie.
“It is all about the music for us. We wouldn’t have the fans we have right now or the tours if we didn’t have great music,” added AJ.
So will their next album or songs be more experimental with their direction of creating new music for themselves? “I think in each of our albums, we tried to experiment. I think our biggest experiment was with the ‘Never Gone’ album since we took a time off. It was more of a pop rock. As music changes you have to evolve with it and we can’t exactly make the same music 15 years ago. Even though, believe it or not, that ‘This Is Now’ is more back to basic with simple melodies and more of the harmonies but obviously modernized,” described Howie.
“This Is Us” is composed of 11 cuts – “Straight Through My Heart,” “Bigger,” “Bye Bye Love,” “All of Your Life (You Need Love),” “If I Knew Then,” “This Is Us,” “PDA,” “Masquerade,” “She’s A Dream,” “Shattered” and “Undone.”
Backstreet Boys’ “This Is Us” aptly paints a picture of who they are now – evolved and matured with an insatiable creative hunger with their music! “We love to make music together. We don’t hold anybody back and we always keep the line of communication open and we stay passionate about it,” remarked A.J.
“We like what we do. We enjoy being with each other and we’re also competitors and we want to be on top. We strive to always be the best,” commented Howie on their longevity in the music business.
(With only a few more years before the Backstreet Boys reaches their 20th year as a group, AJ and Howie revealed the possibility of a “big show” to celebrate it or even another album. AJ will also be getting married this May.
[mb.com.ph]
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Backstreet Boys: TIU Tour Philippines
Some Pictures from the concert at the Araneta Coliseum in the Philippines
CLICK HERE for more...
[pictures taken by & cr to fayediefee]
CLICK HERE for more...
[pictures taken by & cr to fayediefee]
Friday, February 26, 2010
Backstreet Boys: Arrival in Manila
MANILA, Philippines - Popular American vocal group “Backstreet Boys " arrived here Friday (February 26) for a one-night concert at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Saturday.
The band consists of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and Nick Carter.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News, the band expressed their happiness in performing again for their Filipino fans.
"Thanks for welcoming us back. Hoping to have a great show tomorrow and hope you guys come out," Dorough said upon the group's arrival at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay at around 12:30 p.m..
Formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993, Backstreet Boys is considered one of the biggest selling groups of all time. The band has released a total of seven albums and has sold over 130 million records worldwide.
Backstreet Boys is expected to entertain their Filipino fans and supporters with their hits -- "Get Down (You're the One for Me)," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," "Quit Playing Games With My Heart," and "If You Stay."
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The Backstreet Boys arrived in Manila [start @ 00:57]
[abs-cbnnews, video via misha_bsb@Twitter]
The band consists of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and Nick Carter.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News, the band expressed their happiness in performing again for their Filipino fans.
"Thanks for welcoming us back. Hoping to have a great show tomorrow and hope you guys come out," Dorough said upon the group's arrival at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay at around 12:30 p.m..
Formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993, Backstreet Boys is considered one of the biggest selling groups of all time. The band has released a total of seven albums and has sold over 130 million records worldwide.
Backstreet Boys is expected to entertain their Filipino fans and supporters with their hits -- "Get Down (You're the One for Me)," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," "Quit Playing Games With My Heart," and "If You Stay."
The Backstreet Boys arrived in Manila [start @ 00:57]
[abs-cbnnews, video via misha_bsb@Twitter]
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
AJ McLean "Have It All" Album Launch
What: AJ MCLEAN "HAVE IT ALL" album launch
When: February 13 (Saturday), from 3pm - 730pm
Where: Music One Greenbelt 3
Get FREE AJ MCLEAN Poster when you buy AJ MCLEAN "HAVE IT ALL" CD at Music One stores (Greenbelt 3, Glorietta & Quezon Avenue) on February 12th, 13th & 14th.
[Universal Records Philippines]
Monday, February 8, 2010
AJ McLean's Have It All to be Launched on Feb12-14
UNIVERSAL Records and BSBFCP proudly present HAVE IT ALL AJ McLean's Solo Album. Out on your favorite record bars, February 12, 2010
Starting February 12, 2010, Have It All will be available at your nearest record stores. As a special offer, selected MusicOne outlets (Greenbelt 3, Glorietta and Quezon Ave.) will give out free AJ posters for every purchase of the CD during the 3-day album launch on February 12-14, 2010.
As an added bonus, BSBFCP will hold a special one day coverage of the album launch on February 13, 2010, Saturday from 3pm-730pm at the MusicOne, Greenbelt 3. Those who will buy the CD during the BSBFCP coverage will get an additional, limited edition freebie!
[bsbfanclubphils]
