After playing in Canada earlier this week — performing in Ontario in support of the Heather Winterstein Foundation for Indigenous youth and at Ottawa’s Bluesfest — Jelly Roll took the stage in Toronto and brought out the Backstreet Boy’s AJ McLean for the occasion. The pair delivered a duet of …
Read More »Nick Carter Rape Accuser Blasts His 'Stalling Tactics,' Cites New Allegation
Former pop singer Melissa Schuman says in a new court filing that the recently released docuseries Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter – which features Schuman describing her alleged 2003 rape at the hands of Nick Carter – led another accuser to reach out to her with claims that the …
Read More »Nick and Aaron Carter are 'Fallen Idols' in New Doc Trailer
The Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and his younger brother, Aaron, an early-2000s teen pop sensation of his own, will be the subjects of the next big Investigation Discovery docuseries. Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter is set to premiere over two nights, May 27 and 28, at 9 p.m. ET. …
Read More »Max Martin Is Pop's Ultimate Mystery Man. He Wants It That Way
You probably don’t know his face or his voice. But you definitely know his music. Max Martin, the Swedish genius behind so many hits from the past 25 years, has always been an elusive figure, remaining behind the scenes. He refuses to become any kind of celebrity. Yet he has …
Read More »Joey Fatone and AJ McLean Are Crossing the Boy-Band Streams on a Joint Tour
At the turn of the millennium, the battle lines in the boy-band wars were fairly clear. You were either on Team Backstreet Boys or Team ‘NSync. Some fans took a Switzerland-like stance and professed equal love for both groups, but they were mostly full of shit. Everyone had a favorite. …
Read More »The Night the Beatles Invented Fun
Sixty years ago, on February 9, 1964: The Beatles make their legendary American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. A record-shattering 73 million people tune in to see John, Paul, George, and Ringo for the first time. It’s the biggest audience any musicians have ever faced. But there’s no evidence …
Read More »Lovers & Friends 2024: Usher, Janet Jackson, Backstreet Boys to Headline
Backstreet’s Back — and so is Lovers & Friends. The Las Vegas music festival announced its 2024 lineup with headlining performances from Backstreet Boys, Janet Jackson, and Usher, who will be performing his career-defining album Confessions in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Scheduled for just one day on Saturday, May …
Read More »Nick Carter, Melissa Schuman Square Off in Rape Case as Judge Makes Key Ruling
Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter was shut down by a Los Angeles judge Wednesday in his bid to dismiss the rape lawsuit filed by former Dream singer Melissa Schuman. Carter, 43, tried but failed to bounce the case on the grounds that Schuman’s claim actually belongs in Las Vegas, where …
Read More »Y2K Mania: When People Thought the World Was Going to End
There was actually a time when we didn’t need social media to drum up mass hysteria, and the new HBO documentary Time Bomb Y2K is ready and raring to take us back there. This superbly edited dash through pre-millennial anxieties is a time capsule of archive footage — no narrator, …
Read More »Boy Band Golden Age Doc With 'NSync, Backstreet Boys, More Gets Green Light
The boy band golden era and its biggest stars — ‘NSync, the Backstreet Boys, and New Kids on the Block — will be the subject of a new documentary on Paramount+. As The Wrap notes, the yet-untitled documentary, which just got the green light, will purportedly examine the highs and …
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