"E! NEWS" EXCLUSIVE: Would Backstreet Boys Do a Joint Tour With *NSYNC? They Say…

FADED4U February 19, 2025

"E! NEWS" EXCLUSIVE: Would Backstreet Boys Do a Joint Tour With *NSYNC? They Say…

Backstreet Boys will never play games with fans' hearts.

That's why AJ McLean said don't hold out hope on him and bandmates Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough hitting the road with fellow boybanders *NSYNC any time soon.

"They haven't done something in over 22 years," AJ said of *NSYNC's tour schedule in an exclusive E! News interview with the rest of the Backstreet Boys. "And we're gonna keep doing what we do."

However, the 47-year-old noted, "No one knows what the future holds."

He added, "We'll see what happens."

For now, BSB is focused on their upcoming residency at Sphere Las Vegas, which will see the quintet bring the entirety of their 1999 album Millenium to the stage.

"We're honored," Nick told E! News. "We are the first pop band ever perform at this incredible venue."

In addition to smash hits such as "I Want It That Way" and "Larger Than Life," fans can expect "other hidden little gems," including the group's new single "Hey," according to AJ.

But there is one song they won't be performing. "'If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy),'" Brian admitted of the 1997 track, with AJ quipping, "We hate that song!"

Explaining that Backstreet Boys dislike the Backstreet's Back track "collectively," AJ added, "We performed it once for the fans."

And with Backstreet back on the Vegas Strip, could that mean *NSYNC—who reunited for song "Better Place" last year—is eyeing their own residency? Not quite.

"The five of us need to get together to have that conversation," Joey Fatone told E! News in June of a reunion tour with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Lance Bass. "What does it look like? If we're going to do a tour, are we going to do new music?"

Though he did team up with Backstreet Boys' AJ on the Legendary Nights Tour last year, Joey said there's likely a lot more coordination involved for a full *NSYNC tour.

"We're married, we have kids," he noted. "It takes a different perspective."

It's a sentiment shared by Lance, who previously said the idea of *NSYNC touring with Backstreet Boys is "fun to think about."

"I would say to fans don't give too much hope into it," he told E! News in 2023. "It would take a lot to convince some of the guys to do something like that."