Las Vegas's Sphere hosted the Backstreet Boys' Into the Millennium residency during July and August and has extended through February 2026. The 20,000-seat venue sold out nightly despite cheapest tickets costing over $500. Nick Carter, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell, and Howie Dorough, aged 45–53, performed signature hits such as I Want It That Way and As Long As You Love Me. Early-2000s nostalgia and cultural trends boosted demand and helped Millennium re-enter U.S. best-seller charts. The group celebrates 30 years of performing after a career marked by exploitation by manager Lou Pearlman, who amassed wealth at the group's expense and died in prison in 2016.
As paradoxical as it may seem, nostalgia has taken over the world's most futuristic stage this summer. Las Vegas's impressive Sphere an iconic building in the city of casinos thanks to its 54,000-square-meter LED-covered globe hosted the Backstreet Boys' residency, Into the Millennium, during July and August. One of the year's most successful shows, it has just extended its run through February 2026.
Sky-high ticket prices the cheapest seats were over $500 did not stop Nick Carter, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell, and Howie Dorough, all between 45 and 53 years old and known to fans simply by their first names from filling all 20,000 seats nightly with fans eager to sing along to the soundtrack of their youth, including hits like I Want It That Way and As Long As You Love Me.
This is yet another sign that early-2000s trends are hotter than ever Lindsay Lohan dominates the box office, and ultra-low-rise pants fly off the shelves and a testament to the pop group's resilience, as they now celebrate 30 years of performing. They do so bearing scars, but they are in surprisingly good shape. Following their triumphant concert series, their most iconic album, Millennium, once again made it onto the U.S. best-seller charts this summer, according to Forbes.
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