BACKSTREET BOYS: LARGER THAN LIFE
from Backstreet.net
starring Backstreet Boys in their
first network television special, will be
broadcast Wednesday, May 30 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television
Network.
The new entertainment special will include Backstreet Boys performing in
concert from the Staples Center in Los Angeles as
well as exclusive footage from their "Around the World in 100 Hours"
tour, which took them to Stockholm, Tokyo, Sydney,
Capetown, Rio de Janeiro and New York. They will also talk about what
their extraordinary success means to them and will
be seen in never-before-broadcast behind-the-scenes footage of their
early days together.
Hit songs included in the special are "Larger Than Life," "Show Me the
Feeling of Being Lonely," "All I Have To Give," "I Want
It That Way," "More Than That," "Shape of My Heart," "I'll Never Break
Your Heart," "Time," "Everybody" and "Get Another
Boyfriend." Backstreet Boys -- Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian
Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson -- currently
recognized as the biggest pop group in the world, have sold more than 60
million albums in less than four years. "Black &
Blue," the group's fourth release worldwide, sold more than five million
copies globally in its initial week, setting a new
first-week record in international sales. "Black & Blue," which
features, among its 13-song selection, five songs co-written by
members of the group plus two numbers solely penned by all five
Backstreet Boys, achieved platinum status in 22 countries and
gold certification in 10 regions around the world in its first week of
release.
At the same time, in the United States, Backstreet Boys set a new
precedent by becoming the first in SoundScan history to
ever achieve million-plus first-week sales with back-to-back albums.
BACKSTREET BOYS: LARGER THAN LIFE is being produced by Ken Ehrlich
Productions. Ken Ehrlich is the executive
producer; Al Masocco, the producer; Bruce Gowers, the director.