So What Is Going On?
What's With All The Fuss?
Why Have, All Of A Sudden, Several Thousand Canadian Fans Been left in the dust?
As so many of you have probably heard, the confirmed dates for the North American leg of the Backstreet Boys' "Millennium" tour were released this week. Now at the time, so many of you were thrilled to have the chance to find out just when they would be coming to your hometown. However, can do you remember your surprise you scrolled down the entire list and not once did your western city come up along side a venue? (Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, or Vancouver) In fact not a single date is booked for any Western Canadian arena and out of all forty dates, only three have been reserved for Canadian venues. Canada has been declared the Boys' NUMBER ONE fan base in the world, surpassing all of Europe and even their very own home country with ease. The two concerts in Alberta (Calgary) sold 18,000 seats out in less than 40 minutes. (Edmonton) Originally sold 11,000 and when that sold out they added another 12,000 seats and relocated to a venue that would, in fact accommodate as many fans as possible. 23,000 seats were sold and yet this still left thousands of fans with out a ticket to the concert. Edmonton was their largest crowd on the west coast, bringing in just under 24,000 fans, and they're not coming back? In past interviews the Backstreet Boys themselves have spoke of how they have been given the opportunity to move to larger venues, with larger crowds but have chosen to decline because they want to keep the concerts at a personal level. If this is so, then why are they forgetting about the country in which their first North American fans reside? I myself don't consider performing in three cities on one side of the country keeping it at a personal level. Screams of joy and cheers of enthrallment with nowhere to be heard. Melodies, tunes and lyrics, with nowhere to be sung but in our sullen homes as we watch the videos of the group we should be seeing live. (And trust me, the videos just don't have the same effect!) When did we miss the Referendum…Is Canada only made up of two provinces now? Yes the Boys did start out in Europe, and yes the US is their home country, but if you are going to do a North American tour, please then do so, and if you want to throw in a few Canadian venues, go right ahead. But please do not raise the hopes of thousands of Canadians only to bring them crashing down during the five minutes it takes to read the Concert Listings. However, no matter how hurt we are, we Canadians are loyal and we are not going down without a fight! We are looking for suggestions and opinions, from BSB and non-BSB fans alike, as to what we should do. Canadians and Americans, and fans from all around the world, we need your support! So join the list, we may not succeed in bringing the Boys to us, but know that even the slightest chance of doing so makes this all worthwhile! So Nick, A.J., Brian, Howie and Kevin...LOOK OUT! Our Backstreet Pride is coming alive. We will show you just what you are missing by skipping out on the northern part of your North American Tour.
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