Screaming and more screaming...
Male Announcer: AJ,
Kev, my main man Howie D is here, Nick and Brian... make
some noise for the
Backstreet Boys!
Greetings are exchanged...
(Note: Howie falls on the way to his chair!! - right to
his knees)
Male Announcer: Boys the table’s yours... fans, the Boys are yours!
Kevin: Hi guys. Sorry we’re late, as usual.
Kevin: What’s going on Toronto?
AJ: Helloooo... .
Kevin: Do you guys have a microphone out there they can use to ask questions?
Female Announcer: Yeah... I think Bill is just about ready...
Male Announcer: Would
you like to go first? Always got to be a guinea pig... What’s
your name, where
you from?
First fan: I’m ~~~~~~
from Hamilton and I’d like to ask Kevin a question: I’d like
to know why you
didn’t sing in the first two albums solo like the rest of them?
Kevin: Actually on
the first album I had a song all to myself. Yeah from the very
first European album...
had a song all to myself... I don’t know... didn’t they come
out in Canada as
well?
Howie: I think they had a different version.
Kevin: But, umm,
I mean, it just kinda happened that way. Ummm, we each have
different type voices
and uh, and normally when we get a song we kinda already
know when we hear
a demo or when we’re writing a song whose gonna sing parts.
When I wrote Back
To Your Heart, I already knew who I wanted to sing what
verses on it before
I even got in the studio with the fellas, so... just depends on
what kind of vocal...
thing... we’re going for.
Male Announcer: Ho, cool... you just talked to the Backstreet Boys! Anne Marie...
Female Announcer
(Anne Marie): Somebody here wants to talk to you here... .Hi.
Can you stand up?
What’s your name?
Second Fan: Hi. I'm
Meagan Jones from Toronto and before I ask my question
I’m here representing
KISS 92 and Tarzan Dan wanted me to say hi for him...
Boys: Hi to Tarzan Dan...
Howie: Did his wife make it in here? Is Carrie here?
A.J.: Hey you...
Kevin: Hey there she is... did you bring cookies this time?
Howie: (laughs slightly)
Second Fan: My question
is, if you didn’t name yourself the Backstreet Boys, what
would you name yourself
and why?
Anne Marie: Tough one, eh?
Kevin: Ooh, yeah... that’s the first time we’ve been asked that. That’s very original.
*Long Pause*
Brian: Uh, I guess it’s just mean to be that way...
Second Fan: Good answer. Thank you.
Male Announcer: Talk over here, we’re hangin’ out with someone over here...
Kevin: (talking really
low into the microphone - late response to previous question):
Voice of the ...
Boys.
Audience laughs... .
Third Fan: I’m Rita
from Burlington and my question is what is your most
embarrassing moment
ever, like on stage?
Howie: Apart from
falling off here just trying to come here (audience laughs)... .I
think I fell off
a stage once like in Europe doing a concert over there in
Germany... there
was a part AJ was hyping the crowd saying, Get Down, and me
and Nicky (big AWWWWWW
from me-totally cute he calls him Nicky) were
behind him hiding
from the crowd and Nicky didn’t realize I was right behind him
and he swung his
arm out and I fell off the stage (laughter from the audience)...
and uh, lucky there
was a big security guard there, big (couldn’t understand
here)... .he caught
me.
Kevin: Normally it's
stuff like that... .falling down on stage or losing your pants
onstage... .see
I lost my pants the first show of this tour onstage... had zippers on
the side of ‘em
and mine just completely unzipped on both sides...
A.J.: Crowd enjoyed it, though... I’ll tell you that...
Third Fan: Alright, thank you...
Anne Marie: (some fan’s name I couldn’t catch)’s here now. Hi, how’re you doing?
Fourth fan: Hi, guys, how’re you doing?
Boys: Hey...
Fourth fan: My question
is initially for AJ, but I’d really like you two/all to answer
if you can... .think
hard. What is the biggest misconception people have about you
personally? Something
the press or the public... cause you get asked a lot of
questions that are
like, the same questions over and over, like what’s the biggest
misconception that
people have about you?
A.J.: I think people
still doubt we really sing, people still have... I mean, you’ll see
critics that will
write articles about us after a show and they’ll be a rock and roll
critic or just...
not everyone’s gonna like us, but...
Fourth fan: That’s as a group, but individually...
A.J.: Individually?
Fourth fan: Individually...
A.J.: Wow...
Fourth fan: Yeah
individually, like people will say ‘oh AJ you’re crazy, sexy, or not,
or... you know what
I mean? (guys laugh)... well I can’t say that... you know what I
mean...
AJ: Ahhh... Ahh... Personally I haven’t been...
Kevin: I think people think AJ’s more hard core than...
AJ: Yeah... I think
because of what’s on the outside they think I feel on the inside
but it’s the complete
opposite.
Fourth fan: What about you Kevin?
Kevin: Oh wow...
ummm, I think sometimes people without really knowing us people
can have misconceptions
that we’re arrogant or say we’re cocky or stuck on
ourselves, like
if we come into a place and we don’t talk away, you know we’re just
laid back and quiet,
shy, people might think we have a problem or we’re arrogant
or something when
really we’re just bein’ mellow and stuff... sometimes...
Fourth fan: Oh you
guys definitely are not... Anyone of the other guys want to
answer, or...
Howie: same thing.
People don’t realize that actually meeting people every day if
they hang out with
us sometime for half hour, hour, “wow, you’re really down to
earth people”...
I think it’s like Kevin says, just because you’re in the limelight you
have to be stuck
up or arrogant.
Fourth fan: Nick, Brian... nothing really?
Brian: Um...A problem
I have dealing with, or not really a problem, it just comes
with it, is people
expect you to be “on” all the time, like, since you’re a performer,
and your an entertainer,
you always have to entertain people, so 5:45 in the
morning, and you’re
showing up, and you’ve been on the bus all night long,
travelling 6 hours,
and you throw your hat on and you run through the lobby of
the hotel and kind
of go a different way, a back way, so you don’t have to deal
with the 800 people
that are in the lobby... people, they kind of project you like,
“well, why can’t
they come in here”, you know? We’re just normal people, but...
Fourth fan: Everyone wants a piece of you and you just can’t give it and...
Brian: It’s just tough because...
Fourth fan: Everybody thinks...
Brian: Everybody
expects you to be on a stage constantly sometimes... sometimes
you just want to
leave it alone and be normal.
Fourth fan: That was a real hard question, thanks guys...
Brian: That’s a real hard question... (said with really weird expression)
Fourth fan: Thanks...
Brian: Thanks, appreciate it...
Male Announcer: Now
down in front we have ~~~~ from (no clue)... .~~~~, what’s
your question, buddy?
Male fan: How do you know who’s going to sing a song?
Male announcer: Yeah, how’s that divided up?
Kevin: Basically
when we go in the studio or when we’re writing a song we’ll have
ideas about who’ll
want to sing what, but a lot of times when we work with
different producers
or writers we’ll all take turns singing verses and just figure
out who fits the
best to that song (teamwork, ain’t it grand? LOL)
Male Announcer: That okay, man?
Kevin: Alright, thank you, ~~~~. Good question... what? You have another one?
Male fan: I like the Backstreet Boys and I have two of your tapes...
Kevin: You have two of our tapes?
Kevin: Excellent, thank you... .
Male Announcer: Everybody here likes the Backstreet Boys... we all in agreement?
Screams galore! LOL
Female Announcer: Alright, ~~~~~ here. Where are you from?
6th Fan: I’m from Toronto.
Female Announcer: Alright, what’s your question for the Boys?
6th Fan: First of
all I wonder if you can wish my friend Saida Happy Birthday,
she’s turning sweet
sixteen... Kevin: What’s her name? Saida?
6th Fan: Saida...
Boys: Happy Birthday...
Kevin: Happy Birthday, Happy sweet sixteen...
6th Fan: And my question
is do you sometimes feel that your expected to be
people you’re not
to impress your friends?
Kevin: Umm, I think
Brian covered it awhile ago... I think sometimes... we’re only
human, we’re just
like everybody else, we need our own quiet time, we need to be,
you know, away.
We need a break sometimes, uh... in this business when you’re a
celebrity and blessed
with the success we have, it’s like you’re on stage all the
time, 24/7, when
you go out to a ball game, when you go out to dinner, when you
go to a movie, you
know, it’s hard to turn off the Backstreet Boy and just be Kevin
and just be Brian
and just be yourself and enjoy a movie... because it’s hard... you
don’t want to be
a bitter person, you don’t want to not give someone an autograph
but a lot of times
when you’re in a big place and you kind of got your hat on and
you’re lowkey and
nobody knows you’re there and one person comes over and
boom and everybody’s
buzzing and you kinda, you know... you just have to make a
balance somehow
to find privacy and quiet time to yourself... I guess... does that
answer your question?
6th Fan: Yes, it did... thank you...
Male Announcer: Back
on this side now... see this is going pretty good, back and
forth...
Female Announcer: mmhmm, left and right...
Male Announcer: It’s working...
Kevin: It’s going good... go ahead...
7th Fan: Hi, I’m
Tonya, came all the way from Vancouver to see you guys... .um, this
is kind of a fun
question: If you discovered a new star in the sky what would you
name it and why...
this goes to Nick ‘cause we haven’t heard from Nick yet...
Somebody (no clue): Speak up Nick...
Nick: Um, I don’t know, that’s a hard question...
Brian: Well think of something - audience laughs
Nick: ... call it the Howie Star...
Howie: I like that...
Laughter in the audience...
Nick: Nah, I don’t
know, probably something to do with our generation or you
know, something
special that’s happened in everybody’s life, probably after
someone that’d died.
7th Fan: Okay, thanks!
Female Announcer: We have ~~~~ here from Montreal... .
8th Fan; I’m not from Montreal, I’m from Quebec City...
Female Announcer: Oh I see... I’m sorry...
8th Fan: There’s
a difference. Do not insult the people from Quebec. I don’t have
a question, I have
a comment for... don’t laugh, my English isn’t very good, okay...
and my comments
is from all the fans from Quebec City, not Montreal, Quebec
City. It’s frustrating
you find the time to do a concert in Ottawa but not in
Quebec City, the
place that was once yours. You don’t seem to realize that the
fans in Quebec love
you before all the other fans. By the way, AJ and Brian, read
your thank-you notes
in your latest album and try to get what you forgot..um, could
you please say hello
to the fans in Quebec City please?
Kevin: What was the thing with the album and the thank-yous...
Brian: Yeah...
8th Fan: You forgot to thank the fans, Brian and AJ...
Boys (talking at
once): Oh... we did?... (they all kind of lean back in their chairs as
if really surprised
by the comment)
Brian (judging from the funny noises he makes when he slips up): Oofph... Wow!
AJ (judging from
his raspy low voice): That’s not good... (whispering, and talking
heard in the background
in the audience)... well I definitely do think we thank the
fans by far, I mean,
from the first album to now, and beyond, I mean, there’s
been a massive change
in the amount of people that have turned around from
being Backstreet
Boys fans or not being Backstreet Boys fans to now coming to
our concerts and
I mean, I’ve spoken for many people that may be a brother or a
sister to a Backstreet
Boys fan that thought that we sucked and they would drag
their brother or
sister to one of our concerts and they became a Backstreet Boys
fan, which I think
is cool, I mean, we want everybody to like our music but...
sorry... I ... gee..forgot...
I’m sorry... but... definitely say Hi to all the fans in
Quebec City, not
Montreal...
Female Announcer:
You can say hi to the fans in Montreal... (I think trying the
lighten the mood
by joking)
Kevin: As far as
not going to Quebec City... there’s places all over the world where
we haven’t even
been yet and you guys have to understand something... there’s only
one Backstreet Boys
and it’s very very hard to get around everywhere and we’re
coming back on tour
in the Spring so, I mean, that is not to say we won’t come to
Quebec City but
we have to spread ourselves out to get to everybody so you guys
have to be patient
and bear with us and understand and be supportive of that.
Female Announcer:
And hey, look at what you’re doing for all these fans here
today, right? And
Bill has a fan...
Kevin: We’re not perfect, we’re not perfect...
Male Announcer: Bill has a fan? Bill IS a fan...
Female Announcer: Bill IS a fan and has a fan as well...
Male Announcer: This
is Chadney from Toronto, all the way from Toronto. She’s
standing on a chair,
okay? Well, Chadney, what is your question for the Boys?
9th Fan: Are you writing more songs?
Kevin: Are we what?... Are we...
9th Fan: Are you writing more songs?
Male Announcer: You've dabbled in it. Do you plan on writing more?
Kevin: Oh yeah... .
Howie: For the next
album. This album here we’re getting ready to release our
third single, Show
Me the Meaninng of Being Lonely and then probably one or two
more singles and
then we’ll get into the studio, write some more music, record
some more stuff,
and hopefully see a new album out by next summertime, so...
Male Announcer to
fan: Are you happy with that?... okay, be careful stepping down
there you... .
Howie: thank you
Male Announcer: Anne Marie...
Female Announcer: Yes, we have...
10th Fan: Jacqueline, from Mississauga.
Female Announcer: What’s your question?
10th Fan: Um, for
the new millennium, what are your plans with records and stuff
like that?
Brian: You mean CDs out?
10th Fan: Yeah, what are your plans for the new millennium?
Brian: What are our
plans? We actually decided to take the New Year’s off, we’re
not going to do
a New Year’s show. I’d say 5 of the 7 years we’ve done New
Year’s specials
or shows so this year we’re just going to lay low and maybe spend
some time with our
family, but next year we have a tour scheduled in in February
and March, like
Kevin said, and then when we finish the tour, we’ll go back in the
studio and make
another record.
10th Fan: Okay, thank you!
Female Announcer:
You’re happy with the new record? She probably knows
Millennium by heart.
Bill, who’re you with now?
11th Fan: Hi, I’m
Lorraine? from Mississauga. Hi. I'm with my sister Karen. My
question is over
the past 6 years together, there must have been some
challenging circumstances
you had to deal with. What did you find the most hard
to overcome?
Howie: I think...
probably answer that individually... there’s so many things we had
to overcome, especially
within this last year and half, two years. I mean just
healthwise, Brian
going through this, um, heart surgery, deaths within the
families, trying
to get respect from the music industry, with everybody else out
there also dealing
with the management change we really had within the last year,
um... there’s been
a lot of trying times... trials and tribulations we’ve been through,
especially this
last year and a half, but I think it’s made us stronger as a group. I
think, you know,
we’re the closest we’ve ever been. The five of us, you know, we
have each other’s
backs. We know there’s constantly people around us... and in the
beginning phase,
you always thought those people were always going to be there,
and people we could
trust and count on but I think within the 5 of us came to
realize we’ve got
to trust within each other first (AWWWWWWWW lol). People
may come and go.
They’re will always be the five of us. (AWWWWWWWWWWW...
does this bring
tears to your eyes or WHAT? lol Man are those guys overdue for
some huggies or
what? lol)
11th Fan: Okay. I
can tell cause I’ve been a fan since the very beginning and as
individuals and
musicians, I’ve seen you grow. Thank you.
Howie: Thank you... .(Others nod their thanks)
Female Announcer: I’m with a trio of fans here...
Trio of Fans introduce themselves...
Female Announcer: Okay, what’s your question for the Boys?
Trio: We wanna know
why Nick is so sad... (okay, this is so cute). Yeah, why aren’t
you talking?
Brian: Why you so sad Nick?
Nick: I’m not sad... .
Brian: He’s sick...
Nick: I’m sick...
Kevin: Nick is a sick as dog...
One of the fans in the trio: I love you... I love you all... .
Female Announcer:
Alright, thanks a lot guys. You got somebody over there,
somebody over here
actually... .hello...
15th Fan: Hi, I’m
Christine from Fort Erie. And I just wanted to know where do
you see yourself
in the next five years from now? Do you guys think you’ll be
together?
*Pause*
Kevin: Who wants
to take that? I’ve been running my mouth the whole time, so
somebody else take
it... Nick why don’t you take it?
15th Fan: Yeah Nick...
let’s hear from you... (she says this very slowly - as if
unenthusiastically
- but that's just the way that she talks. Everyone laughs
because she sounds
SOOO enthusiastic (sarcasm) about wanting to hear from
Nick)
Everyone laughs
Nick: ...Okay (very
funny - cause he sounds kind of hesitant because of the way
she said her comment)
*Note* - the BSB are finding that very amusing - especially Brian
Brian: She said that
all enthusiastic. Yeah Nick let's hear from you (he is
imitating her).
Nick: I think a lot
of problems that happens with groups and things is they don’t
communicate (wow...
amazing how tight they are). I think what Howie just said
we’ve established
a really good friendship with each other (sniffles) and that’s
what’s going to
keep us together. I think individually we have goals. I think as
individuals there
are things we’d like to do and we’ve come to the realization that
we can help each
other achieve those things. I think that’s the best... WAY to stay
together. I really
think we’re going to be a group forever, I mean honestly. They’ll
never be an end
to the Backstreet Boys... .that’s just my opinion.
15th Fan: Do you think music will be your goal for life?
Nick: I think so.
Kevin: Music’s always
going to be a part of my life... it’s gonna be a part of our
lives, because we’re
such fans of music. We love music... all different kinds so it’ll
be a part of our
lives forever.
15th Fan: Okay...
Female Announcer:
How’s that? It'll never stop coming, hmm? Always new music
from the Backstreet
Boys...
Kevin: Yeah, you’ll be sick of us... hehehe...
Crowd: Noooo!!!
Kevin (joking): Well remember that - we'll remember you said that.
16th Fan: Hi, my
name is Amy and I’m from Burlington and my question is for
Kevin: What do you
think about being the world’s Sexiest Pop Star?
Some laughter in the audience...
Male announcer: She's talking about People magazine this week.
Kevin: It’s flattering...
Brian: Kevin, tell us how you feel, alright... yes please (with weird kind of accent)
More laughter in the audience...
Kevin: (very funny
- he starts running his hands through his hair, and acting as if
he thinks he's so
great) Well ah...you know... (Becomes more serious) It’s
flattering. I was
very surprised, very shocked... it’s nice.
16th Fan: Okay, thanks...
Female Announcer: What’s your question? What’s your name?
17th Fan: Um, my
name is Joanna and I’m from Winnipeg. My question is what is
your favorite Christimas
song, and when are you guys or have you though about
bringing out a Christmas
album?
Kevin: White Christmas is mine, Bing Crosby...
Nick (barely coherent): Frosty the Snowman...
17th Fan: Nick said Frosty the Snowman...
Kevin: (sings something)
Howie: What’s that?
Nick: You can’t say that though...
Brian: Mine would have to be O Holy Night
17th Fan: That’s mine, too... .
Female Announcer: What about AJ and Nick?
AJ: I’m still trying
to think of one... uh, gee... he (Kevin) took mine, but I gotta
think of something
different, um...
Brian: “Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus...
Nick: Oh I know what
I like... didn’t Bruce Springsteen come out with a Christmas
album?...
17th Fan: He has one... kind of a rock and roll one...
More talking at once...
(This is funny. All the BSB are kind of muttering to each
other - they are
taking this Christmas song thing VERY seriously)
Howie: Rocking ‘round the Christmas tree?
Kevin: What did Bruce Springsteen do over for Christmas?
Brian: “Santa Claus
is coming to town... " Kevin and A.J. kind of all join in at various
times - but they
are all off in their own world and Brian is singing in a really weird
voice - it sounds
terrible. - but it is funny)
Nick: Yeah that’s the one...
17th Fan: Yeah that’s
the one... and very cool shirt Howie... (he is wearing a shirt
from Roots, a store)
Howie: Why thank you...
Screams from the
audience... . Brian then stands up and flashes the front of his
shirt (it is Roots
as well)
17th Fan: Oh I like Brian’s too...
Howie: We’re lucky
we got to be at the opening of the big Roots store in Montreal
yesterday. Roots
has been very good to us here in Canada and also in America, so
we’re very proud
to wear their clothes.
17th Fan: Thanks... .
Kevin: (joking) Official sponsor...
Brian in funny voice: Plug it...
AJ: Backstreet Boys plug it...
Male Announcer: Christa's
hanging out here. Now we've had people from the
West coast, and
now someone from the East coast.
18th Fan: Hi. My
name is Christa and I’m from St. Johns New Foundland. I have an
easy question so
you can be thankful... what is each of your own favorite
Backstreet Boys
songs?
Nick coughs...
Howie: Off this album, or any album, or...?
18th Fan: Any at all...
Howie: Hm... .
Brian: I would have to say, The Perfect Fan...
The other BSB are SOO deep in thought about this one - you'd think they'd know
Brian: Whoo! This is hard... (sarcastically)
Audience laughs...
Male announcer: Nick still thinking...Howie?
Howie: It’s a toss
up for me. I’d definitely have to say All I Have to Give or
Spanish Eyes. Those
are my two favorites.
Kevin: Don’t Wanna Lose You Now or Show Me the Meaning...
AJ: 10,000 Promises or Don’t Want You Back...
Howie: Now turned
into your two favorite songs... (aside to Nick) You got two
choices.
Male Announcer: Nickolas
Nick: Ah, ummm..I
think Show Me the Meaning... probably one of my favorite
songs...
Male Announcer: You happy with that Christa?
18th Fan: Yeah...
Brian: What’s your favorite song?
18th Fan: Perfect Fan, thank you...
Brian: Oh cool...
Howie: Brian will be very pleased to hear that...
Brian waves his arms
around in excitement and makes funny face. OMG he is silly.
Audience laughs
18th Fan: (laughs) Thank you...
Female Announcer: People coming from Edmonton now... how are you?
19th Fan: Good, thanks.
I’m Judy and this is my daughter, Marissa. We would like
to know what hopes
and dreams you still have left to fulfill?
Brian: Oh, wow...
Just like your standing there with your daughter, I’d love to
have a daughter
of my own. That would be a dream of mine.
Kevin: I’d like to
have a family myself, um, eventually when (Brian: you need a wife
first) I’m too old
to tour around and stuff I’d like to just have a house
somewhere and sit
in my basement or studio, write music for the rest of my life.
So having a family
and a wife, yeah, gotta have a wife to do that...
A.J.: That would help...
Howie: I would like
to win a Grammy, that’d be something... that’d be cool for us...
American Music Award
AJ: I think it’d
be cool to have an album completely written by just us five, just
completely written
and composed by us five... that’d be cool...
Nick: I think, um, raising ... I just wanna play basketball (audience laughs)
Brian: You’re gonna play for the Raptors?
Nick: I’m gonna play for somebody... don’t matter...
Female Announcer: Alright, thanks guys...
Male Announcer: Right in front, right in front here we have Caitlin and Jasmine.
20th Fan: How many of you guys have tattoos?
*Long pause*
Nick: Okay, Howie show ‘em your 50.
Howie: I don’t have one... I’m sorry...
Kevin: Howie’s the only one that doesn’t have any...
Howie: ... scared of needles...
AJ: I definitely have some...
Male Announcer: I think Jasmine has a part two to the question...
20th Fan: Where are they? (audience laughs)
Male Announcer: Whoa whoa whoa... .How old are you?
Nick: Hey Kevin...
Male Announcer: They
gotta be taking off their clothes for that kind of stuff-we
can’t be doing that
here!
Audience member screams “Yes!”
Male Announcer: Oh okay, just in the arms then...
Brian: ... it’s right here, but I’ve added to it so it’s bigger...
Nick: I’ve got one here and one on my back...
Kevin: You can’t see mine...
Male Announcer: laughs...
AJ: Mine are just
everywhere from my bellybutton up... they’re just everywhere
so...
Howie: The only way
I’d have a tattoo is if we all have the same one and no one’s
come up with a design
yet...
A.J.: We're just gonna knock him out and pin him down...
Nick: Good idea Howie, Let’s do it!
Male announcer: ... and where are you over there?
Female Announcer: I’m over here...
Male Announcer: Anne Marie?
Female Announcer: Hello...
21st Fan: Hi, my
name is Laura. I’d like to say first of all (Boys: Hi, Laura) before
I ask my question
is say thank you. You’ve been a big inspiration in my life. If I
ever had a problem
in my life, I’d put on your CD and it feels so good for someone
to tell me, “don’t
worry, everything’s going to be okay”. My problem just seems to
go away... and Kevin
I heard you hurt your arm in Colorado. I’d like to know how
you are...
Kevin: I’m doing
much better, but I haven’t been wearing my sling... .ah, I
separated my shoulder
snowboarding on a day off so it’s been frustrating. I’ve
been performing
with a sling on and I tried it the other night without it with
choreography and
I kinda reinjured it so I don’t know if I’ll perform with or
without the sling
tonight... I wanna do it without because it’s so frustrating, like I
feel useless up
on stage ‘cause I can’t do all the choreography but I’m singin’ so...
21st Fan: Take care of yourself-we don’t want you to get it worse.
Kevin: Thank you...
21st Fan: Yeah...
Female Announcer: And what’s your name?
22nd Fan: My name
is Jennifer and I’m from Pittsburgh. I just want to make a
comment, like I
just wanna say my grandparents listen to you, and my dad... he
goes around singing
songs and I have to tell him, “that is the wrong songs” and my
brother, just turns
the TV off as long as I could, and he’s “Jennifer, Backstreet
Boys!” and I run
downstairs to the TV and I just want to say I love you guys.
Thank you, bye...
.
Boys: thank you...
Kevin: I'm glad your grandparents like us too.
Male Announcer: Back over here... hi?
23rd Fan: Hi, I’m
Erin from Thorn Hill.. 24th Fan: ... and I’m Nastasha from
Richmond...
Kevin: Hi...
23rd Fan: And I just
wanted to ask, what do you guys think about the fans in
Toronto now that
you’ve seen us and heard us...
All the BSB start going: Eh! eh! (Ah, making fun of us Canadians - too funny!)
Howie: I’m excited
to be back in Toronto... actually saw a Toronto Maple Leafs
versus Buffalo...
actually saw one of their first games here in Canada, and uh, I
like Canada. I think
I’ll come back here for vacation...
Kevin: Yeah, it’s
a beautiful city, crisp and clean and fresh... it’s like a little New
York but cleaner...
Howie: but bigger...
AJ: I’m just keepin’
my fingers crossed that nothing happens to me tonight
because for the
last 2 years something’s happened to me in Toronto so I hope
nothing happens
tonight...
Kevin: We’ll put him in a body cast, somethin’ ...
AJ: ... just let it be the other leg this time. That's all I ask...
23rd Fan: Well, what about the fans?
AJ: Fans’ great!... loud here. You guys are really loud here.
Kevin: For me, I
mean, it’s kinda awesome and we have a lot of fans here because
we’re gonna be playing
the Sky Dome here for the second time and I guess, it’s a
huge crowd... I
can’t believe that there’s gonna be almost 40,000 people in there
tonight. I mean,
our fans here have been very supportive all over Canada... this is
where it started
in North America and we haven’t forgotten that.
Male Announcer: Thank you... .
23rd Fan: And Bill’s really cool letting us ask this question...
Audience laughs
Female Announcer: iDid he make you say that?
Male Announcer: Well
I gotta ask one... no, you're being funny now... what I gotta
ask is, you’ve been
here in Canada a lot and Toronto too. You’ve made friends
while you’ve been
here. Whenever you come back, do you keep in touch with
people that you’ve
made friends with here? Do you come up here and hang out
when you’re not
working?
Brian: Just this
afternoon I contacted a friend of mine... he played for Ottawa
University actually
in Ottawa. Nick and I played some basketball with him, the
guys at the university...
last time we were up here and we just met him. He’s
working now, graduated
school and working here in Toronto so we just bumped
into him this afternoon
and played some basketball, so...
Female Announcer: And I heard you were golfing in Montreal yesterday...
Brian: Yeah it was freezing...
Kevin: Trying to...
Female Announcer: Yeah... which one of you was golfing?
Kevin: That would have to be Crazy Brian... .
Female Announcer:
Yeah, you’d have to be... to play golf in the fog and cold and...
did you score well
at least?
Brian: Uhhh, I’d played crappy and took the last hole...
Female Announcer:
Well, you played a good hole last night...we have Madison here...
hello...
24th Fan: Hi, um... (very cute little girl)
Kevin: Hi...
Female Announcer: What’s your question?
24th Fan: What do you do when you have free time on the road?
Kevin: Brian plays golf in the icy cold weather...
Audience laughs...
Brian: Do you mean after the tour or on tour?
Howie: On tour...
Kevin: Just play golf, play basketball, go to the movies...
AJ: Go shopping...
Howie: This tour’s
actually been really cool for us ‘cause we’ve had, we’ve been
able to have the
luxury of playing multiple nights in a couple of places and having
days off, like over
on the west coast of the states we went cattle hurdling one
day... went snow
skiing...
Kevin: ... went snowboarding and separated my shoulder...
Howie: ... went to football games...
AJ: ... dyed our hair
Kevin: We’ve gotten
to go to professional games, like basketball games and
football games.
It’s been great. This tour’s been a very laid back tour. We’ve
gotten to do a lot
of things in our free time, so...
Female Announcer: Thank you, Madison.
Brian: AJ can’t have
too much free time cause then he’ll change his hair, get
ANOTHER tattoo...
Laughter
Howie: Or get his foot run over.
Female Announcer: Again...
Male Announcer: Hello...
25th Fan: Hello,
I’m ? from Stoville 26th Fan: ... and I’m Karen from Mississauga ...
each of you have
your own fashion sense. I was wondering who are your favorite
designers?
Howie: Ummmm...
Brian: Fruit of the loom (audience laughs)...
Nick: Fruit of the
loom, nah that’s Howie’s... I’d like to say I don’t wear too much
designer stuff.
I’m always wearing sports stuff or jeans... I still haven’t gotten
into that phase
yet... the other fellas...
Male Announcer: What do you like AJ?
AJ: Um, anything
from like... Nike to, Dolce & Gabana or Versace or Armani or
something like that...
just something that’s comfortable or something that nobody
else’ll will wear
like a cowboy hat with leopard spots that nobody’ll wear, you know
or...I like different
stuff...
Howie: I like Roots. (joking)
A.J.: eh he, plug baby...
Kevin: ... and Sears
Howie: Yeah Sears. And Polaroid.
Kevin and A.J. (laughing) Yeah Polaroid
Nick: Yeah Polaroid if we can wear it... good
Brian is laughing
a lot at this and kind of shakes his head like 'I don't know these
guys" - very funny
Brian: It's an infomercial!!
Audience laughs.
Kevin: Um, I don’t
really look at the label. I just wear whatever I like, whatever
catches my eye,
you know... don’t really look at the label, so...
Fan: What cologne? Do you guys have a favorite?
A.J.: (I have no idea what kind of cologne he said) ^^^^, And I'm fresh out of it.
Howie: That's a hint.
A.J.: No, I just need to go get some.
Kevin: Um, a fan
actually got me some D&G (Dolce & Gabana) and I started wearing
it, and I’ve been
wearing it now for about a year so I like D&G... it’s pretty cool.
Howie: I like Cool Water
Nick: I don’t wear cologne that much... anymore
Howie: (laughs) He doesn’t wear cologne...
Kevin: What’s your scent, Nick? Dial soap.
Nick: It's me.
Kevin: Just the raw me.
Other guys laugh
Brian: I don’t wear
cologne either... I haven’t for like 2 years. * Nick and Brian
give each other
a high five. Brian then smells his own armpit and makes a face.
Audience laughs.
Brian quietly says something about body odor
Nick: We (Brian and Nick) wear deodrant, but...
Howie: The natural scent...
Audience laughs...
Female Announcer: Hi, what’s your name?
Fan: Hi, my name
is Charmine and I’m from Winnipeg and I have a question. My
question is: do
you feel competition from any other bands (serious coughing in the
background) like
98 degrees?
Howie: No, not really.
We’re very fortunate we’ve been able to be first ones to
come around and
bring back the style of music back to, you know, pop music and
we’re flattered
that these groups came after us. We were lucky we were able to
break the doors
down and start a new confident style of music to come back and
we feel like there’s
enough fans out there for everybody. To each his own. We
wish them the best
of luck.
Fan: Thanks...
Kevin: We’re just focusing on...
Howie: Backstreet Boys...
Kevin: ... us and
our music and that’s what we’ve been doing since we’ve been
together, so...
Female Announcer: Bill you up there?
Male Announcer: Right
up in front again... who are you, what’s your name, where
you from... and
you have more of a comment... you were saying...
Fan: Hi, I’m Sabrina from Niagara Falls...
Boys: Hi...
Fan: I just want
to say that, um, it was my wish through the Children’s Wish
Foundation to meet
you and this is the happiest day of my life...
Boys: Awww... thank you...
Applause...
Kevin: That makes us feel good... that’s the kind of stuff we like to hear...
Applause... Nick clears his throat, coughing...
Another woman with
a different girl: I just want to say the same thing. I’ve
accompanied my sister
here today and she had the privilege to meet you. I’m...
(get very emotional
- kind of starts to cry).
Boys: Aww... thank you.
Woman: On behalf
of her, thank you guys, like you’re sitting here, you’re very
down to earth and
you’ve made her... I grew up... I’m a David Cassidy fan... (Boys:
laughs and acknowledges
that)... now you know my age, but you've made her just ...
complete... and
she loves you Nick...
Nick: Thank you.
Boys: Thank you...
Howie: That means
a lot to us... to see our music touch people’s lives, you know,
bring happiness
to families and homes. You know, unfortunately we’re not able to
meet every single
person out there we’d like to, especially terminally ill kids. We
try to meet as many
as possible, and it’s very gratifying to hear you guys say that
to us...
Woman: A special
thanks to AJ’s mother because she made this really happen for
her, so...
A.J.: Thank you.
Kevin: What is this angel's name again?
Woman: Stephanie.
Boys: Thank you Stephanie... thanks for coming.
Female Announcer: Thanks guys... what’s your name?
Fan: Andrea from
Thornhill... um, I just wanted to know that since it’s
Remembrance Day
today, do you plan on dedicating anything to the veterans of
the wars?
*Long Pause*
Kevin: Um, I mean...
I was watching a special, like we got here like..what time did
we get here this
morning? Like 6 am-5:45 this morning? (Brian: Early!!) Went up
to my room, I was
flipping the channels and I was watching a documentary on the
history of how Canada
lend their support during the war and everything and
everybody was wearing...
what is it? A poppy (Fan: Poppy... )... Yeah, so I was like,
remembering seeing...
what do you guys call it here? (Fan: Remembrance Day... )
Remembrance Day...
we call it Memorial Day, they were saying it was 11th hour,
11th day so I didn’t
even know it was officially Memorial Day until you’ve just told
us that it is Memorial
Day in the U.S. as well... I don’t know, we should do
somethin’
Howie: Yeah, we'll probably say something up on stage.
Kevin... I don’t know... yeah, probably do something tonight onstage...
Fan: I just want to say I love you guys so much...
Boys: Thank you...
Female Announcer: Thank you. You have a question?
Fan: Yeah, I’m Haley
from Thornhill... I just want to say I love your hats both of
you, AJ and Nick...
Nick: Thank you... I just threw it on...
Fan: and who in history
with each of you or that you’ve met has inspired you the
most?
Brian: a class of people or that we've met...?
Nick: or in general... ?
Fan: Well in general... like in history, like whoever you’ve met who’ve inspired you...
AJ: I have to say
I never was inspired when I was younger but now that I’ve met
him ... he's left
a really good taste in my mouth, he's very down to earth, I have to
say Steven Tyler
from Aerosmith because it’s really cool to sit down and talk to
him as if you’re
one artist to an artist but then when he’s around like my mom or
our families, it’s
a parent to a parent, so he’s very real, he’s very much like us. He
has kids of his
own that are fans of us and I’m definitely a fan of his daughter,
so... (some laughing
in the audience) he’s a really cool guy. I would love to stay
friends with him
for... awhile...
Female Announcer: He probably inspired you for the leopard print.
AJ: Yeah
Kevin: Gee, I don’t
know... I grew up admiring and looking up to my parents from
things they’ve raised
me up to believe. My mom I really admire her a lot-she’s a
very strong woman,
um, since she lost my father. She’s been a very strong, very
incredible woman...
so, my mom... .
Female Announcer: Thanks guys...
Nick: (interrupts)
I got one thing to say. There’s a couple of people who have
inspired me in my
life and it’s these four guys... these four guys... these four other
guys...
AJ: Thanks Nick, we’ll pay you later... Thanks bro... Howie pats Nick on the head.
Nick: Nah, I’m serious! Ya’ll inspired me!
Kevin: Thanks little bro!
Nick: They’re like my big brothers. I’ve never really had big brothers so...
Kevin: We raised him.
A.J.: We're the raisers. (laughs)
Kevin: Raised him on the road out of a hotel...
Nick: Since I was thirteen.
A.J. Thanks bro...
Male Announcer: I
think that kind of leads into Rachelle's question who is right
down here in front...
uh, Rachelle, go ahead...
Kevin: Hello Rachelle
Fan: Ah, do you act like brothers?
Kevin: Yeah, we fight like brothers...
AJ: We talk like it... .
Howie: We have fight like brothers...
Kevin: We have fight like brothers... we are... pretty much... brothers.
Howie: We’ve shared
some of the best years of our lives, you know, last 8 years
almost... seeing
Nick from the age of 12 to the age of 19 where we are now, seven
years later, some
of our best years... we’ve had our chance to grow up... seen a lot
of things, traveled
the world and see it all together... it’s like family.
Kevin: Done some crazy stuff together... you wouldn't believe it
Howie: Yup... you don’t wanna know...
Kevin: You don’t wanna know... Thanks, ~~~~
Female Announcer: We’re up to a couple last questions. What’s your name?
Fan: My name is Melanie
and I’m from Calgary and I wanna say Hi to all my friends
back home and I
was wondering how much of a challenge it was to learn some of
your songs in different
languages and if you plan to do it again?
Howie: Well, I’ve
been, since day one, being of Latin descent, I’ve always talked to
the group or translate
a couple verses, songs in Spanish and we’ve probably
decided to do I’ll
Never Break Your Heart and I’d Go Anywhere For You. We had
a Spanish translator
come in and actually break down the phonetics and... so for
me it wasn’t as
challenging and some of the other guys took Spanish in school so it
wasn’t as challenging
but it wasn’t as hard as it was doing another song we did, um,
which one was it?...
Quit Playing Games With My Heart in Italian. That was a
challenge for all
of us, I’d say...
Fan: Thank you...
Kevin: We all learned
to sing by imitating what we heard on the radio so we can
imitate accents
and stuff pretty good, so...
Fan: Thank you very much...
Kevin: Thank you...
Male Announcer: From Vancouver, Dorianna has a question.
Fan: Hi...
Male Announcer: Hello you... .
Fan: I just have
to tell you guys, AJ and Howie, my cousin, Alissa, loves you so
much... just wanted
to tell you that...
Male Announcer: She doesn't love the other three?
Fan: She loves them (A.J. and Howie) the best!
Male Announcer: It's not a contest...
Howie: Tell her thank you... .
Fan: But I love the other three, I love you guys all...
Kevin: It’s all good, thank you... .
Fan: My question
is if you could bring anybody back from the dead, from any time
what would you do
with them?
Howie: What would we do with them?
Audience laughs...
Fan: Like to spend a day with...
Audience laughs
Male Announcer: You
told me it would different than that... you worded it better
before though...
Fan: Okay...
Kevin: That’s kind of morbid...
Fan: No I mean anyone
from the past that you think is interesting that you’d spend
the day with?
AJ: I’d bring back
Frank Sinatra so I could do a duet with him someday...
definitely
Kevin: I’d bring back my dad
Howie: I’d bring
back Elvis (audience laughs)... (Nick: You took mine.) I think that’s
where I learned
my hip moves from... .you (aside to Nick) wanna way Elvis as well?
Nick: Yeah, I’ll think about it in a minute... (points at Brian to say his answer)
Brian: I don’t have
a clue, to be honest with you... I mean, I don’t know (laughs)... I
mean, loss for words...
Nick: Can’t think of anybody...
Howie: You’d want Kurt Cobain...
Nick: Oh yeah... .I’d like to bring back Kurt Cobain...
Male Announcer: Has anybody ever asked you that before?
Boys: No... .
Kevin: They’ve asked us, like...
Howie: ... similar...
Kevin: ... like any
celebrities past or present we’d like to hang out with, but not
bring back from
the dead (audience laughs)
Howie: Resurrect them...
Male Announcer: Thank you, Dorianna. Thank you to everybody here...
Female Announcer: Thanks guys...
Male Announcer: Thank you very much you guys...
Kevin: Thank you to all the press, Thank you all Toronto...
Female Announcer: Thank you...
Male Announcer: We are going to watch the show tonight...
A.J.: Have fun tonight you guys...
Howie: Thank you...
Male Announcer: ... back to you, in the station Buddy...
Howie: Thanks, Buddy... thanks guys for stopping by and hangin’ out with us... .