(Launch) - Rod Stewart, Jennifer Lopez, Parker Posey, Ben Savage and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen were among those on hand for an intimate Backstreet Boys party in Los Angeles last week. The post-concert party was held at Le Colonial after the first of the group's two sold-out performances at the Great Western Forum. The L.A. dates also attracted celebrities such as Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Jenna Elfman, Kobe Bryant and Sinbad. Following the L.A. performances, the Backstreet Boys continued its tour with a show in San Jose, which Janet Jackson attended. Worldwide sales of the Backstreet Boys "Millennium" album have just surpassed 12 million. On Monday night the Backstreet Boys performed live via satellite from the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. The only place the special simulcast was broadcast was the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Wash.

The one-time-only live show was projected onto a 20-by-30-foot screen. Tickets for the "video screen presentation," as the promoters called it, were $14.93. The group is playing only large cities on this tour, so the simulcasts are a way for fans in smaller markets to catch the live shows.