XCLUSIVE! Backstreet's Back!!!

This week's XCLUSIVE! 

Boybands have been making teenage girls swoon since the 1960’s with their good looks, charm and catching songs that profess a romantic kind of love. But what happens when the boys, not to mention their devoted fans, grow up? While most step away from the limelight to be eagerly replaced by a younger generation, there are some exceptions to the rule! Celebrating 20 years in the music industry, the Backstreet Boys (aka BSB) are certainly back in full force for 2013, with their eighth studio album “In A World Like This”, released this summer!

 Growing up, they were my favourite band; an all American vocal harmony group that sang as good as they looked. With 130 million worldwide record sells to their name they are the best selling boyband of all time. And the anticipation of their comeback as a recently reunited quintet reached boiling point at their exclusive album preview gig on Sunday 30^th June at new London music venue “Under The Bridge”; an intimate and informal setting that provided an up close and personal experience for the audience. I was more than a little excited to have nabbed my gold dust ticket to the event!

 Even before BSB stepped out on stage the atmosphere had started to sizzle. With the soundtrack of BSB’s past global hits including ‘As Long As You Love Me’, ‘All I Have To Give’ and ‘Everybody’ pumping through the sound system, the audience, predominately in their early 30s, were transported back to the giddy frenzy of their youth, cosseted in a warm sense of nostalgia - ahh to be fifteen again! By the time the boys had made their entrance, the anticipation was palpable, and rightly so as we were all in for a treat; the evening events including a Q&A with the band, a sneak peak at both the new Backstreet Boys album and the upcoming movie-documentary as well as fantastic live performances of a select few new tracks and interjected with light hearted banter. 

Song highlights destined for future chart domination include chilled out love ditty “Trust Me”; with gentle guitars and a Jack Johnson vibe, it soothes like a cool breeze on a warm summer days. “Show Em (What You’re Made Of)” an invigorating, morale-boosting anthem and “Make Believe” a pure pop fest underlined with a stomping club beat.

Welcome back boys!  “A World Like This” Is released in the UK on the 29^th July 2013.

That’s all for now ~ Until next time… x Mwah
 x Kat

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