AJ McLean Teases Backstreet Boys Residency at Sphere Las Vegas

The blokes will take over Sin Metropolis like by no means earlier than when their present opens up July 11, with McLean calling it a “humdinger” of a manufacturing. In contrast to different live performance venues, Sphere presents up a extra immersive expertise, with 580,000 sq ft of LEDs behind, above and across the artists on stage.

“Nobody has finished what we’re gonna do on this explicit venue,” McLean instructed TooFab throughout an interview about his upcoming Netflix competitors collection, Constructing the Band“We’re taking Sphere to the following degree.”

McLean stated that the expertise shall be like “two reveals occurring on the similar time,” referring to the present the boys themselves shall be doing on stage and the movies on the screens round them. In accordance with AJ, followers are “gonna must see the present greater than as soon as” to take all of it in — including, “You really cannot watch them each on the similar time.”

“We’re positively pulling out all of the stops as a result of we’ve been given the go-ahead to strive some issues which have by no means been tried on this explicit venue,” he continued. “We truly shot content material for about 5 completely different songs. Some fairly trippy stuff that persons are gonna see that I do know they’re gonna discuss.”

Whereas he cannot look forward to followers to see what they’ve up their sleeves, McLean stated the group themselves additionally will not get the complete scope of it till the final second — telling TooFab the “ultimate content material” will not be prepared “till principally the day earlier than opening night time.”

“It is slightly nerve-wracking,” he continued, claiming they had been instructed again in January that “9 instances out of ten,” for practically each present finished on the venue, “the content material was finished the day earlier than.” He added, “So, it is principally all the way down to the wire.”

When requested what he is capable of tease in regards to the visuals being created for the present and which track’s video content material he is most excited for followers to see, McLean had one in thoughts, however would not spill an excessive amount of about it.

“There’s one specifically, however I am unable to say what track it’s. All I am going to say is, it is not from Millennium,” he teased, referring to the band’s 1999 studio album, earlier than confirming, “We’re doing your complete Millennium album. That’s occurring.”

“I believe visually, what we’re doing for the intro of the present is fairly spectacular. I believe what’s occurring on a track known as ‘Get One other Boyfriend’ is gonna be fairly freaking cool,” he additionally teased.

“I’ve bought ultimate gown rehearsals on my cellphone — we name them our work tapes, so we are able to type of go over every thing whereas we’re on this little break earlier than I am going again to Vegas subsequent week — and my daughters caught me watching it and so they wanna watch it,” shared McLean. “I stated, ‘Nope.’ I closed my cellphone and I stated, ‘It’s important to expertise it in actual time. Sure, you are my daughters, usually I am going to allow you to hear issues earlier than anybody else does however, no.'”

Lastly, McLean made it clear he intends the viewers to decorate up for the live performance, asking our reporter — who shall be attending a present in August — whether or not he is bought his white out prepared. So, all you BSB followers on the market, you have been placed on alert!

The Backstreet Boys’ residency at Sphere is slated from July 11-August 24, 2025. McLean’s Netflix collection, Constructing the Banddebuts with the primary batch of episodes July 9.