Wearing my hair crimped and a cheetah print top, I screamed with joy at an unnaturally high pitch. I was at my very first concert (with my mom, of course), and as the boys in the band danced around the stage, I swore that they were looking right at me! They were my musical idols and the pinnacle of my early adolescence. They were the Backstreet Boys.
Back then, I would have given a limb to utter one drooling syllable in front of the Backstreet Boys. Needless to say, when I heard that the band would be returning to Pittsburgh on Wednesday, August 25, at the Trib Total Media Amphitheater to promote a new CD, This is Us, I elicited a similarly high (yet this time, internal) scream of joy.
“We’re really excited to release this new album and know that our fans are excited too,” says Nick Carter. (Sigh. Nick, your photo was on my wall). “We worked with a group of amazing artists and producers that we’ve never worked with before, exploring new sounds and territory and know the final product turned out incredible.”
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