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JIVE
TALKIN'
Source: NME
10-31-00
The BACKSTREET
BOYS have been talking about their plans for a world tour in support of
their forthcoming album 'BLACK & BLUE', while their record company
JIVE have hit out at fans planning to download tracks from NAPSTER.
Speaking last
Friday (October 27) AJ McLean confirmed that the world tour would kick
off on January 23, 2001 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, adding "It's finally
going to be a true world tour. We've been saying we were going to do a
world tour for the last two years, but we end up hitting the US, Canada
and Europe, and that's about as far as we go. This time we're taking this
tour the whole way around the world."
After spending
eight weeks touring the States, the Backstreet Boys will be taking a fortnight
off before taking the show to Asia and Australia, then Europe and South
America. Another six weeks' touring in America will follow, and is expected
to finish towards the end of 2001.
Meanwhile,
the Boys' online 'street team' campaign is gathering momentum, with tens
of thousands of fans subscribing in order to support the release of 'Black
& Blue'. Last week, subscribers were issued with the following statement:
"There may
be some people who acquire copies of 'Black & Blue' illegally or downloaded
from Napster before it comes out on November 21. Let's make sure all BSB
fans know that such practices are hurting not only this team's goals but
also taking away from the guys themselves. If people are buying these copies
all over the place, you can understand how it would take away from all
of our efforts. I encourage all of you to get the word out there about
this serious issue."
Among the other
tasks being set for subscribers are:
"VOTE on Monday
and every day for 'Shape Of My Heart' on MTV's 'TRL'! www.trl.mtv.com 1-800-DIAL-MTV
(12-12.30pm Pacific, 3-3.30pm Eastern)"
"Request 'Shape
Of My Heart' at your local Top 40 and adult contemporary radio stations,
every day if possible."
"Make sure
online music fans are getting excited about 'Black & Blue'. Talk, talk,
talk about the music. Go to chat rooms, Egroups, Yahoo clubs, messageboards
etc. Let people know that this is going to be a great album. Encourage
them to pre-order the album online AND pick it up in stores on November
21!"
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