Legendary boy band headlining Sphere residency
UPDATE: The Backstreet Boys on Wednesday morning announced that the group is set for nine shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas as part of their “Into The Millennium” residency.
Nine July dates for @backstreetboys the first boy band and pop act to play @SphereVegas
https://t.co/QVRP1Ivkyk via @reviewjournal— John Katsilometes (@johnnykats) February 12, 2025
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Backstreet Boys are Sphere-bound.
The band posted a social media video at 5 p.m. Pacific time Tuesday, with the time stamp “08:00.00 AM ET 2.12.2025.” Sources familiar with the band’s plans confirm it is an announcement of a residency at the bulbous wonder.
The original BSB lineup of Nick Carter, A.J. McLean, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough is a proven critical and financial success on the Strip, having performed 80 shows at Axis Theater/Zappos Theater (today’s PH Live) from March 1, 2017-April 27, 2019.
Officials at MSG Entertainment, which owns the Sphere, have not responded to a request for comment, keeping in the company’s policy to decline comment on acts that have not been announced.
A series at Sphere would test the band’s demand. Sphere is set for 17,500. PH Live tops out at about 4,600.
Kenny Chesney is the latest Sphere headliner to set dates, 15 total from May 22-June 21.
BSB most recently performed in on the Strip at the Colosseum on April 8-9 and April 15-16 of 2022, filling dates left opened when Adele postponed her original residency.
Boy bands are experiencing something of a revival on the Strip. BSB contemporaries New Kids on the Block have booked 24 shows at Dolby Live from June this year into February 2026.
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