BSB NEWS AND GOSSIP

November 5th 2000
*Shape Of My Heart is released in the UK tomorrow.  Let's hope it charts highly.  There is competetion from A1, Mary Mary and the Offspring.
*SOMH went straight into number one on the Swedish singles chart.
*BSB will be on CD:UK next Saturday and Smash Hits TV.
*BSB will be doing a signing at Virgin Megastores in London on Thursday, but you have to have a ticket to go.

October 29th 2000
*The Backstreet Boys won The Box award for best music video of all time for 'Everybody'.

October 22nd 2000
*The BSB's revealed this week that their world tour will begin at the end of January.  They will speand the first 8 weeks in the USA, then move onto South America, Asia and Europe, before heading back to the USA.
*Don't forget it's BSB day on MTV UK on Tuesday.

October 15th 2000
*There will be another track for the fans on the new album 'Black & Blue'

   Black & Blue to Include 13 New Songs!
   We're happy to share with you the titles of the songs on Black & Blue:
   1. The Call,
   2. Shape Of My Heart ,
   3. Get Another Boyfriend
   4. Shining Star,
   6. The Answer To Our Life,
   7. Everyone,
   8. More Than That,
   9. Time,
   10. Not For Me,
   11. Yes I Will,
   12. It's True,
   13. How Did I Fall In Love With You

October 13th 2000
*Here's a review of five of the songs from Black & Blue
"The Call"
   An up-tempo with latino vibes. Sounds like 'N Sync's - "Bye Bye Bye"
"Shape of my heart"
   Mid-tempo. Written by Cheiron
"Time"
   A ballad, written by the guys and produced by Babyface.
"Get yourself another boyfriend"
   An up-tempo about a guy who's had enough of his girlfriend. Cheiron
*When Black & Blue is released the BSB's will visit all six contents on that day!  They say they will be able to do it because of the time differences.

October 8th 2000
*The premiere of SOMH was on Friday on MTV in the UK, the premiere is shown in the USA tomorrow and the BSB's will be on TRL.
*The BSB's have been on L&K and Planet Pop this weekend and will be on these shows again next weekend.
*Black & Blue will not have a picture on the front, the boys said they want the music to speak for itself.

October 5th 2000
*Howie said on a recent interview that the concept of the video to SOMH, was very simple.  They are standing on a stage in a theatre singing their hearts out.
*BSB will be on Planet Pop in the UK on Channel 4, Sunday morning.  The BSB's have also recorded a performance for TOTP.

October 2nd 2000
*The BSB's have been nominated for two MTV EMA's, Best Group and Best Pop.

October 1st 2000
*The BSB's will be performing at this years MTV Europe Music Awards on November 16th.  Tune into MTV UK tomorrow at midday to find out if they have been nominated for any awards.
*Don't forget Kevin is 28 on October 3rd!

September 27th 2000
*I'm sure you've all heard the new mid-tempo track from the BSB's, 'Shape Of My Heat', it's international radio release date was yesterday.  The video for the track is supposed to be set in a theatre which makes sense as it would fit the lyrics in the chorus which go 'I was trying to be someone', and 'I played my part'.
*The BSB's will announce tour dates early next year and will be doing a few dates in the US bfore heading off to Eurpe and possibly Asia.

September 24th 2000
*Go to bsbzone.com to hear a sound clip of 'Shape Of My Heart'

September 21st 2000
*The Backstreet Boys new album is titled 'Black and Blue', apparantly it is titled that because it is a reflection of the way the media treat them.  The album will be out on November 20th through the UK and Europe and November 21st in the USA.
*The BSB's first single to be taken from the new album will be called 'Shape Of My Heart' and will be released to radios on October 3rd.

September 17th 2000
*The BSB's have decided to open their own hotel!
*A theme park in the states is building a BSB ride.

September 3rd 2000
*Brian and Leighanne got married this weekend at a fairy tale ceremony in Atlanta.  All the other BSB's were present at the wedding.  After the reception Brian and Leighanne were driven away in a black Rolls Royce which said 'Just Married' on the back.
*A spokesperson for European girl group 'Alice Deejay' confirmed that the lead singer 'Judy' and Howie Dorough were seeing each other.  They met at London's 'Party In The Park' back in July.

August 26th 2000
*AJ has had his Labrat pierced and has had a new tatoo under his right arm saying 'Poopy', Amanda's nickname.
*The BSB's have gone to Hollywood to shoot the pics for their new album.  They found a deserted alley and were wearing black suits.
*Leighanne and Brian are getting married in Atlanta, Georgia and she is having 7 bridemaids!
*The BSB's new single will be out on September 27th, but they haven't chosen which to release yet, but it won't be 'It's True'.  But their album won't come out now until November 21st.

August 13th 2000
*Even though the BSB's suprisingly weren't nominated for any of this years MTV VMA'S, there has been rumours that they could be performing.  Let's hope so!

August 6th 2000
*You can listen to the new BSB single 'It's True' at www.bsbzone.com
*I've heard rumours AJ is engaged to Amanda.

May 11th 2000
*Backstreet Boys
    received awards for best pop group, best R&B group, and best
   American group at the World Music Awards 2000.
*At the Blockbuster Music Awrds the Backstreet Boys won for favorite group - pop,
   and fans voted through the official Blockbuster website to give the group's album
   Millennium the favorite CD award.