Backstreet Boys Shout Out Max Martin in Vegas Residency Crowd: ‘He Helped Us Create Our Legacy’

Backstreet Boys Shout Out Max Martin in Vegas Residency Crowd: ‘He Helped Us Create Our Legacy’

The Backstreet Boys welcomed a very special guest to their residency at Sphere Las Vegas Saturday night, pointing out their longtime collaborator Max Martin in the crowd. “He helped us create our legacy and the soundtrack to our lives,” Howie Dorough said, just before the group broke into a rendition of the Martin-helmed Millennium track, “Don’t Want You Back” “He wrote all those hit songs that we get a chance to sing for you guys. We are very…

Tears, spaceships and nostalgia: How Backstreet Boys “pushed the limits” of Las Vegas’ Sphere with “mind-boggling” residency launch

The group launched their Into the Millennium shows with a slew of emotions: "I started breaking down and crying because it was so emotional and surreal."By Leena TailorThe Hollywood Reporter“This is insane. I’m losing my mind,” AJ McLean told a sold-out crowd at Sphere Las Vegas on opening night of the Backstreet Boys’ Into the Millennium residency. “I’ve cried at least four times since we’ve been up here.”McLean wasn’t the only band member over…