Backstreet Boys flash-mob hits Hanoi
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Over 50 young Hanoians yesterday evening gathered together in an organized flash mob inside the Hanoi megastar cinema complex to perform tunes from Backstreet Boys to welcome their concert tour next month in Vietnam.
The youths, mostly from Hanoi-based high schools and universities, are members of the “Backstreet Boys’ fan club” on Facebook.
They performed three Backstreet Boys hit songs “As long as you love me”, “Straight through my heart”, and “Everybody” amid tumultuous applause of the crowd at the cinema.
“I am totally absorbed in their performance. I really want to join the fan club when I know it’s an activity to welcome the Backstreet Boys,” 19-year-old Tra My said after attentively watching the amateur show.
“Through our performance, we would like to boost social activities, create a healthy playground for youths and especially show our love to our Idols [Backstreet Boys],) said the team captain Nguyen Vu Khanh.
Backstreet Boys is scheduled to perform in Ho Chi Minh City-based Military Zone 7's stadium in March 24 and to grace Hanoi's My Dinh national stadium two days later.
All tickets to the shows have been sold out, according to the organizers, adding that many customers from other countries in the region like Singapore, Thailand also booked the tickets.
Meanwhile, several expatriates and foreigners, who live and work in Vietnam, are also interested in the coming concert.
“I have lived and worked in Hanoi for 6 years but I have never seen a world-renowned band like Backstreet Boys performing here. I hope other world-famous artists will come to Vietnam for performance in the near future,” said Mike Gallagher, a British national.
Backstreet Boys, one of the biggest teen-pop groups in 1990s, consisting of four members A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson, was formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys in 1996. They reached to superstardom with their album Millennium in 1999 and its follow-up album, Black & Blue one year later. Richardson left the group in 2006 to pursue other interests, leaving the band as a four-piece, but the remaining members did not rule out a possible return of the singer. The Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them one of the biggest selling artists of all time. According to Billboard, they are the first group since Sade to have their first seven albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200. |
