DATE: July 31, 2001
FROM: MARCEE RONDAN/MITCH SCHNEIDER/TODD BRODGINSKI
Backstreet BOYS to now RESUME
"BLACK & BLUE WORLD TOUR 2001"
AUGUST 24 IN MILWAUKEE
NICK CARTER, HOWIE DOROUGH, BRIAN LITTRELL and KEVIN RICHARDSON had originally anticipated re-launching the trek August 7 after AJ emerged from treatment. At the same time, the group made it clear (in their July 9 and 10 interviews) that the tour would be postponed for as long as AJ needed to confront his problems.
"AJ's initial treatment is going very well," said Kevin Richardson. "His doctors have suggested it would be in AJ's best interest to take an additional two weeks in transitional care."
BRIAN LITTRELL added: "We've spent some time with AJ recently and he, along with the rest of us, is excited to return to our tour on August 24."
HOWIE DOROUGH said: "We are thankful for the outpouring of understanding and respect that has been given to us from the media, our peers and fans around the world through this difficult time."
"We truly want to thank our fans for standing with us through this," said NICK CARTER. "And we know that it will be worth the wait for them to see the five of us back on stage."
Tickets already purchased for the postponed shows (July 9-August 22) will be honored for the rescheduled dates.
The updated tour dates are as follows:
DATE | CITY | VENUE | |
Fri | 8/24 | Milwaukee, WI | Bradley Center |
Sat | 8/25 | Cincinnati, OH | Firstar Center |
Sun | 8/26 | St. Louis, MO | Riverport Amphitheatre |
Mon | 8/27 | Kansas City, MO | Kemper Arena |
Wed | 8/29 | Houston, TX | Compaq Center |
Thur | 8/30 | San Antonio, TX | Alamodome |
Fri | 8/31 | Dallas, TX | American Airlines Center |
Tue | 9/4 | Uniondale, NY | Nassau Coliseum |
Thu | 9/6 | East Rutherford, NJ | Continental Airlines Arena |
Fri | 9/7 | East Rutherford, NJ | Continental Airlines Arena |
Sat | 9/8 | Boston, MA | Fleet Center |
Sun | 9/9 | Boston, MA | Fleet Center |
Mon | 9/10 | Boston, MA | Fleet Center |
Wed | 9/12 | Toronto, ONT | Air Canada Center |
Thu | 9/13 | Toronto, ONT | Air Canada Center |
Fri | 9/14 | Toronto, ONT | Air Canada Center |
Sat | 9/15 | Kanata, ONT | Corel Centre |
Mon | 9/17 | Montreal, QC | Molson Center |
Tue | 9/18 | Buffalo NY | HSBC Arena |
Wed | 9/19 | Cleveland, OH | Gund Arena |
Thu | 9/20 | Detroit, MI | The Palace |
Sat | 9/22 | Chicago, IL | Tweeter Center |
Sun | 9/23 | Minneapolis, MN | Target Center |
Wed | 9/26 | Calgary, AB | Saddledome |
Thu | 9/27 | Calgary, AB | Saddledome |
Fri | 9/28 | Edmonton, AB | Sky Reach |
Mon | 10/1 | Vancouver, BC | General Motors Place |
Tues | 10/2 | Portland, OR | Rose Garden |
Thurs | 10/4 | Boise, ID | The Idaho Center |
Fri | 10/5 | Salt Lake City, UT | Delta Center |
Sat | 10/7 | Albuquerque, NM | Journal Pavillion |
Wed | 10/10 | Denver, CO | Pepsi Center |
Fri | 10/12 | Phoenix, AZ | Desert Sky |
Sat | 10/13 | San Bernardino, CA | Glen Helen Blockbuster |
Mon | 10/15 | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena |
Wed | 10/17 | Bakersfield, CA | Centennial Garden Con. Ctr |
Fri | 10/19 | Las Vegas, NV | MGM Grand Hotel |
Sat | 10/20 | San Diego, CA | Coors Amphitheater |
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Backstreet BOYS to now RESUME "BLACK & BLUE WORLD TOUR 2001" AUGUST 24 IN MILWAUKEE