Finally, scream in chorus of thousands of admirers, the Backstreet Boys are back in their stronghold in Quebec. the boys band the most popular and enduring of the music industry is in the home stretch of a North American tour that has given him little respite this summer. His concert at the Videotron Center tonight will be his eighth career in the capital. Account in three stages of his career in Quebec since his beginnings.
The 1990s: the boom years
While the United States was still turning a deaf ear, in the mid-1990s, Quebecers fell in love with these five Florida boys with a devastating look.
In Quebec, the Coliseum is stormed. Through the shrill cries of thousands of teenage girls, the Backstreet Boys played to sold-out houses five times during a 15-month period, between September 30, 1996 and January 7, 1998. Unheard of in Quebec.
Driven by the success of Quit Playing Games (With My Heart), Everybody (Backstreet’s Back), As Long As You Love Me et I Want It That Waythe popularity of AJ, Howie, Nick, Kevin and Brian reached phenomenal proportions.
During their visit in March 1997, The newspaper publishes a special 16-page notebook in which you can learn everything regarding the five idols, including their astrological profiles. “Total Ecstasy”, title The newspaperfollowing the concert on December 29, 1997. 12,500 fanatics are “transported into the paradise of magic and wonder”.
Decade 2000: the trough
After the euphoria, the calm. During the first years of the new millennium, the group took a two-year hiatus, Kevin Richardson left the group in 2006 (he would return in 2012) and even if the albums released during this period were successful, there was a certain loss of steam in the public.
The Backstreet Boys are in a trough. In Quebec City, where they haven’t played in ten years, they only managed to attract a raucous 2,700 crowd when they returned to the more intimate Pavillon de la Jeunesse, in the shadow of the Coliseum, on November 4, 2008 Yet they give the best show of their career, judge The newspaper.
2010 decade: the reconquest
Once once more, the Backstreet Boys spaced out their return to the capital by almost ten years, but their reunion on the Plains of Abraham, as part of the 50e anniversary of the Summer Festival, are successful at all levels.
In front of a monster crowd that the group described as the biggest since the beginning of their career, they played all their hits and reproduced their most famous choreographies.
In less than two hours, the five stars have won back the hearts of Quebecers for good. It is even said that journalists might not help dancing and singing in the press tent.
♦ The group will also be at the Bell Center on Saturday.
