[PHOTOS] Backstreet Boys at Videotron Center: Crying and Delirious Nostalgia

Their eyes and hearts pounding, thousands of Backstreet Boys’ rabid fans warmed up to their cries at the Videotron Center Friday evening with their childhood and/or teenage crushes.

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The use of the feminine in this account is clearly not coquetry. To the eye, and without exaggeration, five years after the success, the girls are at least 90% for this reunion. boy band In the plains of Abraham.

As we neared the amphitheater the traffic officer realized this. “Are you going to the show? yes So you’re the number 19 male audience I count,” he told us.

His margin for error must be very small.

Farther on, squeals of joy escaped from a car pulling into the parking lot.

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After being tested by two pandemic installments of the concert (from September 2020 to September 2021, and then to Friday) and suffering three times on the giant screens, the cheesy announcements of the Christmas album that the group will release in the autumn, popular fans boy band Finally able to scream with all their might when the lights went out and Nick, Brian, Howie, AJ and Kevin appeared, preceded by a dazzling light and sound show.

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Since then, we’ve seen a generous string of greatest hits from their four albums released between 1996 and 2000, including several tracks from their most recent DNA. A total of 32 titles in whole or in part.

Naturally, it was nostalgia that won the entire evening. The first of four blocks of songs is inserted at the end, get off (you’re me) screamed the audience. Same for Show me the meaning of being alone, the shape of my heart And stop playing with my mind). This is inevitably forgetfulness.

Proximity

“More crowds on tour,” the guys went as far as to say, a compliment we took with a grain of salt given BSB’s global appeal.

Side staging, the quintet put together a package. Removable giant screens and a floor-to-ceiling pentagonal walkway allowed for an intimate experience with fans. The light effects are amazing and the choreography is perfectly executed.

Vocally, it’s awkward at times, especially for Brian, but no one takes offense, especially as the fans support them by singing songs they know by heart.

On several occasions, the five idols thanked the public and recalled the importance of Quebec women’s love in taking their careers to the top in the 1990s.

The frenzy reached another level with the group dressed all in white and unpinned Everybody (backstreets back), we got on with it And I want it that way. As a reminder, the fate of our tinnitus is surely sealed by the final blast to the tune Smaller than life.

Better than life? That didn’t sum up how fans perceived them on stage Friday night.

► Tour DNA Saturday evening will be at the Bell Center in Montreal.