Backstreet Boys Need To Headline Tremendous Bowl 2027 Halftime Present

The Backstreet Boyscomprised of AJ McLean, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson, and Brian Litrell, are campaigning to headline the 2027 Tremendous Bowl halftime present.

The bid comes greater than 20 years after the boy band declined the chance. With renewed enthusiasm and a powerful fan base, the group seems prepared to assert one among music’s greatest levels.

The Backstreet Boys are in the midst of their “Into the Millennium” residency on the Sphere in Las Vegas, and in one of many exhibits, McLean proposed an thought to the viewers.

“What do you guys assume? Backstreet Boys. 2027. Tremendous Bowl halftime. Let’s make it occur,” he instructed the viewers.

The concept was met with loud cheers from the viewers, who responded enthusiastically to the prospect of the long-lasting ’90s boy band performing their greatest hits on the Tremendous Bowl stage.

A Change.org petition has already been arrange by a person named Regina Brodley, and as of writing, it has greater than 4,500 signatures.

On February 13, the Backstreet Boys spoke with Folks and expressed curiosity in performing the halftime present subsequent 12 months, sharing their imaginative and prescient of what it could appear like if given the prospect.

“You higher vote sure for us to do halftime, particularly as a result of it is gonna be in Los Angeles at SoFi subsequent 12 months. That is house for me and Kevin so that may be fairly superior,” McLean stated.

Carter added his take, saying that they’d carry a “pop explosion,” hoping to carry again their friends, *NSYNC and Britney Spears, to which McLean stated that each have already carried out within the Tremendous Bowl.

“We’re bringing again 98 Levels, I do not care. We’re headlining. We’re bringing all of our pop pals again,” Carter insisted.

As Carter defined, the music from the ’90s and 2000s is “a few of the most nostalgic for folks,” which is why they need make this efficiency occur.

Greater than 20 years in the past, the Backstreet Boys have been supplied the prospect to carry out on the 2001  Tremendous Bowl stage, however they declined.

That 12 months, the Tremendous Bowl was held in Tampa, Florida, and *NSYNC and Aerosmith headlined the halftime present. The 2 teams took the stage alternately singing their greatest hits, and within the finale quantity, they got here collectively and introduced particular company, together with Britney Spears, Nelly, and Mary J. Blige.

Regardless of declining to affix the halftime present, the Backstreet Boys agreed to sing the nationwide anthem. “On the time we got here from the period of, we liked the Whitney Houston rendition of the nationwide anthem. And for us, we obtained the selection and we handed on the halftime,” Carter defined.

Cellular telecommunications firm, T-Cellular, got here again to the 2026 Tremendous Bowl, marking its thirteenth consecutive 12 months airing a industrial throughout the occasion. This time, they introduced within the Backstreet Boys.

The boy band, decked in pink and white clothes, sang a rendition of their 1999 hit music “I Need It That Means,” altering the lyrics for the commercial. Rapper and singer MGK additionally made a particular look on the finish of the industrial.

Andrew Panay, the founder and producer of Panay Movies and the mastermind behind the idea, stated he was impressed after seeing the Backstreet Boys carry out stay. “It was extraordinary to observe the vitality, I used to be having a religious expertise – it was out-of-control wonderful,” he gushed. “I knew at that time that that is what we may possibly do for the Tremendous Bowl,” he added.