ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, I STEPPED "INTO THE MILLENNIUM"!!! AND LET ME TELL YOU IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. FROM THE SECOND YOU WALK INTO THE ARENA, STADIUM, ETC...YOU ARE TRANSPORTED TO A WHOLE NOTHER TIME AND PLACE. THE FUTURE, THRU THE EYES OF THE BACKSTREET BOYS.

AT 7:25 PM, MANDY MOORE OPENED UP THE EVENING. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY HER PERFORMANCE, AND THOSE WHO WENT TO FRIDAY NIGHTS SHOW, REALLY DID MISS OUT IN MY OPINION. SHE PERFORMED 4 SONGS, INCLUDING HER HIT SINGLE "CANDY." NEXT UP WAS "EYC" WHICH STANDS FOR EXPRESS YOURSELF CLEARLY.  I WAS DISAPPOINTED BY THIS OPENING ACT, SIMPLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY SEEMED MORE INTERESTED IN STRIPPING AND SHOWING OFF THEIR WELL-TONED BODIES THAN TRULY SHOWING THEIR TALENT, WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY THERE, BUT JUST WASN'T DISPLAYED.

8:45 PM...THE LIGHTS DIM...SOUNDS FROM "THE PHANTOM MENACE" FILL THE ARENA, AND WAVES OF SCREAMS THREATENS TO SHATTER WINDOWS!! OUT OF THE DARKNESS, 10 "SOLDIERS" MARCH INTO THE ARENA AND UP TO THE STAGE TO THE TUNE OF THE "EMPERIAL MARCH" FROM "STAR WARS." WHEN THE DANCERS HAD TAKEN THEIR PLACES, SMOKE FILLED THE ARENA, AND THE THEME FROM STAR WARS BLARED, AND THERE WERE OUR BOYS....FLYING THRU THE AIR, AS EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS, ON BOOGIE BOARDS.
THEY ALL LOOKED EXCELLENT!! AFTER MAKING AN UNBELIEVABLE ENTRANCE, THE BOYS MARCHED AROUND THE 5 SIDED STAGE IN A MILITARY FASHION, AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE CROWD.  THEN THE WHOLE SHOW BEGAN WITH "LARGER THEN LIFE."

THERE WERE NUMEROUS COSTUME CHANGES THRU OUT THE SHOW, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN THE OUTFITS, DON'T YA WANT SOME OF THOSE FANCY DRAGON PJ'S??? THE COSTUMES WERE GREAT, AND SUITED EACH BOY PERFECTLY.
THE HARMONIES WERE OUTSTANDING, AND THE ENERGY WAS NON-STOP FOR 2 HOURS STRAIGHT, AND I STILL FELT IT WAS TOO SHORT!! THE BOYS ENDED WITH "I WANT IT THAT WAY." THIS RENDITION WENT ON FOR NEARLY 10 MINUTES, BUT WE WERE LOVING EVERY SECOND OF IT!  THEN THEY WERE GONE, AND SO WAS A PIECE OF EVERY FAN'S HEART! :)

NOW ON TO THE NICK HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NIGHT!
LET ME FIRST SAY THAT ALL THOUGH EACH AND EVERYONE OF THE BOYS LOOKED FANTASTIC, NICK WAS TOPS! HE'S IN SHAPE, HIS HAIR IS LOOKING GREAT, AND HE WAS JUST ALL AROUND KICK ASS HANDSOME! (SORRY, THAT'S AS NICE AS I COULD PUT IT *lol*)
AND THE EMOTION THAT BOY PUTS INTO HIS MUSIC AND HIS SOLOS IS AMAZING, WHENEVER HIS FACE WAS ON THAT BIG SCREEN, YOU WERE CAPTIVATED, THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, THE HAND GESSTURES, INCREDIBLE. BUT, HE WAS ALSO THE CLOWN OF THE EVENING, AND HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF THAT!! HE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH HIS GOOFINESS AND YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT LAUGH WITH HIM. HE HAMMED IT UP BIG TIME WITH A.J. DURING "QUIT PLAYIN GAMES." IT WAS BRIAN'S SOLO AT THE BEGINNING, SO EVERYONE ELSE'S MIC WAS TURNED OFF, SO NICK AND A.J. TOOK TURNS LIP SYNCING BRIAN'S PART, IT WAS REALLY CUTE, EVEN MY BROTHER WAS LAUGHING.
IT WAS NICK'S JOB TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME US TO THE TOUR, AND I MUST SAY HE IS DEFINITELY MORE OUTGOING AND VOCAL THEN HE WAS LAST TIME AROUND, AND I LOVED IT!!! HE GOT THE ATTENTION HE WANTED, AND IN MY OPINION DESERVED, AND BELIEVE ME, NICK KNOWS EXACTLY HOW TO GET GIRLS GOIN'!! THAT HALF SMILE, AND THE WAY HIS VOICE RISES IN PITCH WHEN HE ASKS SILLY QUESTIONS, THE CROWD WENT WILD!!!!!
AND HIS DANCING *STILL FANNING HERSELF FROM THE EXPERIENCE* LETS JUST SAY A.J. ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO'S SHAKIN' HIS BON-BON UP THERE IN MORE WAYS THEN ONE.
NICK REALLY BROKE A SWEAT, AS DID THE REST OF THE BOYS, BUT YOU COULD TELL EVERY BIT OF NICK'S HEART WAS IN THIS SHOW, NOTHING ELSE MATTERED, HE WAS THERE FOR THE FANS, AND FOR THE FUN, AND IT SHOWED!

THE ENTIRE SHOW WAS INCREDIBLE, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE BOYS LIVE AGAIN.
AND AFTER SEEING THIS CONCERT, I CAN DEFINITELY SAY WITH PRIDE, THAT OUR BACKSTREET BOYS ARE TRULY THE HARDEST WORKING ACT IN THE MUSIC BIZ  TODAY!!!