Backstreet Boys Reveal Solo Project Plans

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Mar 17, 2000 Source: Launch.com Submitted By: Ivy C (3/15/00, 12 p.m. ET) - Members of the Backstreet Boys will embark on several solo projects after the group's current sold-out Into the Millennium North American tour wraps up. A.J. McLean is preparing to head out on a 10-city solo tour under the pseudonym Johnny No-Name. The singer has several solo dates lined up, starting with a March 27 performance at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27. Singer Mindi Abair and girl-group Nobody's Angel will open for McLean; Abair opened for McLean (as Johnny Suede) at a benefit concert for VH1 Save The Music at the Hard Rock in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 9. McLean has reportedly since changed his name from "Suede" to "No-Name" due to copyright problems. Meanwhile, Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough has just signed on to write the music for and guest star in a sitcom television pilot titled Love They Neighbor in Orlando, reports the Orlando Sentinel. The pilot -- which features Jeffersons star Sherman Hemsley -- is being produced and filmed at Century III at Universal Studios Florida from April 16 through April 27. In addition, sources tell LAUNCH that Jive Records solo-album projects by select members of the Backstreet Boys and members of 'N Sync will be announced within the next several months. The Backstreet Boys's album Millennium was recognized as the year's best-selling album (foreign or domestic) at Canada's Juno Awards last weekend. Preliminary tour dates for Johnny No-Name (subject to change): March 27 - Los Angeles, Wiltern Theatre March 28 - Las Vegas, Hard Rock Live April 1 - Milwaukee, Wis., Modjeska April 2 - Minneapolis, The Quest April 4 - Chicago, Rosemont Theater April 5 - Detroit, State Theater April 7 - Washington, D.C., 9:30 Club April 9 - New York City, Irving Plaza -- Jason Gelman, New York Comment on this item. Next Item: Backstreet's A.J. Goes Solo... Sort Of Prev Item: MediaX's amuZnet.com to Kick Off A.J. McLean Tour