Backstreet Boys Announce Arena Tour of Australia — billboard.com

The Backstreet Boys are heading back to Australia. The U.S. boy band's In A World Like This Tour will play arenas in four Australian cities, beginning May 8 at Melbourne's 15,000 capacity Rod Laver Arena and wrapping at May 15 at Perth Arena (also 15,000 capacity). It'll be their first trek of the country for almost a decade. Backstreet Boys Readying 'In A World Like This' Documentary Promoter Live Nation Australia announced the tour on Thursday and confirmed original member Kevin Richardson would join his bandmates -- Brian Littrell, A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough and Nick Carter -- for the dates. Richardson, who returned to BSB in 2012 after a six-year break, performed on the 2013 album release, In A World Like This. The band's eight studio set opened at No. 5 in the U.S., and was released to coincide with the Boys' 20th anniversary. Richardson and co. have since played shows across Europe, Asia and North America.

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