According to Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, the proof is in the pudding. Or lack thereof.

Carter told The Spectator that he’s shed 45 pounds in the past three years, and the loss of the fat has put new energy into his performance.

“I’m at 170 pounds now,” Carter said. “On the Never Gone tour (2005) I was 215 pounds, so physically, onstage, the energy is beyond belief. It’s from staying on top.

“When you look good, you’re going to feel good; and if you feel good you’re going to perform better. You sing better, your diaphragm is going to be stronger. You’re going to have more wind. I just feel great, and that’s kind of like how all of us feel in this group now. And it shows. Because people can feel that energy, and the energy that we give to them is what it’s all about.”
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Backstreet’s back — older, wiser & finally living in harmony

Their days of sold-out stadium tours and multi-platinum record sales may be behind them.

But former teen-pop sensations the Backstreet Boys had no trouble drawing a crowd to one of their most recent performances — singing the national anthem at the World Series opener in Tampa.

And despite what a few crabby Internet critics had to say, the Boys delivered a totally decent rendition, eschewing the typical over-the-top high notes for subdued streetcorner crooning.
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Although he’s been sober for six years, A.J. McLean still likes to get high.

Known as the baddest Backstreet boy, McLean struggled with his addictions to drugs and alcohol throughout his longtime career with the Grammy-nominated pop group, but decided to clean up his act to be able to fill his insatiable need to perform.

“My life was kind of going downhill real fast. I was losing everything,” he said.

But getting clean and getting back to work was the best medicine he could have taken.
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Last week the Backstreet Boys made a very public appearance in enemy territory, opening the first game of the World Series with “The Star-Spangled Banner” in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Thursday night, 24 hours after the Philadelphia Phillies dispatched the Tampa Bay Rays to win the championship, the group visited the suburbs of Phillies country, playing a show in the Reading Eagle Theater at the Sovereign Center.

To the group’s credit, the members did congratulate the team.
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WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY- Star-power made quite the difference in life of a local hit & run victim. A driver hit Jacki Nieratko 8-weeks ago on Davis Street in Scranton. She suffered brain trauma, a shattered pelvis and was left in a coma. But Saturday she had reason to smile.

It’s Saturday afternoon at the John Heinz Institute in Wilkes-Barre and the mood is anything but normal. There’s a buzz in the air…

It’s all because the backstreet boys are in the building to surprise hit and run victim Jacki Nieratko. Jacki’s fiancee Tim Black said, “It’s a dream come true for her. She’s a fan of the Backstreet Boys since I’ve met her. This will help her morale and push her in the right direction so she can fight harder.”
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