The Backstreet Boys may be mostly known for their Top 40 hits, but the boy band also gets down with hip-hop.

Nick Carter, one quarter of the group, is professing his admiration for Q-Tip. “I love Q-Tip. He’s my favorite rapper, so I’d love to do a song with him one day,” Carter tells Rap-Up.com. “I know he did that song back in the day with Janet, ‘Got ’Til It’s Gone,’ and I loved his last album [The Renaissance]. I’m a big Q-Tip fan.”
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A.J. McLean of Backstreet Boys delves into their brand new album, This Is Us, what surprises are in store for the next tour and so much more in this exclusive interview with ARTISTdirect.com

“We’re busy, busy boys,” says A.J. McLean.

That’s an understatement. In fact, the Backstreet Boys are busier now than ever. You don’t get to be one of the biggest pop acts of all-time by resting on your laurels. They’re prepping the release of their next album, This Is Us due out October 6, 2009, and they’re rehearsing for a whole slew of tour dates. Everything also looks like it’s going to be as monolithic as ever with BSB enlisting a who’s who of producers for the album and plotting a stage show that’s bound to blow away even the most rabid of BSB-initiated.
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They are one of the biggest selling boy bands in the world, thanks to their clean-cut image and catchy pop songs, and in a few months time they will be here in Belfast.

It was around this time last year that the Florida four-piece, who have sold more than 76 million albums worldwide, dazzled audiences with their spectacular show.

Now Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and AJ McLean will return to the Odyssey Arena in November as part of a European tour to promote their seventh studio album, This is Us, which is out in October.
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The Backstreet Boys will be the only special musical guests. They will perform about eight songs live that will be intertwined in the show and songs will be played during some skaters’ performances. Songs will be some of their greatest hits as well as songs from their upcoming CD release. Skaters scheduled to appear: Kristi Yamaguchi, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Michael Weiss, Kurt Browning, Steven Cousins, Yuka Sato, Elena Leonova & Andrei Khvalko, Sinead & John Kerr, Jozef Sabovcik. All acts, performers, skaters and ticket prices subject to change without notice.
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