OVER 90 per cent of the crowd was female, and it appeared 100 per cent of them were ecstatic they were finally going to see The Backstreet Boys perform.

Their trip to Perth had been 17 years in the making for those who were obsessed with the American boy band growing up, but no-one could have predicted just how much nostalgia one evening could bring.

Ricki-Lee Coulter was a fitting opening act. However, she looked a bit amateur with just one guitarist and two back-up singers. Her voice was a bit shrill as she spoke but her singing was decent as she belted out her song Can’t Touch It. It was her cover of Rihanna’s Umbrella that had some cringing. It served as a reminder that Coulter began her career on karaoke-type reality show Australian Idol. She performed Jackson Five’s I Want You Back well but the saving grace for her act was her guitarist and vocalist Glen who beautifully sang Mary J Blige and Bono’s duet One Love with Coulter. It was with a sigh of relief that she exited the stage to make way for The Backstreet Boys.
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