Boy Band Break

It's officially summer so things are heating up in the Boy Band world! We have some updates for you!

Chatting about BSB Vegas Afterparties and Howie Eatz, 98 Degrees at the CNE, Jo Bro tour date changes and more!

Today Sofia and Cinzia review the latest Joe Jonas (from the Jonas Brothers) solo album "Music for People who Believe in Love"

Have you checked out the album yet? What's your fave song?

P.s. - sorry if Cinzia's sound is a bit off. Hope to have it fixed by next episode

Shout out to our listener Alison H for recommending that we check out Karah-Leigh Hancock's latest book "Boy Bands Ultimate Trivia Book".

On today's episode we use our handy wheel to figure out which Boy Band we should do the Trivia of. Cinzia and Sofia compete head to head to see how well we know (or don't know lol) Boy Bands. Play along with us to see how you do!

You might remember Karah from when she was on the podcast chatting about a previous book "Backstreet Boys 30th Anniversary" (Episode 229: https://youtu.be/WBsnFXiEGcc?si=x3upX7edFIgxezU0)

If you are looking to purchase this book, it is available on Amazon. (This is not sponsored, nor do we get anything from your purchases. Just wanted to help you find it!)

Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Boy-Bands-Ultimate-Trivia-Book/dp/0760390142/

US: https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Bands-Ultimate-Trivia-Book/dp/0760390142/

It's a very cool book, broken up by decades and has lots of colourful pics. It also has some Canadian Boy Bands! Let us know if you want us to play this again!

Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys has released his newest solo album on May 15, 2025 called "Love Life Tragedy"

Although currently there are no physical albums out, you can listen online: https://ffm.to/lovelifetragedy

On today's episode Sofia and Cinzia do a track by track review. Obviously we love it.

What are your favourite songs on the album?

At one point we reference Rose's article on The Darkside BSB for the two versions of Cold Night. Here's here album review: https://darksidebsb.com/2025/05/15/love-life-tragedy-a-musical-glimpse-into-nick-carters-soul/

On today's episodes we chat about some Boy Band Updates (like NKOTB Vegas VIPs) and then take some really old O-Town quizzes to see how we do. (Not great, not terrible lol)

On today's episode we recap the new documentary "The Carters: Hurts to Love You" on Paramount+

Directed by Soleil Moon Frye, she uses old home video footage and interviews with Angel and Nick Carter, Lori Knight, Ginger Carter, Scout Willis and more to tell the story of the Carter family and what was happening behind the scenes. Addictions and Mental Illness caused Angel and Nick to lose their three siblings, Leslie, Aaron and Bobbie Jean, and their father Bob over the course of 11 years.

A very well done documentary.

Have you watched it yet? What are your thoughts?

In today's episode we have some Boy Band updates.

Then we remembered when Cinzia and Sofia travelled to Kentucky 10 years ago, to see Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell from the Backstreet Boys as they got inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.

On today's episode we chatted about JONASCON 2025 with the Jonas Brothers.

Note: we did not go to the event and recorded this before the event talking about all the fun stuff they were planning on doing.

If you went to JONASCON and want to chat about your experience,  comment below or send us an email!

Today we chat about some BSB updates like the Boys being on a NASCAR, Brian's son Baylee being on American Idol, Nick's new single and more!

Five (5ive) has reunited with all 5 members!

J. Abz, Sean, Scott and Rich are back and going on tour in November! So far only UK dates but fingers crossed for International ones.

We also reviewed their Greatest Hits album.

Are you excited for the Five reunion?

What's your fave Five song?

Which Boy Band do you hope comes back next?

More Boy Band Updates! Big Time Rush, Joey McIntyre and BSB tour Updates. Plus 5ive has some news coming up!

Also Cinzia went to the Jonas Brothers Merch Pop Up and Surprise 20th Anniversary Concert on February 15, 2025 in Toronto at Massey Hall! They did a 20 song set plus filmed 2 songs to use in their upcoming Christmas Movie!

The Backstreet Boys are Back baby!

They have announced a new Las Vegas Residency at the very cool, state of the art concert venue, The Sphere. They will be there July 11 - August 3, 2025.

Plus they are releasing Millennium 2.0 on July 11th!

Are you thinking of going?

As predicted, once we did a Boy Band update episode a few weeks ago, the boy banders decided to make more announcements LOL

Today we talk about O-Town's new VIPs, the Backstreet Boys getting ready to make an announcement this Friday, the Jonas Brothers spotted in Toronto (sadly not by us) and more!

Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block just released a new solo album called "Freedom".

Sofia and Cinzia review it. (After a short sidetrack about groundhogs lol)

What's your fave song on the album?

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It's time for some Boy Band Updates!

Joey McIntyre from NKOTB has released a new album called "Freedom".

98 Degrees has a new single names "Got U" and an album release date for Full Circle on May 9th

Jonas Brothers released a new song with Marshmello called "Slow Motion" and crumbl cookies has a Jo Bro cookie

*NSYNC got together at Justin's show without Joey...who was busy debuting on Broadway with "& Juliet" and AJ from BSB went to see Joey's show

Some O-Town tour dates were announced

Plus more!

Lots of fun Boy Band stuff coming up this year!

While we patiently wait for new Boy Band music, we decided to go back and review the Backstreet Boys "Never Gone" album from 2005. (The review starts about 25 mins in lol)

Can't believe this year marks the 20th anniversary of the album! This was the last album Kevin did with the Boys before taking a 6 year break from the band.

What are your favourite songs from this album?

On today's episode we recap the Paramount+ documentary "Larger than Life: Reign of the Boy Bands"

On our way to Philly, Sofia and I decided to watch the new documentary on the bus.

A great look at many of the Boy Bands over the years!

As is tradition, on our last episode of the year, we recap our Boy Band experiences from the last year.

Not a ton of Boy Band events this year but we did see A Boy Band Symphony, Nick Carter, Cinzia saw AJ and Joey and we saw the Pop2000 tour!

What Boy Band events did you go to this year?

Who are you hoping to see next year?

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!

Today we talk about Boy Band Christmas stuff like Boy Band Christmas songs and merch!

Another day, another documentary on Lou Pearlman. ;)

Today we recap Netflix's "Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam"

This one had an interesting twist of an AI Lou saying things he wrote in his book.

You also meet some some other friends and co-workers that weren't in the other documentaries.

Another interesting dive into Lou's life.

And we're back!

Sorry for the unexpected break!

Lots going on, including Lydia having emergency gallbladder removal. (She's doing much better!)

On today's episode we chat about Sofia and Cinzia's trip to Philly to catch the Pop2000 tour, featuring Chris Kirkpatrick (*NSYNC), Ryan Cabrera,  BBMAK, Brad from LFO and of course, O-Town!

It was quite the adventure. And of course, no trip to Philly is complete without running up the Rocky stairs and getting a Philly Cheesesteak! Join us as we recap the trip!

Our Nick Carter week continued with 2 "Who I Am" concerts in Niagara Falls, ON, Canada on October 4 & 5!

Cinzia attended the 1st ever Listening Party (spoiler alert, it's fun and you should definitely do one if he has one in your city).

Sofia attended the Saturday VIP (also a fun time with friends!)

We both attended both concerts.

Have you made it out to any of the "Who I Am" tour dates this leg?

Nick Carter is back for the 2nd North America leg of the "Who I Am" Tour. Sofia and Cinzia went to (and chat about) the Toronto show on September 30th, 2024

As we (kinda) patiently wait for AJ (Alex) McLean from the Backstreet Boys to release his first solo album in North America, we decided we would go back in time to review his very first solo album ever, "Have It All", that was released in 2010 in Japan.

Did you know the album existed? Did you buy an import copy? What's your fave song?

We have some more Boy Band Updates!

Chatting about Nick Carter's "Who I Am" tour including the fact that O-Town will be opening for some shows in California and Texas!

New Kids on the Block Vegas Residency!

Buffalo on The Masked Singer is a Boy Bander! And more!

Non Boy Band related, Cinzia chats about her experience volunteering at the CCMA's in Edmonton and her interactions with Thomas Rhett!

We love sharing stories of concert reviews and events we have been to over the past 6 years of podcasting. However, there are a whole bunch of events prior to starting this podcast. Join us as we stroll down memory lane and remember some of them.

Who was the first Boy Bander that you met?

Or if you haven't met any yet, who would you love to meet?

Sofia and Cinzia went to the NKOTB Toronto shows!

Did you see any of the shows this summer?

"It's the most wonderful time of the year..."

Nope, not ChristmasBoy Band Break's 7th Annual Boy Band Fantasy Draft!

Will Sofia win her 5th Draft?

Will Cinzia or Lydia finally get a win?

Or will newcomer, LouBot AI beat us all?

It's up to you!

Voting will be open for ONE WEEK and will end on Monday September 16th at Midnight ET.

You can vote ONCE in EACH method of voting. (So you can vote up to 5 times). All you have to do is pick your favourite band from below.

Lydia's Chicago Mix: JC Chasez (*NSYNC), AJ McLean (Backstreet Boys), Erik-Michael Estrada (O-Town), Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) and Nick Lachey (98 Degrees)

Sofia's Block Street Town (BST): Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys), Trevor Penick (O-Town), Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys), Jacob Underwood (O-Town), Jordan Knight (New Kids on the Block)

LouBot's Wyld 4U: Joey Fatone (*NSYNC), Howie D (Backstreet Boys), Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block), Justin Timberlake (*NSYNC), Ashley Parker Angel (O-Town)

Cinzia's Sparkling DinoMyte: Chris Kirkpatrick (*NSYNC), Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees), Lance Bass (*NSYNC), Nick Jonas (Jonas Brothers), Dan Miller (O-Town)

How to vote:

1. Comment on the YouTube Video

2. Comment on our Facebook Post

3. Comment on our Instagram Post

4. Vote in our Twitter/X Poll

5. Vote on Spotify

On today's episode we chat about this People Magazine article: https://people.com/backstreet-boys-where-are-they-now-8676858

and add some additional updates

On today's episode we go back in time to 2011. It was a huge Boy Band year for us. NKOTBSB toured North America and we saw a bunch of the shows.

Nick Carter released another solo album (I've Taking Off) and we got to see Nick and Howie D a bunch of times and we went on a BSB cruise.

Did you see the NKOTBSB tour?

What 2 Boy Bands would you want to see touring together?

Today we're chatting about some Boy Band Updates about Jonas Brothers, *NSYNC and BSB!

Also we extended our contest deadline until August 17th so you have some more time to enter!
Check out our Linktree for the links: https://linktr.ee/boybandbreak

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Cinzia went to the Pop2000 show in Cleveland on July 14, 2024 to see BBMAK, Ryan Cabrera, Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC, LFO and of course O-Town!

Plus she went to the Chris M&G.

Don't forget you still have a week to enter to win prizes from out 300th episode!

We have FIVE prizes that we are giving away! Click on our links to enter. Contest is open until August 3rd, 2024 at 11:45pm!

Prize #1: Handmade *NSYNC Headbands!
https://kingsumo.com/g/10pdqq3/win-ns...​

Prize #2: Backstreet Boys Tights!
https://kingsumo.com/g/3lpd2pm/win-ba...​

Prize #3: One Direction "Midnight Memories" music booke
https://kingsumo.com/g/3z967jm/win-on...​

Prize #4: O-Town T-Shirt
https://kingsumo.com/g/mnywd03/win-an...​

Prize #5: Signed BBMAK Photo
https://kingsumo.com/g/mpwxyv1/win-a-...​

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Can you believe that we made it to our THREE HUNDREDTH episode?!?!

Neither can we!

Almost 6 years in the making!

On today's episode we spin a wheel to see if we can remember what we've talked about on previous episodes. Do you remember these episodes?

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

We have FIVE prizes that we are giving away! Click on our links to enter. Contest is open until August 3rd, 2024 at 11:45pm!

Prize #1: Handmade *NSYNC Headbands!

https://kingsumo.com/g/10pdqq3/win-nsync-headbands-from-boy-band-breaks-300th-episode-prize-1

Prize #2: Backstreet Boys Tights!

https://kingsumo.com/g/3lpd2pm/win-backstreet-boys-bsb-tights-from-boy-band-breaks-300th-episode-prize-2

Prize #3: One Direction "Midnight Memories" music booke

https://kingsumo.com/g/3z967jm/win-one-direction-midnight-memories-book-from-boy-band-breaks-300th-episode-prize-3

Prize #4: O-Town T-Shirt

https://kingsumo.com/g/mnywd03/win-an-o-town-t-shirt-from-boy-band-breaks-300th-episode-prize-4

Prize #5: Signed BBMAK Photo

https://kingsumo.com/g/mpwxyv1/win-a-signed-bbmak-photo-from-boy-band-breaks-300th-episode-prize-5

Looking for the episodes we talked about today? Here are the links:

Episode 138 - Name that Boy Bander: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/8OX4uK2IqLb

Episode 49 - Interview with Brian Jansen, male Boy Band Fan: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Gm1EhF8IqLb

Episode 3 - The Backstreet Boys!: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/HhnYsqaJqLb

Episode 181 - Howie D Dirty Dancing and Chris Kirkpatrick Celebrity Big Brother:

Episode 47 - NKOTB Mixtape Review: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/XXKWaA7IqLb

Episode 178 - Talking about Backstreet Boys Nick Carter's Hair: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/k4yWu8ZIqLb

Episode 260 - Jonas Brothers The Tour Toronto August 19, 2023 Review: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/FblrqbUIqLb

Episode 74 - 98 Degrees Fallsview Casino Concert Review: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/J92cMk5IqLb

Episode 204 - Pop 2000 Tour Review: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/oZajn9XIqLb

Episode 231 - Rereading Old Teen Magazines - M Magazine February 2001: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rYWLvrWIqLb

This week we watched the movie "The Idea Of You". In the movie, 40 year old Solene (Anne Hathaway) meets mid 20 year old Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), one of the members of popular Boy Band August Moon at Coachella. They end up flirting and then secretly dating and then Solene ends up on tour with Hayes over the summer.

We recap the movie and give our thoughts.

Apologies that the sound quality of Cinzia's mic is off. Hope to have it fixed for next week.

The Idea of You is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime. Have you seen it yet?

Today we're chatting about AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys on the Name Drop podcast with *NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick and MTV's Brian McFayden.

So sorry for thr sound quality on Cinzia's mic. We didn't notice it while recording.

You can also watch the AJ interview on Name Drop's page: https://youtu.be/kpGR1xvtS3Y?si=TDTM0SR1lMu0Q_fE

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Joey Fatone from *NSYNC and AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys are currently on tour together for "A Legendary Night"

Cinzia was able to go to the Canadian Shows in Niagara Falls and Windsor and chats/recaps the shows.

It's a super fun night! Have you had a chance to see it yet?

If you could pick any 2 other Boy Banders (not from the same band) to tour together, who would you want to see?

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O-Town's Lines & Circles is celebrating their 10th Anniversary this year!

We realized that we never did an album review for this, so here you go!

What are your favourite songs from this album?

On today's episode we chat about Japanese Boy Band Madkid and their appearance at Anime North (their first time in Canada!)

We also read a People Magazine Article called "10 Boy Bands of the 90's You Probably Haven't Thought About In A While", to see if they are bands that we haven't thought about. *spoiler alert* many of them are on the Pop2K Tour, so we have thought of them.

https://people.com/90s-boy-bands-who-were-popular-photos-8648377

Do you remember all of these bands? Comment and let us know!

New Kids On The Block have released their first album in 11 years called "Still Kids"!

Sofia and Cinzia do a track by track review.

What's your favourite song(s) on the album?

The Backstreet Boys "Millennium" album turns 25!

Lydia is back for this episode and joins Sofia and Cinzia as we chat about it!

We check out the newly launched BSB page:
https://memories.backstreetboys.com/

Read an article from The Dark Side BSB: https://darksidebsb.com/2018/12/18/the-millennium-mania

And Lydia and Sofia go head to head to see who can guess the Millennium song from the lyrics!

Play along with us to see if you know the songs!
What are your favourite songs from the album?

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Happy Mother's Day to all our our listeners and their moms!

On today's episode we thank the moms of Boy Banders for everything they have done to raise their sons! We chat about the moms from NKOTB, *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys.

Have you ever met a Boy Band mom?
Feel free to shout out any moms that we missed!

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This year marks 35 years of New Kids on the Block Day!

Do you celebrate? If so, what do you do?

Sofia and Cinzia looked around the 35th Anniversary website and then took some quizzes. Play along with us to see if you can get a better score!

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A couple of weeks ago (April 18-21, 2024) the Backstreet Boys and thousands of fans were in Cancun, Mexico for Backstreet's Back at the Beach!

One of the highlights was the 30 for 30 concert. The set list was chosen by the fans attending the event who got to vote for the songs.

Today we go through each song and chat about them. Do you like the list the fans picked? Which songs would you have wanted on the list?

In honour of the Backstreet Boys 31st Anniversary we look back at some of our favourite memories over the years.

Wishing everyone headed to the first ever Backstreet Boys "Backstreet's Back at the Beach" event in Cancun a very awesome vacation! Happy 25th Anniversary to the Backstreet Boys hit single "I Want It That Way"! Today we chat about one of the Boys biggest songs. How do you feel about IWITW? Still loving it? Over it? Classic Hit? Let us know!

Road Trip!

Sofia and Cinzia headed to Grand Rapids Michigan to watch the first ever "A Night of Symphonic Boy Bands"!

Chris Kirkpatrick from *NSYNC, Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees and Erik-Michael Estrada from O-Town teamed up with the Grand Rapids Symphony for a night of performing songs from their Bands, as well as songs from Backstreet Boys and Boyz II Men.

A really cool event!

Happy Easter to those that celebrate!

This week we bring back the Would You Rather Game: Easter Edition

We pit 2 Boy Banders against each other and decide who we would want to do a random Easter activity with.

Feel free to play along and put your answers in the comments!

Lydia's back!

We share a few Boy Band Updates and then review Justin Timberlake's new album "Everything I Thought I Was"

What did you think of the album?

*NSYNC had a mini reunion at Justin's show in LA. They performed some hits and then their new song "Paradise".

Sofia and Cinzia also went to the Westlife Concert on March 11, 2024 in Toronto. We recap the concert and setlist. What a great show!

Have you seen Westlife in concert?