Cd215

3 JUNE 2011 | 9:23 PM EDT

This is the biggest load of BS I’ve ever read, haha. For someone who claims to be a “music writer” you seem to just not get it at all. And, just putting it out there because it’s absolutely true, NKOTB are very obviously riding the coat tails of BSB, who have been making current music and selling out tours since 2005. Yes, New Kids were the first…or the last depending on how you look at it, but they gave up. Backstreet is timeless. They are the last boy band rightfully standing and have very expertly navigated current trends to stay relevant after that 90s phenomenon died out and their hiatus in 2001. As a BSB fan since 1997, who has all their pre and post hiatus albums and has seen every single 21st century tour on more than one stop, I despise the fact that this collaboration is happening. It’s a gimmick and a joke and an excuse for pathetic “girls nights out” where people who only liked the hits of these groups come out and ruin it for the true fans. I’m pissed that I have to go to Wells Fargo to see my boys! I haven’t been in that arena for a Backstreet show since it was the First Union Center and the tour was for Black & Blue. It’s absolutely ridiculous. So yes, I agree with you that this tour is just a money maker, but not all of us are going for reasons of nostalgia and to act like foolish 10-year-olds; not all of us have been “duped.” Some of us are going to support a group of talented individuals who we’ve grown up with and respect and have been supporting for over a a decade.