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July 30, 2002 - Nick Carter set the record straight on his status with the Backstreet Boys in a column he wrote to J-14's new issue. Nick says, "Right now, some people are worried that the Backstreet Boys are over, but it's not true. The other guys are supporting me on my solo project, which is good." Nick added, "I've been recording my solo album for a long time, which is why it's further along than the new BSB stuff, but don't worry -- I'm able to work on both!" Read more.

July 30, 2002 - Joe D'Angelo of MTV News has more details on the solo debut by Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter. Two tracks that are expected to make the cut on the 'Now or Never' album, due out October 22nd, are 'My Confession' and 'Help Me,' the latter being considered as Carter's first single. Carter plans to support 'Now or Never' on tour, and he's in the process of assembling a band for the outing. Meanwhile, the rest of the Backstreet Boys are in the pre-production stage for their new album, which now appears to be due out next year, rather than late this year as earlier had been speculated. Read more.

July 29, 2002 - BSBfanatic935 writes "Just added to EndFest 4, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter will make a special appearance as guest host. 107.9 The End presents EndFest 4, Sunday, August 18 at Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA. This year's lineup includes End artists Train, O-Town, Michelle Branch, BBMak and Avril Lavigne. Also included in the show are up and coming artists Soluna and Seven and The Sun. Read more."

July 28, 2002 - dum_BLONDE writes "KISS 106.1 is having their annual "Big Freakin' Deal" concert on August 19th at the new Seattle Seahawk Stadium and so far the line-up includes Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, O-Town, Michelle Branch, The Calling, Avril Lavigne, BBMak, Shaggy, and as announced recently, Mario and Daniel Bedingfield have been added to the list of performers, as well as the announcement that Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys will be guest hosting. More artists are to be announced soon. Read more."

July 27, 2002 - Ahead of his solo debut, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter's official website has finally been put up. On this website, they say that Nick's album is due out on October 22nd and that his first listen with AOL should be coming up soon. The link for the website is N-Carter.com.

July 27, 2002 - Anastacia was on the Howard Stern show this morning and denied reports that she had dated Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean in the past. Anastacia says she met him but hasn't dated him. Read more.

July 26, 2002 - You gotta wonder if Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter knew that his lawyer Scott Salomon of The Salomon Law Center would put out a press release/advertisement after getting his client off (aside from community service) on allegedly disobeying a police officer's request to leave a Tampa nightclub on January 2, 2002. "I am glad to have this behind me," Carter said. "Scott did everything that he said he would do and I was happy with the level of service that he provided to me." Salomon said, "This was a case of a major celebrity being used as an opportunity for a flashy arrest. Nick did not do anything wrong, but be a celebrity in the wrong place at the wrong time. The police have a tendency to make a big deal over a very minor altercation." Read more.

July 26, 2002 - Josh Tyrangiel of Teen People chatted with Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter on his upcoming solo project, his arrest incident in Tampa, and his trouble finding a girlfriend. On the latter subject, Carter says, "I don't know. I've got a problem, man. It's hard to trust people. You wonder what they want, what they're after. That's why I've been single for a year. I'm kinda scared [of] the whole situation with dating somebody." Check out the entire interview and picture scans here.

July 26, 2002 - Andre Sosnowski, Production Assistant on MTV's Total Request Live recounted Backstreet Boys star Howie Dorough's visit on April 25th. Sosnowski writes in the TRL diary, "Well, the weather in NYC was quite nasty today, which can be good or bad for our outside audience. The rain helped a singing Santa and the entire outside audience get into the MTV studios. Howie D. was nice enough to allow the outside audience to chill out in the green room and munch down on his food. What you guys at home didn't see on camera was the soaking-wet outside audience devouring all of Howie's food. I was told by another TRL staffer that they didn't stop eating until all of his backstage munchies were gone. This is a fair warning to all TRL guests - if you invite audience members into your green room, you might have to hire extra security to guard your eats."

July 24, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Nick Carter has riled his Backstreet Boys bandmates by recording his debut solo album at the same time they're trying to record the group's album. An insider said, "He wants to release his CD before the band has even finished theirs. The other guys are really pissed." Nick's manager Kenneth Crear admitted, "There could be tension, but I haven't witnessed it. This is a chance for Nick to step out. It can only help the Backstreet Boys." A rep at Jive Records said, "Nick's album is further along than the Backstreet Boys', but they're all working together now."

July 24, 2002 - The National Enquirer reports Backstreet Boys star A.J. McLean and fiance Sarah Martin are having pre-marital problems and have been forced to seek marriage counceling before they make things official next Valentine's Day. It's Sara -- not A.J. -- who's into all the Hollywood trappings. His fame has gone to HER head," said an insider. "Tensions boiled over when Sarah insisted on looking for another new house even though they just bought a place at the beach. In a little over two years they went from an apartment, to a leased mansion, to a great big beach house of their own. But they haven't even moved into the new place yet and Sarah's already begun looking for ANOTHER house. It's crazy." Read more.

July 24, 2002 - Popdirt.com's last poll that asks which boy band star has the best shot at solo success had nearly 8,500 people vote and by a nose Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter with 35.3% edged Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC with 34%. *NSYNC fans can point out though that with JC Chasez getting 14.6%, the *NSYNC combination got more vote than Nick and AJ McLean (5.73%). Drew Lachey was voted least likely to succeed getting only .32%. Check out the entire results here.

July 24, 2002 - A couple of short video clips featuring Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter and his younger brother Aaron Carter cheering on Nick's powerboat as his racing team won the Super Vee race in Savannah, Georgia. Check out part1 and part2.

July 23, 2002 - Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter talked with Seventeen magazine about his upcoming solo debut album, which he says is getting support from his bandmates to a certain degree. "Sometimes there can be a little bit of animosity in certain places," he says offering no details. "But at the end of the day, this is something I want to do very badly. I know they won't hold me back." As for the release dates for both albums being so close, "They both are up in the air. My album is coming along little further. Of all the groups out there, I think we have some of the most talented people. I think we could all be individually successful and have fun doing it by ourselves. When I hear rumors about us breaking up, I toss them out the window, because it's not true. I've been with a group since I was 12 and I just wanted to try something different. A lot of people sad, 'Don't do it. It's the wrong time.' I guess I was thinking, "When is the right time?" Read more. Check out scans from the article/photos here.

July 23, 2002 - GettyImages and WireImagecom have photos of Backstreet Boys singer Kevin Richardson and singer Krystal attending the premiere of Disney's 'The Country Bears' at the El Capitan Theatre on July 21, 2002 in Hollywood, California. The film opens nationwide in theaters on Friday July 26th.

July 23, 2002 - Sarah Martin checked in with fans on her Yahoo Group and talked about the "cheesy" surprise party she threw for her Backstreet Boys fiance AJ McLean at a bowling alley to celebrate his year of sobriety. The "surprise" was kinda ruined by a fan that rushed up to him talking about how Kevin was at the bowling alley he and Sarah were headed to. Listen to the clip by joining the group and clicking the 7/14 message here.

July 22, 2002 - A fan on the Livedaily.com message board posted her photos of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter along with his date for the evening, Seattle Storm star Sue Bird, at the ESPY Awards earlier this month. Check out the photos here.

July 21, 2002 - MTV News reports Nick Carter has finished his pretrial prevention program stemming from a January arrest outside a Tampa Bay nightclub. The Backstreet Boys star was charged with resisting or opposing a law enforcement officer without violence.

July 20, 2002 - rachelle_canada writes "Backstreet Boys star Kevin Richardson and solo artist Krystal Harris will attend the world premiere of Disney's new film 'The Country Bears' on July 21st at the El Capitan Theatre. More information is available here."

July 20, 2002 - rachelle_canada writes "BLI has pictures from last night's Summer Jam 2002 at the Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater up on their official website. Included are photos of Nick Carter, Kylie Minogue, O-Town, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Vanessa Carlton and Shakira. Check them out here."

July 20, 2002 - Still more pictures of Nick Carter have emerged from his appearance at WBLI Summer Jam at the Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater. Check out pictures of the Backstreet Boys star and fan reaction to Nick's trimmed down and tanned new look here.

July 20, 2002 - LFI and WireImage.com have additional footage from the 2002 WBLI Summer Jam at the Jones Beach Marine Theater. On the lineup were Ashanti, Amber, Dreamstreet, Fat Joe, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kylie Minogue, LMNT, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, O-Town, Shaggy, Shakira, and Vanessa Carlton. All are featured in the photos.

July 20, 2002 - A fan on the LiveDaily.com forum posted highlights of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter and his interview with WBLI that took place earlier this week. Nick said he's been doing a lot of writing on his debut solo album, which he calls a cross between BSB and 80's rock. Nick listed Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen amongst his musical influences and said the album will be live guitar and bass driven. Read more.

July 19, 2002 - Seattle Storm star Sue Bird was on KJR AM's Mitch in the Morning show to talk with the basketball star about her appearance at the ESPY's with Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter. Sue says the two had the same manager, and since they were about the same age, they thought it would be good publicity for them. She says he's a nice guy and had met him once before, but that the two aren't dating. She says there is probably no chance she'd date him and that he didn't try to put any moves on her. Mitch was very jealous about the whole thing so Backstreet Boys fans probably won't like how the band is portrayed in the conversation... but it is a sports talk radio show. Listen to the interview 3 hours and 8 minutes into his Friday, July 12th broadcast here.

July 18, 2002 - According to Ananova.com, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter is suggesting bandmate Brian Littrell is pressuring him to leave the group because of his solo album plans. Nick reportedly told Popcorn Magazine, "This is plain blackmail. It seems like Brian is simply jealous of my plans and tries to push me out of the band." Read more.

July 16, 2002 - Sue Bird of the WNBA's Seattle Storm and the Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter join ESPN's Stuart Scott on the Red Carpet of the ESPY Awards on July 10th. Check out the brief interview under audio/video on the left menu here.

July 16, 2002 - Billy Masters of Filth2go.com has his new column out today with thoughts on 'American Idol', Robbie Williams being conveniently photographed in a nude romp with Rachel Hunter, and Britney Spears reportedly pairing with Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter on his debut solo album, and how he'd rather see Nick and *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake paired instead. Read more.

July 15, 2002 - AaronNews.com reports clips off Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter's solo album, 'Now or Never' are likely to appear at the end of Aaron Carter's new CD, 'Another Earthquake', although nothing has been said whether there will be any duets between the brothers this time around. The release date for the CD has been pushed back from late August, to September 3rd.

July 15, 2002 - rachelle_canada writes "This was posted in a Yahoo! group. It's supposed to be the first single from the Backstreet Boys next album. Read more.

July 14, 2002 - Last Wednesday, the Platinum Europe Awards were held in Brussels. Every music artist who has sold more than a million albums in Europe received one of the awards. The list of winners included Madonna, Enrique Iglesias and the Backstreet Boys. Read more.

July 14, 2002 - Hawke Fracassa of The Detroit News profiled the life of Miss Bajek, a huge Backstreet Boys fan who died from sepsis and respiratory failure on Friday, June 28, 2002, at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. She was 18. "She was a very social, likable, kind and compassionate girl who loved the Backstreet Boys and loved being in the heart of things," said her mother, Janice Bajek. "She also was fragile. Her life had great significance to anyone who knew her." Fortunately, Miss was able to see her favorite band in 1999, when she was driven by ambulance from Children's Hospital to the The Palace of Auburn Hills event. Read more.

July 14, 2002 - Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times reports the lawsuit planned by Helene Bahn for injuries sustained by a mob of fans going after a shirt thrown out by Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean is set to begin next month. Bahn will seek in excess of $15,000 for a herniated disc that required surgery, amongst other injuries. Read more.

July 14, 2002 - Backstreet Boys fans are debating the reliability of an apparent article in the new Teen Romance magazine that says Backstreet Boys star Kevin Richardson and his wife Kristin Willits might be moving their separate ways. The report suggests the busy Backstreet Boys schedule keeps Kevin away from home a little too much for Kristin's liking. Read more.

July 12, 2002 - Groovevolt.com reports while the Backstreet Boys are recording their next album, they've issued an ultimatum to Nick Carter telling him to either shelve his solo debut or leave the group. "He's torn up about it," said an insider. "He really believes in this album, and wants their support." As for Nick's reported plan to do a duet with Britney Spears (which he denied in an AOL chat yesterday), the insider added, "While there may be animosity in the air, Nick and Britney are great friends and I think this would have happen with or without Justin." Read more, including news on the folks at Virgin Megastore in New York being no fans of *NSYNC, especially Justin Timberlake, here.

July 12, 2002 - The debut single by Amanda Latona on J Records has emerged. The track from the former girlfriend of Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean appears to be called 'Can't Take it Back'. Listen to it hi or lo.

July 11, 2002 -  The transcript of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter's chat on AOL was posted on LiveDaily. During the chat, he mentioned that his solo album will be called 'Now Or Never.' He also cleared up the rumors about his alleged duet with Britney Spears. You can view the transcript here.

July 11, 2002 - Doneandonly tells Backstreet Boys fans on LiveDaily.com that according to a friend that lives in LA, the group was spotted in Los Angeles at a bowling alley celebrating AJ's one year of being sober. Amongst those there were Brian Littrell and wife Leighanne, Kevin Richardson and wife Kristin, Howie and Leigh and AJ and fiance Sarah Martin. doneandonly writes, "They had just a few other people with them and Sarah got AJ a scooby doo cake! It was so awesome! Not too many people were in the bowling alley so things didnt get too crazy." Read more, including an interrogation of the poster, here.

July 9, 2002 - WENN reports rumors are circulating that Britney Spears will be doing a duet with Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter on his solo album. This is said to have Nick's boy band rival and Britney's ex Justin Timberlake upset. One industry source has said, "Justin sees Carter a rival. This will drive him crazy." Read more.

July 9, 2002 - Popdirt.com's latest poll asks, "Which boy band star has the best shot at solo success?" Vote for Nick or AJ here.

July 9, 2002 - Sharon Waxman of the Washington Post profiled The Firm and it's founder and chief executive officer Jeff Kwatinetz, who gave his account of the ended relationships with the Backsteet Boys, while senior executive Dave Baram gave his account on why the company fired Michael Jackson. On Backstreet, Kwatinetz explained, "When you have big clients, eventually some are going to leave, that's the short answer. Two of the guys in the Backstreet Boys had problems with the company. Three wanted to stay, two didn't." Read more.

July 8, 2002 - AaronNews.com reports Nick Carter's powerboat racing team won first place in the Super Vee race on Sunday at the Savannah Offshore Grand Prix in Savannah, Georgia. Nick Carter Racing has won 3 races out of 4 this season. Replays of these races can be seen (taped) on the SPEED-TV channel this summer on Saturdays at 10am. The tape of the Marathon, Florida race, where Nick's boat had mechanical troubles, will be on SPEED-TV on Saturday, July 13th.

July 8, 2002 - Slan Abhaile of the SavannahNow message boards is making an explosive charge against Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter. Slan said, "[On] July 3rd, I went to Kevin Barry's for a drink and hang out with friends. Guess who walks in? That's right, Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys. I, of course, did not know who he was. After demanding drinks from an already busy barstaff, he got really unruly. Spilling drinks on people and totally [being] an ass. Standing at the bar, it was all me me me. He obviously had been drinking someplace else. An off-duty police officer asked him to leave or he was going to have to escort him out. Thank God he left." Read more.

July 7, 2002 - AJ McLean said in the last days that the first single from the next Backstreet Boys album will be a song called 'Why You Keep On Callin' Me' and on BSB4ever.org you can hear a clip of AJ singing it.

July 6, 2002 - alwaysbsb writes "According to a Japanese radio station, the new Backstreet Boys CD will be released Spring 2003 in Japan. They also say Nick Carter's first single will be released at the end of July in Japan."

July 6, 2002 - On BSBmedia.com you can find a new video clip of Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean talking about the new upcoming Backstreet CD, his dogs, his one year sobreity, his fiancee and he sings about three lines of a possible track for the new album called: 'Why You Keep On Callin' Me?'. The link is AJ on Boston TV from Willowbend Golf Tournament located here.

July 5, 2002 - The Atlanta Journal Constitution spoke with Backstreet Boys star Brian Littrell after he worked out with Atlanta Braves Kevin Millwood, Rafael Furcal, Andruw Jones and Gary Sheffield for a segment on an upcoming edition of MTV's "Rock 'N Jocks." Brian said, "I got to live another dream out here today. Just the smell of the ball park is great." As for how he keeps up with his favorite Atlanta Braves team while on the road, Brian revealed, "I have to admit, I had to teach Leighanne how to watch [ESPN's] SportsCenter to keep up on the stats for me. She's actually gotten really good at it."

July 4, 2002 - alwaysbsb writes "The website "Backstreet News" has the complete Howie Dorough interview on their website for a limited time. The interview took place last week in Chicago. You can listen to the seven part radio interview here."

July 4, 2002 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Backstreet Boys star Brian Littrell Turner Field early Tuesday afternoon to get tips from Braves stars Kevin Millwood, Rafael Furcal, Andruw Jones and Gary Sheffield. The practice session will be part of MTV's upcoming "Rock 'N Jocks" program. Read more.

July 3, 2002 - Howie Dorough from the Backstreet Boys was at a radio station in Illinois promoting the Miss Illinois Teen Program. Pictures and information can be found here.

July 3, 2002 - A fan posted pictures of Backstreet Boys star Howie Dorough from his Lupus 2002 concert. Howie sang with his sister Polyanna and other artists. Pictures can be found here.

July 3, 2002 - As mentioned on MTV's Total Request Live today, Avril Lavigne turned down on doing a track with Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter on his new solo album, because she doesnt want to be pulled into the "teen pop scene." She said, "Nick Carter wanted me to sing on his album but, you know, it's not really my thing. I mean, he's a cool guy, I met him, he's nice. But I'm sorry I had to turn it down. I'm not putting myself in the (teen pop) type of box."

July 3, 2002 - On Monday, July 8, Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean will be celebrating 1 year of being alcohol free. To help celebrate, many Backstreet Boys' fans plan on calling/e-mailing TRL and reminding them of AJ's accomplishment, in hopes of getting an on-air announcement.

July 3, 2002 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Backstreet Boys star Brian Littrell Turner Field early Tuesday afternoon to get tips from Braves stars Kevin Millwood, Rafael Furcal, Andruw Jones and Gary Sheffield. The practice session will be part of MTV's upcoming "Rock 'N Jocks" program. Read more.

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