'We're taking people through time and space'

Pop idols Backstreet Boys are hitting Las Vegas with a show that's out of this world

-  JAMIE ROBERTS

Backstreet's back, it’s official! Yes, the Boys — Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough — have returned 30 years after they first took the pop world by storm in 1995 with the single, We've Got It Goin' On.

Before long, they won scores of devoted teenage fans around the world. Now, the five-piece are all set for a huge Las Vegas takeover this summer, and Brian — who was just 20 when the group skyrocketed to fame — says audiences are in for a real treat.

The band are also releasing a reissue of their bestselling 1999 album Millennium, called Millennium 2.0, and will be kicking off a history-making residency that Brian promises will be “like no other”.

Here, we catch up with the now 50-year-old to talk about the wild ride the band’s been on and why his son Baylee, 22, his only child with wife Leighanne, 55, is his biggest inspiration.

Hi, Brian! It's been 30 years since the Backstreet Boys first found fame. How has your time in the band been?