Backstreet Boys Announce ‘Millennium 2.0’ Anniversary Album, Add More Sphere Dates
Written by djfrosty on February 14, 2025
The Backstreet Boys‘ 25th-anniversary celebrations for signature album Millennium are about to be larger than life, with the band announcing a revamped version of the LP along with three more Sphere residency dates Friday (Feb. 14).
As revealed Valentine’s Day morning by bandmates Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough on Instagram, Millennium 2.0 will arrive on July 11, a whole quarter-century after the original album first topped the Billboard 200 for 10 weeks. The anniversary edition — for which the group members recreated their iconic album cover, futuristic all-white outfits and all — will feature remastered versions of all the songs on the original tracklist, plus a few uncovered demos and some live recordings from their 1999-2000 Into the Millennium World Tour.
The LP will also include the band’s new single, “Hey!,” which fans can hear as soon as they pre-save Millennium 2.0. “Thank you for still loving this album more than 25 years later and we can’t wait to make a ton of new Millennium Memories with you!” the band wrote. “It’s time for (us) to go to work y’all …”
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In celebration of the announcement, the “I Want It That Way” singers also added three extra shows to their upcoming residency at Las Vegas’ The Sphere, which kicks off the same day Millennium 2.0 drops. The new shows will take place Aug. 1, 2 and 3, and will follow a run of nine previously announced performances happening throughout July.
Information on how to secure tickets to the shows is available on the band’s website.
See the Backstreet Boys’ Millennium 2.0 announcement below.