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Backstreet Boys’ pre-show rituals have always included praying, but their prayers ahead of performances at Sphere Las Vegas are a bit different than in the past.

“We pray that we don’t fall, we pray we don’t break an ankle, we get the lyrics, pray we don’t pop [an] Achilles [tendon],” Nick Carter tells People.

To avoid that, the group also indulges in another pre-show ritual they haven’t done before.

“For a long stretch there, I would look at all of us in the dressing room, and maybe one of us might be stretching, but for the most part, we weren’t,” AJ McLean tells People. “Now I’m pretty sure we’re all stretching before a show, before vocal warmups. About 90% of the show is full-out dancing. So we gotta be as limber as we can be.”

There is one thing that hasn’t changed. “We’ve always had a circle up,” AJ adds. “No matter what, us five circle up, that’s something we do unified.”

Backstreet recently announced that they’ll be returning to Sphere in July for more performances of their Into The Millennium residency.

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Backstreet Boys’ pre-show rituals have always included praying, but their prayers ahead of performances at Sphere Las Vegas are a bit different than in the past.

“We pray that we don’t fall, we pray we don’t break an ankle, we get the lyrics, pray we don’t pop [an] Achilles [tendon],” Nick Carter tells People.

To avoid that, the group also indulges in another pre-show ritual they haven’t done before.

“For a long stretch there, I would look at all of us in the dressing room, and maybe one of us might be stretching, but for the most part, we weren’t,” AJ McLean tells People. “Now I’m pretty sure we’re all stretching before a show, before vocal warmups. About 90% of the show is full-out dancing. So we gotta be as limber as we can be.”

There is one thing that hasn’t changed. “We’ve always had a circle up,” AJ adds. “No matter what, us five circle up, that’s something we do unified.”

Backstreet recently announced that they’ll be returning to Sphere in July for more performances of their Into The Millennium residency.

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The full lineup for the 2026 Louder than Life festival has been unveiled.

Alongside the previously announced headliners My Chemical Romance and Iron Maiden, the top of the bill features Tool and Limp Bizkit. 

Other artists on the lineup include Pantera, Pierce the Veil, Gojira, The Prodigy, Sublime, Papa Roach, A Day to Remember, BABYMETAL, Megadeth, Danzig, Halestorm, Rise Against, Alice Cooper, Ice Nine Kills, Jimmy Eat World, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, The Used, Bilmuri, Coheed and Cambria, The Pretty Reckless, Taking Back Sunday, Sleeping with Sirens and In This Moment.

Passes are on sale now. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit LouderthanLifeFestival.com.

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The full lineup for the 2026 Louder than Life festival has been unveiled.

Alongside the previously announced headliners My Chemical Romance and Iron Maiden, the top of the bill features Tool and Limp Bizkit. 

Other artists on the lineup include Pantera, Pierce the Veil, Gojira, The Prodigy, Sublime, Papa Roach, A Day to Remember, BABYMETAL, Megadeth, Danzig, Halestorm, Rise Against, Alice Cooper, Ice Nine Kills, Jimmy Eat World, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, The Used, Bilmuri, Coheed and Cambria, The Pretty Reckless, Taking Back Sunday, Sleeping with Sirens and In This Moment.

Passes are on sale now. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit LouderthanLifeFestival.com.

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The full lineup for the 2026 Louder than Life festival has been unveiled.

Alongside the previously announced headliners My Chemical Romance and Iron Maiden, the top of the bill features Tool and Limp Bizkit. 

Other artists on the lineup include Pantera, Pierce the Veil, Gojira, The Prodigy, Sublime, Papa Roach, A Day to Remember, BABYMETAL, Megadeth, Danzig, Halestorm, Rise Against, Alice Cooper, Ice Nine Kills, Jimmy Eat World, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, The Used, Bilmuri, Coheed and Cambria, The Pretty Reckless, Taking Back Sunday, Sleeping with Sirens and In This Moment.

Passes are on sale now. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit LouderthanLifeFestival.com.

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The full lineup for the 2026 Louder than Life festival has been unveiled.

Alongside the previously announced headliners My Chemical Romance and Iron Maiden, the top of the bill features Tool and Limp Bizkit. 

Other artists on the lineup include Pantera, Pierce the Veil, Gojira, The Prodigy, Sublime, Papa Roach, A Day to Remember, BABYMETAL, Megadeth, Danzig, Halestorm, Rise Against, Alice Cooper, Ice Nine Kills, Jimmy Eat World, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, The Used, Bilmuri, Coheed and Cambria, The Pretty Reckless, Taking Back Sunday, Sleeping with Sirens and In This Moment.

Passes are on sale now. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit LouderthanLifeFestival.com.

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The full lineup for the 2026 Louder than Life festival has been unveiled.

Alongside the previously announced headliners My Chemical Romance and Iron Maiden, the top of the bill features Tool and Limp Bizkit. 

Other artists on the lineup include Pantera, Pierce the Veil, Gojira, The Prodigy, Sublime, Papa Roach, A Day to Remember, BABYMETAL, Megadeth, Danzig, Halestorm, Rise Against, Alice Cooper, Ice Nine Kills, Jimmy Eat World, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, The Used, Bilmuri, Coheed and Cambria, The Pretty Reckless, Taking Back Sunday, Sleeping with Sirens and In This Moment.

Passes are on sale now. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit LouderthanLifeFestival.com.

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After announcing the second installment of The BIG A** Stadium Tour with Post Malone, Jelly Roll will scale things down for some shows in between.

Jelly’s Little A** Shed Tour will start May 28 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and is scheduled to run through a July 22 show in Walla Walla, Washington. It’ll feature the “Save Me” singer performing in much smaller venues; Kashus Culpepper will open the shows.

A Citi presale starts Feb. 24, and an artist presale launches Feb. 25 at 10 a.m.; you can sign up for the latter now. The general onsale date is Feb. 27 at 11 a.m. local time via LiveNation.com. VIP packages, including a guided backstage tour, will also be available via vipnation.com.

Meanwhile, Jelly Roll is featured on the soundtrack of the new animated film GOAT, in which he voices a character named Grizz. The film hit #1 at the box office over the weekend.

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Tomahawk is hitting the road again once more.

The Mike Patton-led band has announced the A Huge Waste of Your Time and Money tour, marking their first live outing in 13 years. The trek, which will also feature Melvins on the bill, runs from July 18 in Nashville to Aug. 15 in Los Angeles.

Presales begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general pubic on Friday at 10 a.m. local time. 

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit the site of Tomahawk’s record label, Ipecac.com.

Patton formed Tomahawk alongside guitarist Duane Denison of The Jesus Lizard in 1999 following Faith No More’s breakup in 1998. The current Tomahawk lineup also includes former Helmet drummer John Stanier and Patton’s Mr. Bungle bandmate Trevor Dunn.

Faith No More, meanwhile, hasn’t performed live since 2016. They were set to return to the road in 2021, but those dates were canceled due to Patton’s mental health.

Patton has since returned to the road with Mr. Bungle and is set to launch a tour in April with his AVTT/PTTN project as well as folk band The Avett Brothers.

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