The Backstreet Boys on stage in West Palm Beach, Florida in the summer of 2022 Photo: picture alliance / Capital Pictures
From BZ/dpa
The Backstreet Boys feel reminded of the Cold War with regard to the war in Ukraine.
“I was born in 1971 and the 80s was the height of the Cold War,” band member Kevin Richardson told dpa. “I remember how my youth pastor spoke in church about the possibility of a nuclear war, as I saw it at school, saw it on the news and heard it on the radio.” Then the topic went quiet for a long time.
“Now I’m a father and a husband and the fact that it’s coming back to the surface is sad,” said the 51-year-old. He hopes that politicians around the world are smart enough to know that there is no winner in a nuclear war. “We only have one planet,” added bandmate Brian Littrell (47). You have to try to protect that and get along with each other.
The American boy band became world famous in the 1990s. She is currently touring Europe. The musicians released their first Christmas album last Friday.