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NSYNC in Concert
1998–2000 concert tour by NSYNC From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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NSYNC in Concert (also known as the Second II None Tour,[1] Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now Tour,[2] Boys of Summer Tour[3] and The Winter Shows) is the second concert tour by American boy band, NSYNC. Primarily visiting North America, the tour supported the band's debut studio album, 'N Sync. The trek lasted eighteen months, playing over two hundred concerts in over one hundred cities. In 1998, the tour was nominated for "Best New Artist Tour" by Pollstar Concert Industry Awards.[4] It also became one of the biggest tours in 1999, earning over $50 million.[5] Supporting the band on the tour were newcomers Britney Spears, B*Witched and Mandy Moore along with music veterans Jordan Knight, Shanice and The Sugarhill Gang.
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After completing a promotional tour for their debut album, the band announced their first tour in North America. Previously, the band toured Germany for their "For the Girl Tour" in 1997. The summer outing saw the band playing in nightclubs, state fairs and radio music festivals. After the airing of their Disney Channel concert special, “NSYNC: Live in Concert”, the band's popularity grew in the United States and additional dates were added to the tour. Now known as the "Second II None Tour", the band were now playing theatres and auditoriums. Before the tour began in November 1998, the band become the opening act for Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope Tour during concerts in October 1998.[6]
The "Second II None Tour" leg ended in February 1999, after performing at a radio music festival in San Jose, California. Around this time, band member Lance Bass expressed the band would expand their upcoming tour to the United Kingdom. However, this did not come to fruition. The next leg of the tour, known as "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now Tour" began in the spring of 1999. The band were now playing arenas in the United States. The tour was sponsored by Oxy Balance.[7] During an interview with the Hartford Courant, band member JC Chasez described the tour as:
"The concerts, yeah, are loud and crazy, and people scream and everything like that but it's fun. It's all in good fun. The core of the show is the same, the same old singing and dancing, NSYNC style: a high-energy, very personal performance".[8]
While performing a concert in New Haven, Connecticut, local radio station WKCI-FM declared March 13, 1999, as "NSYNC Day".[9] While touring in Florida, Bass became ill and missed the concerts in Tampa and Sunrise.[10] The tour was expanded once again to the summer, now called the "Boys of Summer Tour". The band were now playing amphitheatres and stadiums. The shows were sponsored by Clairol Herbal Essences.[11] For the August concert in Denver, the band allowed students of Columbine High School to attend the concert for free. During this time, the band was involved in a legal battle with their former manager Lou Pearlman and transitioning from RCA to Jive Records.[12] Towards the end of the leg, the band were forced to cancel concerts due to schedule conflicts relating to their lawsuit. The group made up the dates in their final tour expansion known as "The Winter Shows".[13] During an AOL chat in November with fans, Chasez stated the group was already planning for their next tour for their upcoming album in 2000.[14] He also expressed hoping to tour the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Australia and Japan. During The Winter Shows, the band performed their new singles, "Bye Bye Bye" and "Music of My Heart". The leg ended with a New Year's Eve concert in Honolulu.[15]
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Personnel
NSYNC
- JC Chasez – Lead Vocals
- Justin Timberlake – Lead Vocals
- Chris Kirkpatrick – Backing Vocals
- Lance Bass – Backing Vocals
- Joey Fatone – Backing Vocals
Band
Throughout their concerts, the five were accompanied by the following instrumentalists on this tour:
- Kevin Antunes – Music Director, Keyboards
- Troy Antunes – Bass
- Billy Ashbaugh – Drums, Percussion
- Ruben Ruiz – Guitar, Keyboards
- Byron Chambers – Keyboards
- Paul Howards – Saxophone, Percussion, Keyboards
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Opening acts
- N-Tyce (Leg 1, select dates)[16]
- Britney Spears (Leg 2)[17]
- Sweetbox (Leg 2, select dates)
- B*Witched (Leg 2 & 3, select dates)[18]
- Divine (Leg 3, select dates)[19]
- Tatyana Ali (Leg 3, select dates)[20]
- Blaque (Leg 3 & 4, select dates)[21]
- Jordan Knight (Leg 4)[22]
- 3rd Storee (Leg 4, select dates)[23]
- Billy Crawford (Leg 4, select dates)[24]
- Raven-Symoné (Leg 4, select dates)[25]
- Five (Leg 4, select dates)[3]
- INOJ (Leg 4, select dates)[23]
- Mandy Moore (Leg 4, select dates)[26]
- Michael Africk (Leg 4, select dates)[23]
- P.Y.T. (Leg 4, select dates)[27]
- Trey D. (Leg 4, select dates)[23]
- Shanice (Leg 4, select dates)[28]
- Sugarhill Gang (Leg 4, select dates)[29]
- Ron Irizarry (Leg 4 & 5, select dates)[30]
- A–Teens (Leg 5, select dates)[31]
- McMaster & James (Leg 5, select dates)[30]
- Wild Orchid (Leg 5, select dates)[32]
- Innosense (Hawaii—December 1999)
Setlist
June 1998—September 1998
- "Dance Sequence" (contains elements of "The Imperial March" and "Finally")
- "Crazy for You"
- "I Just Wanna Be with You"
- "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You"
- "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save"
- "Jive Talkin'" / "Too Much Heaven" / "How Deep Is Your Love" / "Stayin' Alive" / "You Should Be Dancing"
- "Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)"
- "Giddy Up"
- "I Want You Back"
- "You Got It"
- "Sailing"
- "Here We Go"
- "Tearin' Up My Heart"
November 1998—February 1999
- "Dance Sequence" (contains elements of "The Imperial March" and "Finally")
- "Crazy for You"
- "I Just Wanna Be with You"
- "Together Again"
- "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You"
- "Video Sequence"
- "More Than a Feeling"
- "The Longest Time"
- "My Girl" / "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" / "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"
- "Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)"
- "Instrumental Sequence"
- "Giddy Up"
- "I Want You Back"
- "You Got It"
- "Sailing"
- "Riddle"
- "Here We Go"
- Encore
- "Tearin' Up My Heart"
- "Forever Young"
- Notes
- For concerts in December, the band performed "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" in lieu of "Together Again".
- "Together Again" was dropped from the setlist in January.
March 1999—September 1999
- "Dance Sequence" (contains elements of "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and "They Don't Care About Us")
- "Here We Go"
- "You Got It"
- "For the Girl Who Has Everything"
- "Video Sequence"
- "That Thing You Do"
- "Video Sequence"
- "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save"
- "Video Sequence"
- "Celebration"
- "Video Sequence" [You Drive Me Crazy Video]
- "Crazy for You"
- "Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)"
- "I Just Wanna Be with You"
- "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You"
- "I Want You Back"
- Encore
- "Sailing"
- "Tearin' Up My Heart"
- "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
November 1999—January 2000
- "Video Sequence" (contains elements of the "James Bond Theme" and the "Theme from Mission: Impossible")
- "Here We Go"
- "You Got It"
- "For the Girl Who Has Everything"
- "Video Sequence"
- "That Thing You Do"
- "Video Sequence"
- "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save"
- "Video Sequence"
- "Celebration"
- "Video Sequence"
- "Crazy for You"
- "Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)"
- "I Just Wanna Be with You"
- "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You"
- "Untitled II" (instrumental interlude)
- "Bye Bye Bye"
- "I Want You Back"
- "Sailing"
- Encore
- "Tearin' Up My Heart"
- "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
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- Music festivals and other miscellaneous performances
- A This concert was a part of "Wango Tango"[39]
- B This concert was a part of the "Burlington Steamboat Days"
- C These concerts were a part of "Sweetstock"
- D These concerts were a part of the "B96 SummerBash"[40]
- E This concert was a part of the "Waterfront Festival"
- F This concert was a part of "FunFest"
- G This concert was a part of the "Rock County 4-H Fair"
- H This concert was a part of the "Santa Clara County Fair"
- I This concert was a part of the "Clark County Fair"
- J This concert was a part of the "Sioux Empire Fair"
- K This concert was a part of the "Illinois State Fair"
- L This concert was a part of "Kissfest"[41]
- M This concert was a part of the "Western Idaho Fair"
- N This concert was a part of the "Kansas State Fair"[42]
- O This concert was a part of the "Kmart Convention"
- P This concert was a part of the "Broward County Fair"[43]
- Q This concert was a part of the "Jingle Ball"[44]
- R This concert was a part of the "Pro Bowl"[45]
- S This concert was a part of the "Skool Spirit Jam"[46]
- T This concert was a part of "Disney's Summer Jam"[47]
- U This concert was a part of the "KISS Concert"
- V This concert was a part of "Teenapalooza"
- W This concert was a part of the "Summer Music Mania"[48]
- Cancellations and rescheduled shows
July 19, 1998 | Quebec City, Canada | Salle Albert-Rousseau | Cancelled |
March 9, 1999 | Toronto, Canada | Maple Leaf Gardens | Rescheduled to March 14, 1999 |
May 9, 1999 | Louisville, Kentucky | Louisville Gardens | Moved to Freedom Hall |
January 13, 1999 | Denver, Colorado | Mammoth Events Center | Moved to McNichols Sports Arena |
July 8, 1999 | Bristow, Virginia | Nissan Pavilion | Rescheduled to July 28, 1999 |
July 28, 1999 | Columbus, Ohio | Polaris Amphitheater | Rescheduled to July 29, 1999 |
July 29, 1999 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Riverbend Music Center | Rescheduled to September 2, 1999 |
August 2, 1999 | Noblesville, Indiana | Deer Creek Music Center | Rescheduled to Aug 2, 1999 |
August 20, 1999 | Mountain View, California | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Rescheduled to August 21, 1999 |
August 21, 1999 | Concord, California | Concord Pavilion | Rescheduled to September 15, 1999 |
August 24, 1999 | Morrison, Colorado | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Rescheduled to August 23, 1999, and moved to the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado[49] |
August 26, 1999 | Memphis, Tennessee | Pyramid Arena | Rescheduled to September 1, 1999 |
September 5, 1999 | Montreal, Canada | Molson Centre | Cancelled |
September 14, 1999 | Sacramento, California | ARCO Arena | Rescheduled to November 30, 1999 |
September 15, 1999 | Concord, California | Concord Pavilion | Rescheduled to November 29, 1999, and moved to The Arena in Oakland in Oakland, California |
September 16, 1999 | Reno, Nevada | Lawlor Events Center | Rescheduled to November 28, 1999 |
September 17, 1999 | Las Vegas, Nevada | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Rescheduled to November 26, 1999 |
September 18, 1999 | Las Vegas, Nevada | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Rescheduled to November 27, 1999 |
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Broadcasts and recordings
The band's performance at Disney's "Summer Jam" was filmed on May 12, 1999, and aired on ABC in June.[47] Their performances at "Summer Music Mania" and "Teenapolooza" were aired on UPN on August 31, 1999.[48] The July 2 performance at the National Car Rental Center was filmed was for a PPV special entitled, "'NSYNC 'N Concert". The concert was presented by WAM! America's Kidz Network and was made available on September 11, 1999.[67]
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Overall, the tour received positive elucidation from music critics and concertgoers.[68][69][70] Gord Westmacott of the London Free Press wrote the boy band threw their female fans into a frenzy at the Centennial Hall in London, Ontario.[16] He continued: "All five returned to the stage for an a cappella medley of Bee Gees' songs, including 'Jive Talking' and 'How Deep Is Your Love', a move which seemed to win points with the parents and proved that yes, they really can sing. But it was the up-tempo material that drew the best response, as the members bounced around the stage in tightly choreographed dance routines, proving that they can dance too—or at least strut really well. And there was no question they knew exactly how to play the crowd, providing just enough pelvic thrusts amid the ernest and squeaky-clean production".[16]
Kieran Grant of the Toronto Sun enjoyed the performance at the Molson Amphitheatre. He said, "Imagine the fever pitch when their helmets were dropped to reveal heart-throbs JC, Justin, Joey, Chris, and Lance—NSYNC in the flesh. Of course, there was still a heavy layer of Gortex—gloves included—to come off as the track-suited NSYNC strutted about to tunes from their self-titled debut album. The group delighted their fans with their fluid and casual dance moves, hootin' and hollerin' and just-this-side-of-bad-boy posturing".[71] Mike Ross of Music Express called the performance at Skyreach Centre a "fusion of a rock 'n roll concert and a visit to Disneyland. He explained, "The crowd was on its feet—screaming, screaming, all that screaming ... There was actually something to scream about. Say what you want about boy-groups with millions of dollars in production at their disposal. They may be pinnacle of pop fluff, but they're not putting on boring concerts".[30]
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