Black & Blue Tour

The Black & Blue World Tour was the fifth worldwide concert tour by the Backstreet Boys in support of their fourth album Black & Blue (2000) and the world tour took place in 2001. The first leg of the tour kicked off January 22, 2001 in the U.S.^[1] The second leg began June 8 in the group's hometown of Orlando, Florida and was temporarily put on hold July 9, in order for group member AJ McLean to seek treatment for clinical depression which led to anxiety attacks and the excessive consumption of alcohol. The tour resumed August 24 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and wrapped up October 19 in Paradise, Nevada. BSB's world tour came to a close by the end of 2001. It grossed over $315 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing concert tour by an artist in general of the year.^[2] The tour was sponsored by Burger King,^[3] Kellogg's, and Polaroid.^[4]

Black & Blue World Tour

Tour by Backstreet Boys
Associated album	Black & Blue
Start date	January 22, 2001 (2001-01-22)
End date	November 25, 2001 (2001-11-25)
Legs	5
No. of shows	110
Backstreet Boys concert chronology

On September 11, 2001, band member Brian Littrell's wife Leighanne and a crew member for the band, Daniel Lee, were scheduled to fly from Boston, where the group played their fifth sold-out show the night before to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11. Leighanne canceled her flight the night before because she wanted to spend more time with her husband, but Lee was one of 92 people killed aboard Flight 11 after it was hijacked and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.^[5][6] Near the end of their concert in Toronto on September 12, Littrell spoke briefly about Lee and led the audience in a moment of silence for Lee and those who died in the attacks.^{[7] [8]}

Opening acts

• Myra
• Krystal Harris^[9][10][11]
• Shaggy (June 8, 2001 - July 7, 2001)^[12]
• Sisqó (August 24, 2001 - October 19, 2001)^[13]

Setlist

North America

The following songs were performed in the North America leg of the tour, but not in Mexico.^[14]

1. "Everyone"
2. "Larger than Life"
3. "Shining Star"
4. "What Makes You Different (Makes You Beautiful)"
5. "Yes I Will"
6. "More than That"
7. "I Want It That Way"
8. "Not for Me"
9. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
10. "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
11. "I Promise You (with Everything I Am)"
12. "How Did I Fall in Love with You"
13. "Time"
14. "The Answer to Our Life"
15. "All I Have to Give"
16. "If You Stay"
17. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
18. "Get Another Boyfriend"
19. "The Call"

Encore

1. "Shape of My Heart"

Latin America

The following songs were performed on March 23, 24, 25, 2001 at Foro Sol, Mexico City. It does not represent all concerts on the tour.^[15]

1. "Everyone"
2. "Larger than Life"
3. "Shining Star"
4. "What Makes You Different (Makes You Beautiful)"
5. "Yes I Will"
6. "More than That"
7. "I Want It That Way"
8. "Not for Me"
9. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
10. "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
11. "As Long as You Love Me"
12. "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
13. "I Promise You (with Everything I Am)"
14. "How Did I Fall in Love with You"
15. "Time"
16. "The Answer to Our Life"
17. "All I Have to Give"
18. "If You Stay"
19. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
20. "Get Another Boyfriend"
21. "The Call"

Encore

1. "Shape of My Heart"

Setlist after break

These songs changed after the break:

1. "Everyone"
2. "Larger than Life"
3. "Not for Me"
4. "What Makes You Different (Makes You Beautiful)"
5. "Yes I Will"
6. "More than That"
7. "I Want It That Way"
8. "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
9. "As Long as You Love Me"
10. "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
11. "Don't Want You Back"
12. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
13. "How Did I Fall in Love With You"
14. "Time"
15. "The Answer to Our Life"
16. "All I Have to Give"
17. "If You Stay"
18. "Shining Star"
19. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
20. "Get Another Boyfriend"
21. "The Call"

Encore:

1. "Shape of My Heart"
2. "Drowning" (Japan Only)

Tour dates

Date	City	Region	Venue	Opening Act
North America[16][17]
January 22, 2001	Sunrise, Florida	United States	National Car Rental Center
January 23, 2001
January 24, 2001
January 26, 2001	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
January 27, 2001	Atlanta		Georgia Dome
January 30, 2001	Philadelphia		First Union Center
January 31, 2001
February 2, 2001	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center
February 3, 2001	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Continental Airlines Arena
February 4, 2001	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 5, 2001
February 7, 2001	Toronto	Canada	SkyDome
February 8, 2001	Pittsburgh	United States	Mellon Arena
February 9, 2001
February 12, 2001	Rosemont, Illinois		Allstate Arena
February 13, 2001
February 15, 2001	Pontiac, Michigan		Pontiac Silverdome
February 17, 2001	Minneapolis		Target Center
February 18, 2001	Grand Forks, North Dakota		Alerus Center
February 20, 2001	Denver		Pepsi Center
February 23, 2001	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
February 25, 2001	Tacoma, Washington	United States	Tacoma Dome
February 26, 2001
February 27, 2001	Portland		Rose Garden
March 2, 2001	Oakland		The Arena in Oakland
March 4, 2001	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
March 5, 2001
March 8, 2001	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
March 9, 2001
March 12, 2001	Phoenix		America West Arena
March 13, 2001
March 14, 2001	Los Angeles		Staples Center
March 15, 2001
March 17, 2001	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
March 18, 2001
March 23, 2001	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol
March 24, 2001
March 25, 2001
Latin America[18][19][20]
April 28, 2001	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium
May 3, 2001	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Estádio do Maracanã
May 5, 2001	São Paulo		Estádio do Morumbi
May 9, 2001	Maracaibo	Venezuela	Estadio Luis Aparicio El Grande
May 12, 2001	Caracas		Poliedro de Caracas
May 13, 2001
May 16, 2001	Panama City	Panama	Estadio Nacional de Panamá
May 19, 2001	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
May 20, 2001
North America (Leg 2)[18][21][22][23]
June 8, 2001	Orlando	United States	TD Waterhouse Centre	Shaggy
June 9, 2001	Tampa		Ice Palace
June 11, 2001	Atlanta		Philips Arena
June 12, 2001	Greenville		BI-LO Center
June 13, 2001	Raleigh		Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena
June 15, 2001	Bristow, Viriginia		Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
June 17, 2001	Greensboro, North Carolina		Greensboro Coliseum
June 20, 2001	Noblesville, Indiana		Deer Creek Music Center
June 21, 2001	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena
June 22, 2001	Columbus, Ohio		Nationwide Arena
June 23, 2001	Nashville		Gaylord Entertainment Center
June 25, 2001	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania		Post-Gazette Pavilion
June 26, 2001
June 28, 2001	Hartford, Connecticut		ctnow.com Meadows Music Theatre
June 29, 2001
June 30, 2001	Albany, New York		Pepsi Arena
July 1, 2001
July 3, 2001	Camden, New Jersey		Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
July 5, 2001	Hershey, Pennsylvania		Hersheypark Stadium
July 6, 2001	Boston		FleetCenter
July 7, 2001
North America (Leg 3)
August 24, 2001	Milwaukee	United States	Bradley Center	Sisqo
August 25, 2001	Cincinnati		Firstar Center
August 26, 2001	Maryland Heights, Missouri		Riverport Amphitheatre
August 27, 2001	Kansas City, Missouri		Kemper Arena
August 29, 2001	Houston		Compaq Center
August 30, 2001	San Antonio		Alamodome
August 31, 2001	Dallas		American Airlines Center
September 4, 2001	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 6, 2001	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena
September 7, 2001
September 8, 2001	Boston		FleetCenter
September 9, 2001
September 10, 2001
September 12, 2001	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
September 13, 2001
September 14, 2001
September 15, 2001	Ottawa		Corel Centre
September 17, 2001	Montreal		Molson Centre
September 18, 2001	Buffalo	United States	HSBC Arena
September 19, 2001	Cleveland		Gund Arena
September 20, 2001	Auburn Hills, Michigan		The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 22, 2001	Tinley Park, Illinois		Tweeter Center
September 23, 2001	Minneapolis		Target Center
September 26, 2001	Calgary	Canada	Pengrowth Saddledome
September 27, 2001
September 28, 2001	Edmonton		Skyreach Centre
October 1, 2001	Vancouver		General Motors Place
October 2, 2001	Portland	United States	Rose Garden Arena
October 4, 2001	Nampa, Idaho		Idaho Center
October 5, 2001	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
October 7, 2001	Albuquerque, New Mexico		ABQ Journal Pavilion
October 10, 2001	Denver		Pepsi Center
October 12, 2001	Phoenix		Cricket Pavilion
October 13, 2001	San Bernardino, California		Blockbuster Pavilion
October 15, 2001	San Jose, California		Compaq Center at San Jose
October 17, 2001	Bakersfield, California		Bakersfield Centennial Garden
October 19, 2001	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
Asia
November 19, 2001	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome
November 20, 2001
November 21, 2001
November 23, 2001	Nagoya		Nagoya Dome
November 25, 2001	Osaka		Osaka Dome

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A Wango Tango^[24]

^B The Concert for New York City^[25]

^C United We Stand: What More Can I Give^[26]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

March 5, 2001	Anaheim, California	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	Cancelled[27]
March 14, 2001	San Diego, California	San Diego Sports Arena	Rescheduled to March 17, 2001[27]
May 5, 2001	São Paulo, Brazil	Sambódromo do Anhembi	Moved to Estádio do Morumbi[28]
May 6, 2001	São Paulo, Brazil	Sambódromo do Anhembi	Cancelled[28]
June 20, 2001	Lexington, Kentucky	Rupp Arena	Rescheduled to June 21, 2001[29]
June 21, 2001	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania	Post-Gazette Pavilion	Rescheduled to June 26, 2001[29]
June 26, 2001	Noblesville, Indiana	Deer Creek Music Center	Rescheduled to June 20, 2001[29]
July 9, 2001	Boston, Massachusetts	FleetCenter	Rescheduled to September 8, 2001[30]
July 10, 2001	Boston, Massachusetts	FleetCenter	Rescheduled to September 9, 2001[30]
July 11, 2001	Boston, Massachusetts	FleetCenter	Rescheduled to September 10, 2001[30]
July 13, 2001	Ottawa, Canada	Canadian Tire Centre	Rescheduled to September 15, 2001[30]
July 14, 2001	Buffalo, New York	KeyBank Center	Rescheduled to September 18, 2001[30]
July 16, 2001	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena	Rescheduled to September 6, 2001[30]
July 17, 2001	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena	Rescheduled to September 7, 2001[30]
July 18, 2001	Uniondale, New York	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Rescheduled to September 4, 2001[30]
July 20, 2001	Cleveland, Ohio	Gund Arena	Rescheduled to September 19, 2001[30]
July 21, 2001	Tinley Park, Illinois	Tweeter Center	Rescheduled to September 22, 2001[30]
July 22, 2001	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Target Center	Rescheduled to September 23, 2001[30]
July 24, 2001	Auburn Hills, Michigan	The Palace at Auburn Hills	Rescheduled to September 20, 2001[30]
July 26, 2001	Montreal, Canada	Molson Centre	Rescheduled to September 17, 2001[30]
July 27, 2001	Toronto, Canada	Air Canada Centre	Rescheduled to September 12, 2001[30]
July 28, 2001	Toronto, Canada	Air Canada Centre	Rescheduled to September 13, 2001[30]
July 29, 2001	Toronto, Canada	Air Canada Centre	Rescheduled to September 13, 2001[30]
August 2, 2001	Calgary, Canada	Scotiabank Saddledome	Rescheduled to September 26, 2001[31]
August 3, 2001	Calgary, Canada	Pengrowth Saddledome	Rescheduled to September 27, 2001[31]
August 4, 2001	Edmonton, Canada	Skyreach Centre	Rescheduled to September 28, 2001[31]
August 7, 2001	Vancouver, Canada	General Motors Place	Rescheduled to October 1, 2001[31]
August 9, 2001	Tacoma, Washington	Tacoma Dome	Cancelled[31]
August 10, 2001	Portland, Oregon	Rose Garden Arena	Rescheduled to October 2, 2001[31]
August 11, 2001	Seattle	KeyArena	Cancelled[31]
August 12, 2001	Bakersfield, California	Rabobank Arena	Rescheduled to October 17, 2001[31]
August 13, 2001	San Jose, California	Compaq Center at San Jose	Rescheduled to October 15, 2001[31]
August 16, 2001	Inglewood, California	Great Western Forum	Cancelled[31]
August 17, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Rescheduled to October 19, 2001[31]
August 18, 2001	San Bernardino, California	Blockbuster Pavilion	Rescheduled to October 17, 2001[31]
August 20, 2001	Salt Lake City, Utah	Delta Center	Rescheduled to October 5, 2001[31]
August 22, 2001	Denver, Colorado	Pepsi Center	Rescheduled to October 10, 2001[31]
September 1, 2001	North Little Rock, Arkansas	Alltel Arena	Cancelled[27]
October 20, 2001	Chula Vista, California	Coors Amphitheatre	Cancelled[32]

Personnel

• Lead Vocals: Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, AJ McLean
• Tour Director:
• Tour Manager: Paul "Skip" Rickert
• Assistant Tour Manager: Tim Krieg
• Co-Director: Denise McLean
• Co-Director: Nicole Peltz
• Press Liaison: Leila Eminson
• Tour Accountant: Vincent Corry
• Staff Photographer: Andre Csillig
• Musical Director:
• Costume Design: Jill Focke, Kerstin 'Kiki' Theileis, Janine Schreiber
• Choreographer: Fatima Robinson
• Assistant Choreographer: Richard "Swoop" Whitebear*
• Web Master: Leigh Dorough (née Boniello)*

Security

• Billy Evans: Head of Security/Nick's Security
• Nelson Monteiro: Brian's Security
• Raul Ibanez: Howie's Security
• Marcus Johnson: AJ's Security
• Carlos Cardenas: Kevin's Security

Band

• Keyboards: Darrell Smith, Dave Delhomme
• Guitars: Andy Abad, Tariqh Akoni
• Percussion: Ramon Yslas
• Bass: Sam Sims
• Drums: Teddy Campbell

Dancers

• Shannon Lopez
• Earl "Sleepy" Manning*
• Michelle Molchanov (now Landau)
• Reginald "Reggie" Jackson*
• Lisa Fraser
• Richmond "Rich" Talauega**
• Anthony "Tone" Talauega**
• Nikki Tuazon
• Earl "Punch" Wright
• Russell Wright

Info

• indicates which dancer appear in the last tour
  • Rich and Tone also choreograph the Boys' reminding tours: Never Gone, IAWLT and their Vegas residency
    • Leigh, who was dating Howie at the time, later became his wife in 2007 after six years of dating since meeting in December 6, 2000^[33][34]