Source: Courtney McPhail rogue989@yahoo.com
I've heard many complaints over the Internet and in newspapers and I'm
tired of it. The complaints come
from Canadians saying that this years tour schedule has only three
Canadian venues. As a Canadian, I
couldn't let this pass and I had to get on my soap box.
The Backstreet Boys are scheduled to preform three cities in only two
provinces. (I will admit that the
cities were poorly chosen; Vancouver should have been picked, not Ottawa)
So you say it's not fair, after
all, we were the first North Americans to "discover" the Backstreet
Boys. Don't we deserve more of the
Boys attention than Americans?
Well, the answer is no. Of course not, that's completely ludicrous.
Come on fellow Canadians, we had the
Boys for over two years before the Americans did. The Backstreet Boys
have toured more in Canada than
they have in their native country. They have only done a few small
segement tours in the States while
they've visited all of the provinces multiple times. We also have three
Canadian CDs while the Americans
only have two.
Another point, the U.S.A. is their home country, of course they would
want to preform more there than
anywhere else. Not to mention the fact that it is the largest worldwide
market and the most important.
Also, if you had bothered to look at the tour schedule you would have
seen that many of the southern
states have been left off the schedule as well. How do you think those
fans feel? At least most Canadians
live within an hour of the US border and we can get across to the US
venues. What about those people
who live down in the south of Texas who live closed to Mexico than
a northern venue?
Maybe if you put yourself in someone else's shoes you would realize
that us Canadians don't have it that
bad. We get more songs, more merchandise and we've had a lot more time
with the Boys. Let them spend
time in their own country and quit complaining.
[and lets keep our fingers crossed and hope the spring 2000 tours pans out]