Source: The Lexington Herald-Leader
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HERALD-LEADER STAFF REPORT
Who knew that a little ol' boy group could make touring giants Garth
Brooks and Madonna look like Molly
Hatchet on the Holiday Inn circuit?
Get out your record books for this one, Backstreet Boys fans.
According to the group's management, Backstreet Boys sold 765,000 tickets
on Saturday, and in the
process sold out all 53 dates of the group's Into the Millennium Tour,
which runs from Sept. 14 through
Dec. 12. (They hit Rupp Arena on Nov. 26.)
So that means the heartbroken in Lexington who missed out on tickets
Saturday were not alone in their
despair.
Yes, 765,000 people across North America will get to see the group (which
includes Kentucky cousins
Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson), but plenty walked away empty-handed.
Ticket brokers, who no doubt scooped up thousands of Backstreet Boys
tickets, are said to be asking
about $85 for upper-arena tickets for the Cincinnati show; $150 for
lower arena; and up to $500 for the
first four rows.