The Backstreet Boys just opened their 2025 Into the Millennium residency at the Las Vegas Sphere, and it was so explosive, someone’s grandma levitated. The visuals? Insane. The vocals? Crispy. The nostalgia? THICKER than Nick Carter’s frosted tips in 1999.
The boys (who are now technically men, dads, and probably own air fryers) unleashed a full Millennium album performance — yup, from “I Want It That Way” to “Larger Than Life,” they sang every bop that made you fall in love, cry in your Lisa Frank notebook, and scream at your Nokia flip phone.
Imagine:
You’re inside the Sphere.
AJ’s goatee is glistening.
“Quit Playing Games” starts playing in surround sound so immersive, you accidentally propose to a stranger.
Let’s be real — this isn’t just a concert. It’s a glittery time machine with synchronized dance moves and LED walls that look like the inside of your 7th grade Trapper Keeper on steroids.
If you don’t have a ticket yet, WHAT are you doing?? Run (don’t walk) to Ticketmaster, Stubhub, Vivid Seats, or steal Kevin’s holographic fedora and sneak in.
Now brace your emotionally unstable 2000s heart because here’s the official opening night setlist that’s got millennials AND Gen Z fighting in the parking lot:
🕺 BACKSTREET BOYS 2025 SPHERE VEGAS SETLIST (aka the reason you’re suddenly crying in public):
1. Larger Than Life (literally shook the Sphere into another orbit)
2. It’s Gotta Be You (spoiler: it was us. We’re the problem.)
3. As Long As You Love Me (a.k.a. the national anthem of the brokenhearted)
4. More Than That (this song walks so your toxic relationship could run)
5. I Need You Tonight (Nick sang this and 7 people fainted)
6. Siberia (emotional whiplash in song form)
7. Don’t Want You Back (the sass level? Unholy.)
8. Get Another Boyfriend (shade thrown, wigs snatched)
9. Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely (bring tissues and trauma support)
10. Don’t Wanna Lose You Now (you WILL cry, it’s law)
11. Hey (we said hey BACK. Loudly.)
12. The One (this is what love sounds like)
13. Back to Your Heart (aka cardiologist-core)
14. Spanish Eyes (suddenly you’re fluent in feelings)
15. We’ve Got It Goin’ On (the crowd lost ALL chill here)
16. The Perfect Fan (for the moms! ❤️)
17. All I Have to Give (vocals = flawless, wigs = airborne)
18. Drowning (in tears, not water)
19. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) (they kept playing. Rude.)
20. Shape of My Heart (surgeons wept)
21. I Want It That Way (this is humanity’s finest achievement)
22. Get Down (You’re The One For Me) (chaos. Screaming. Glitter.)
23. We’ve Got Goin’ On (yes it’s listed twice, no we’re not okay)
24. The Call (AJ + sunglasses = global meltdown)
25. Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) (the floor BROKE. Literally. Physically. Spiritually.)
🎟️ You can still snag tickets if you’re fast (and maybe sell a kidney). Shows are going down all July and August — aka your official Summer of Screaming.
Backstreet’s back, baby — and the Sphere may never recover. #BackstreetBoys #VegasSphere #IWannaScreamThatWay
