BACKSTREET BOYS KICK OFF TEN DATE EUROPEAN STADIUM RESIDENCY – RECREATING THEIR ICONIC 1999 TOUR ENTRANCE
The Backstreet Boys, one of the most iconic and best-selling bands of all time, kicked off their very special ten-night European residency at Merkur Spiel Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. The “Into The Millennium- Homecoming: Live in Germany” performances are the band’s only European shows of 2026 and mark a special return to the country that gave them their first-ever platinum record with “I’ll Never Break Your Heart,” a country they called home 30 years ago.
With over 450,000 tickets sold, the show brings the group’s iconic, five-time GRAMMY-nominated Millennium album to life on stage, featuring beloved classics like “I Want It That Way” along with a powerful lineup of their greatest hits. Descending from the stadium roof, a nod to the group’s iconic entrance on the 1999 Into The Millennium tour, the band launched into ‘Larger Than Life’ to open the show (full set list below). It proved to be an unforgettable, stadium-sized celebration of the Backstreet Boys’ legacy.
Set List:
- LARGER THAN LIFE
- IT’S GOTTA BE YOU
- AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME
- MORE THAN THAT
- INCOMPLETE
- THAT’S THE WAY I LIKE IT
- DON’T WANT YOU BACK
- GET ANOTHER BOYFRIEND
- SHOW ME THE MEANING
- DON’T WANNA LOSE YOU NOW
- I’LL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART
- THE ONE
- BACK TO YOUR HEART
- SPANISH EYES
- NO ONE COMES CLOSE
- PERFECT FAN
- DROWNING
- HEY MR DJ
- ALL I HAVE TO GIVE
- QUIT PLAYING GAMES
- SHAPE OF MY HEART
- I WANT IT THAT WAY
- GET DOWN
- WE’VE GOT IT GOING ON
- THE CALL
- EVERYBODY
Long before they became a global phenomenon, Europe- especially Germany- was where the Backstreet Boys first found their footing. They recorded some of their biggest hits overseas and spent their first years performing across Europe, building a loyal audience show by show. German fans were among the very first to pack venues, call radio stations, and wait outside hotels, giving the group an early glimpse of what their career would become. That same loyalty that filled clubs in the mid-90s is now filling stadiums. The response to the Düsseldorf dates underscores just how deeply the Backstreet Boys’ roots in Germany still run and why this return feels especially meaningful.
“When we talk about this being a homecoming, it’s because Germany is where everything clicked for us” Brian Littrell says, “It’s where our dream stopped being hypothetical and became something real. Coming back for these shows feels full circle.”
The Düsseldorf concert series follows the band’s unprecedented success with their ‘Into The Millennium’ Sphere show in Las Vegas, with 750,00 fans attending 47 sold out performances so far. The Sphere residency received rave reviews over the summer with Billboard declaring, “The group arguably put on their best performance yet at The Sphere” and that “the gentlemen’s vocals shined. They didn’t miss a note or a beat.” USA Today heralded that “this was more than a mere concert, it was a thrill ride,” and a “romp through pristinely sung ballads overflowing with yearning and gleaming pop anthems buffed to a melodic sheen.”
Into The Millennium – Homecoming: Live in Germany 2026:
September 25th
September 26th
September 27th
September 29th
September 30th
October 2nd
October 3rd
October 4th
October 6th
October 7th
Limited tickets available at: www.livenation.de/backstreet-boys-tickets