![]() “I hate this song because I wish we had sung it,” Fatone offered. “Second, I hadn’t gone through puberty yet. “Joey, first of all, I was 15-years-old when I recorded that song,” Carter responded. ![]() “You sing this song and I hear it every time – why do you sound like you’re constipated?” he quizzed Carter about his vocals in the 1998 track. However, Fatone interrupted before Carter could get the first verse out. Invited to stick around, Fonsi then belted out Journey’s “Open Arms” with Fatone, grabbed a drink at the on-stage bar then joined in on the Backstreet Boys’ “All I Have to Give”. The group also performed the “Cheers” theme song along with other nostalgic television hits and while energy began to wane in the theatre, Fatone fired things back up by bringing out an old high school acapella group peer – Fonsi, who performed his 2017 smash “Despacito” with Carter, McLean, Fatone and Morris. The first one was ‘Welcome Back, Kotter.’” Morris then launched into the opener of the seventies sitcom’s theme song. “Because there was no TiVo or rewind, you literally had to learn a song from the TV show every day or every week the song would come on. “I lived in the projects, so we would sit on the floor I would clear the roaches and TV shows would come on,” Morris recalled. Taking a trip further back down memory lane, Morris, 48, sat down on the couch with Fatone, 44, to discuss his musical parents and spending his childhood inspired by television theme songs. “Honest to God, I love Nelly to death, but should it have been me in the final four or Nelly?” McLean quizzed the audience, who roared back their support. Reflecting on pre-Covid days, the singers swapped stories about their shared experiences on “Dancing with the Stars” – Carter, 41, sharing that he competed to lose weight, Morris remaining perplexed that he lost to Nyle DiMarco and McLean, 43, declaring he and his dance partner, Cheryl Burke, “got f**ked.” ![]() Intoxicate him now #TheAfterParty #wanyamorris /WRUHy67HPtīy the time the group, accompanied by a live band, launched into Bell Biv DeVoe’s “Poison” amid a perfectly synchronized sea of waving arms, there were few signs of a pandemic beyond the mandatory masks being worn. And the surprises kicked in as soon as the lights went down, with Fatone and Carter (who previously performed “Toxic” on “The Masked Singer” ) making their entrance in unexpected ways before the four musicians launched into each of their bands’ hits – *NSYNC’s “Pop”, Boyz II Men’s “Motownphilly” and Backstreet Boys’ “Larger Than Life”, the latter getting the few who still remained in their seats up on their feet. While few may have expected the likes of Avicii on the set list, the track reflected the musical curveballs Fatone teased while announcing the mini-residency in June. ![]() The ode to former Las Vegas residency queen Spears kicked off a run of crowd-pumping covers, which saw Fatone shake it off to Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca” before launching into late EDM legend Avicii’s “Wake Me Up”, accompanied by Morris’ soulful harmonies. The musician and his Backstreet Boys bandmate AJ McLean, along with *NSYNC’s Joey Fatone and Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris, kicked off their four-night engagement “The After Party” to a packed, masked crowd at The Venetian Resort’s intimate Sands Showroom. “Free Britney!” Nick Carter declared before launching into a seductive cover of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” in Las Vegas on Thursday night. Nick Carter, Wanya Morris, Joey Fatone, Luis Fonsi, AJ McLean - Photo: Pat Gray Kabik Photo Group
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