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Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Apr 04, 2003 Source: Lexington Herald-Leader Submitted By: Gina Backstreet Boys -- breaking up? They say not the case, even though the band announced that it's putting its next studio album on hold, despite initial plans to begin work on it this month. "As a group, we have decided not to record our next album at this time," they said in a statement. "We are not breaking up, but individually we are currently at different places in our lives, and our hearts and minds are focused in other areas. All of us are getting along great and are supporting each other in our individual endeavors." The band will record another Backstreet album "when the timing is right," the statement said. No telling when that might be: in November, the group filed a $75 million lawsuit against Jive parent Zomba, seeking to dissolve its contract. 'Individual endeavors' indeed Kevin Richardson, one of the two Lexington-born Backstreet Boys, just finished a run in the latest Broadway revival of Chicago, where he played Billy Flynn (or, what unfortunately will now become known as "the Richard Gere part"). How did he do? Well, according to the New York Post, he killed. Consider this rave: "The big surprise is another Broadway newcomer, Kevin Richardson, replacing the all-too-bland and colorless Billy Zane as the sleazy Chicago lawyer, Billy Flynn. "Richardson, a member of the pop group Backstreet Boys (five albums, 71 million sold worldwide), might seem a classic case of shamelessly opportunistic casting. Wrong! "Wonder of wonders, Richardson, as slick as his oiled-down hair, as shifty as a tiny earthquake, and singing with justifiable zest, is in like Flynn. He's the best of them all -- from Jerry Orbach in the original 1975 version to James Naughton in the encore revival." Not too shabby, Kev. Not too shabby. Comment on this item. Next Item: Get Involved ~ BSB Fans Quilts for Kids Prev Item: Boy bands back out