The Backstreet Boys paused their live performance in London on Sunday to honor Nick Carter’s youthful brother Aaron, who died over the weekend.
The second started with an image of Aaron on the jumbotron, with a caption studying, “Aaron Carter 1987-2022.”
The band then appeared onstage to thunderous cheering from the gang because the digital camera honed in on Nick Carter.
“Thanks a lot, London,” Kevin Richardson mentioned. “That was our newest and really final single off of the ‘DNA’ album. And that music could be very particular to us as a result of that music is about household. And everyone in right here, all of us grew up collectively.
“We’ve been by highs and lows, ups and downs. You guys have been by it with us. We’ve been by it with you and we thanks for taking us on that journey with you. We thanks for being part of the Backstreet household for 29 years. We thanks for all of the love for all of the years.”
At that second, AJ McLean went over to hug Nick Carter earlier than Brian Littrell joined in.
“Tonight, we’ve bought a little bit little bit of heavy hearts trigger we misplaced one in every of our members of the family yesterday and we simply needed to discover a second in our present to acknowledge him,” Richardson continued, prompting additional cheers from the gang.
Carter mourned his brother’s passing on Instagram.
“My coronary heart has been damaged as we speak,” he wrote. “Although my brother and I’ve had an advanced relationship, my love for him has by no means ever pale. I’ve at all times held on to the hope that he would by some means, sometime need to stroll a wholesome path and finally discover the assistance that he so desperately wanted.
“Generally we need to blame somebody or one thing for a loss, however the reality is that dependancy and psychological sickness is the actual villain right here. I’ll miss my brother greater than anybody will ever know. I like you Chizz. Now you’ll be able to lastly have the peace you could possibly by no means discover right here on earth….I like you child brother.”
