February 2000
*At the end of the Disney "Tarzan" video they show the making of "Trashin' the Camp" by *N SYNC!!
*At this web site, they are trying to organize
an *N SYNC FAN MEET in Orlando, FL this summer. You have to be 14 and over
http://www.nsdu.net/nsyncfanmeet/home.html
*The following site has movies from the Teen People
photo shoot :
http://www.nsdu.net/nsanity/mov_tp.html
*Amazon.com has a promo pre-order offer that allows you to buy No Strings Attached first! According to sources the album sales from pre-order have already surpassed a million and a half copies on Amazon alone! The total cost is $16.27 and they ship it as soon as it arrives.
*The guys are nominated for a Blcokbuster award in the category of Fav Group (Pop) up against 98* and BSB. The 6th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards will air in June of 2000 from the Shrine Auditorium in LA
*CDNow has the Bye Bye Bye single for sale. It's $11.99 It doesn't come out until the 29th, but you can preorder it. It only contains one track
*In Canada the single comes out on on Feb. 22.
It is $9.98 Canadian and here is the track listing:
1. Bye Bye Bye
2. Bye Bye Bye instrumental
3. Could it be you
*Music of My Heart was nominated for an Academy Award Diane Warren gets the award, technically, if they win but this means the guy's will be performing there
*N SYNC will be on the Disney Channel's new series "Two Hour Tour"
*On the The Disney Channel you can see clips from Justin's TV movie in the video by Nobody's Angel called "I Can't Help Myself"
*N SYNC are featured on Teen People's AOL
site:
http://www.pathfinder.com/teenpeople/stars/spotlight/0%2C4633%2C38339%2C00.html
*Justin is making a cameo in Sisqo's new video for "The Thong Song". No word yet on the release date
*According to Much Music viewers, *NSYNC makes a cameo in Limp Bizkit's new video "Break Stuff" but it is too violent for MTV and they won't play it.
*Justin will be on the cover of the future Teen People 21 Under 21 issue this summer
*Chris was on Much Music recently ,because he was in Toronto for the NHL All-Star Game. At one point he talked about the album, and he said, "Bye Bye Bye is the WEAKEST of our best songs on that album...not to say Bye Bye Bye is a bad song, but, ya know, it's a packed album. We've been working for a year and half on this and we did it all independently, ya know we produced, we went and found the producers, we wrote half the songs, and it's gonna be a lot of fun to see what this one does." He also mentioned how he was the one that came up with the idea for JC to dust off the cd (though it was originally going to be a cassette), and then he said that Justin couldn't be outdone, so he needed a little stop. Chris also did an interview with a Winnipeg radio station
*There will be a 3 track Bye Bye Bye single released IN CANADA on February 22nd
*Did you know that Chris, Joey, Lance, J.C., and Justin have a soft, cuddly pet? Well, it's not really their pet...but, it could be yours!! Go to www.cybervenue.com now to find out how!
*N SYNC will be doing the red carpet Grammy interviews for Rosie's Grammy show airing Feb. 24
*To hear the recent *N SYNC AOL Chat on Real Audio go to: http://dynamic.asylum.com/odv/clip.cfm?RequestTimeout=1000&rmid=1675&media=rv&speed=28&directory=liveevent
January 2000
*They have a new official peeps site located at: http://www.byebyebye.com
*On January 1st, 2000, *NSYNC stopped by a tattoo parlour in Honolulu, Hawaii and got another kanji tattoo on their ankles (except for JC who is still afraid of needles!)
*Chris has agreed to become a Spokesperson for Childwatch, an organization that specializes in finding missing children. Starting in February or March you will see a lifesize cardboard cutout of Chris with one of the children recovered by Childwatch in every Texaco gas station across the country. For more info on Childwatch go to http://www.childwatch.org
*NSYNC's new single "Bye Bye Bye" is the No.1 most added at over 200 CHR Stations. This breaks the previous record of 145 adds held by the Backstreet Boys single "I Want It That Way." These adds are tracked by Radio & Records.
*NSYNC will hold a worldwide chat with AOL on Thursday, January 20th at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. The chat will hit countries including the United States, United Kindom, Canada, Japan, Germany, Brazil and Australia. This will be the first time that fans will be able to talk to them about their new single and album.
*Lance and Joey called in Wednesday night 1/19) to Los Angeles's radio station 102.7 KIIS FM and told the DJ JoJo that they WILL be co-hosting the Grammy's with Rosie O' Donnell.
*They also said that the puppets from the AMA's will march down Times Square on the day the album comes out. They are currently talking to the people of Disney's The Lion King broadway show on how they'll be converted into floats.
*This weekend (1/22-23) they will be shooting MTV's Snowed In AND Sesame Street.
*Teen People will feature *N Sync on the cover of the issue that hits newsstands on February 7. They will also appear for the first time on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, which hits newstands on March 10.
Other confirmed cover stories include Teen (on sale March 14) and TV Guide (on sale March 20).
*Though a source close to the band wouldn't confirm what the second single will be, they did confirm that *NSync is scheduled to shoot the video for it at the end of February. The single won't be released to radio until mid-May.
*N Sync has been asked to be musicial guests on the March18 episode of Saturday Night Live. This marks the band first appearance on the legendary show.
*N Sync will once again appear on this year's Kid's Choice Awards, airing on Nickelodeon on April 15.
*There are also tentative plans for another *N Sync home video/dvd release on June 20.
*N SYNC's lawsuit will be featured on Court TV's new legal magazine show on celebrities and the justice system. It airs Friday evenings from 7:00-8:00 PM EST
*Music Of My Heart was nominated for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals" Grammy and GMHS with Alabama was nominated for "Best country collaboration with vocals"
*NSYNC is taping an episode of Sesame Street next month, according to MTV.com
*From Feb. 18th til the 23rd, Grammys.com will be backstage at Staples Center to WEBCAST all of the smaller awards (i.e the one's *N SYNC are nominated for) plus provide live artist and celebrity chats, news and photos of all action taking place during rehearsals, interviews with GRAMMY nominees, interactive 360 degree photos, and on the day of the show, up-to-the-minute GRAMMY winner information for all 98 GRAMMY categories. The 42nd Grammy Awards are scheduled to air Feb. 23rd, 1999 at 8:00pmET on CBS live from Staples Center in LA.
*Lance will be guest-starring on 7th Heaven January 31st
*N SYNC FINALLY went Diamond (10 million copies sold!!!) Comgratulations guys!
*Z100 reported and Jive confirmed that the album release date has been pushed back to March 21
On to March/April 2000