TLC members (from left) Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins at the 1996 Grammys in Los Angeles.Photo:Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty
Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty
TLChas some exciting projects in the works!
Rozonda “Chilli” Thomasjumped in and revealed that the duo has some Broadway heavyweights have been tapped for the musical. “The cool thing, we do have a lot of people that worked onHamiltonworking with us for ours,” Thomas, 52, told the crowd at the Tampa Convention Center in Florida.
*NYSNC’sJoey Fatone, who participated in the panel alongside TLC andBackstreet Boys’Howie DoroughandAJ McLean, joked that he wanted in on the musical.
“I wanna audition!” Fatone, 46, said.
TLC mentioned the Broadway show atlast year’s ’90s Con, but hesitated to share too many details at the time, including the opening date.“We ain’t gonna do all that now,” Watkins said at the March 2022 event. “It’s in the works, but we’re writers so it’s coming together.”
TLC performs onstage.KMazur/WireImage
TLC is not the only throwback music group making moves. McLean, 45, teased during Sunday’s panel that “there’s something big coming” on the Backstreet Boys’ end, too.
“Like, it’s big,” he emphasized. “I can’t say anything more about it, but it’s big and it’s never been done ever before.”
McLean noted that the group will be back in the studio and pointed out that a lot of the band members also are busy pursuing solo projects.
“Brian [Littrell]is doing a Christian album,Nick [Carter]’s obviously going on tour. I’m finally going to release my solo album after saying it for years. I know Howie is working on stuff,” thefather of twosaid. “But we are actually going to be, tomorrow and Tuesday, going back into meetings to talk about next year.”
The Backstreet Boys' (from left) Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell and Nick Carter performing.Ethan Miller/Getty
In April 2024, the Backstreet Boys willhead to Mexicofortheir Backstreet’s Back at the Beach performances.
“Probably within the last 10 years, we’ve done five cruise ship-like excursions,” McLean told PEOPLE last month. “We’ve done one in Europe, and the rest were ported out of Miami. We’d go out, either go to the Bahamas or we would go to a destination; we’d get off and then get back on the boat. You’re on a cruise with 3,500 fans; you’re doing deck parties, theme parties, photo calls, two shows, game nights.
“We were like, ‘You know what? This time, we don’t want to be in the middle of the ocean somewhere. Why don’t we just keep our feet firmly on the sand and let’s do a destination?’ I mean, Cancún is absolutely beautiful.”
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’90s Con is taking place at the Tampa Convention Center through Sunday.
source: people.com
