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Backstreet Boys Announce Toronto Residency at Rogers Centre

'Into The Millennium – Homecoming: Live in Canada' will take place February 12, 13, 19 and 20, and will be the band’s only North American stadium shows of 2027.

Backstreet Boys Announce Toronto Residency at Rogers Centre
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Billy Eff
By Billy EffOct 02, 2026
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Billy Eff is the Content Director for Rolling Stone Canada. An award-winning journalist and columnist, he has previously contributed to outlets including VICE and Urbania. A passionate advocate for underground music and a musician himself, he has conducted several hundred interviews with artists and industry professionals across a wide range of styles and genres over the past 15 years. He is based in Montréal, Québec.

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The Backstreet Boys are bringing their Millennium era back to Canada, with a four-show residency Toronto, planned for Rogers Centre in February 2027.

The group announced Friday that Into The Millennium – Homecoming: Live in Canada will take place February 12, 13, 19 and 20, and will be the band’s only North American stadium shows of 2027.

“Canada was one of the first places to embrace us, and the love and support we’ve received from our fans there has meant so much from the very beginning,” Brian Littrell said in a statement. “Coming back feels incredibly special. It is a chance for all of us to celebrate the memories we’ve made together and create some new ones.”

The Backstreet Boys broke through globally at the end of the '90s, with Canadian audiences among their earliest major supporters. More than three decades later, the group is bringing a show built around the album that helped define its global peak.

The Toronto concerts will revisit Millennium, the 1999 blockbuster featuring “I Want It That Way,” “Larger Than Life” and “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”.

The shows follow the band’s ongoing Into the Millennium run at Sphere in Las Vegas and its 10-show Homecoming stadium residency in Düsseldorf, Germany. The current production has brought back elements of the original Into the Millennium Tour, including the band’s entrance on hoverboards.

Toronto will also get its own Backstreet Boys fan destination. The Backstreet Boys YYZ Terminal will be an Millennium-inspired pop-up featuring official merchandise, photo opportunities and fan events throughout the residency.

Rogers customers can access the first presale October 5 at 10 a.m. ET, while sales for the general public open October 9 at 10 a.m. ET through Ticketmaster.

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