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Unbreakable Tour

Tour by Backstreet Boys
Promotional poster for tour
Associated album	Unbreakable
Start date	February 16, 2008 (2008-02-16)
End date	March 13, 2009 (2009-03-13)
Legs	6
No. of shows	99
Backstreet Boys concert chronology
Never Gone Tour (2005–2006) Unbreakable Tour (2008–2009) This Is Us Tour (2009–2011)

The Backstreet Boys' Unbreakable Tour was a 2008–2009 concert tour. This was their seventh concert tour in support of their sixth studio album Unbreakable (2007) and this was the first Backstreet Boys tour as a quartet without Kevin Richardson who left the group on June 23, 2006. He did, however, join his band again at the end of the tour in Los Angeles. Richardson later permanently returned to the group on April 29, 2012. The tour kicked off in Japan with two sold out concerts in the Tokyo Dome.

The show at London's O2 Arena on the May 14, 2008 was recorded. It was first shown in MSN "Music in Concert" at 2:00 PM ET/11:00AM PT on June 26, 2008. It was also later shown on VH1 in the UK on October 31, 2008 at 9pm. However, all solo songs were cut from the aired program, showing only the songs performed by them as a group.

Background

The group planned to make it a true world tour, hitting countries that they had not visited in years, along with visiting new countries, including their first stop ever on tour in Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Peru, along with South Africa dates. The Luxembourg date was suspended after a fire broke out at the venue the afternoon of the performance, no one was seriously injured, but there was damage to the group's wardrobe.

Opening acts

• Brian McFadden (February 20 - February 23, 2008)
• Stanfour (April 2 - April 8, 2008; May 4, 2008)
• E.M.D. (April 14, 2008)
• George Nozuka (May 7 - May 14, 2008)
• The Drive Home (May 17 - May 22, 2008)
• Girlicious (July 30, 2008 - September 6, 2008)
• Divine Brown (November 4–17, 2008)
• Kreesha Turner (November 4 - November 17, 2008)
• Donnie Klang (October 30 - November 2, 2008; November 22 - November 23, 2008)
• Belanova (February 25, 2009)
• Ádammo (February 25, 2009)

Setlist

1. "Larger than Life" (contains elements of "Eye of the Tiger" and "Stronger")
2. "Everyone"
3. "Any Other Way" 　　　
4. "You Can Let Go"
5. "Unmistakable"　　　　
6. "I Want It That Way"
7. "She's Like the Sun" (Howie Dorough solo)
8. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
9. "More than That"　　　
10. "Helpless When She Smiles" (only on selected dates)
11. "Spanish Eyes" (only on selected dates replacing "Helpless When She Smiles")
12. "Trouble Is"　　　　　
13. "Incomplete"
14. "Drive By Love" (AJ McLean solo)
15. "Panic"　　　　　　　
16. "I Got You" / "Blow Your Mind" (Nick Carter solo; later only "I Got You")
17. "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" (contains elements of "Raspberry Beret")
18. "As Long As You Love Me" (contains elements of "I'll Be Around")
19. "All I Have to Give"
20. "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
21. "Inconsolable"
22. "Welcome Home (You)" (Brian Littrell solo)
23. Band Introduction (contains elements of "Feel Good Inc." and "Beat It")
24. "The One"　　
25. "Treat Me Right"
26. "The Call"　　　
27. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"

Encore

28. "Shape of My Heart"
29. "Time"
(only on selected dates)

Tour dates

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Indiana State Fair

Minnesota State Fair

Ravinia Festival

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Box office score data

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External links

• Backstreet Boys Official Website
• Backstreet Boys Official Fan Club

• Backstreet Boys concert tours
• 2008 concert tours
• 2009 concert tours