On Wednesday morning (May 15), the five members of BSB appeared on “Good Morning America” and premiered a new song, “Permanent Stain.” The upcoming album’s first single, “In a World Like This,” is set to be released on June 25, and is said to be a return to the bombastic hooks of their earlier work.

“We always want to top our previous albums,” Nick Carter says in a press statement. “All five of us were determined to create an album where every song could be a single.”

The album and tour announcement comes on the heels of the band’s 20th anniversary in April, in which they were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recorded in London and Los Angeles with producers like Max Martin, Martin Terefe and Justin Trugman, “In a World Like This” marks the recording return of Kevin Richardson, who departed the group following 2005′s “Never Gone” and returned to BSB in 2012.

Tickets for Backstreet Boys’ upcoming tour go on sale on Friday (May 17). Those who purchase tickets will be given “Permanent Stain” as a free download.

Backstreet Boys debuted albums atop the Billboard 200 twice, once for “Millennium” in 1999 and again for “Black & Blue” in 2000. Their last album, “This Is Us,” debuted at No. 9 on the chart. [Source]

Check out the Backstreet Boys’ upcoming tour dates below:

August 2: Chicago, IL (Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island)
August 3: St. Louis, MO (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
August 4: Toledo, OH (Toledo Zoo Amphitheater)
August 6: Montreal, QB (Bell Centre)
August 7: Toronto, ON (Molson Canadian Amphitheater)
August 8: Detroit, MI (DTE Energy Music Theatre)
August 9: Cincinnati, OH (PNC Pavilion)
August 10: Cleveland, OH (Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica)
August 12: Boston, MA (Bank of America Pavilion)
August 13: Wantagh, NY (Nikon at Jones Beach Theater)
August 15: Holmdel, NJ (PNC Bank Arts Center)
August 16: Camden, NJ (Susquehanna Bank Center)
August 17: Virginia Beach, VA (Farm Bureau Live)
August 20: Raleigh, NC (Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion)
August 21: Charlotte, NC (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
August 22: Atlanta, GA (Chastain Park Amphitheatre)
August 23: Tampa, FL (Live Nation Amphitheatre)
August 25: West Palm Beach, FL (Cruzan Amphitheatre)
August 28: San Antonio, TX (AT&T Center)
August 30: Dallas, TX (Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie)
August 31: Houston, TX (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
September 5: Phoenix, AZ (Comerica Theatre)
September 6: Irvine, CA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
September 7: Las Vegas, NV (Mandalay Bay Events Center)
September 8: San Francisco, CA (Sleep Train Amphitheatre)

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Is there really a better way to celebrate 20 years in the industry than with a summer tour? Well, that’s how Backstreet Boys plan on celebrating. The recently reunited fivesome will kick off their In a World Like This jaunt on August 2 in Chicago.

“Backstreet Boys are going on tour this summer,” Nick Carter said, via Ryan Seacrest’s website. “That’s right, baby! All five of us are back together. It’s our 20th anniversary tour. We’ve got a brand-new album coming out.”

And they’re bringing some friends along for the ride. They’ve enlisted the help of “Jersey Shore” star DJ Pauly D and Jesse McCartney to open for them. The tour will make stops all across the country, including Las Vegas, Charlotte, Atlanta and more, before wrapping up on September 8 in San Francisco before they launch into a handful of dates in Japan. Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 17.

Lately, BSB have been working on a new album. It’s the first in nearly seven years that includes all five members of the group after Kevin Richardson re-joined the boy band last year.

“It doesn’t sound like ‘The Call’ or it doesn’t sound like the Millennium album,” Richardson told MTV News late last year about the release. “But it’s fresh; it’s new. We are trying to find where we are now sonically, and we are experimenting. It’s really exciting.” [Source]

BSB’s In a World Like This tour dates are as follows:
»8/2 — Chicago, IL @ Chicago Charter One Pavillion at Northerly Island
»8/3 — St. Louis, MO @ St. Louis Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
»8/4 — Toledo, OH @ Toledo Toledo Zoo Amphitheater
»8/6 — Montreal, Quebec @ Montreal Bell Centre
»8/7 — Toronto, Ontario @ Toronto Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
»8/8 — Detroit, MI @ Detroit DTE Energy Music Theatre
»8/9 — Cincinnati, OH @ Cincinnati PNC Pavilion
»8/9 — Cleveland, OH @ Cleveland Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
»8/12 — Boston, MA @ Boston Bank of America Pavilion
»8/13 — Wantagh, NY @ Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
»8/15 — Holmdel, NJ @ Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
»8/16 — Camden, NJ @ Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
»8/17 — Virginia Beach, VA @ Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
»8/20 — Raleigh, NC @ Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
»8/21 — Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
»8/22 — Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheatre
»8/23 — Tampa, FL @ Tampa Live Nation Amphitheatre
»8/25 — West Palm Beach, FL @ West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre
»8/30 — Dallas, TX @ Dallas Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
»8/31 — Houston, TX @ Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
»9/5 — Phoenix, AZ @ Phoenix Comerica Theatre
»9/6 — Irvine, CA @ Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
»9/7 — Las Vegas, NV @ Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
»9/8 — San Francisco, CA @ San Francisco Sleep Train Amphitheatre

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