'N Sync brings sold-out show to the Silverdome

'N Sync denies the rumors about a feud with fellow boy band the Backstreet Boys.

Concert Preview | 'N Sync | 7:30 p.m. Tuesday | Pontiac Silverdome | Sold Out

There are but five names that illicit chills in every little girl's heart: Justin, Lance, JC, Joey and Chris .

As 'N Sync, Justin Timberlake (the heartthrob), Lance Bass (the quiet one), JC Chasez (the talent), Joey Fatone (the teddy bear) and Chris Kirkpatrick (the goofball) have established themselves as bona fide pop superstars, the current boy band d'jour.

In March, on the strength of the undeniable first single "Bye Bye Bye," 'N Sync smashed every sales record known to man by moving 2.4 million units of their sophomore effort, No Strings Attached, its first week in stores. Four months later, it still remains at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200, and has sold over 8 million copies.

Tickets for their show Tuesday at the Pontiac Silverdome, one of the largest stadiums in the country, sold out in a matter of hours, as 'N Sync's nationwide first-day ticket sales reached nearly a million (another record).

Not bad for a band that, just a few months ago, had no record deal (a nasty split with RCA ended with a relocation to Jive) and existed in the shadow of that other boy band phenomenon, the Backstreet Boys.

But any crusty cynics who think the two bands have issues with each other need look elsewhere.

"People make a bigger deal out of it than we usually do," says JC, during a pre-tour teleconference, of the Backstreet "feud." "It's not something that we really concentrate on. We just do what we do day in and day out, what we've done from the beginning, and that's concentrate on our music and our shows. We really don't worry about comparisons or anything like that."

As for the 'N Sync tour, the boys are promising bigger, better, faster, more than their sold out Silverdome show last summer.

"It's going to be very entertaining, and we're going to be getting very close to everyone in the audience," says Lance, who turned 21 in May.

"The stage is completely massive. We've got a lotta, lotta cool effects and we hope people will enjoy it," says Joey, who promises the boys will be getting close with fans. "We're actually going to be going out in the audience," he says. Like, omigod!

"It's a big tour, and we want people to get their money's worth. We want people to walk away amazed. It's gonna be something almost like a Rolling Stones or Kiss concert," says JC.

By Adam Graham / The Detroit News