JC Chasez is speaking to the possibility of a full *NSYNC reunion!

The boy band has gotten together a few times over the past year or so, joining Justin Timberlake for a song on the Trolls Band Together soundtrack, “Better Place,” as well as “Paradise” on his album Everything I Thought It Was. They also reunited to present an award at the VMAs in 2023.

In a recent interview, JC was pressed about the future possibilities with the boy band, as fans would love a reunion tour and more!

“Look, the fun thing is, is that we’re always talking to one another, you know, and so you never know what idea could pop. Right now, everybody’s focused on projects,” JC said on the I’ve Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDario podcast. “Justin‘s literally on tour and I’m gearing up this project right now. So my focus is [Broadway concept album] Playing With Fire, but we’re always talking in the background… and it only takes one idea to pop. So, anything is possible. And that’s the fun part about us. It’s just we’re one text, one phone call from something.”

JC added, “Any time we get together, there’s always something special because we had such a great run and we have such a great history with one another because it really made our lives wonderful — we had the opportunity to create things that you literally dream about.”

Joey Fatone from *NSYNC joins Good Day Orlando XTRA. Fatone talks about his upcoming New Year's performance at Universal Orlando with Backstreet boy, AJ McLean and what he has coming up next.

The documentary Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boy Bands is streaming now on Paramount+, and it puts the boy band phenomenon of ’90s/2000s into historical context, explaining how girls have been screaming for male groups since the days of The Beatles, The Jackson 5 and The Osmonds.

*NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick, one of several boy banders featured in the doc, tells ABC Audio that at first, The Beatles weren’t taken seriously because “they had these girls coming in and screaming,” adding, “They were dismissed at first, too, as being these little fad mop top haircut guys that just appealed to young girls.”

Watching the doc chart the rise of New Edition, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Hanson, *NSYNC and 98 Degrees, it shows that for the most part, the guys have all emerged relatively healthy and happy. Chris believes the group dynamic that made them stars also saved them.

“You fight like brothers, but you also support yourselves like brothers,” he explains. “You realize that, as dark as it gets or as sad as you are … there’s four other people going through the same thing.”

And that’s created a bond among all boy banders, Chris says: “It was all like going to this really cool college together, but we were all in different fraternities.”

The doc also stresses how young girls’ musical tastes have, for decades, been the true driver of pop music — and Chris thinks some kind of *NSYNC reunion would be a nice thank-you.

If you were rushing home to catch TRL every day, you weren't the only one.

Members of some of the biggest boy bands of the '90s and early '00s appear in the Paramount+ documentary Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands, where they talk about their love (and hate) for MTV's Total Request Live.

The show, which had a music video countdown that was ranked based on fan votes for the day, helped fuel the feud between the different groups.

"It gave the fans a way to show you, quantify, which one was the biggest right now," *NSYNC's Lance Bass notes.

*NSYNC bandmate Chris Kirkpatrick agrees. "Every day, right when kids got home from school, there was our video on national TV and the Backstreet video and the 98 Degrees video," he recalls.

"It was like, ‘All right, who's going to be No. 1 today?’ It fueled this giant energy of competition and TRL was the gasoline."

An Orlando mansion that was built in the early 2000s for former *NSYNC member Joey Fatone is back on the market for $15 million.

On the 4.3 acre lot is a Victorian-style manor turned funky, which matches the area’s reputation as an amusement hub: There’s a waterpark-like pool and a car showroom. The home is so close to Disney World that the fireworks are visible from the property’s helipad every night, according to the listing.

The lavish property, called Grand Oaks, holds a suite of amenities, including a lagoon-style pool that surrounds a faux rock island and caves that house a teppanyaki bar. The house-sized garage spans nearly 2,500 square feet with a turn-table car showroom.

The home was “meticulously designed to embody the extravagant vision of a renowned celebrity singer,” according to the listing with Julius Melendez of Kylin Property Management. He was not immediately available for comment.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Justin Timberlake announced during his Charlotte concert on Thursday that some of the show's ticket sales would go toward Helene recovery efforts.

Timberlake's announcement was met with cheers from those inside the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. The singer, who had also just played shows in Florida, said proceeds from those shows would also go toward storm relief.

The "Señorita" singer brought his lauded "Forget Tomorrow World Tour" to the Queen City this week.

The 43-year-old pop superstar launched his North America tour in April and will finish in December. Everyone who goes is sure to be talking about "Last Night" the day after the concert. The tour follows the release of his sixth studio album "Everything I Thought It Was" back in March.

*NSYNC's dissolution was a heartbreaking surprise to their fans.

Though there was never a final moment where the band "ended," it became clear after some time in the early 2000s that there were no plans to reunite. Members Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick recall that time in Paramount+'s new documentary, Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands.

The band was aware that they'd be taking some time off after their 2002 tour, but what happened next came as a surprise to them all.

“2002 was our last tour. Justin was going to start his solo album which we were super supportive of. I thought that was a great idea," Bass, 45, recalls. "The label told us, ‘Look, come back in six months,’ and we were supposed to go right into the next album. And that just never happened."

Bass says the group was "just phased out without any fanfare at all, no goodbye. We just never got back together.”

Kirkpatrick, 53, says, "It was hard. There was a lot of animosity at first. There was a lot of anger. There was a lot of resentment. I remember thinking, 'Are we ever getting back together again?' "

"It was just a very confusing part of our life right there because we didn’t know what was happening," Bass agrees.

JC Chasez is warming up the & Juliet stage for Joey Fatone with a sing-along.

Chasez, 48, will be hosting a sing-along event for the Broadway musical on Thursday, Nov. 21 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. The musical comedy's score of Max Martin hits includes *NSYNC fan favorite, "It's Gonna Be Me," making the bandmates' respective appearances all the more special.

"I've had the pleasure of seeing & Juliet on a number of occasions and the energy in the room was always electric," Chasez said in a press release. "I couldn’t be more excited to join in on the fun along with the fans to honor my good friend Max and to celebrate the show's two years on Broadway."

In September, Chasez released his first musical theater recording project called Playing With Fire, which reimagines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as a conversation between Dr. Frankenstein and his creation, as per Playbill.

Tickets for the & Juliet sing-along performance with Chasez are available to purchase at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre box office and at AndJulietBroadway.com.

JC Chasez has clarified where he stands on the possibility of an *NSYNC reunion amid heightened speculation that the bandmates are set to reunite in the studio.

The iconic boy band—consisting of Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, and Chris Kirkpatrick—dominated global charts in the late 1990s and early 2000s with a host of hits. The group has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and remains one of the bestselling boy bands ever.

In 2002, it was announced that the group was taking what was supposed to be a temporary hiatus. However, *NSYNC eventually disbanded.

While they have made occasional appearances together in the years since, they did not release any new music until last year, when they released the song "Better Place" for the Trolls Band Together film soundtrack. They also presented an award at that year's MTV Video Music Awards and gave several interviews as a group, but diehard fans were disappointed when it did not amount to a reunion.

In an interview published in October, Lance Bass told Newsweek that the chances of an *NSYNC reunion were "looking good," though he added that they each have "so many things" to "deliver in our own lives before any of this happens."

Chasez has now told Newsweek about his own position on a possible reunion and explained what has been keeping him busy in the interim.

"The reality is, Justin has got a tour, and I'm working on the beginnings of [a musical], and my goal is to see it through. But that being said, the communication is always...we're always talking to each other all the time."

"Everybody's asked more recently because we made a piece of music—and we hadn't done that in 20-plus years, or whatever. So, you know, the conversation has been taking place more than it ever has in the last 15 years, I'll say that.

"But right now, the focus is on the projects that we're working on—but the mumblings and the rumblings are more than they've been in the past," he said.

Lance Bass is one of the many boyband members and associates featured in the upcoming Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands documentary, which dives deep into the genre’s history and influence. In a new clip shared exclusively with Billboard on Monday (Nov. 11), the *NSYNC star shares a glimpse of how often a young boyband will sign an unpleasant deal to find success.

“Everyone kind of has the same story. The first deal is horrible, we got taken advantage of here — but people will still sign that contract because they know that sometimes, that’s the only way they can get their foot in the door,” Bass explains in the clip, as videos of young musical hopefuls from bands like *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and more flash on the screen. “Then, after finding success, people think, ‘They can change it. I can start here, but I know I can change that. It won’t last forever, I can renegotiate.’ When you sign a contract, especially teenagers sign these entertainment deals, they’re ironclad. They’re very, very hard to get out of.”

The upcoming, Tamra Davis-directed documentary will feature members of *NSYNC, 98 Degrees, Backstreet Boys, Hanson, New Edition, New Kids On The Block, The Osmonds and SEVENTEEN, as well as managers and other key music players, as they spotlight the impact of boybands throughout the 1990s and 2000s and what it was like to be a member or a fan of these iconic groups.

Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands, produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, in partnership with Gunpowder & Sky, will premiere on Paramount+ on Nov. 12.

Joey Fatone can't stop the feeling for Justin Timberlake!

On Saturday, Nov. 9, Fatone, 47, reunited with *NSYNC bandmate Timberlake, 43, at the "SexyBack" singer’s latest stop on his Forget Tomorrow World Tour at Orlando’s Kia Center.

The Florida native not only attended the show, but he also live-streamed some of it. He started a live Instagram video near the end of the concert.

As Timberlake sang tour encore song “Mirrors,” Fatone repositioned the camera to include himself in the crowd and Timberlake onstage as he smiled and fist-bumped to the music.

The nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards are out, and music fans are already sounding off about who is and isn't in the running for the night's biggest trophies.

The Recording Academy announced this year's Grammy nominations on Friday, Nov. 8 — cementing a milestone year for Beyoncé with 11 nods, taking breakout stars like Shaboozey and Chappell Roan to new heights with a few looks of their own and making a major moment for Charli xcx, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift, among others.

And while some of music's biggest stars are getting recognized for their latest releases — including some who fans may not have expected — others are entering the new year without any Grammy nominations to their names.

Here are a few of the surprises, and snubs, to come out of the 2025 Grammy nominations.

Surprise: *NSYNC Ends 22-Year Grammy Hiatus

*NSYNC's 2023 reunion — which saw bandmates JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, Justin Timberlake and Joey Fatone team up yet again for September 2023's "Better Place" — may just give the guys another chance to get back together for some Recording Academy festivities in early 2025. The legendary boy band's comeback song, released as part of the Trolls Band Together soundtrack, earned them a Grammy nomination in the best song written for visual media category.

The Grammy nod marks *NSYNC's first in 22 years, following the group's 2003 nomination for "Girlfriend" in the best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal category. In total, the group has now been nominated for nine career Grammy awards.

A "Better Place" victory would mark *NSYNC's first-ever Grammy win as a group — a career milestone for the beloved boyband over two decades after their last studio album, Celebrity.

Justin Timberlake has posted a tribute to the late Quincy Jones, who died on Sunday, Nov. 3 at the age of 91.

“A once in a lifetime artist,” Timberlake, 43, posted to Instagram on Monday, Nov. 3, along with three photos of himself with the legendary musician from a 2017 dinner.

“His list of accolades goes on and on,” he continued. “The example of excellence at craft. A mentor to so many that have followed. Growing up listening to so many of his timeless works shaped so much of the music that I wanted to make or be a part of. The maestro behind so many of my favorite artists.”

JC Chasez burst onto the pop music scene in the mid-90s as a member of the chart-topping group *NSYNC.

Chasez recently went back into the studio, this time to work on a concept album inspired by Mary Shelley’s tale of “Frankenstein.”

In conversation with “On Stage” Frank DiLella, Chasez shared details on this new project.

The *NSYNC singer and "GMA" sponsor Dexcom are marking National Diabetes Month by raising awareness and highlighting wearable tech that helps people of all ages manage their diabetes.

Incredibly, it’s been twenty years since JC Chasez released his debut solo album, Schizophrenic — his first and only solo foray following his time in *NSYNC. But after all that time — during which Chasez has explored various creative outlets, from judging America’s Best Dance Crew to, more recently, reuniting on two songs with his former bandmates — Chasez is back with an unexpected release.

Playing With Fire is the concept album for a musical based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which Chasez co-wrote with longtime collaborator Jimmy Harry — and the singer stopped by Billboard News to discuss the project and how it pushed him creatively.

“We knew we wanted to write a musical, we just didn’t know what about,” says Chasez of the seeds of the project. “[Jimmy and I] come from pop music — we write different styles of pop music, but essentially our strengths are in pop music. [But] we’re more mature, we have more ideas than just the typical pop song, and this gave us the opportunity to express those ideas — to do something that’s bigger than three minutes and is a bit more focused but allows us to dream in different ways.”

Chasez is a deep theater fan who admits, “I could go to a show every night if I was lucky enough,” and he says Jesus Christ Superstar was their biggest inspiration for Playing With Fire. “They started with a concept album, and that’s kind of what inspired us to release it as an album first. If someone as smart and talented as Andrew Lloyd Webber thinks [it’s a good idea] is to release the music for a show first, why don’t we give it a shot?”

He also opens up about reuniting with *NSYNC for both “Better Place” (from Trolls Band Together) and “Paradise” from Justin Timberlake’s Everything I Thought It Was. “We’re all great friends, and we’re always talking,” says Chasez. “The conversation has been a little more open — right now I’m focusing on Playing with Fire, Justin’s on tour, Joey’s about to do & Juliet [on Broadway], but we’re always talking and anything’s possible in the future. It’s always gotta be for the right reasons.”

Happy Halloween! *NSYNC's Lance Bass has written a Halloween picture book for kids called Trick or Treat on Scary Street. It's definitely spooky — in fact, it may scare some kids — but he says that's the idea.

"I wanted a little gateway book for the kids that are, you know, a little scared of Halloween," he tells ABC Audio. "This might, you know, ease them into it." But the book could have been even scarier: it originally ended in a graveyard.

"You assumed that maybe they weren't going to leave the graveyard because you saw the kids' names on the graves," he laughs. "So they were like, 'Maybe that's not the best way to end this book.'"

Ironically, Lance never gets any trick-or-treaters at his house. "I've never had one, sadly, at my house for the last 10 years," he complains. "I'm ready for it, just no one ever shows up. I do live on a hill, so maybe that's what deters people."

When Lance's twins, Violet and Alexander, go trick-or-treating, he's got an ingenious method for keeping them from eating too much candy, called the "witch switch." First, the kids choose the candy they really want. "The rest of it we give to the children's hospital," he says.

"You leave the candy out on the front porch the next day and then [the witch] takes all the candy," he says. "And then she'll leave you a little present the next day and thank you for donating the candy."

But there's some Halloween candy that Lance just can't stomach.

Joey Fatone will soon return to Broadway for the first time in two decades. Beginning January 21, 2025, the pop music superstar and founding member of *NSYNC, will join the Broadway company of & Juliet in the role of Lance.

Before he was cast, Fatone was a fan of the show. "I have seen it now three times, I believe," the musician revealed on a recent visit to Live with Kelly and Mark, in full Halloween garb. "[I'm] just very excited to be back on Broadway. It's been many years." Fatone was last seen on Broadway in 2004 as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, after making his Broadway debut as Mark in Rent in 2002.

After a long time away, he admits that he is "probably not" ready for the grueling 8 show-a-week schedule. "It's going to be a good challenge," Fatone added. He went on to say that he will have 10 days of rehearsal before jumping into the role in January. Fatone will play a limited 9-week engagement in the show through March 16, 2025, taking over the role from Paulo Szot. Watch the full interview now!

Scissorhandz: A Musical Reinvented will make its European premiere next year at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. Running January 23 through March 29, 2025, opening night is set for January 30. The producing team includes *NSYNC's Lance Bass and RuPaul's Drag Race judge Michelle Visage, alongside Bradley Bredeweg, Kelley Parker, and Brian Pendleton.

The pop music parody of Tim Burton's cult classic film Edward Scissorhands (previously titled Scissorhands: A Musical Tribute) chronicles the beloved acceptance story with a variety of pop music hits from stars like Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Alanis Morissette, and more.

Bass added that "producing Scissorhandz has been one of the greatest pleasures of my career and I can't wait for London to experience this show! I think audiences in the U.K. will really embrace the show. It hits every note, pulling at your heartstrings and bringing every emotion to life! From the moment the curtain rises, you're taken on a rollercoaster ride that's both whimsical, hilarious, and deeply moving. It's not just a musical —it's a sensory journey, blending stunning visuals with a playlist packed with your favorite songs, making it feel like the soundtrack of your life. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and by the end, you'll be on your feet, feeling like you've just experienced something truly unforgettable."

For more information, visit ScissorhandzTheMusical.com.

Pop superstars Olivia Rodrigo and Justin Timberlake are set to headline the 14th edition of the Pa'l Norte festival, the massive music party held annually in the Mexican city of Monterrey. The lineup, announced on Tuesday morning (Oct. 29), includes other major international acts such as Charli XCX, Green Day, Massive Attack, Kings of Leon, Black Keys and Caifanes.

This will be the first time that Rodrigo and Timberlake, who have previously visited Mexico, will participate in a Mexican festival. Timberlake has already performed in the country and has two upcoming shows scheduled at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City on Feb. 7-8. Rodrigo — who recently completed the 2024 dates of her Guts World Tour, which did not include Mexico — had not previously performed in concert in the country.

The acclaimed festival will take place April 4-6 in Parque Fundidora in this city bordering the U.S.

For most of his career, JC Chasez has been associated with pop music. But as the singer/songwriter has gotten older, his interests have shifted into a perhaps unexpected avenue: musical theater. "I discovered it later in life," he tells PEOPLE.

The Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer, 48, teamed up with his longtime collaborator Jimmy Harry for Playing With Fire, a new concept album released Friday, Oct. 25. The project, which accompanies a script Harry's mother wrote with inspiration from Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, marks Chasez's first major musical theater foray.

Chasez is a featured vocalist throughout the 16-track body of work, and its release comes on the heels of the *NSYNC reunion on the Trolls Band Together soundtrack for the group's first song in two decades, "Better Place."

While theater might seem like a stark departure from Chasez's pop roots, he insists there are parallels between both genres. "At the end of the day, when it comes to music in general, everybody's waiting for that lightning bolt, looking for that lightning bolt or working for that lightning bolt," he explains.

"I'm using this horrible metaphor because it's part of the Frankenstein-sphere, but when it hits, you have to react and you have to get the song down — or you're going to miss that opportunity," adds Chasez.

Calling over Zoom from his studio in Los Angeles, the performer opens up to PEOPLE about possibly continuing the *NSYNC reunion, a potential future solo album and the online support he's received in recent years.

Lance Bass and his husband, Michael Turchin, have at least six costume changes for their family, including 3-year-old twins, Violet and Alexander. Among them, The Flintstones, Dora and Friends, and The Incredibles. But don't mistake the *NSYNC star for an over-enthusiastic parent. He comes from a long line of Halloween celebrants that include his grandfather and dad.

"I grew up loving anything gory," he says. No surprise then that he wants all kids to embrace the spookiest of holidays via his new picture book, Trick or Treat on Scary Street, a story filled with plenty of playful frights to keep little fingers turning the pages. "I didn't want it to be scary but definitely a little creepy," he tells me.

*NSYNC isn't saying "Bye, Bye, Bye" this time.

Key members of boy bands are opening up in the Paramount+ documentary Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands, which is set to premiere Nov. 12.

The documentary, from director Tamra Davis (Crossroads, Billy Madison), highlights boy bands and their rise — and fall — to fame, from The Beatles to Jackson 5 to the Jonas Brothers and One Direction, as well as the K-pop group Seventeen. Larger Than Life will show the perspective of what it was like to be a member of a boy band during their prime.

Larger Than Life also includes commentary from AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC and Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, who all reflect on their impact and experience of being in groups. Acclaimed music manager Johnny Wright, who managed Menudo, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, will also share his insights.

Jimmy Fallon's upcoming album, Holiday Seasoning, due out on November 1 via Republic Records, is set to feature collaborations with Justin Timberlake, Megan Thee Stallion, Dolly Parton and several others.

The "Tonight Show" host recently released a video on Instagram unwrapping each feature on the collection.

The much awaited album will be available on all digital streaming platforms as well as a variety of physical variants. The D2C exclusive CD will come with a signed insert, the standard LP is a custom peppermint swirl vinyl, and there will be a deluxe LP package with blizzard vinyl that will include a sticker sheet, a holiday table topper, and a pop-up vinyl gatefold. An exclusive LP edition pressed on rube red vinyl will be up from Target.

The 16-track Holiday Seasoning album will include previously released singles "Almost Too Early For Christmas" featuring Parton, "It Was A... (Masked Christmas)" featuring Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, and "Wrap Me Up" featuring Meghan Trainor.

The album will also feature "You'll Be There" with Timberlake, a silly tune about "bromance," Jimmy said when JT visited the "Tonight Show" last month.

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On Friday, former *NSYNC member JC Chasez and his collaborator, Jimmy Harry, are releasing the concept album for Playing With Fire, a new musical inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Entertainment Weekly has your exclusive first listen to two songs off the album, the title track and "Build Me Someone to Love".

The musical is based off a play of the same name written by Barbara Field (Harry's mother), and it takes a conversation between a dying Frankenstein and his creation, the Creature, at the grave of Frankenstein's wife, Elizabeth, as its jumping off point. Chasez also sings on the album, alongside Cardamon Rozzi and Lily Elise.

Harry is a pop producer and songwriter who has worked with the likes of Britney Spears, Pink, and Kelly Clarkson.

While the concept album is just that, a proof of concept, both Chasez and Harry hope the album will have a future on stage after this. "The goal with the concept album is to share our excitement for the fully realized musical," Chasez tells EW. " It's a huge dream to have this piece fully in stage form. I understand that making a musical is a daunting challenge, but I believe in the work and want to make it happen."

In addition to previewing the two tracks, EW also spoke with Chasez and Harry about the project. The full album will be available beginning Oct. 25.

JC Chasez, a member of the beloved band *NSYNC, is out with his first major music project in 20 years. His new album is called "Playing With Fire."

"I want to make a musical and look everybody knows me from making music so the idea is to release the music first to get people interested in the project," Chasez said on "CBS Mornings Plus."

He co-produced the album with Golden Globe-winning songwriter and composer Jimmy Harry. The music was inspired by Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, "Frankenstein."

"We're living in a day and age where technology and humanity are interfacing like never before and Mary Shelley wrote this piece in 1818 and we're talking about these themes today."

It's a subject Chasez said he's passionate about, adding he appreciated the themes in "Frankenstein" later in life.

"We're talking about AI. We're talking about how we're going to navigate a world like this and so to stumble across that, you know when you're young you read it almost as a school project but when I read it later in life I just couldn't believe how much it affected me," he said.

Chasez was involved in writing the script for the musical and said they're currently talking to directors and producers about the project.

BroadwayWorld spoke with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter JC Chasez and Golden Globe-winning songwriter and producer Jimmy Harry, whose new musical theater concept album, Playing With Fire, is out now! Inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the project marks Chasez's first major foray into creating for musical theater, and the album features his vocals alongside artists Cardamon Rozzi and Lily Elise.

In this interview, Chasez and Harry delve into how Playing With Fire came to life after Harry shared his late mother Barbara Field's adaptation of Frankenstein with Chasez. They also discuss the creative process behind writing the music, their hopes to bring Playing With Fire to life on stage in the near future, and more.

You've seen Frankenstein—but have you ever seen Frankenstein with a techno beat? When pop songwriter Jimmy Harry set out to adapt his mother's Frankenstein play, Playing With Fire, into a musical, he didn't want it to sound like anything currently running on Broadway. He wanted this Frankenstein to be not period, but modern. "Most of the music that people have danced to for the last 40 years has been techno, house, hip-hop, and industrial music. That's just not been referenced at all in theatre, where dance is so important," he tells Playbill. "So we wanted to inject theatre with some of that."

Harry's mother, Barbara Field, died in 2021, but Harry had loved her Frankenstein adaptation since he was a boy. And when he showed the script to his longtime friend, JC Chasez, the former *NSYNC member immediately agreed to come onboard as a collaborator. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the duo wrote one song after another. Before they knew it, they had enough music for a whole musical—which they're now releasing as a concept album. The Playing With Fire album features three singers: Chasez as the Creature, Cardamon Rozzi as Victor Frankenstein, and Lily Elise as Frankenstein's love Elizabeth. Though the ultimate goal is a full Broadway musical, the duo didn't want to wait years before people could hear their music. The album is now available to stream from Center Stage Records. And they tease there will be a live concert in the next six months.

Says Chasez, "What I've learned is that musicals do take a while. We can't control the timing of all the aspects, but we have the ability to make this music—that's something we can control. And so we just decided to go full steam ahead and not wait for the musical to go into some sort of production."

Joey Fatone is returning to Broadway for the first time in two decades, joining the company of the jukebox musical "& Juliet."

The revisionist take on Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers is set to Swedish mega-producer Max Martin's library of pop hits, including "It's Gonna Be Me," "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and "As Long As You Love Me." So, Fatone's casting of Lance Du Bois in "& Juliet" means the founding *NSYNC member will be belting songs by his own boy band and rival group Backstreet Boys.

Fatone will begin performances on Jan. 21 for a limited nine-week engagement through March 16. He's taking over the role from original cast member Paulo Szot. Fatone made his Broadway debut in 2002 as Mark Cohen in "Rent" and later played Seymour in "Little Shop of Horrors" in 2004.

Have you ever wondered how celebrities pack for vacation? What go-to snacks are tucked away in famous people's carry-ons? Or what beauty products they swear by to combat jet-lagged skin? Wander Musts takes up residence behind the security X-ray machine to give you an inside look at celebrities' travel tips, tricks, and can't-live-without essentials.

In this edition, singer, dancer, actor, podcaster, film, television producer and former bass singer for *NSYNC Lance Bass talks to Opheli Garcia Lawler about traveling as a dad with twins, his favorite destinations in the world, and the game he plays on flights to make the time fly by. He's currently busy partnering with Kelley Blue Book for their "Bye bye bye" car campaign and being an absolute joy to follow on Instagram.

After the shocking news broke about Liam Payne's death at 31 on Wednesday, celebrities took to social media to mourn his sudden passing.

*NSYNC singer Chris Kirkpatrick posted, "So sad to hear the news about this amazing young talent, my heart goes out to his family and fans around the world. Rest easy young Liam.#liampayne #onedirection"

Dinks for a Difference Celebrity Match presented by Lerner & Rowe will feature Joey Fatone, pop star, as host of the event on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 5:30 p.m. at Arizona Athlete Grounds in Mesa, Ariz. USA Pickleball, the governing body for the sport of pickleball in the U.S., will feature the inaugural charity event as part of the 2024 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships, the premier tournament featuring over 2,600 athletes on Nov. 9-17.

Dinks for a Difference will showcase several celebrities and their prowess on the pickleball court. In addition to Fatone, celebrities competing in the event will be announced in the coming weeks via USA Pickleball's social media and Nationals website at usapickleballnationals.com.

"USA Pickleball is excited to host a talented team of celebrities, from actors and pop stars to athletes, in support of a great cause with USA Pickleball Serves," said Jose Moreno, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer of USA Pickleball. "Dinks for a Difference not only promises an evening of entertainment featuring famous faces, but we hope it inspires everyone to support the growth of the sport."

The event will benefit USA Pickleball Serves, the organization's charitable arm, which aims to make a positive national impact through the sport of pickleball. Proceeds will support community initiatives such as court enhancements, youth education programs and the promotion of inclusive play.

Dinks for a Difference, one of the marquee events of the National Championships, is expected to draw an audience of 1,500 spectators on Center Court and will be livestreamed on QVC+ and HSN+ through QVC, USA Pickleball's Exclusive Broadcast Partner.

In addition to watching their favorite celebrities compete, spectators will have the opportunity to witness a skills challenge, followed by a fun and recreational pickleball match featuring celebrity pairs.

Tickets for Dinks for a Difference range from $40 to $200 and are available for purchase on usapickleballnationals.com/tickets. A limited amount of VIP tickets that include a meet and greet with the celebrity participants are available.

Lance Bass and Michael Turchin's love story started on the *NSYNC member's favorite holiday - even if they didn't know it at the time.

The pair, who share twins Violet and Alexander, turning 3 on Oct. 13, first ran into each other at a mutual friend's Halloween party. "We have pictures together, but we didn't really know each other," Bass, 45, told PEOPLE before a launch event for his first children's book, Trick or Treat on Scary Street (out now).

"We have the same best friend circle," Bass added, which is how he and Turchin, 37, ended up at the same party. "But no one ever introduced us." At the time, Bass was co-hosting Halloweenie, a charity event. Both were in costume, which Bass says might explain how they didn't notice each other at the time.

"There's a big group photo of me and all my best friends and Michael [is] at the end," Bass explains. "Then, the next day, we're in different costumes and I have another picture with him, with another friend of mine, just the three of us."

Bass is a big Halloween fan, often dreaming up multiple costumes for himself - and now his husband and kids - to wear throughout the season. He told PEOPLE he doesn't remember exactly what he was wearing the first time he and Turchin met. "Usually I just go for the scary, gory stuff," he says. "But I remember the second one, because it was embarrassing."

Justin Timberlake called off his concert in Newark, New Jersey on Tuesday (October 8) over an undisclosed injury.

The "Mirror" icon took to social media to share the sad news with fans, assuring that he would "make it up to" ticket holders.

"I'm so sorry to postpone tonight's show. I have an injury that is preventing me from performing. I'm so disappointed to not see you all - but I'm working to reschedule ASAP. I promise to make it up to you and give you the show ya'll deserve."

Timberlake closed out his message by thanking fans for their support as he attempts to heal from the mysterious injury that was severe enough for him to have to cancel the show.

A source close to the artist told TMZ that the injury is ankle related and that there was a doctor present at last night's (October 7) show to attend to Timberlake.

Lance Bass' twins are another year older!

On Tuesday, Oct. 8, the *NSYNC star, 45, shared photos from his twins Violet and Alexander's third birthday party on his Instagram. In the sweet family photos, Bass and husband Michael Turchin can be seen posing with their kids in front of a sign that appeared to read "It's Gonna Be Three" - a play on *NSYNC's song "It's Gonna Be Me" - as the toddlers sit next to their respective cakes.

Violet wears a purple sweatshirt and blue jeans, sitting next to her teal birthday cake, while her brother Alexander wears a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans, posing next to a red cake. The party featured new Tile Town playsets from Moose Toys, including the Tile Town Pet Clinic and Rescue and the Fire Station.

Stray Kids saluted iconic boy bands like *NSYNC during the American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special on Sunday in Los Angeles. The K-pop group consists of eight members: Hyujin, I.N., Bang Chan, Han, Felix, Seungmin, Lee Know and Changbin.

Onstage, Stray Kids wore matching ensembles consisting of embroidered varsity jackets, leather trousers and combat boots. In one segment of their performance, they evoked the cover of *NSYNC's 2000 album, "No Strings Attached," which features the band members on puppet strings.

Justin Timberlake celebrated his 12th anniversary with his wife Jessica Biel on stage in Montreal.

"We back! Thank you @jessicabiel for sharing our anniversary with Montreal. LOVE Y'ALL! #TFTWTOUR," Timberlake, 43, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, October 5, alongside a video tribute featuring clips from his recent performance in Montreal.

He performed in Montreal on Friday, October 4, as part of The Forget Tomorrow World Tour, which just so happened to coincide with his and Biel's 12th anniversary. The video included a clip of Timberlake onstage acknowledging his wife, 42, for "sharing" him with the crowd on their special night.

"This is also a very special evening for me. My wife is here tonight, and tonight is our 12-year anniversary," the musician said, which was met with cheers from the crowd inside Centre Bell Arena.

The American Music Awards' 50th Anniversary Special has unveiled its star-studded lineup.

On Thursday, Oct. 3, CBS and Dick Clark Productions announced the music artists who will be presenting and performing at the anticipated event on Sunday, Oct. 6, which is being held in place of the annual award ceremony in honor of the milestone year.

The broadcast will also welcome special appearances by Reba McEntire, actor Samuel L. Jackson, Kate Hudson, Backstreet Boys alum AJ McLean, Cedric the Entertainer, *NSYNC member Lance Bass and Smokey Robinson.

American Music Awards' 50th Anniversary Special airs on CBS and streams on Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Sunday, Oct. 6.

Lance Bass has shared a health update after revealing that he had spent years under the impression he was living with Type 2 diabetes following a misdiagnosis.

The *NSYNC star stated in March that he had developed Type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 lockdown, before going on to announce the "plot twist" in a July Instagram post that he was actually living with a different type of diabetes.

"I recently discovered that I was misdiagnosed," Bass said in the post, after struggling to manage his glucose levels despite adjusting his diet, medication, and workouts. "I actually have Type 1.5, or latent autoimmune diabetes of adults [LADA]."

According to the Mayo Clinic, LADA bears similarities to Type 1 diabetes, which occurs when the pancreas stops producing insulin due to an autoimmune process that damages cells in the pancreas. Insulin shots may be required for treatment.

Unlike a typical Type 1 diabetes diagnosis, those with LADA usually start to slowly develop symptoms as adults over the age of 30. Additionally, people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes "who are lean and physically active, or who have lost weight without effort, could have LADA."

According to the American Diabetes Association, LADA symptoms are similar to other forms of diabetes, in that patients can experience excessive thirst, extreme fatigue, blurred vision, and numbness, tingling, or pain in hands and feet.

Speaking about his overall experience with diabetes, Bass told Newsweek of the initial diagnosis: "It kind of rocks your world, like, wait, what's happening? Because I just thought I was healthy. And then being misdiagnosed for a few years and treating it for Type 2, nothing was working. [I] just felt, wow, what? What is wrong with me?"

Chris Kirkpatrick, a founding member of the hit band *NSYNC, joined the Rock & Review with Eric Dahl to discuss the 2nd Season of Name Drop the Podcast & the Pop 2000 Tour. Kirkpatrick is also known for other roles as the voice of Chip Skylark in the TV show The Fairly Odd Parents, Celebrity Big Brother, Trolls Band Together and The Masked Singer. The *NSYNC song "Bye, Bye Bye" has hit #1 again thanks to its inclusion in the hit movie "Deadpool & Wolverine." Besides co-hosting Name Drop Chris is also part of the Pop 2000's tour singing and performing hits from *NSYNC. He is also producing other artists and supports the Folds of Honor charity locally. Checkout Name Drop and catch Chris Kirkpatrick on tour this year with new music releasing in the future!

TikTok has been turning rising talents and relative unknowns in the music world into superstars - if only momentarily - for years now. Record labels regularly hunt the social media app for what may be the next hot song or act, but that's not the platform's only role in launching successful tunes.

Occasionally, users on TikTok will turn a years-old track - usually one that has been largely forgotten - into a hit. TikTokers often skew younger, and there have been many instances when they've collectively discovered a cut and used it in thousands upon thousands of videos, bringing the title back to prominence.

That's exactly what's happened this week with two of the biggest names in the music industry. Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé debut their only duet on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 this week, well over a decade after it was first released.

The pair of superstars launch their collaboration "Until the End of Time" on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, which ranks the most-used and most-heard tracks on TikTok each frame. The single starts its time on the list at No. 39, narrowly becoming a top 40 hit once again.