Backstreet Boys Brian Littrell Diagnosed With Swine Flu
Brian Littrell from the Backsteet Boys has swine flu. The Backstreet Boys announced in a blog post that they have had to cancel the NYC Pinktober Hard Rock Cafe signing and tomorrow's CBS Early Show performance. The three other band members are not sick but are taking Tamiflu.
The Backstreet Boys are sad to announce they have canceled today's NYC PINKTOBER Hard Rock Cafe signing due to member, Brian Littrell having been diagnosed with the Swine Flu. The other 3 members, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough and AJ McLean have seen a doctor and are not showing any symptoms. As a preventive measure, the doctor has prescribed Tamiflu to the group and their touring party, who had just returned to the states from Tokyo.
This unfortunate occurrence will also result in the cancelling of the group's CBS Early Show performance tomorrow, Tuesday October 6th. BSB was scheduled to perform their new single "Straight Through My Heart." The intimate performance at PC Richards (downtown) has also been cancelled and rescheduled for a later date.
"We were really looking forward to spending time with our closest fans and friends in NYC and take part of PINKTOBER, an unbelievable and important program" Littrell says. "I hope we can come back soon and do everything we can to help."
The post says the rest of the band's promotional schedule for this week has not been determined. It is not unexpected that young celebrities - including Marilyn Manson and Rupert Grint - are getting the swine flu. The H1N1 swine flu virus in an unusual flu virus in that it has been hitting children and young adults much harder than seniors. With a vaccine still weeks or even months away many more young adults (including celebrities) are likely to catch H1N1 and fall ill over the next couple months.
Update: Brian Littrell has posted a video about catching swine flu and missing the NYC event.
