'N Sync in Concert
| Tour by NSYNC | |
Working crew pass for the 1999 tour
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| Associated album | NSYNC |
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| Start date | June 11, 1998 |
| End date | January 1, 2000 |
| Legs | 5 |
| No. of shows | 209 in North America |
| NSYNC concert chronology | |
NSYNC in Concert (also known as the Second II None Tour,Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now Tour,Boys of Summer Tour and The Winter Shows) is the second concert tour by American boy band, NSYNC. Primarily visiting North America, the tour supported the band's debut studio album, NSYNC. The trek lasted eighteen months, playing over two hundred concerts in over one hundred cities. In 1998, the tour was nominated for "Best New Artist Tour" by Pollstar Concert Industry Awards. It also became one of the biggest tours in 1999, earning over $50 million. Supporting the band on the tour were newcomers Britney Spears, B*Witched and Mandy Moore along with music veterans Jordan Knight, Shanice and The Sugarhill Gang.
After completing a promotional tour for their debut album, the band announced their first tour in North America. Previously, the band toured Germany for their "For the Girl Tour" in 1997. The summer outing saw the band playing in nightclubs, state fairs and radio music festivals. After the airing of their Disney Channel concert special, "NSYNC: Live in Concert", the band's popularity grew in the United States and additional dates were added to the tour. Now known as the "Second II None Tour", the band were now playing theatres and auditoriums. Before the tour began in November 1998, the band become the opening act for Janet Jackson's "The Velvet Rope World Tour" during concerts in October 1998.
During this time, the band was involved in a legal battle with their former manager Lou Pearlman and transitioning from RCA to Jive Records. The leg ended in February 1999, after performing at a radio music festival in San Jose, California. Around this time, bandmember Lance Bass expressed the band would expand their upcoming tour to the United Kingdom. However, this did not come to fruition. The next leg of the tour, known as "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now Tour" began in the spring of 1999. The band were now playing arenas in the United States. The tour was sponsored by Oxy Balance. During an interview with the Hartford Courant, band member JC Chasez described the tour as:
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