The Backstreet Boys kicked off their Sphere residency, blending elements of the past and future brilliantly. We take you inside their first show.

AJ McLean is on Zoom on Monday afternoon from the dimly lighted living room of a house he’s renting in Las Vegas. Known in the late 1990s as the resident bad boy of his pop group, Backstreet Boys, McLean, now 47, says he’s getting accustomed to the area in the hopes of buying a place in town next year.