Early *NSYNC

Chris worked at Universal with Hollywood Hightones for three years (NPO)

Lance joined Nsync just before his senior year of high school (NY)

Joey and Chris meet while working at Universal Studios. Chris as a doo-wop singer and Joey as a werewolf in the Beetlejuice Graveyard Revue. Chris gets the idea to form an a cappella group. He calls Justin who he met at auditions, Justin calls JC who he knows can harmonize well, Chris and JC run into Joey at a club, whom they both know, and Justin calls his vocal coach in Memphis to find a good bass singer, and he recommends Lance. Thus, ‘N Sync is formed. They start putting together demos and practicing in an abandoned warehouse. They perform anywhere they can, including Joey’s old High School. The guys meet Lou Pearlman, they are signed to Transcon Records and he starts to promote ‘N Sync.

1995

Justin on 8th grade basketball team, 1995 EE Jeter Elementary School, Millington, Tennessee (NY)

Justin – 8th grade spelling bee winner (NY)

Justin – 8th grade, voter “Mr. Jeter.” (NY)

January 28 – Joey’s 18th birthday

January 31 – Justin’s 14th birthday

May 04 – Lance’s 16th birthday

June – Joey graduates from high school, Dr. Phillips High School, Orlando, Florida

August 08 – JC’s 19th birthday

October 1995

17 – Chris’ 24th birthday

22 – Promotional/Demo performance recorded at Rock ‘N Roll Beach Club, Pleasure Island in Orlando

November 1995

In NY City, “together as a group for only four weeks” NOB

1996

Warsaw, Poland; Switzerland NOB

Lynn Harless stopped traveling/touring w/Justin when he was sixteen. She spent the first year and a half traveling with the band (NOB)

Performance at Lance’s high school 95/96-ish?

January

28 – Joey’s 19th birthday

31 – Justin’s 15th birthday

April

26 – appear at Dr. Phillips High School Showcase

May

04 – Lance’s 17th birthday

08 – appear at Orlando Magic’s game?

August

04 – Sign first record deal. They are signed to RCA/BMG Germany and take off for a tour of Europe

08 – JC’s 20th birthday

08 – Do photoshoot with Fryderyk Gabowicz

10 – First performance in Germany at the Pop-Rockey-Summerparty in Munich. They perform 2 a cappella songs

14-16 – “I Want You Back” recorded at Cheiron Studio with Denniz Pop in Stockholm. Some of the video was filmed there as well?

28 – Bravo TV tapes and airs the first news story about Nsync

September

Articles on Nsync start appearing in German magazines

30 – First live radio interviews in Berlin

30 – Appearance on Swiss TV show Coom

31? – Lynn Harless and Diane Bass photographed backstage in Hanover, Germany

October

07 – I Want You Back released in Germany. The video goes into highest rotation on MTV and VIVA

12 – Performed at Pop Explosion concert, Dusseldorf’s Philipshale

15 – IWYB enters German charts

15 – Appearance on Swiss TV show Coom

17 – Chris’ 25th birthday celebrated with rest of group (NOB)

17 – Opening act for DJ Bobo in Cologne, Germany. Chris gets a birthday cake on stage

December

I Want You Back video, directed by Jeff Clark, released in Germany (that late?)

31 – Appearance on German TV show Sylvester Gala, doing IWYB

1997

‘N Sync, the album is released in Europe, “I Want You Back” the first single released by ‘N Sync goes gold in about 3 months. They earned the title of the quickest rising single. Their sold out tours brought them to places such as: the United Kingdom, Mexico, South Africa, Asia, and of course Germany.

January

January-ish – Tearin’ Up My Heart video filmed in Florida, directed by Stefan Ruzowitsky, released Feb/Mar in Germany, summer ’97 in UK, May ’98 in North America

28 – Joey’s 20th birthday

31 – Justin’s 16th birthday

31 – Nsync did a chat on the BMG website

February

Appear on German TV show Tigerenten Club

02/03? – Appearance on Dutch(?) TV show TMF Toute Fabienne

03 – Appearance on European TV show Rabo Top 40 (interview at photoshoot)

06 – performance in Freiburg, Germany at the Stadthalle (Nsync ’97 tour)

06 – Appearance on German TV show Viva Wecker #1, interview in hotel room, on bed, go through bags

07 – Bravo Super Show

07 – performance in Mannheim, Germany at the Stadthalle (Nsync ’97 tour)

08 – Radio Regenbogen party in Karlsruhe, Germany

08 – performance in Karlsruhe, Germany at the Europahalle (Nsync ’97 tour)

09 – performance in Offenburg, Germany at the Ortenauhalle (Nsync ’97 tour)

10 – performance in Basel, Switzerland at the St. Jakobhalle (Nsync ’97 tour)

10 – Tearin’ Up My Heart single released in Germany

11 – Appearance on German TV show Viva Interactiv, promoting TUMH, filmed in Cologne, Germany

22 – Lance receives his high school diploma

22 – Perform on televised Echo Awards show (TUMH)

28? – Justin breaks his thumb

March

01 – performance in Trier, Germany at the Riverside (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

02 – performance in Celle, Germany at the Stadthalle (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

03 – Appearance on UK TV show Zell-o-Fun

03 – performance in Hamburg, Germany at the Grobe Freiheit (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

05 – performance in Lichtenfels, Germany at the Stadthalle (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

05 – Appearance on German TV show Viva Weker, sing Hard To Say I’m Sorry, and some discussion of Joey’s boxers(?)

07 – performance in Bonn, Germany at the Biskuithalle (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

08 – Appearance on European TV show Zell-O-Fun (karaoke: Surfin’ USA)

08 – performance in Boblingen, Germany at the Kongresshalle (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

09 – performance in Munchen, Germany at the Babylon (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

13 – performance in Bautzen, Germany at the Kulturhaus (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

14 – performance in Cottbus, Germany at the Stadthalle (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

15 – performance in Wernesbrun, Germany at the Stadthalle (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

16 – performance in Chemnitz, Germany at the Stadthalle (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

19 – performance in Zurich, Switzerland at the Volkshaus (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

20 – performance in Neu Isenburg, Germany at the Hugenottenhalle (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

21 – Appearance on German TV show Viva (interview from Stadthalle)

21 – performance in Steinheim, Germany at the Stadthalle (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

22 – Supposed to have a concert in Berlin, but that got moved to the next day as they were asked to be on the German TV show Wetten, dass…, where they performed TUMH

23? – performance in Berlin, Germany at the Arena (I Want You Back tour w/Toni Cottura and Funky Diamonds as opening acts)

23 – Appearance on Swiss TV show Coom

25 – Appearance on Swiss TV show Coom

28 – Appearance on Belgan TV show TMF Extra

28 – Appearance on Dutch TV show Telekids (TUMH and interview); going go-karting (in/near Amsterdam); performance at festival in Utrecht, Netherlands

30 – Appearance on Amsterdam TV; report at meet-and-greet, interview, concert footage; going to the movies in Amsterdam to see Space Jam

April

April-ish – Here We Go video filmed in Vienna, directed by Stefan Ruzowitsky, released in Europe May ’97

01 – Tearin’ Up My Heart Remix single released in Germany

05 – Children Need A Helping Hand video filmed in Germany

05 – Appearance on German TV show N3 Dance Palace (backstage interview, HWG, ITSK, TUMH, IWYB)

17 – Appearance on German TV show N3 Kinderratgeber (visiting fan with carnival)

18 – Appear on German TV show Ultra Pop

21 – Photographed at Marriott hotel, Zurich

May

Appear on German TV show Viva Interaktiv (interview, TUMH performance)

04 – Lance’s 18th birthday

05 – Here We Go single released in Germany

05 – Appearance on German TV show Viva Wecker #1, interview in sunroom

06-14 – All back in the States for a vacation?

16 – Appearance on German TV show RTL Explosiv

17 – Mainz, Germany open air concert

24 – Appearance on Spanish(?) TV show Bravo TV Stars

26 – *NSYNC self-titled album released in Germany

31 – German “Charity ’97′ concert appearance at the Oberhausen Arena. Backstreet Boys also perform. Children Need A Helping Hand performed

June

06 – Appearance on Dutch(?) TV show N3 Kinderatgever

08/09? – German TV appearance on Jeugdjournaal? (visiting a fan at home with carnival?)

26 – Nsync performs in Valencia, Spain at a disco called Woody. (They may or may not have stayed overnight at the Rey Don Jaime Hotel, and left early the next morning.

July

Chris get his braces (thanks MickeyM!)

Justin gets his tonsils out the end of July in Memphis, and Nsync do one or two shows without him(?)

02 – Appear at L’Equipe Anglaise, London private show

August

Together Again video shot in California, directed by DoRo, released Nov/Dec in Europe

06 – For The Girl Who Has Everything video filmed in Malibu, released in Europe Sept. ’97

08 – JC’s 21st birthday

16 – Appearance on German TV show Hitclip from Cologne (HWG, TUMH)

18 – For The Girl… single released in Germany

22 – Appearance on German TV show Viva Interaktiv (interview, FTG, Lion Sleeps)

24 – Vaduz/Lichenstein concert

September

06 – Pop Explosion concert in Germany, with Backstreet Boys, No Mercy, Bluemchen, Worlds Apart, Scooter, Gute Zeiten, Thy Boyz, Funky Diamonds, Mr. President, and Der Wolf at Berlin’s Deutschlandhalle

07 – Appearance on European TV show The Dome (HWG, FTG)

07 – Appearance on European TV show IFA Stars n’ Hits (Lion Sleeps)

10 – Nsync/Backstreet Boys charity basketball game

30 – performance in Munchen, Germany at the Babylon (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

October

home video ‘We Are Nsync’ released in Europe

Appear on German TV show Pur

01 – performance in Mannheim, Germany at the Rosengarten (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

02 – performance in Heilbronn, Germany at the Harmonie (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

04 – performance in Goppingen, Germany at the Hohenstaufenhalle (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

05 – performance in Wien, Germany at the Libro Music Hall (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

10 – performance in Cottbus, Germany at the Messehalle 2 (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

11 – performance in Fulda, Germany at the Richthalle (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

12 – performance in Berlin, Germany at the Arena (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

14 – performance in Stade, Germany at the Stadeum (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

15 – Appearance on European TV show Now TV (interview in a caravan)

15 – Appearance on European TV show Pepsi Pop 97 (IWYB, TUMH, FTG, interview)

16 – Appearance on German TV show Viva (in Bonn, live video for Lion Sleeps)

16 – performance in Bonn, Germany at the Biskuithalle (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

16 – Lion Sleeps Tonight video filmed at the Biskuithalle, Berlin, Germany; directed by Sven Offen and Tom Pahanka

17 – Chris’ 26th birthday

17 – performance in Halle, Germany at the Eissporthalle (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

18 – performance in Chemnitz, Germany at the Eissporthalle (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

19 – performance in Rostock, Germany at the Stadthalle (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

20 – performance in Magdeburg, Germany at the Bordelandhalle (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

22 – performance in Erfurt, Germany at the Thuringenhalle (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

23 – performance in Hannover, Germany at the Music Hall (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

24 – Appearance on German TV show Bravo TV (interview, Together Again)

24 – performance in Hamburg, Germany at the CCH Saal 3 (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

26 – performance in Herne, Germany at the Gusenberghalle (For The Girl tour w/Charisma and Solid HarmoniE as opening acts)

27 – German TV appearance on Brisant Bambi?

30 – IWYB to be released to radio stations in the US

November

08 – Together Again single released in Germany

11 – Nsync win BAMBI award

17 – Appearance on German TV show Viva Starfragen/Star Question ’97, answer questions in dressing room(?)

18 – performance in Bournemouth, UK at the International Centre (Smash Hits tour)

19 – performance in Cardiff, UK at the International Arena (Smash Hits tour)

20 – performance in Manchester, UK at the Nynex (Smash Hits tour)

21 – performance in Sheffield, UK at the Sheffield Arena (Smash Hits tour)

22 – performance in Newcastle, UK at the Newcastle Arena (Smash Hits tour)

23 – performance in Birmingham, UK at the NEC (Smash Hits tour)

December

I Want You Back (version 2) video filmed at Universal Studios, released Feb ’98 in North America

book in German released in Europe about Nsync, called Crazy For You

Attend Christmas parade in Jackson, Mississippi, all wearing silver puffy jackets

05 – performance in Orlando at House of Blues (North American promo tour)

07 – (Taped?) appearance on German TV show Hot-N-Holy Christmas

13 – Appearance on German TV show ZDF Kinder 97 (Sailing)

20 – Stacy Bass and Ford Lofton’s wedding

31 – Appearance on European TV show Sylvester Party (HWG, FTG, TUMH, countdown to 1998)