How much would you spend to see Howie Dorough of Backstreet Boys play three songs, chat about his heritage and share a coffee?
The band’s rabid fans are in for $346 a pop.
Dorough is taking such a coffee break. Several, actually. He is hosting “Cafecito Con Howie” over five dates at Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip. The fabled boy band’s co-founder appears this from 1-3 p.m. Friday, continuing Aug. 7, 14, 21 and 28. He premiered the series this past Friday.
Dorough is introducing fans to a new flavor of his solo career as BSB continues its sold-out run at Sphere. The band is back Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and for 15 dates through Aug. 29.
“Cafecito Con Howie” is the antithesis of the “Into The Millennium” production. The Hard Rock event is a dialed-down, three-song performance in which Dorough relates his Latin underpinnings. His mother, Paula Flores-Dorough, is Puerto Rican. His late father, Hoke Dwaine Dorough, was of Irish and English descent.
Along with live music, Dorough is opening the event to conversation, coffee, and an intimate look at the inspiration behind his latest Spanish-language single, “Coqui.” The format is a meet-and-greet, the three-song set, audience Q&A, and a cup of signature Coquí Latte in a “Cafecito Con Howie” mug. And, you can keep that.
The opportunity to hang with Dorough on the Strip comes at a price, $346.62 specifically. Go to please.co/pages/howie-d to make that happen.
Dorough has previously hosted heightened fan experiences in Las Vegas. He showed there is a high demand for this up-close-and-personal opportunity. The boy-band legend, who turns 53 on Aug. 22, spent hours with fans in his “Howie Eatz” series at Hofbrauhaus last summer at $400 a pop. But this is his first event of its kind on the Strip.
Dorough says the Hard Rock event shows him in a new light, an event for longtime fans.
“Growing up, Puerto Rican music, traditions, and family were always a huge part of my life,” said Howie D. “As I’ve gotten older and become a father myself, I’ve felt an even stronger desire to connect with that heritage and share it with my children. This project has allowed me to reconnect with that side of myself in a really meaningful way.”
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