MANILA, Philippines--The twenty-something girlbehind us couldn?t contain herself. ?Ohmygoddddd!? she yelled, as many others like her broke into hysterics at the Backstreet Boys concert Saturday night at the Araneta Coliseum.

Four years ago, it was the exact same way Filipino fans expressed their idolatry of the American group, the world?s biggest-selling and most popular boy band to date.

Though long past its prime and minus Kevin Richardson, who has left the group, BSB managed to put on a better show compared to the last one.

Nick Carter, the heartthrob at the height of the group?s fame in the ?90s, had shed excess weight and displayed a buff physique, which allowed him to dance in synch with the choreographed numbers.

Even if there was just one DJ to provide the backing music, the sound was full, mixed at a high volume?too loud for some of the parents who watched with their kids?and hit us like a big wave of energy.

Four female dancers joined the Boys onstage, adding spice to some of the sexually suggestive dance moves.

During certain transitions and costume changes, a video screen showed digitally enhanced scenes from popular movies in which each BSB member interacted with the likes of Vin Diesel in ?Fast and Furious,? Ed Norton in ?Fight Club,? and Lawrence Fishburn in ?The Matrix,? among others.

A.J. McLean was the most vocally impressive as he sang the lead in ?Love Is All I Have To Give,? even as Brian Littrell and Carter drew loud cheers in ?Quit Playing Games With My Heart? and ?As Long As You Love Me,? respectively.

While ?Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely? was being performed we noticed many in the crowd holding up their cameras on video mode. They continued to do so until the show was over.

Back soon?

The fans couldn?t have enough of BSB, probably because they had no opportunity to see the group at its peak in the 1990s.

When Carter took off his shirt, revealing toned biceps, another girl near us came dangerously close to fainting.

Could the group then look forward to coming back soon? In 2006 some 10,000 people saw them at the Big Dome. Last Saturday more than 11,000 tickets were sold.

At the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel a few hours before show time, group member Howie Dorough told us that touring has become a necessity for most bands and artists in the wake of declining record sales.

That?s why there have been so many big concerts of late, here and elsewhere around the globe.