• Backstreet Boys paid tribute to Aaron Carter during their show in London.
• Kevin Richardson: Tonight we’ve got a little bit of heavy hearts.
•  Nick performed his brother’s song “Crush On You” in memory of Aaron.

Aaron Carter’s death left Nick Carter in a state of shock.

The Backstreet Boys’ singer was visibly moved as he and his colleagues paid tribute to the late musician onstage during their performance on November 6 at the O2 Arena in London.

As seen in videos shared to social media, a big screen showed in memoriam images of Aaron during a performance of the boy band’s latest single “No Place,” which member Kevin Richardson explained “is very special to us because that song is about family.”

“Everybody in here, we all grew up together,” the singer told the crowd, as Nick stood beside him in tears. “We’ve been through highs and lows and ups and downs—we thank you for being with the Backstreet family for 29 years, for all the love.”

He continued, “Tonight we’ve got a little bit of heavy hearts. Because we lost one of our family members yesterday. We just wanted to find a moment in our show to recognize him.”

The other four band members hugged Nick alternately while the audience applauded their actions. The group’s “little brother,” as Howie Dorough called to Aaron, was then honoured in the group’s subsequent song.

Saw @backstreetboys tonight. Very emotionally charged show. Beautiful tribute to Aaron Carter. I am exhausted. pic.twitter.com/vQy8S17CaK

— Jon D Barker 📸🏳️‍🌈🤟🏻 (@JonDBarker) November 6, 2022

One fan, Jon D Barker, shared his account of the concert with E! News, calling the event “very emotional.”

“During their last single from DNA, the music video was playing on the top screen,” Jon told E! News after the show. “The ending images of the video were the photos Nick had shared on Twitter recently to crowd applause, before the band took some time to talk about Aaron’s passing and console Nick. Everyone was crying as you imagine.”

Before his performance, Nick, 42, shared a message on Twitter and Instagram in memory of Aaron, saying his “heart has been broken.”

“Even though my brother and I have had a complicated relationship, my love for him has never ever faded,” he wrote alongside a series of throwback photos of the siblings. “I will miss my brother more than anyone will ever know. I love you Chizz., now you get a chance to finally have some peace you could never find here on earth.”

Aaron’s representative informed E! News on November 5 that the “Crush On You” singer has passed away at the age of 34. The reason of death has not been made public.

Aaron mentioned in one of his final interviews that he initially entered show business with the intention of following in Nick’s well-known footsteps.

“I just wanted to be like my brother,” he said on an August episode of the Brett Allan Show. “I wanted to do what he was doing because he would come home with all these stuffed animals. I remember very vividly all of these toys. He would bring back this stuff and have ‘Nick’ on it. So I wanted to become a singer at the age that I did for stuffed animals. Not money. I wanted my own toys.”

He added, “Now I’m thinking about it, that’s really why I wanted to do this.”

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