Brian Littrell

(L to R) AJ Mclean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell of Backstreet Boys present their new album "This Is Us" at Gran Melia Fenix Hotel on September 9, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. (Getty Images) more pics » The Backstreet Boys were forced to cancel a public meet-and-greet event today, after memeber Brian Littrel l was diagnosed with H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu. The remaining members of the group -- Nick Carter , Howie Dorough and AJ McLean -- have all met with a doctor are not currently showing any signs of the infectious virus. Backstreet Boy member Brian Littrell has ... Read Full Story

Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys has been diagnosed with swine flu , forcing the band to cancel upcoming gigs, including an appearance on "Ellen." BSB has a new album, THIS IS US, which debuts tomorrow. They were also scheduled to show off their chops on the "Early Show" tomorrow morning, but had to cancel the appearance due to Brian's sickness. The crooners also had to back out of participating in NYC PINKTOBER at the Hard Rock Café. The news was announced via the band's website -- on it, Brian writes, "We were really looking forward to spending time with our closest fans and ... Read Full Story

(December 13, 2007 - Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images Entertainment) The swine flu has brought a lot of things to a lot of people (fever, fear, phlegm), but who knew that a quadruple reassortant virus could help musicians sell albums. In what at first glance seemed like unfortunate timing, Boyz II Men singer Shawn Stockman was struck ill by the virus last week. But the upside was that all of a sudden everyone became all interested in Boyz II Men again and handily right before the release of the new album, "Love." The Backstreet Boys got a similar public relations push when boy Brian ... Read Full Story

By: Ellie Kam on October 5th, 2009 at9:00 pm Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell is diseased with a case of the Swine Flu. Earlier today, the group canceled a few upcoming appearances to give Brian some time to recover. The other members are now taking Tamiflu as a precaution, but none of them have shown any Swine Flu symptoms. Read Full Story

The swine flu aka H1N1 can hit anyone at anytime including some of our fav Asian celebs. Below are pics of celebs who had to deal with the illness.     Singer/actor Lee Seung-gi     Actor Lee Kwang-gi's 7-year-old son died over the weekend of swine flu. SHINee leader Onew   SHINee member Jong-hyun      2AM member Jo Kwon   Bae Yong Joon   Regine Velasquez       CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta       SS501 member Kim Hyun-joong     Stephy Tang   Non-Asian celebs who were sick with the swine flun are: Shawn Stockman of the R&B group Boys II ... Read Full Story