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"Howie Dorough has joined Britney Spears on her &amp;#039;Femme Fatale&amp;#039; tour.  The Backstreet Boys singer will open for Spears during several dates on the South American leg of her tour beginning November 20 in La Plata, Argentina, according to Dorough&amp;#039;s official website. Dorough&amp;#039;s stint will include shows in Chile, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m so excited that I&amp;#039;m going joining @britneyspears on several dates of the &amp;#039;Femme Fatale&amp;#039; tour!&amp;quot; he wrote on his Twitter page on Monday. The Backstreet Boys told Digital Spy this week that they have begun work on a new album, though the band have no release date in mind.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s too early to say what the direction of the record will be - right now we&amp;#039;re just writing and gathering songs. Our last album was a bit more Euro-dance but we&amp;#039;re considering moving back to our pop-rock sound,&amp;quot; Dorough said.  Dorough will release his first solo album Back To Me on November 15.  &amp;gt; Britney Spears concert tickets &amp;#039;slashed over low sales&amp;#039; Watch the video for Howie Dorough&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;100&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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