Backstreet Boys to play Auckland

American popsters the Backstreet Boys are extending their world tour to New Zealand and Australia, with a gig at Auckland's Vector Arena on March 11, their publicists said today.

The now not-so-boyish band, who formed in 1993, boast 14 top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold over 100 million albums worldwide -- making them among the biggest selling artists of all time.

Their latest album titled This Is Us was released this year and they are now on the European leg of their world tour of the same name.