Getting your player ready...
NEW YORK — The manager behind the Backstreet Boys, ‘NSync and the Jonas Brothers is looking online for his next pop act. Today, Johnny Wright will begin accepting video auditions worldwide from aspiring musicians, ages 16 to 30, at . The field will gradually be winnowed down through challenges and a boot camp in Los Angeles.
A final band will be chosen in June.
Wright’s search will be followed in the 21-episode Web series “On the Spot: Johnny Wright’s Quest for the Next Pop Sensation.” It will be streamed by AT&T’s U-verse TV service, and , the music site co-owned by the Jonas Group, AOL and MGX Labs. The Associated Press
