Backstreet Boys Invite Snoop Dogg to Their Las Vegas Sphere Residency After Paw Patrol Premiere Reunion
Nick Carter invited Snoop Dogg to catch the Backstreet Boys' residency at the Las Vegas Sphere, and Snoop — who already lives in the city — told him, "You can come on by." The exchange took place at the Los Angeles premiere of Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, where both acts have ties to the same animated franchise. Snoop voices a character named Dave in the film, while the Backstreet Boys contributed the song "Bottle Up" to its soundtrack. Billboard
The connection runs deeper than a single film. Kevin Richardson and Snoop came face-to-face on the red carpet, ending years of internet comparisons calling the two doppelgängers. Richardson told Entertainment Tonight he could see the resemblance after posing for photos together, though he also noted he had met Snoop at an award show years ago, pushing back on suggestions the two had not crossed paths in over three decades. Entertainment Tonight, via Facebook
Brian Littrell added his own anecdote from the premiere, recalling Snoop joking that he wanted to play a dog in the Paw Patrol film because he was the only cast member who did not. Snoop does not voice a dog in the movie — his character is Dave, a human role. Billboard
The invitation itself centres on the Backstreet Boys' Into the Millennium residency, which launched at the Sphere in July 2025. The production has since surpassed 35 sold-out performances for a cumulative audience of 575,000 fans, according to Billboard. The Sphere — a bowl-shaped, high-resolution immersive venue on the Las Vegas Strip — has become a destination for residencies that lean into its wraparound screen and spatial audio system.
The group's current summer run includes shows through 29 August 2026, billed as the final summer dates of the engagement. Three additional New Year's Eve shows have been added, with a fan club presale set for Tuesday, 19 August at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, according to People. Further performances have been announced for early 2027.
As of 11 August, no confirmed Snoop Dogg cameo at the Sphere had been announced. The exchange between Carter and Snoop remains a casual invitation, not a booked date.
For fans of either act, the moment is a collision of two very different corners of 1990s and 2000s pop culture — a boy band playing a residency inside the most technologically ambitious venue on the Strip, and a Long Beach rapper who has lately become one of Las Vegas's most visible residents, crossing paths through a children's movie about rescue dogs.
