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The long weekend is over, but that doesn’t mean the partying has to stop. Montreal music lovers have two choices for tonight as two high-profile veteran groups roll into town. The only thing is, they're on opposite sides of the spectrum. Back in the mid-to-late nineties, The Backstreet Boys used their squeaky-clean image to charm millions of tweens and their mothers worldwide. Now that they've returned, those same tweens are now in their twenties (not to mention their mothers, who are considerably older), but they still generate a lot of ticket sales from nostalgia. Unfortunately, I don't know if they're making many new fans. Tonight they play the Bell Centre. The polar opposite of the Backstreet Men are Rancid, who will play Metropolis tonight. The legendary ska-punkers also have the nostalgia factor going for them as one of the bands (along with Green Day and the Offspring) to catapult punk rock into the mainstream back in the mid nineties. Take your pick Montreal. I won't judge.