Music News – Tuesday, July 13

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Britney Spears may finally be getting control over one part of her life — by choosing her own lawyer for the first time in 13 years.
According to the New York TimesMathew S. Rosengart, will appear in a California courtroom on Wednesday in order to ask that he be allowed to take over from court-appointed Samuel Ingham, who quit her team after a stormy decade guiding her legal affairs. Rosengart has an impressive client list, including A-listers like Steven SpielbergBen AffleckSean Penn and Eddie Vedder
Britney is expected to attend the Wednesday hearing in person.

Christmas is back, alright!
That’s the message the Backstreet Boys will deliver when they pull into Las Vegas for a special holiday residency later this year. The stand, dubbed A Very Backstreet Christmas Party, will take place at Zappos Theater inside Planet Hollywood hotel-casino starting on November 11th.
The Backstreet Boys previously held their Larger Than Life residency at the same space.

The 1980s-era pattern that was used in the original design of New Kids on the Block bed sheets is now back in a line of more mature merchandise.  Available now at NKOTBStore.com, you can get the pattern on an apron, oven mitt, pint glass, coffee mug, dish towel, coasters and other grown-up items.
In a statement, NKOTB’s Danny Wood says, “My favorite item from the [merch] drop is the oven mitt. It has been put to the test while filming my show The Wood Works in my kitchen. I am very particular about my kitchen accessories and this fits right in.”
There will be two additional merchandise drops in the summer and the fall.
In other NKOTB news, Joey McIntyre will be doing a co-headlining Las Vegas residency with Debbie Gibson this August and September at the Sands Showroom at the Venetian Hotel Las Vegas.  A duet version of Debbie’s #1 hit “Lost in Your Eyes” featuring Joey is out now.