Robin Miller of Montgomery shows her feelings Friday. (Yuli Wu photo) | ZOOM |

        With one audible croon, 'NSync members threw hundreds of teenyboppers into a frenzy Friday while doing a sound check at Cinergy Field.

        “I love you, Justin!” screamed Emily Roll, 13, of Greenhills, calling out to Justin Timberlake, her favorite singer in one of the biggest boy bands in the nation.

        The Fab Five and their PopOdyssey tour hit the stage Friday night, performing before thousands of screaming, crying teen-age girls. The girls were in full-fan mode hours earlier, as they pressed themselves against a fence and listened to the band practice at Cinergy.

        Many Friday were eager to show their love. They wore 'NSync T-shirts, sported 'NSync bookbags, and purchased programs for the concert.

        Martha Kilpatrick, 34, of Warsaw, drove a van decorated with 'NSync posters as she and a group of teen-age girls, including her cousin, Amanda Kilpatrick, 18, traveled to Cincinnati on Thursday.

Brandy Seiber, 16, of Dayton leaps as she dances to music outside of Cinergy Field before the concert (Jeff Swinger photo) | ZOOM |

        They stayed at The Cincinnatian because the girls knew the band had stayed there before. The girls saw Lance Bass, one of the band members, in the lobby and got his autograph.

        “I just think it's awesome. He was really sweet,” Amanda said.

        Mothers and grandmothers were prepared for a night of screaming and post-concert chatter.

        “It is (important) to our granddaughter. She's been an 'NSync fan for a long time,” said Patty Bales, 65, of Dresden. She spent Friday evening in a hotel room but has attended a previous 'NSync concert with her granddaughter, Amy, 18.

        “I felt out of place, but it was fun,” she said.

Alicia Ashby, 11, of Madison, Ind., watches 'NSync rehearse Friday. (Yuli Wu photo) | ZOOM |

        For its PopOdyssey tour, 'NSync is fielding what some have called the most elaborate stage ever built for a pop concert.

        A crew of around 150 started construction Sunday on the 60-ton structure, which measures 90 feet deep, 198 feet wide and 90 feet high.

        It includes a complex network of trapdoors, conveyor belts, 12 elevators, a 60-foot-by-40-foot video screen, numerous pyrotechnic devices and an aircraft wiring system that allows the group to fly from the 90-foot peak of the stage to a second stage 115 feet into the crowd.

        Reporter Larry Nager contributed to this report.

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