Howie Scores Backstreet Bride

Dorough swaps vows with longtime girlfriend in Orlando as fellow Boys watch

By Marcus Errico Dec 09, 2007 6:57 PMTags

Howie Dorough doesn't have to worry about the meaning of being lonely anymore.

The Backstreet Boy took a bride Saturday in his hometown of Orlando, marrying longtime girlfriend Leigh Boniello, a lawyer for the band confirmed.

With his fellow Backstreeters looking on, Dorough, 34, said his I-do's to cap a traditional Catholic ceremony at St. James Cathedral.

"The wedding took place as planned, and all went well," attorney Jason L. Turner said in a statement.

The nuptial news was first reported by OK! magazine, which was given exclusive coverage to the affair.

Boniello was the Webmaster for the Backstreet site, and the two began dating six years ago. Dorough finally popped the question last New Year's.

"She wasn't expecting it, and I was quite nervous—more nervous about proposing to her in front of 40 family and friends than about performing in front of 40,000 people onstage," Dorough told People earlier this year.

He becomes the third member to ditch his singleton status, following Brian Littrell and the now retired Kevin Richardson to the altar.

There won't be too much time for a honeymoon. Dorough and the rest of BSB—Littrell, Nick Carter and A.J. McLean—resume their tour in Buffalo on Tuesday.

The band's latest album, Unbreakable, dropped in October.