Someone backstage at Justin Timberlake’s sold-out concert at Intrust Bank Arena on Sunday apparently told him that the city likes to be nicknamed “Toto Town.”

But the audience was quick to correct the 43-year-old singer, who hasn’t performed here since 1999, when he was an 18-year-old member of the boy band “N Sync.” That was so long ago that the downtown arena didn’t even exist and Timberlake and his bandmates performed on the Kansas Coliseum stage instead.

It’s certain that many of the same people in the audience at that show more than 25 years ago were also at Sunday night’s show, a stop on Timberlake’s “The Forget Tomorrow World Tour,” which he launched in April in support of his sixth show Studio album “Everything I Thought it Was”.

Sunday’s concert was packed with songs from that album, including the Top 20 lead single “Selfish.” But the die-hard fans in the audience, whom Timberlake often referred to as his “day-ones” during his show, were visibly (and audibly) more enthusiastic about his older hits.

Most of the audience was made up of people around Timberlake’s age, many of them with their own young children in tow, and the biggest reactions of the night came when the singer performed songs like “Cry Me a River” and “Like I Love You.” ” from his 2002 debut solo album “Justified,” as well as “SexyBack” and “What Goes Around…/…Comes Around” from his 2006 album “FutureSex/LoveSounds.”

And throughout the show, Timberlake profusely thanked the fans who have loved him since the Kansas Coliseum days. He bowed dramatically to them several times as the crowd cheered.

At one point he asked viewers to cheer when they saw him for the first time. But he got a much louder response when he asked people to cheer who had “rocked with me for, I don’t know, 25, 30 years.”

“So many of you, when I get a chance to talk to you, say, ‘I grew up with you,'” he said from the stage. “And I want you to know that I really grew up with you. You are such a special part of my life.”

Timberlake was accompanied on Sunday by an eight-piece band, which also included a full four-part horn section, as well as three backup singers and five dancers. His signature falsetto was strong and — despite canceling a show scheduled for Dec. 2 in Oklahoma City due to a back injury — Timberlake danced his way through the entire Wichita show. During performances of his biggest hits, he and his dancers recreated choreographies from his famous videos, including the moves for the 2016 megahit “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” from the “Trolls” soundtrack.

At the start of the show, Timberlake asked the audience about the “Toto Town” information he had received and received a loud negative response.

“I’m glad I didn’t say that,” he said.

He also paused the music to read aloud some of the signs the audience had brought with them. One was given by an 11-year-old girl named Emily and read: “Mommy said I could sing the bad words for two nights.” The singer then turned to the girl’s mother.

“I saw you for the first time 26 years ago tomorrow,” the mother shouted to Timberlake, who then asked her what bad words she had heard 26 years ago.

“There weren’t any,” she replied.

“I know there weren’t,” he said, laughing. “That was a trick question.”

Midway through the show, Timberlake – followed by his dancers and horn section – traveled through the crowd to a secluded stage at the back of the arena, where he performed an eight-song set that included “Suit & Tie” from his 2013 album included “The 20/20 Experience” and “Say Something,” a song he released in 2018 that featured vocals from country star Chris Stapleton.

He then traveled back to the main stage to finish his performance, which included “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” “Rock Your Body” and “SexyBack” before reappearing on the secluded stage for the encore – a high-energy version of 2013 hit “Mirrors”.

Although in many cities Timberlake flies above the crowd on a floating stage during the “Mirrors” encore, that didn’t happen in Wichita.

Timberlake also didn’t let news photographers into his Wichita show. Instead, his tour yielded “approved” photos taken in New York City in early October.

Justin Timberlake Setlist/Wichita

“No angels”

“LoveStoned”

“When I love you”

“My love”

“Sacred”

“Infinity Sex”

“FutureSex/LoveSound”

“Performance”

“Drowning”

“Cry Me A River”

“Let the groove come in”

“My favorite drug”

“Senorita”

“Summer Love”

“F**ckin’ Up the Disco”

“Play”

“Suit and Tie”

“Flame”

“Say something”

“Pusher Love Girl”

“Until the end of time”

“Egotistical”

“What goes around comes around”

“I can’t stop the feeling!”

“Rock your body”

“SexyBack”

“Mirror”