McLean of Backstreet Boys is engaged

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Backstreet Boy vocalist A.J. McLean proposed to his girlfriend, Rochelle Deanna, while celebrating his birthday at a Las Vegas nightclub, a bystander says.

An eyewitness, whose identity was not released, said the 32-year-old singer made the proposal on a stage at the Hard Rock Hotel's Wasted Space nightclub on Friday night, People.com reported Saturday.

"He got up on stage and the DJ turned the music off. He asked her to come up on stage and he got down on his knee and she squatted down with him," the eyewitness said. "He asked her and she said yes and hugged him. He took the ring out of his pocket and put it on her hand."

An unidentified source told People magazine that McLean purchased the engagement ring used in Friday night's proposal at the hotel's jewelry store mere hours before the nightclub visit.