The Backstreet Boys have splashed out a whopping 1 million ($1.5m) on the 'ultimate tour bus' - a luxury plane.

The "Backstreet's Back" hunks even had their name painted on the side of the Boeing 747 in the colors of new album "Black And Blue."

The promotional schedule will see the boys traveling 26,000 miles and covering six continents in 100 hours but with the plane they'll do it in style.

Each cabin has a king-sized vibrating bed, silk carpets, a DVD player, satellite TV and gold fittings. The boys will even have a chef on board to provide top class food.

Kevin Richardson says, "We thought it would be cool to do something that no-once has ever done. We are really successful at the moment and I don't want to look back in ten years and go, 'Why didn't I do that?'"

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Japanese Backstreet Boy Fans Injured Ten Japanese Backstreet Boys fans were injured in a crush when the heart-throbs arrived at Tokyo's Narita airport. More than 1,000 devotees staked out spots at the airport and waited for the boy band to arrive as part of their promotional circle of the globe in 100 hours. As well as Tokyo, the group are making stops in Sydney, Rio de Janeiro and New York. The fans crowded around the bus that collected the band from the airport and some were hurt as the hoards stampeded to catch a glimpse of AJ, Brian, Howie D, Kevin and Nick.

The boys played a show on the Tokyo Bay front after arriving on a charted jet. They made a suitably showbiz arrival at the venue, when they sailed there on a glittering ship and sang a song from the new album from the deck. -- WENN