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Producer Paris Barclay teases many empty seats at the table by season's end. (Noooo!)
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 21, 2000 -- When there's mayhem, you can blame the Backstreet Boys. At least for the remainder of their 100-hour tour. At least 10 fans were injured after the Boys landed in Tokyo's Narita airport Monday when a group swarmed their bus. Now Reuters says that about 45,000 fans rushed to see the band give a 10-minute show on the roof of a hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Fans literally threw themselves in front of the band's bus on the way to the airport. "It was crazy. You would have thought the president was here or Michael Jackson, not the Backstreet Boys," said group member Howie Dorough after watching the fans spill on to the roads. The Backstreet Boys are on a whirlwind, 100-hour tour around the world to promote their new album, "Black and Blue," which hits stores today. The band is being touted as the top-selling boy band after sales surpassed 55 milli