Tokio Hotel WW156 (Concert news)

Tokio Hotel: is their concert at Parc des Princes being threatened?

The ticket competitions have been many, but Tokio Hotel has difficulty in filling the Parc des Princes concert, on June 21. Have Bill Kaulitz and his band been aiming too high, or are they losing momentum? (Actually, you will find out that this week, lots of French students are having exams and all, and perhaps that is the cause.)

It's a question that the media might start asking: "Is the phenomenon, Tokio Hotel being blown away, just like other boy bands?"

It must be said that the band, so popular a few months ago (LOL, they still are!) have the greatest difficulty in filling the Parc des Princes concert, the peak of their tour in France. Suddenly, tickets are being sold off at good prices.

However, let's not stray too far from another case, which will surely be favored by most fans. The concert, right in the middle of exams and takes place at the end of the school year, is perhaps a bad choice done by the organizers?

A little re-cap before the big day (Parc des Princes concert, Paris, takes place this Saturday!)

-- The balloon project
-- The black hearts project
-- The joining and raising hands project during the song "Vergessene Kinder."

First goal, bringing balloons to the concert, so that we can make the German flag during the song "Ich bin da." The fans will raise their balloons, there will be three different colors (yellow for people on the lawn, red for people in the red stands, and black for people situated on the blue bleachers).

The releasing of the balloons will take place on the last refrain of the last song, not necessarily after "ich bin da."

Second goal: bring white sheets of paper with a black heart in the middle. These papers should be lifted during the song "Wir sterben niemals aus."

Third project: take your neighbors' hands and lift them in the air, during the song "Vergessene Kinder"; that's one of Bill's dreams! (I thought it was during "Hilf mir fliegen" that Bill wanted to see everyone's arms up...but anyhow.)



The Tokio Hotel concert at the Geneva stadium, on the 12th of July has been transferred to an arena. The new concert, the arena one, will take place on the 12th, at 19:30, and it's sold-out! Only tickets bearing the date "12th of July" will be valid for the arena concert. The tickets from the Geneva stadium are still valid for the arena concert. The people with tickets granting seats for the would-have-been stadium concert, will also have seats in the arena concert.

Source: lmprod.ch

Tokio Hotel concert, transferred from the Geneva stadium to the arena

Scheduled at the Geneva stadium on July the 12th, the Tokio Hotel concert has been transferred to the arena; the organizer from Live Music Production revealed to us. The German group will play before 10,000 fans. No less than 8000 tickets will be refunded.
Tokio Hotel was supposed to take place on the 21st of March at the arena, but was canceled because of Bill's successful op.
This concert is now rescheduled for the 12th of July. Because of the success of all the tickets sold, they decided to have the concert at the stadium, which can take up to 25,000 people.
"But we have transferred the concert to the arena, since 8,000 tickets from the orginal concert have still not been reimbursed." said the Michael Drieberg, the director of Live Music Production. "One month away from the concert, we can't take the risk of not filling the place."

Fan's pressure
It's possible that some people who have tickets have not understood that they are supposed to be reimbursed or make an exchange of their tickets. It is now impossible to exchange the tickets, because only the tickets sold for the stadium concert are valid for the arena concert.
For Michael Drieberg, it is obvious that the Tokio Hotel fans wanted to cause some pressure. "We have received hundreds of letters. Some fans worry that they will be too far from the stage, other feared that such a place is dangerous for the teens."

Three ambulances

The director stresses that Tokio Hotel will only play once in Geneva, and that all the tickets have been sold. The holders of 8,000 tickets have not been reimbursed, and have up till the 12th of July to be re-payed.

"Tokio Hotel will play in front of 10,000 fans on the 12th of July, which is the maximum capacity the arena can hold. The security staff will be the largest ever to have been in charge of this arena." said Drieberg. "There will be 200 people assigned to this task, plus a score of nurses and Samaritans. Three ambulances will also be on the spot.

Because of their fans, Tokio Hotel will play at the Arena

"What is happening with Tokio Hotel is incredible," says Michael Drieberg, from Live Music Production, instigator of the coming of the band to Geneva. "We had sold all the tickets for their two concerts, which were originally scheduled on March 21st and July 12 at the Arena. Around 20,000 seats, more or less, the Geneva stadium could hold. When Bill fell sick, the first date was canceled and could not be replaced due to their overloaded agenda, it seemed appropriate to transfer the concert to the 12th of July, in a bigger place.

A bad idea. Because apart from the fans already in possession of the tickets for the concert on the 12th of July at the Arena, not many people have come to get refunds for their tickets, in order to get new ones.

"The fans want to see the band in a hall. They don't want a stadium where the scene is like 150 meters away from them." argued Drieberg. He continue with "It's really a pity. This would have been one of the last German concerts from Tokio Hotel. Their English album has been released, and next tour will be in the States, in English. We could have made 20,000 fans here, happy. Instead we will only have 10,000."

Note that they don't want any camping in front of the arenas or stadiums.