Rolling Stone - A New Wave From Germany

A New Wave From Germany

Tokio Hotel craziness in Europe has eventually arrived the other side of the Ocean. We talked to Bill & Tom twins who rocked the USA with Scream (album) about fame and dreams.. [interviewed by Nicole Freshee]

On a Saturday morning In New Jersey, a hundred of guys wearing raincoats don't ignore the rain and mud, and they are sitting at the car park of Meadowlands. Crowded which doesn't care the danger of crushing, is trying to announce their voice to Tokio Hotel and a poor girl is laying herself out: “Bill, I wanna make your hair!" Bill Kaulitz is the soloist,18 year-old, of the German band Tokio Hotel. While screaming is keeping on, guitarist Tom (Bills twin) who has dreadlocks is starting by playing Ready Set go and the concert is starting ..

Girls are keeping on screaming but Bill doesn’t seem like he cares. If he would try to answer the girls like her, then his hair like hedgehog wouldn’t be important that much, right ? So that he is turning right by shaking his hips, holding his biff up and starting to sing!

Tokio Hotels album called Scream was published on may 6th in America and this German emo band has been the favorite of MTV since that day. They give full house concerts in NY and LA.
“When we played at Irving Plaza in NY in February, everybody sang our songs, even German ones too!” says Bill. “We are used to giving concerts in Europe but attention in America makes us surprised!”

A few years ago, Bill and Tom , were playing to only a few people in Madgeburg. “Every weekend, we were playing to 15 people at the same club.” Says Tom who started to play guitar when he was 7. And Bill says that he decided to become a star at this time too. “On TV, I came across a Nena concert, she was singing “99 red balloons”. And i said ‘I wanna sing on the stage too!!’ " Tokio Hotel is completely founded with Gustav (drum) and Georg (bass) in 2001. “We thought, someone must help this band” says Listing by laughing.

Scream is the first English album of Tokio Hotel which consists of the English versions of German songs in German albums. “We have correlated with every song. ” says Bill who was affected for his new style by wearing a vampire costume on Halloween . “In the fact, Ready, Set, Go! tells our stories. Well, we say ‘Follow your dreams and don't be afraid to start a new life.' "

Black Magazine - Spain

Black Magazine

Cover: ‘Tokio Hotel took Spain by storm’
Like a real fan.

This is how we lived TH concerts. The first time is always special, and this one was magical. Bill, Tom, Georg and Gustav came to Spain and they did not disappoint.

Our stomachs flipped with excitement when we arrived to one of the most waited concerts. The ‘Go TH’ screams filled our ears and finally an intense night began..

They jumped on stage with an energy that put across their excitement. While they chained up songs, winks and special effects our legs did not stop. We could not stop jumping and Bill asked us to keep doing it!

When the Scream! moment began our throats were already sore but that is exactly what we did: scream. But the night had just began. “Are you okay?” asked a smiling Bill.

We kept rocking. We went crazy with Don’t Jump and Ready, Set, Go! and Reden made us shiver “Dedicated to my brother” said Bill.

The night was ending but there was a hit left: Monsoon. He sounded tired so we helped him with the chorus. Few tracks after, Rescue Me became the last song.

Before leaving Bill threw his towel towards the crowd, Tom and Georg theirs picks and Gustav his drumsticks. Then everybody clapped while recording the moment in our minds.

We finally saw them and with the amazing greets they received, they will surely come back soon!
Tokio Hotel: “Success is a drug”

Black-clothed, wearing dark glasses and giving us a smiling “hello”. This is how the Germans who rocked Spain in an unforgetable weekend appeared. Since then, 15 minutes with them…

Willkommen!! Nice to see you here in Spain again..
Bill: Same here! Fans over here are marvelous. Besides, we are told we have a lot of success here, so we are very happy.

Let’s go through it slowly. How was your staying in Barcelona?
B: It was a very beautiful performance. People were queuing for days, which dazzled us.

Sure! We were waiting for a long time, and since Madrid…
B: Yeah…we felt sorry for letting you down, but it was something unstoppable.

Don’t worry, we understand it! Are you recovered at all?
B: Yes, I finally can say it’s like always! It was a bad moment in our career. Days before stopping I was really harmed. Besides, it’s frightening when someone is raking through your vocal chords. Now we’re going to rock!

Yeah…you’re working a lot!
B: Hahahaha, we’re workaholics. We’ve been three years working without a break. We only have two holiday weeks in a year, but that’s what we wanted.

Don’t you prefer tranquility?
Tom: We are the ones writing the agenda. Of course, sometimes we are exhausted, for instance when we travel to three different cities within 24 hours!

It was this way: Friday 27th Barcelona, Saturday 28th Madrid…
B: And Sunday in Lisbon! But performing in Rock in Rio is amazing.

Sunday 19th? Did you miss the match between Germany and Spain? Germans were in a bad way after the match!
Gustav: Yeah..to be honest, I bid for a 3-2 winning Germany, of course.

You don’t have the Eurocopa, but you have money, success, girls…
B: There’s something of them lacking! Hahaha. The four of us are still single! We’re always thinking about our dreams and success hooks. It’s like a drug, you always want more: more glory, more concerts…

So singles, ah? It was said over here that Bill was going out with the majorcan Monica Sanz.
B: Hahaha! That’s not true, I’ve been single for three years, so…

Do you think fans could disappear?
B: Of course! But we know what is living without it. That’s why we appreciate it so much and we hope it to go ahead! Worst days may come, but fans are always a good incentive to go on…
The Tokiohotelish Girls

The most important thing is our fans’ said Bill. That’s why we want you to tell us how you lived the landing of the German Monsoon. Thank you so much for sharing it!

Tu Magazine - Mexico

This German band is all the hype in Europe and its four members have already started breaking hearts in our country. Are you ready to fall in love with them? You’ll surely do- By Diana Matozo

The leaders of Tokio Hotel are twin brothers Bill (lead singer) and Tom (guitar) Kaulitz. Despite the fact that they are identical twins, they have very different and distinctive personalities. They talked to our magazine (TU) about their music and they also shared some secrets of their love life with us. Find out everything about it!

TU: How do you feel now that your music is known in our country?
Tom: Once we dreamt about international success but we never really thought that it would happen. People in our country know about us but crossing borders is not only amazing, it’s also weird! We’ve never been in Mexico but our music is being played there…it’s a great satisfaction. We would love to visit your country.

TU: Do you have girlfriends? How’s your ideal girl?
Tom: I don’t have a girlfriend and I can’t really say that I have an ‘ideal’ girl. I can’t say that I prefer blond girls over brunettes or redheads, all I can say is that there are a lot of beautiful girls everywhere.

(Pic: ‘Georg and Gustav are a little behind on the girl topic’- Bill)

TU: Is dating easier when you’re in this career?
Tom: Of course music helps. In school, it’s the kids that are musicians the ones that tend to be very popular and have great success! That’s why I decided early on that I’d play guitar (laughs). No, honestly, I have never had ‘girl trouble’ and I have never used my fame to get with a girl.
Bill: In my case, music has definitely helped, I had my first girlfriend when I started singing but in this business, there’s little time for a serious relationship.

TU: Who’s your favorite (female) singer or actress?
Tom: I love Jessica Alba, she’s my favorite!
Bill: For me, it has to be Nena, the German singer, I was very influenced by her. I saw one of her concerts on TV and it was a moment that left a mark on me. I was very young and right after that, I started writing my own songs. It was clear to me that I had to be on a stage one day.

TU: Being twins, have you ever tried making a move on the same girl?
Tom: I had a girlfriend and when we broke up, I tried to talk her into giving my brother his first kiss. I wanted him to live that experience because (until then) Bill had never had a girlfriend. It was a way of showing how much I cared.

TU: Is there a message behind your look?
Tom: We have never wanted to create a fake image. This is part of our personality, this is what we feel, this is who we are. If you see pictures of us before being a band, you would see that the change hasn’t really been a drastic one.

TU: Would you get a girlfriend’s name tattooed?
Tom: If the relationship isn’t serious, I don’t think I would, I don’t think it’s worth it (laughs); if it were something a little more serious…I don’t think I’d do it either! I am not a big fan of tattoos.
Bill: I love tattoos! And if I were really in love, why not? I think I would do it.

TU: Are you guys faithful (when in a relationship)?
Tom: When you are in love, it’s important to be faithful and feel that the other person is being faithful too, it’s basic.
Bill: For me, this is something fundamental. Besides, if I am in love, I don’t really feel like accepting any other ‘offers’. With me, you don’t have to worry about cheating, I believe in being faithful and that’s what I practice but… I haven’t really been with a girl for quite some time now.

TU: How do you feel about your fans getting so crazy sometimes?
Bill: We’re really proud of the fans that we have, they support us so much, they are always waiting for our concerts, they sing our songs, they have an amazing level of energy and that’s contagious. They make us feel the need to continue doing what we are doing.

(We love to see all the fan signs and banners at our concerts!)

What every fan should know:

*They were born in Magdeburg, Germany. There they are listed as part of the ‘Town’s Most Beloved Sons’.
*Tom is older than Bill…10 minutes older only!
*When they were little kids, the twins would wear t-shirts with their names on them so that people wouldn’t get confused.
*These brothers have a philosophy in life: ‘Follow your dreams’
*Gustav started playing drums when he was only 4 years old!
*Georg is a Fall Out Boy and Green Day fan
*When they recorded their first album, two of them were just 13 (Bill and Tom)

News

US Poster Competition!

Tokio Hotel’s Official US Site unveiled a new contest earlier today asking fans to print their tour poster, put it up in their communities, take pictures with it and email your favorite three to them. A new winner will be chosen every Monday in August. The winners will get two tickets to any US concert along with Meet & Greet passes.

This is for US fans ONLY!

Quotidiano.net has posted an article about Tokio Hotel’s concert at Parco Novi Sad in Modena. They say fans lined up days before in the heat and many ended up fainting or getting sick.

THE LONG DAY
And in the end we were overwhelmed by a Monsoon

Night, morning, evening, night and again … Well, now for hours, the chronicle of a truly incredible Friday for Modena. The notes of four young stars.

Modena, July 12, 2008. They say that the female is the weaker sex. But when the stakes are high, even the teenage girls pull off a fighting spirit that not you expect. I arrived in twenty thousand (17 thousand tickets sold, more fathers, mothers and various friends …) for the Tokio Hotel concert at Parco Novi Sad. They braved the burning sun, the crowd remained to wait at Parco Novi Sad day and night. And in the end have realized their dream of teenagers. But at what price: dozens, if not hundreds of fainting, fatigue snervante, long waits under the sun … A day really ‘hot’, for them and who had to accompany and assist.

Bill, Tom, George and Gustav were up on stage around 9:45PM in a show of lights. Their hairstyles, in the shadows, gave a thrill to the thousands of fans below them, which has turned into pure excitement when they intoned their pieces Strengths: Scream, Black, Don’t Jump and of course the famous Monsoon. A concert really ‘with flakes’. Powder with stars on the night of wishes.

But the night before, between Thursday and Friday, almost 400 fans stayed outdoors, lined along the serpentine path, lookouts in dormiveglia, careful not to lose the place earned through days and days of waiting at Parco Novi Sad. We among them, without disturbing too. In the morning we find them still there, with their faces a little ‘tense, “she” wear, but in fibrillation. “They said that the gates will open at 5:00PM - relate -. But where are they? “.

A few hours later, the delirium. Parents can not do more to see their girls just faint under the sun, and begin to put pressure, demanding loudly that the gates are open. Some girl feels bad, water and sugar is the recipe of paramedics. But the line is beginning to become very long, the sun beats increasingly strong. Islam also firemen who, with their water cannons give a little ‘coolness of the many fans, “Thank you, thank you” shouting in unison.

At 2:30PM staff gives the green light. Nor were a magic formula, the teenagers will take over all, bring the turbo and sow parents running straight toward the stage. The first manage to enter the ‘grave’, a transennata which seems a little ‘as the raft of luck when the ship sinks: if there six, you win. But the heat not truce even there, indeed, the crowds that you create in a few minutes ago that island become a happy ‘lazzaretto’, full of girls who lose the senses. Fortunately, the civil protection facilities, logistics and the three points at the sides of the stage prove useful for those who feel bad. Pity then, return nell’Olimpo there is not so easy.

Let’s go back outside, and crossed the municipal councillor policies youth John Franco Orlando. With him commented what remains of the camps, would say a large mass of waste. “We hope that the fans use their boxes scattered nell’anello of Novi Sad.” And, casting their gaze inside, we notice that indeed they did, but for sedercisi above.

Shortly after beginning to get several police vans. It approaches the hour of the concert and atmosphere is getting warmer, there are common illnesses repeating them, even if no firemen rest a moment. The teams’ travel to all spying. Then, finally, at about 8PM guitars, the voice of Lost and later the dark charm of Bill Kaulitz and companions. There are those who are locked in under the stage, but whoever the concert looks from the outside, behind the fences. The monsoon is past, warmer than usual.

welt.de

Celebration of full moon Amongst Thailand-fans and backpack tourists it’s a legend: “Full Moon Parties” that will be celebrated to each full moon night with light balloons and psychedelic music on the beach of Haad Ron on the island of Koh Pha-Ngan. Up to 10 000 people come to then mass-dance together to the sound of the sea. We have water and full moon in Hamburg too, thought Tung Truong, the manager of the “Indochine”, and Dojan Jung of Young Creatives, which brought the party to the Elbe. Only 500 celebration jolly people could fit into the “Indochine”, but had to wait in a long line first, but it didn’t ruin the mood at all. Between lavish Asia decorations and light installation people danced if they found a little spot to: In the Ice-Bar and on the terrace in the lounge area. The Parisian DJane Joana de la Jungle took care of the music-mix, and the Londoner violinist Sophie Serafino headed on with handmade sounds to it. Surprise during the late hour: Germany’s most popular rocker twins Bill and Tom Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel mixed amongst the audience and showed no fear of pushing and barging in. Previously the two teen idols were in the new Upper East celebrating, but were little amused: “Lots of weird people there,” said Bill.

Tokio Hotel Interview

For those who don't know you yet, how did you four meet?

Tom: Bill and I started making music when we were 7. We always preferred that to video games! We dedicated all our free time, evenings, weekends to it. Bill played synthesized because there was no one else to play the drums and bass. I met Gustav while we were at the Academy (music academy?), and we became friends then.
Gustav: And then one day, I went along to one of their gigs. When I saw Bill on stage trying to play synthesized, I told myself that really had to change. (laughs) So we started discussing it and I proposed to play with them. It was then that we started the band.

What would you like to tell those who call you just a well-marketed product?

Bill: Oh my god! In order to say such silliness, those people must be really frustrated. But anyhow, that's the usual thing you hear in the music business. Especially in Germany. These last few years, like in England in the 90s, there were lots of boys and girl bands. There were even TV shows, which had the goal of finding THE next band. So that makes it really hard to make a real formation without making it seem like a TV reality show. Today, it's hard to convince people that we're a real band, that no one told us to be friends with Gustav and Georg. Anyhow, no one would believe us. Consequently, we do our own thing without worrying about those rumors. Music is emotion; if you are just a puppet how can you put your heart into what you do? On my part, I put my heart into it all, so it annoys me when people think what I do is plastic. But there are times when you need to distance yourself from those rumors, otherwise you'll get eaten alive.

What relationship do you have with your fans?

Tom: Whenever we can, we talk to them, sign autographs...that's the least we can do, because wherever we go, they're there! Sometimes they wait for hours or spend the night on the streets. Whether it's cold, raining, snowing, they're there. And they offer us gifts in which they put their hearts and souls. So giving them a bit of our time, it's the least we can do to show them how much they mean to us. We want to live up to their love for us.

What's the most unbelievable gift a fan has offered you?

Bill: That's a hard question because we receive tons and tons of gifts. We are very touched by our fans' letters. Some are very long. There was one who made a 14 kilometer letter! That's almost a book of 1000 A4 pages!

Georg: Otherwise we got a car, a Mini Cooper with picture of us and our name all over. But it's hard to chose one gift in particular, because they all mean something to us.

Do you take time to go on forums and your MySpace page?

Bill: We have to be careful, because on forums, there are lots of people who pretend to be us, who chat with our fans and don't give a damn about them. If we're ever on Internet, it's always a group thing and it's announced officially. Other than that, we spend lots of times on blogs dedicated to us or on our MySpace, because their opinions interest us a lot.

The girls are crazy over you, but what's your type of girl?

Tom: That's a hard question, because I don't have one precise type of girl in my head. There just has to be a good feeling present from the beginning, a connection which allows the relationship to start naturally. She can be blonde, or have brown or red hair...it doesn't matter. But with the lives we lead, we don't have the time for those love relationships. At the same time, being faithful and engaged doesn't interest me...I like to take advantage and have fun. I was crazy over tons of girls. Too many girls. (laughs) I really think that it's possible to fall in love a few times in your life, and thankfully several people are made for you.

Georg: Concerning me, I would like to meet a girl who looks like Angelina Jolie, the Olsen twins, and Eva Longoria.

Gustav: We'll fight over the same girl, then, Georg. (laughs)

Bill: I'd like the girl to have a cool look, that she has clean nails and nice skin. And she must be positive and funny. One-night-stands don't turn me on. I really believe in true love, love that you can only find once in your life...if you're lucky enough. Because I think that lots of people will never find it, which is rather sad...I've known girls, I've already fallen in love. I know what it's like to have a crush on someone, butterflies in the stomach, but I haven't found Love, with a big "L."

Bill, you have a particular look. Have you always liked to make yourself up and do your nails?

Bill: I've been doing that since a very long time. Gustav and Georg never knew me otherwise. I started to get a taste for makeup when I participated in a Halloween party, several years ago. I was disguised as a vampire. Since then, I've kept the look. It's part of my personality.

How long does it take you every morning to make yourself nice?

Bill: Not very long. 40 minutes in all.

Do you have a ritual before going up on stage?

Bill: Well it's not really a ritual. Gustav likes to be alone, he concentrates and listens to music. But Georg, Tom, and I, we like to hang out together before the show starts and be stressed out together. We lock ourselves in a room for half an hour and no one's allowed to come in. Not even our manager! We imagine the worst-case scenarios, we laugh and it relaxes us.

And when you're not on stage, what do you do with your time?

Georg: We play ping-pong and kicker!

Tom: And when we're not touring, we like to sleep very late! Except for Gustav, who's an early-riser. But Bill, Georg, and I like to sleep, eat, watch TV and sleep. And when we can really allow ourselves a break, we like to travel for the holidays.

And what's your ideal destination?

Tom: All we can tell you is that we like little isolated islands, very, very, very far from here. (laughs)

Because of the circumstances, you spend a lot time together. Do you have friendships outside the band?

Tom: Yes, of course! It's important for us to be able to talk about something other than Tokio Hotel. But seeing that we share the same friends, we are almost always together. (laughs) And then we go on holidays together. So, yes, Tokio Hotel is our most beautiful story of friendship!

And you never hit each other?

Tom: Sometimes we really feel like it. Especially when Georg decides to take off his shoes. (laughs) But our friendship is stronger than our disputes!

Even if you're adulated by your fans, is there something about yourselves that you don't like?

Bill: (laughs) We haven't changed, we stay the same. We have the same defaults as before. And we have the same relationship together as we had before meeting success. So although it's nuts that we're 18 and there's so many girls crazy over us, there are always things that I don't like about myself. I don't walk around on the streets telling myself that I'm the best guy on earth. Tom, yes, sometimes. (laughs)

Tom: There's always things about ourselves that displease us. But it's normal: when you're 18, you're searching yourself. And for our age, we have lots of confidence in ourselves. When I say I'm the best, I don't take myself seriously, I'm fooling around!

What souvenirs do you have of your childhood? How would you describe yourself in that period?

Bill: We've always had confidence in ourselves and our future. We have strong characters. We started making music really early, because we realized at an early age what was good for ourselves. It wasn't always easy to live. At school, we didn't want to be molded, and that caused clashes among us, our professors, and other students. But other than hating high school, we had a good laugh.

Tom: I'm still a kid. I still have the kid that I was, in me. (laughs) He guides me every day.

Bill: But contrary to what our fans may think, we're far from being perfect. We're very thankful for our success, but we don't want to be examples for others!


A bit about the twin's early history for those who don't know yet:
Born in Leipzig, Germany to Simone and Jörg Kaulitz, Tom was born 10 minutes before his brother Bill Kaulitz which makes Bill the younger brother. They were very hard to tell apart when they were younger so they had to wear t-shirts with their names written on it. Simone Kaulitz divorced Jörg when the twins were 7 seven years old and remarried Gordon Trümper which is where many think that the boys get his surname Trümper, but it is rumors. They are only called Kaulitz. Their stepfather, Gordon Trümper, had a major musical influence on the boys since he was in a band of his own at the time. This caused Bill to start writing his own songs and Tom to play an instrument of his choice. Over the years, the twins both dressed in skirt-suits until they reached their preteen years in which they started to develop their own sense of style and personality. During the years they were in school, they would always pull pranks on their teachers which led to their separation in the seventh grade.

Spanish Article!

Growing in popularity, German rock band Tokio Hotel is new to North American fans but all the rage back home.

So when the foursome decided to break into the difficult North American market with its English debut album Scream, the group translated and then performed all of its German songs in English, something that took some time but was worth the work.

"The biggest challenge was to sing for the first time in English because as you can tell my English is not so good," singer Bill Kaulitz says inside a Toronto restaurant. "This is really the first trip that we've spoken English in interviews because we just know some words."

Tokio Hotel, playing the Sound Academy tonight, says translating each song "word by word" was trying.

"I'm a perfectionist, I really wanted to sound natural like I was a native speaker," he says. "That was really, really hard but I hope the fans like it."

"And then they (the words) have to rhyme and still have the same meaning," twin brother and guitarist Tom Kaulitz adds. "We wanted everyone to have a chance to understand what we are saying which was really important."


The band, rounded out by drummer Gustav Schafer and bassist Georg Listing, has made a lot of inroads in a short period of time with singles such as Monsoon and Don't Jump, which deals with suicide, a topic mentioned in some of the fan letters the band received from teens.

But both brothers say the single Ready Set Go! describes how the band members, who got together in 2001, found success at the mere age of 15.

"It was our first single in Germany and it was during our vacation in the summer holidays," Bill says. "It went directly to Number One and after that our whole life changed completely. It was a new life and that was our dream, our dream come true."

The resulting success caused a frenzy that some concert promoters in Germany weren't quite prepared for.

"We were playing a village party, a small festival and there were only 100 or 200 people expected," Tom Kaulitz says. "It was booked six months in advance and we released our first single Monsoon in Germany and we came to that festival."

"There were so many fans and thousands of people, the security was absolutely not ready for that," Bill says. "It was then we knew we had fans. Before it was always five or 10 people in a club just drinking beer and not looking at us."

The toughest thing a new band often has to do is learn how to say no to growing demands. A grueling touring schedule earlier this year left Bill Kaulitz unable to speak for 10 days following surgery to remove a cyst from a vocal chord.

"I was really afraid," he says. "We only played 10 concerts and had to cancel 16 (including a Toronto gig). I was in my hotel room and I looked (at the clock) and I was thinking at this time normally I'm on stage so it was really, really hard."

However, like so many identical twins, Bill had Tom nearby to act as his almost telepathic speaker.

"It's a very cool connection and a very special connection," Bill says of being a twin. "I think nobody else has a connection like that. I had a book and wrote things down (after surgery) but there were some things where I just looked at Tom."

"I always know what Bill is thinking in different situations because I think the same," Tom says without missing a beat. "I had to speak for him for 10 days, it wasn't a great time."

Having an affinity for the cosmopolitan Japanese city, German quartet Tokio Hotel would love to find itself in a Tokyo hotel sometime in the near future.

"We've never been there," guitarist Tom Kaulitz says. "They have a Jacuzzi in the room and you can just lie there."

"And they have the flat screen televisions over your head," bassist Georg Listing adds. "We really want to go but haven't yet."

"I have heard so much about the hotels in Tokyo and how nice they are," Bill Kaulitz says. "So I think that town is really, really crazy and we would love to go there."

While a Japanese tour is still in the works, Tokio Hotel is surprised by their North American fans.

"What we saw the last time is that our fans are so energetic, they are screaming and waiting for us," Bill says.


[ A Japanese (?!?!?!?!) Tour?]

Tu Magazine, Voting, and More

Tu Magazine - Mexico
from www.tokiohotelamerica.com

Tokio Hotel on the cover of Tu Magazine - Tokio Hotel, from Magdeburg for the world. Here is the info from Neelyo on the forum. There is also an interview that does not have a lot of important information but I think it’s awesome that they are on the cover and that they have a 3-page article (with some nice pics). It’s the July issue (July 25, 2008). Right now all I have is the cover but I promise that tomorrow, first thing in the morning, I will have the rest of the scans and the translation of the interview I won’t make you guys wait long. This is really exciting.

Here's the cover of the magazine

We Are VERY Much Liking/Loving Georg's New Hair!!

Pic of the Day

Saki. And some [pretty hot] kid behind him.
LOL.

Voting:

Vote for Monsoon with Best Pop Video at the Video Music Awards in North America here.

And Dont forget to vote on Jetix!....We shall post the link again and talk you through the voting process!
Vote for Tokio Hotel at the Jetix Awards HERE.
Click on: WEITER ZUR ABSTIMMUNG, and then COOLSTER LIVE-ACT, then TOKIO HOTEL and finally VOTE MICH!

[We, of course are winning!...=)]

Birthdays, US and More!

Durch Den Monsun's Birthday!
On the 15th of August, Tokio Hotel's single, Durch den Monsun, will be celebrating its 3rd birthday. (It will have been released 3 years ago on the 15th of August.) All fans will throw a yellow hellium-filled balloon in the sky, at 12:00, with the message "Tribute to Tokio Hotel's 3 years"

Pass this message on to all their fans...

GET MONSOON BACK TO #1!!!
For the past two days MONSOON has been the most watched clip on MTV.com but today our four German friends slipped down to #3. Can you get them back to #1 - watch the clip HERE and get Bill, Tom, Gustav & Georg back to the top!!! Thanks for your support.

Hear a Russian fan sing "Ich bin nicht ich" in Russian!!!
If you want the full song in mp3, send us a message on our Bebo site - Official Bill Kaulitz Religion

[Yes it is a religion!...=)]

Happy Birthday? No?
I just learned something new that I thought I would share with all of you who might be considering that singing Happy Birthday to the band at one of the US Concerts would be a REALLY SWELL IDEA! As you know, the band is from Germany and they have different cultural norms than we do. In Germany, it is considered bad luck to sing it to someone before their birthday. So, just something to keep in mind before you doom the guys to seven years of bad luck or something.

Reminder!
Make sure to catch Tokio Hotel LIVE in concert at the Canadian “International Hot Air Balloon Festival” in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu on August 9th!!


US Fans send Bill to the top
Tokio Hotel continues the conquering of America, in Hamburg a third album is in the works

LAURA SOPHIE BRAUER & JANE MASUMY

From Stockholm to Tel Aviv, from Lisbon to Moscow. Everywhere Tokio Hotel leaves their fans in hysteria. Now the chosen Hamburgers continue their conquering of America. The kids in the states are crazy about the hit “Monsoon” (”Durch den Monsun”), and sent the video straight to the top on MTV USA! R&B megastars like Nelly and Chris Brown are left behind.

The critics of the New York Times themselves were flabbergasted about the first US concert of the rock boys, and judged: “Surprisingly appealing from beginning to end”. And the US magazine “Rolling Stone” found that Bill’s “odd English pronunciation” makes their music only still more charming. In August, Bill (18), Tom (18), Gustav (19), and Georg (21) give concerts in Chicago, San Francisco, and Dallas, among other things. But work also gets done back home. Currently, the twins spend every free minute with Tokio Hotel producer David Jost (35) in their Hamburg studio. Jost: “Bill covers every last crumpled piece of paper in his pocket with lyrics. Mostly there’s still a hotel logo from the last foreign trips on it. He’s a little chaotic, and he has also already lost a lot of these papers. But he unfortunately isn’t interested in typing any of these ideas onto his laptop himself.”

Tokio Hotel: 'Sex Symbols!

Bill statt Brecht: Tokio Hotel erobern die Welt

In February 2008 the city of New York was once again invaded by hordes of screaming girls and it could mean only one thing – another boy band was in town. This time however there was something different about the whole thing – all the slogans and declarations of love on the T-shirts and posters were not in English, but in German. “Bill, ess briiingt miiiisch oummm,” for example, (“Bill, it’s gonna kill me”) as the line from one of the band’s hits goes. This was also the refrain sung by most of the female fans at the Tokio Hotel gig at the Fillmore NY club – New York’s legendary concert venue that in the past has seen fans reeling in the aisles to such musical greats as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

After taking Europe by storm the band went stateside and – to everybody’s amazement – managed to conquer America, too. At first the media back home in Germany were in some cases more amused than impressed, they did try however to find an explanation for the phenomenon. How could it be that four young guys – in fact, barely-of-age guys – from the town of Magdeburg in eastern Germany had now become icons of global youth culture, or even sex symbols?

Hair Like A Porcupine

Without doubt their look most definitely played a crucial role. The lead singer, Bill, has spiky hair like a porcupine, eyes lined with kohl and he is dressed like a punk, which makes him look like one of those Japanese manga figures. The guitarist, Tom, Bill’s identical twin brother, goes more for shaggy Rasta dreadlocks and the baggy hip-hop look. Fan forums are equally as obsessed with the way the brothers look as they are with the music.

Of course, there is never success without money. Tokio Hotel’s label, Universal, is one of the biggest on the music scene and has spared neither effort nor expense to market the quartet to a young audience via websites, publicity campaigns and magazines. This however is not enough to explain their success, especially when you think that only one tenth of all performing artists manage to bring home a profit for their recording companies. Promoting a new act, as we see, can quite definitely involve quite a few risks, as one of the business’s top dogs found out to its dismay – SonyBMG had signed on Tokio Hotel, but terminated their contract just before their breakthrough in 2005.

By word of mouth on new grapevines

Another vital publicity factor these days is the effect of internet platforms like YouTube and MySpace that enable new trends to spread like wildfire. It is a form of the classic word-of-mouth advertising that uses different channels to not only overcome international barriers, but also linguistic ones. This is in fact what makes the success of Tokio Hotel so surprising – most of the lyrics they sing are in German.

Before Tokio Hotel there were of course other German success stories. Kraftwerk, for example, who, with their song Autobahn, pioneered the myth of fast-lane freedom for fast-lane individuals. Nina Hagen is still a well-known face in the USA, famous for her outrageous performances; the same with Nena who managed get to number two in the US charts in 1983 with her song 99 Red Balloons. Since the end of the 1990s Rammstein has been the most successful musical export in German. With their explosive stage show, brute-force arrangements and their sometimes controversial lyrics the group promotes the cliché of the remorseless, sinister Teuton.

German graffiti in Rome

Tokio Hotel have also pulled off another great feat – they have triggered a huge, new surge of interest in the German language. “German is sexy,” as two female fans at the concert in New York told the German magazine, Focus. “Young Americans and Canadians have started learning German so that they can understand the lyrics better,” says Wolfram Hermann of the Goethe-Institut in Boston. “There has been a huge response,” confirms his colleague in Rome, Elisa Costa. In Italy ten per cent more teenagers between the ages of 11 and 16 have enrolled in German courses. In France, according to information published in the German news magazine, Spiegel, it as many as 25 per cent. On the institute’s website in Italy there was a competition in which you could win 100 Tokio Hotel concert tickets – in two weeks 5,000 people took part in it. They had to answer the questions in German. On the Rome underground graffiti has now appeared exalting the names of the band members and proclaiming in German messages like “ich liebe dich” (I love you) or “du bist mein Engel” (You are my angel).

Another clear sign of the group’s potential is the fact that T-shirts, posters and biographies are available all over the place, whether you are in Palermo or Istanbul, New York or Paris. Tokio Hotel has furthermore paved the way for other young German bands to make it in a big way, for example, Cinema Bizarre or Nevada Tan. This is the reason why branches of the Goethe-Institut in Europe and in North America are planning further online campaigns and cooperation projects with both schools and the press to enhance the spread of the German language.

Young, surprising and sexy

The aim here is to achieve what Hesse, Goethe and Grass, etc, did not quite manage to do. The fans at the Fillmore NY concert all sang in unison “Wir häm unns toadgeliiebt” [LOL...Toad?](We've loved ourselves to death) from the Tokio Hotel song, Loved To Death. It might not sound quite as elegant as Goethe’s Wayfarer's Night Song, “In allen Wipfeln spürest du kaum einen Hauch” (In all the treetops you feel hardly a breath of air) – maybe that is the reason why the quality press and state institutions were initially so reluctant to jump on the Tokio Hotel bandwagon. Can a band with such bizarre hairstyles and lyrics oozing with the Weltschmerz of youth represent a country that is respected as the world’s top exporting nation?

The answer lies with the fans. Not just in Germany, but everywhere the fans camp out for days in all kinds of weather in the hope of getting the best concert tickets – be it in Geneva, Tel Aviv or Moscow. It is hard to put into a nutshell why there is so much enthusiasm for Tokio Hotel. One thing is for sure – they have certainly managed to introduce the world to a new image of Germany – one that is young, surprising and sexy.

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"Schrei Live" DVD in Canada!

It’s time for Tokio Hotel’s first LIVE DVD in Canada! On August 5th, Tokio Hotel’s “Schrei LIVE” DVD will hit the shelves all across Canada! This DVD includes 17 awesome LIVE performances, exclusive behind the scenes footage and a cool Tokio Hotel picture gallery!!! Make sure to get your personal copy right away and check back with Tokio Hotel’s official Canadian homepage on the release date to see the cool contest we have in store for YOU!

DVD features
.....performances of 17 incredible songs LIVE in concert incl. Tokio Hotel’s MEGA hit “Durch den Monsun”!

.....exclusive behind the scenes footage from Tokio Hotel’s 2005/2006 tour! (subtitles available in English, French, Spanish, Polish & Russian)!

.....hot Tokio Hotel picture gallery!

Much Music, TH's First TV Interview and Guitar Hero Update

Much's Most Searched Bands!:

Tokio Hotel are #10 on Much Music’s list of Most Searched artists this week. Search for them whenever you can on the Much music website, and maybe we’ll see them climb higher on the list as time passes!

The Boys First INTERVIEW!! [everybody say aww...]

UPDATE: Guitar Hero IV!
Activision and Red Octane, the makers of Guitar Hero 4, made a statement denouncing a list as a fraud, saying that some of the songs listed will make it into the game, but many are wishful thinking and pure speculation.

Tokio Hotel are rumoured to be on the Bonus Tour...umm...playlist? [Again, this is only a rumour, but fingers crossed!]

Bonus Tour:

• “45″ by Shinedown
• “96 Quite Bitter Beings” by CKY
• “Bombshell” by Powerman 5000
• “Clavado en un Bar” by Maná
• “Enjoy the Silence” by Lacuna Coil
• “Feuer Frei” by Rammstein
• “Fury of the Storm” by Dragonforce
• “Never Too Late” by The Answer
• “Nottingham Lace” by Buckethead
• “One Armed Scissor” by At The Drive-In
• “Satch Boogie” by Joe Satriani
• “Schrei” by Tokio Hotel
• “Soul Doubt” by NOFX
• “We’re An American Band” by Grand Funk Railroad
• “Guitar Battle Vs. Sting” by Sting
• “Guitar Battle Vs. Ted Nugent” By Ted Nugent
• “Guitar Battle Vs. Zakk Wylde” by Zakk Wylde

Devilish Video, Tom's Guitar Action ;) and Much More!

Devilish

Bill performing in a kilt. I had not seen this wee snippet of footage before.

Tom Kaulitz + Gibson - Geneva
Heres the video of Tom doing his famous guitar-on-hips-move!

Tokio Hotel TV Page Update
www.tokiohotelamerica.com

Hi everyone,

Hope you like what we are doing with the Tokio Hotel TV page to make it easier for you to find things and also to download if you are one of the ones who is blocked my Youtube.

Also on the forum, we are working on an archive which will contain all of the screencaps and animations, episode by episode.


We hope very much that you enjoy these.
Your THA team
Riti, halucy, Charlotte, Stern, Mishlkay, reden


Major credit to the above people!
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Tokio Hotel Israeli fans on a good mission

Rotum from Israel just wrote me to tell me about something the fans in Israel did. Following this, you will find her note to me, as well as links to photos and a video of this event. I got tears in my eyes to think of all the love that happens when Tokio Hotel fans get together. Thank you for letting us know, Rotem!

Her note to me:

My name is Rotem and I from Israel.
17.7 We had a fans meeting on Azrieli roof, on TEL-AVIV. We sang songs; played on guitar and one of the most important things we donated money for society battle in cancer! We succeed to collect 1000 NIS (that it’s a lot of money!). I think that things like that never done, and because this is the official web to TOKIO HOTEL fans in US and since I asking very nicely and because we do a something so important, I hope that you publish it in your website..

Here is her video!

And last but not least, here's the picture of the day!
Tom and Bob Marley. That's a lot of dreads in one photo

Official Newsletter and A Message From Tom!

Tokio Hotel Official Newletter!

Support Tokio Hotel at the MTV Video Music Awards 2008!!!!

MTV is gearing up for this year’s Video Music Awards in Los Angeles but before the action starts on September 7th, MTV needs YOUR help to determine the nominations for all the different categories.

Every week, two categories open their polls from Friday around 8pm (EST) until the following Wednesday at 11 am (EST). This week YOU have the chance to support Bill, Tom, Gustav and Georg in the category “Best Pop Video”. So get your keyboard ready, head over to the MTV page HERE and cast your vote for Tokio Hotel’s video “Monsoon!!!! (“Best Pop Video” voting closes on Wednesday, July 30th)


Speaking of MTV: also make sure to click HERE and vote for “Monsoon” at TRL to get it in the Top 10 of the countdown and also make sure to check out the full video on MTV Overdrive!


Welcome Brasil to the TH Sites!
Awesome! New Tokio Hotel Frontpage for Brasil!
And for the other flag geeks in the room, here is the Brasil flag. I have never learned so much about flags and world geography as I have learned since being a fan of this band.

Letter from the Band about the VMA - The VMA Thread of Doom!

Here is a letter written, I think? by TOM! About supporting them in the MTV Video Music Awards. I love when they take the time to do this! Enjoy, spread the word and VOTE VOTE VOTE!


"Hi everyone
It's so unvbelieveable and so exciting. Just a couple of month ago we came to America for the first time ever and now we have the chance to be nominated for one of the biggest and most prestigious awards in the music buisness:
The VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS!
We are so excited and want to thank you for all your support, this is all because of you! If you want to see us nominated for the VMA's in Los Angeles, on September 11th, head on over to MTV's homepage and vote for our 'Monsoon' Video.
Thanks for your support and see you guys soon!
Tom, Bill, Gustav, Georg. "



Okay, last thing, Pic of the day!
Here's the link. Major kudos for who can tell us where it's from, because we don't know!

News! Voting, Rumours

Voting:

Vote for Tokio Hotel with Don't Jump on Los40 in Argentina here.
It's vital that they get lots of airplay in South America!

Vote Your Top 100 Hottest Guys over on VIVA here. It's up to personal taste now!


Vote Tokio Hotel here for Most Successful Fist Hits!


Rumor Control - Tokio Hotel and JoBro

Thanks to the lovely Popcorn article, fans around the world are now wondering if it is true that Tokio Hotel is touring with the JoBro? We have no knowledge of this, Tokio Hotel has never ever mentioned the JoBro in any interview, they have not announced any fall tour plans, so I think we should assume this is an unsubstantiated rumor right now. Hope that helps!


Bill’s VIP Party… the Soundtrack

Oh, how we can refer back to this post as years go by and remember that dreamy moment when we were allowed to be part of Bill’s VIP party, but Tobi had to leave. Bill, we shall always remember. *passes out boxes of tissues*

[Im not going to post the videos directly]

What If - Kate Winslet

Love In This Club - Usher

Beat It - Michael Jackson

Let Me know - Roisin Murphy


Wir Sterben Niemals Aus + Scream


Another video from Werchter Boutique courtesy of Sansiayn from www.tokiohotelmania The quality is INCREDIBLE. Love LOVE the dance moves Bill! I'll post it here, but go to youtube for really high quality! Be sure to rate and favorite and comment!

Guitar Hero IV: World Tour:

"A rumored tracklist for "Guitar Hero IV: World Tour," which is expected for release this holiday season, was posted on gaming Web site GoNintendo."

One of the songs rumoured is "Schrei" - Tokio Hotel!!

That would be pretty cool, if it turned out to be true!

Popcorn Article!

Boy of the year!

Not so long time ago we came with idea "Boy of the year“ where you had to vote for your most favorite stars and we promised special material about the winner. Popcorn keep their promise. On first place was Bill from Tokio Hotel and here is some actual special about him and all news around Tokio Hotel. And what will be next time? On the second place is actor Wentworth Miller and you will read something about him in next issue. Beautiful third place has Zac Efron from High School Musical and you will find something about him in other issue.

Tokio Hotel triumph in America!

New York, Chicago, Los Angeles – american teenagers are crushed into Bill and co.! But in their homeland are turning their fans to them by back…

"Ladies and gentleman, please welcome Tokio Hotel from Germany!“ You can’t hear anything in the studio because of crazy scream. Girls are screaming, keeping their posters, some of them have tears in the eyes. Conan O’Brien in his Late-Night-Show had never so big happiness for german band. "Unbeliavable,“ mumble for himself and turn his head. Already three days before this show were there fans. There were crowd of fans in front of studio for more than two blocks. But only 120 fans had luck and get inside. America has real Tokio Hotel fever! It can be performance, autogramme session or radio interview – all pictures are the same: everywhere are hysterical fans, closed streets! Bill, Tom, Georg and Gustav really made it. Nobody believed it – Tokio Hotel made absolutely storm in America! They are already on titles of some magazines, they have special fans (Jay-Z or Nicole Scherzinger from Pussycat Dolls) and they should have tour with Jonas Brothers on autumn – unbeliavable start in country of all possibilities. Such popularity didn’t singer of band even seen in his dreams. Bill: "A long time ago I sat at home in front of posters of famous stars and I told to myself how it would be if person would be such superstar. But that I could get so far, I even didn’t dream about this!“ But international success has also black sides: in their homeland Germany are loosing Tokio Hotel their popularity and their favor go down. Critics are bigger, many people who supported them showed already to band their backs in anger and first fanclubs are closing. And Tokio Hotel unfortunately are doing nothing to get their fans back. New single or album are not in plan for the soonest future. Instead of that they are playing concerts in abroad like America. New album of TH should be born in the beginning of 2009 – for many fans unfortunately too late!

Bill’s statements!

In german magazine "Vanity Fair“ was really big interview with Bill Kaulitz. Popcorn brings you the most important statements…

"The most hurt me divorce of my parents in my life. I was seven and I really couldn’t understand it. It influenced me really a lot. My biological father is truck driver and live in Hannover.“

"School is too less individual. For what I have to learn math when I know that I will never in my entire life need it? I had always horrible marks from musical lessions because I had to sing horrible folk music. It was horror!“

"Nobody can explain how close we are with Tom. We have the same ideas and we have also many time the same dreams!“

"Bill without make-up is for my like different person. If I wouldn’t so famous I would be also with make-up. It is simply part of me!“

"It is for me really hard to trust somebody and let him be close to me. I didn’t find any new friend in last three years and I even didn’t fall in love!“

"My funeral: I am all in black and I have leather jacket. My last wish would be to let them make me some pretty hair-style. Well, I hope I will have some hair in that time. If not so somebody will have to give me wig!“

"I never dance. I always sit in the corner – only in case I am drunk.“

Bill Lies!....*gasp*...Yes, we all know that last one is not true! Bill never stops dancing!..and we have TH TV proof!

*Sorry guys there was scans to go along with this, but blogger wont let me upload pictures from some reason?, ill put them up as soon as I can

Scream Album Review!

Todd Spencer from Walmart.com recently reviewed Scream! He also gave them a very good review, well of course he did, there Tokio Hotel!...

About the Album

How hard is it for a German rock band to break it big in the U.S.? For most, even conquering Europe is still no guarantee that label executives here will see and hear anything original, groundbreaking, or just plain good enough to warrant a contract.

German emo quartet Tokio Hotel is the first to do so in a long, long time and they're breaking down barriers in a huge way, making new fans here as readily as U.K. acts have done for ages.

A lot of their success can be chalked up to the androgynous charisma of their teenage frontman Bill Kaulitz, who appears on the album cover with his trademark giant hair, looking like an angry, punk-y, elf.

Their debut single, the angsty, tense-yet-rollicking "Ready, Set, Go!" is not only on the charts, it was incorporated in an episode of The Hills.

The band shows its depth (the degree of which is remarkable when you consider that these are very young men) on their second single, the non-sappy, shimmering ballad "Monsoon," where stacks of processed guitar chords shimmer and throb on the chorus.

Tokio Hotel really writes to the song, allowing whatever they need to stylistically to carry it off. Sometimes they're emo, sometimes more punk, sometimes more bubblegum pop, other times more glam-sounding or even Detroit-style garage. Maybe here or there a flourish of electronica would serve nicely, or a strain of somber cello... no problem. They add it.

But the common denominator is that their music is well written, melodic, and original. Three attributes that will get you noticed in the music world. And Scream has landed inside the Top 40 of the Billboard 200 album chart, and also made them household names across Europe and in Canada.

Kaulitz' voice is fantastic, and adding charm to it is his slight accent. This is, after all, their first English-language album. But there is also no dead weight here. Guitars, drums and bass are handled with chops and maturity of music school grads.

Fans of guitar-based rock and hooky melodies, but who don't want to rot their teeth on overly-sweet confections of many axe-wielding pop ensembles, will love Tokio Hotel: a band that can start an ultimately hummable tune with a blast of ferocity.

Tokio Hotel is surely a band to watch in the future, but more important, a band to hear right now.

By Todd Spencer

Jetix! + Tokio Hotel?..

Pucca!

Team Galazy!

Yin Yang Yo!

Dear lord!....We've lost it!...

Too much Jetix!

LOL, that is not the case, but what has these popular cartoons and Jetix got to do with Tokio Hotel?

We shall tell you!

Tokio Hotel have been nominated as 'Coolest Live Act' at this years Jetix awards which will take place on Otober 25th. Voting is up right now!...so get your voting self over HERE and VOTE VOTE VOTE!!

I will tell you this, we're winning allready!...

And while your there, waiting for your vote to be processed or whatnot...
check out the noises the little things make at the top!..
I jumped!...LOL

Tokio Hotel - Princes Of The Parc! [Rock One]

There is an article about the Parc des Princes concert in the most recent issue of Rock One, a French magazine. The article describes the concert from beginning to end and asks some fans their opinions on the band!

Page 1

Tokio Hotel - Princes of the Parc!

More than thirty thousand people came to see TH in the PdP. More than just an event, it’s the first time that such a young band fills on its own a stadium that is usually reserved for bigger ones.

June 21, 17:00. The opening of doors to the public finally permits many fans to enter/stamp down the lawn of the Parc. A dream comes true!

19:10. A young band from the region of Lille (59), goes up on the main stage: "Good evening, we are called BP Zoom!", says Lionel, the blond singer all intimidated by the huge crowd in front of his eyes. From the first song, the crowd quickly joins and everyone on the lawn lifts his arms in the air. The quartet asks: "For you to make the walls of the stadium shake!" The pop-rock quartet takes the opportunity to play its hits ("Appel aux Plastiscines") and those of others (" If You Want Blood "AD / DC), while thanking TH for their invitation. The ovation is general and the mission to heat up the stadium is fulfilled to 100%!

19:55. The sun still shines on the walls of the PSG, the excitement mounts by one level. The stadium wave creeps over the bleachers, across the lawn to restart with a vengeance. The feast of music with your preferred band in the Parc, that does not happen every day!

What fireworks!
20:50. The sirens are screaming in the sound system. The giant plateau opens on the scene. Gustav, the drummer, begins the famous "Ich brech aus" under the first explosions and other effects of blowing pyrotechnics. The Parc screams of joy! The concert kicks off. Bill, dressed in black leather, red tee-shirt and silver belt, is visibly in great shape. Whew, his voice is strong. He shows a confident smile. "Hello everyone!" Impressed by the immensity of the stadium, he profits from an advanced stage (catwalk) of more than fifty metres to make the crowd scream on "Der letzte Tag". The boys have decided to put substantial resources. The first fireworks announce the famous "Leb’ die Sekunde", the opportunity for Gustav to enjoy the heat of the flamethrowers that are stirring around his drums. The sirens sound again on the hymn "Schrei", introduced megaphone in hand by Bill’s … voice. The fans are especially happy to hear him sing in German, as the entire repertoire tonight.

Gustav deserves his stadium wave
21:30. We are entitled to classical interludes videos (Devilish period, then corridors of the Room 483), the time for Bill to change his clothes (leather and red belt, blue jean with red stripes), and retain all his emotion on the powerful "Stich ins Glück". Then it takes off with a vengeance with the furious "Übers Ende der Welt" and "Reden"! The singer addressed the public several times in his native language. The central plateau then closes around Gustav. It's time for "Spring nicht" and "Wo sind eure Hände". The screens turn red and hearts are breaking. The night falls on the Parc as thirty thousand voices raise on the famous "Durch den Monsun" and acoustic versions of "In die Nacht" and "Rette mich." On "Vergessene Kinder”, the public created a giant German flag with balloons. The four heroes fly away on the giant plateau on the sublime "An deiner Seite (Ich bin da)" in conclusion. Fireworks and explosions of joy guaranteed. Gustav deserves his stadium wave, raise your hand!
Setlist (Parc des Princes, Paris, 06/21/2008):
"Ich brech aus", "Der letzte Tag", "1000 Meere", "Leb 'die Sekunde", "Totgeliebt", "Wir sterben niemals aus", "Schrei", "Schwarz“, "Stich ins Glück", "Übers Ende der Welt", "Reden“, "Heilig", "Geh", "Spring nicht", "Wo sind eure Hände" and "Durch den Monsun". First encore: "In die Nacht" and "Rette mich". Second encore: "Vergessene Kinder" and "An deiner Seite (ich bin da)".

Page 2:
TH at the Parc, it’s the fans who can discuss it better.
Who’s better to talk about TH than the fans? A few hours before the show, ROCK ONE asked the fans around the Parc des Princes.

LISA, 14 years old
I’ve known TH for two years, because of the internet. I love their look, their music, and since I learned German for three years, I can understand their lyrics. Ma favourite song is Totgeliebt. I’ve already seen them on 10/16, 03/16 and 03/10.

CAMILLE, 15 years old
A friend told me about TH. I don’t know any German, but Lisa translates the lyrics for me or I go on fan sites. I’ve already seen them at the Zénith and in Bercy, so I know that the show is going to be awesome.

ADÈLE, 12 years old
A friend made me discover TH two years ago, and I already liked their music and the way they dress.

LAURA, 12.5 years old
I love TH, even though I don’t understand the lyrics. But, for me, it’s not the most important thing, I prefer their looks and their songs. Ma favourite song is Durch Den Monsun. For tonight, I hope that Bill is healthy and that his throat is going to be better.

MÉLINA, 12 years old
I’ve known TH because of my friends, the TV, the radio… But it’s the first time I see them in concert, it’s going to be awesome!

JULIA, 13 years old
I’ve known TH for a while because of my friends, but I’ve only been a fan for a year. Their looks and their music are really nice, and what they sing about touches us. It’s the second time I see them and I feel it’s going to be big!

MARIE, 13 years old
Julia told me about TH. I like the style and the band members, even though I like Bill more! The show tonight is going to be crazy. And there are rumours that say that the Jonas Brothers are the opening act…

ANNAELE, 15 years old
I heard TH for the first time on a sampler of ROCK ONE, and I wanted to hear more. I love their universe. I even went to Nice to see their show. Tonight, I hope they play a lots of songs from their first album.

ALICIA, 15 years old
A friend told me about TH on MSN and when they started to be a little more known here, I had interest for them. And since, I love everything about them! Tonight is going to be my second concert. We woke up at 5am to go to their hotel. But nobody was excited there so we went somewhere else in hope to see them. We went back at the hotel at 10:30, we saw them get out but they left quickly.

MARIELLE, 13, PIERRICK and FLORENCE, 14 years old
We are from Liège, Belgium, and it’s the first time we’re going to see TH in show. It’s going to be beautiful and big.

PAULINE, 16.5 years old
I’ve known TH for more than two years, from the internet. It’s their name that intrigued me at first. I listened to them straight away, without even seeing pictures of them. I love the fact that they are young rockers, and German. It’s going to be the fourth time I’ll see them, so I hope for some surprise, like a different stage or set list.

Music Plus Videos!

Videos of Tokio Hotel on Musique Plus EXPOSÉ have surfaced on YouTube. The important parts are in English so you can all understand, the translation of the french parts is available after the videos!

Part 1:

Hi everyone and welcome to Exposé. In the next 30 minutes, you will learn more about the phenomenon of the German band, Tokio Hotel.

I went all the way to Paris for their concert, presented in front of 50 thousand people at Le Parc des Princes and I used this trip to meet a few people who helped the band’s career in France and in Québec.

The security is tight!

It’s outside of the Hyatt Paris that the Tokio Hotel fans are waiting with hope to maybe meet the members of the band, who are staying there while they are in Paris.

How long have you been waiting outside the hotel this morning?
-9am
-Yesterday
-2pm
-I just want to say that we aren’t groupies, it’s just that we don’t have any more voice. We had to tell you, that’s it.

How long have you been here?
-Saturday

So, what are you doing? You stay here?
-Yeah, we sleep.

How long have you been waiting outside?
-Half an hour

-No, it’s been two hours.

Mom makes a correction!
-Two hours!
-10:30 this morning.

Did you see them?
-No. They left by the back doors.

And they know it!

How did you know the band was staying at this hotel?
-Well, on the internet.
-On a discussion forum about Le Parc des Princes.

Why are you Tokio Hotel fans? What’s the story behind it?
-The rock, firstly. Then, German-rock. The lyrics, what they are saying, everything. It’s everything, in fact.
-The lyrics, well, it’s just like us, we think the same.
-The music is awesome, and they are nice…

You think they are cute?
-Yes, yeah.

-Who is your favorite band member?
-Bill… Bill
-All of them, all of them.
-Tom, Bill.
-Like, Tom. Like, like, like, Tom….

Do you prefer if they sing in German or in English tonight?
-GERMAN

Wow, that’s general. Why, though? Are you insulted when they sing in English?
-No, it’s just more commercial in English
-German is what make them authentic, original.
-They are German, they should sing in German.

It’s crazy to have them not even an inch away from you, it’s…
-I feel overwhelmed, having them so near, it’s too good.

Stay with us, after the break we’re still with Tokio Hotel, in Paris.

Part 2:

Still wanting to find more about Tokio Hotel, I met Pierre Veillet, editor of four French magazines, including Rock One, which has been the first French magazine to put Tokio Hotel on the cover.

-We were the first to discover Tokio Hotel in France, I have to say, it’s our readers, girl readers because most of the time it was girls who told us about the phenomenon, who informed us about a German band, Germany is a frontier country of France, which didn’t have until then the habit to bring us lots of bands. We were surprised, we were receiving lots of mail, and it the letters, we noticed that there was an idol, a singer that had a particular style, who liked, who was influenced by J-rock or the image we have of it, mangas and whatnot. A character a little bit unreal, Bill. A band that was made of two brothers, Bill and Tom, and two other musicians, our readers mentioned them as well, we shouldn’t forget them, Gustav and Georg.

I stopped by Universal Music France to meet the international marketing director, who started Tokio Hotel’s career in France.

-I think that Tokio Hotel, it works and it’s this big right now because everything is good. In fact, I think that it’s not only the songs, it’s not only the looks, everything is awesome. And the band came out at a good moment, what I mean is that there isn’t a lot of young artists who make rock nowadays. The kids nowadays, let’s say between 16 and 25 years old, continued to identify themselves to people like The Cure, Marilyn Manson, Placebo, Indochine, but that’s our generation, they are artists who are 30, 35, even 40 years old. Now they can identify to an artist who is similar to them, Tokio Hotel talk about problems that their fans know, teenagers problems, teenagers questions, things that teenagers live. The music is good because it’s credible, the band is good because they can play live, sing live, credible too. The image is just completely genial, they all have a particular look, Bill, he’s just fabulous, out of nowhere. And they had things to day that were appropriate, with a real message, not just “the weather’s awesome, blah blah, I love you, me neither, you don’t love me” and, yeah. Something consistent. And I think that’s what triggered all this hysteria.

How are they to photography, are they easy, are they comfortable in front of the camera, how are they?
-Well in front of a camera, is it a television camera or a photography camera, they are photogenic, they know exactly what they want to give. Though, they are a little hard to lead, when we want to have something different, when we want to have a new image of them, they aren’t against some things, but they control their image, that’s kind of normal though.

In addition to having a big success in France, Tokio Hotel crossed the Atlantic all the way to Québec, and who’s better to talk about it than Jonathan Bergeron, director of Universal Music, in Montréal.

First time you met them, firstly, what did you think they’d be like, and were they just like what you thought?
-Well, I thought that they would be really cold, you know, Germans sometimes… it’s not mean, it’s just… and they were big, when I first met them they had already sold 3 or 4 million albums in Europe, I thought they’d be pretentious, not nice. But no, really, really nice, really warm and like, “thank you for what you do for us here, it’s very impressing, we’re arriving here in Canada and we think there’ll be only two people at our show but there’s thousands and they slept outside to see us”. So yeah, the impression was really positive.

-They are really sexy, they make really good music and yeah, I love it.
-Fan number one of Tokio Hotel

-I took German lessons and…

Don’t leave, after the break, we’re back for Exposé Tokio Hotel, in Paris.

Part 3:

We are back for Exposé Tokio Hotel, our interview with the band continues, still in Paris.

Here ends Exposé Tokio Hotel, directly from Les Champs Élysées, in Paris, see you next time.

Courtesy: www.tokiohotelnetwork.com

TH TV!...[Episode 36]: Bill's Private Party in Geneva! + More Videos!

TH TV!....YAY!!

Bills Private Dance Party!....ohhh so hilarious!



Now, we all know that summers...
well, we wait all year to finally get our summer holidays!, We sleep for the first week, [or 3], then watch television for the next, then we get...bored..
Never fear, there are endless amounts of Tokio Hotel vidoes on youtube! and for your entertainment here are three of them!...
A series of Tokio Hotel outtakes!

Funny, Wacky, Freaky, 'Uhhh' 'Emm'...you decide!...

Enjoy!..=)

Outtakes!


Outtakes 2


Outtakes 3

News [Monsoon on iTunes, Awards, Concerts, Tickets]

Monsoon Vid on iTunes USA! (already #86!)

Now I know what to do with my iTunes credits! I have been waiting for this moment for a long time! I will now proudly go buy this video from iTunes… how about you? I think America is really going to embrace this particular song, even more than they did Ready Set Go. I cannot wait to see what happens to their sales numbers.


Let's get them some awards!
Boah! You guys are making me a little crazy in the comments about the VMA! You know what might get MTV’s attention? How about more views on the Ready Set Go video? It’s at 335,000. Come ON! Where’s their half a million views! THAT is what I would recommend you do instead of trying to write someone. Put your efforts in getting people to go watch the video. And make comments, but not spam? We don’t want MTV to think we are crazy fans, now do we??? Watch Ready Set Go HERE!


MTV Buzzworthy
An article posted by MTV Buzzworth is now featured on MTV’s homepage. The article about the Monsoon video that started playing on TRL earlier today and we’re reminded that Tokio Hotel’s TRL week starts August 4th.

The Tokio chopper just landed at 1515 Broadway! You’ve probably seen the “Monsoon” video like at least 13,000 times each if those YouTube numbers are accurate, but we just received the official U.S. version here at MTV, so what’s another thousand, right? And, it’s gonna be on TRL today!

Seeing “Monsoon” on MTV only makes us more stoked for their TRL week, which starts August 4th. And to fly ONE of you here to attend the taping and meet the band on August 5th, so enter now if you haven’t yet, ‘kay? (It also makes us want to paint our nails black in a big way. Can someone please send over some Chanel Black Satin? Please? It’s almost our birthday!)

* Buzzworthy

Tickets, Tickets...TICKETS!
Judging by the number of screams of “OMG, what are you going to wear???!!!”, ticket sales are going great for these shows! So far, Anaheim and Chicago are sold out! Some lucky fans were also able to score VIP tables at the Las Vegas show, thanks to the heads up from Totchikins! The excitement is building… have you got your ticket yet?

Remember, you can get your tickets HERE
And loads of others mentioned on previous blogs!

US Venues...Wanna know how many lucky butts will be there?

Aug 7 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ - 2000-2500 persons (differing information)

Aug 11 - HOB - Cleveland, OH - 1200 persons

Aug 12 - The Fillmore - Detroit, MI - 2200-3000 persons (differing info, official myspace says 3000 though)

Aug 15 - HOB - Chicago, IL - 1300 persons

Aug 16 - Myth - St Paul, MN - 4000 persons

Aug 19 - Fillmore - San Francisco, CA - 1100 persons

Aug 20 - HOB - Anaheim, CA - 1050 persons

Aug 22 - HOB - Las Vegas, NV - 2000 persons

Aug 25 - Gothic Theatre - Denver, CO - 999 persons [you would think there could squeaze one more butt in there?..LOL]

Aug 27 - HOB - Dallas, TX - 1650 persons

Aug 28 - Verizon Wireless - Houston, TX - 2815 persons


100 Hottest Bodies in Show Biz

On Viva, there was a contest called “Eure Top 100 schönsten Bodies!” aka the Europe Top 100 Hottest Bodies. Well guess who won? No, no, not Jimi Blue… so please don’t start crying, he did come in #10. Here is the list:

Platz 10: Jimi blue
Platz 9: Bushido
Platz 8: Anastacia
Platz 7: Nevio
Platz 6: Nicole scherzinger
Platz 5: Cinema Bizarre
Platz 4: Mark Medlock
Platz 3: Us5
Platz 2: Alexander Klaws

And the winner is? These dudes.

Platz 1: Tokio Hotel

Oh yes, another award in the bag!

*Victory Dance*

Full Moon, E-Cards, TH TV!, Conan O' Brien

Full Moon

According to Welt Online, Bill and Tom recently attended a Full Moon Party at the Indochine in Hamburg. The were partying at another club as well, but didn’t like it. Here is the translation.

Amongst Thailand fans and backpackers they’re legendary: “Full Moon Parties”, which are celebrated on each full moon night with illuminated balloons and psychedelic music at the beach of Haad Rin on the island of Koh Pha-Ngan. Up to 10 000 people come to the mass dance to the sounf of the sea. We also have water and full moon in Hamburg, thought Truong Tung, managing director of “Indochine” and Dojan Jung Young Creatives, who brought the party to the Elbe. “Indochine” will hold only 500 jolly people, who had to wait in long lines, but that did not detract from the atmosphere. Between elaborate Asian decorations and lighting installations people danced if they could find a spot in the Ice Bar, on the terrace or in the lounge area. The Parisian DJane Joana de la Jungle took care of the music, and the London violinist Sophie Serafino contributed with handmade sounds. Late hour suprise: Germany’s most famous rocker twins Bill and Tom Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel mixed among the audience and showed no fear of pushing and barging in. Previously the two teen idols were celebrating in the new Upper East, but little amused: “There are all weird people there,” said Bill.

E-cards von 'Monsoon'
What a lovely way to spread the word about voting for Monsoon. Beautiful images of the band, no paper cuts, no licking any damn stamps, 100% free? Life is good. Just head over to the US site…

And after some editing, we have them right here for you to have a look at!...arent they spectacular?....look at Bill's amazing eyes!


Tokio Hotel on Conan O'Brien...
Tokio Hotel will be performing Ready, Set, Go! on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show according to the shows webpage.
[Unfortunatly the link we have is not working, but as soon as it is, or we find another link I shall post it as soon as i possible can!]
So USA fans be sure to tune in this Friday (25th)!

And AGAIN!, DO NOT FORGET!..

TH TV!....tonight, for people living in the UK, you will have to stay up until midnight, which i realise is right now!, so we should be able to see it soon!

Bill's Private Dance Party!