Is there a way to end the "fan war"? The media are picking up on it and it's making TH fans look bad - and the Jonas Brothers too! Also they say "Warring Fandoms Further Prove That The Internet Should Have Age Restrictions!"
They used a fake picture of Bill in the article.
"All this fuss for a band who look and sound like living Anime characters took music lessons from Evanescence. Sigh."
Very Rude!
Click HERE to read the article.
Another Geneva Review:
Tokio Hotel in Geneva: Danger for the fans?
Chaos in Geneva – The Tokio Hotel concert in Switzerland was dangerously cramped for the fans, according to blick.ch. What have you experienced at a Tokio Hotel concert?
Holding out for hours in front of the venue entrance; security causing trouble for the fans; an inadequate building. These are serious allegations raised against the organisers of the Tokio Hotel concert in Geneva by the father of a 16-year-old girl to blick.ch.
The father had already accompanied his daughter to several Tokio Hotel gigs, yet what he experienced in Geneva was truly crazy. “The girls were cooped up for hours. And the crowd got worse and worse.” He continues: “Girls were toppling down in rows. Even I had to gasp for air.”
However, according to blick.ch, the father was especially irritated about the security guards, who allegedly kept water bottles in the parched crowd, but repeatedly took them back as soon as a girl reached for one.
Now an offender is being sought after, the organiser of the Tokio Hotel Geneva concert reportedly has strict restrictions.
Have you had similar experiances at a Tokio Hotel concert?, if so feel free to leave us a comment telling us about them...
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Geneva Concert Review
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| [You have probably read this review from the American Fansite, however the translation was quite odd, so we had to go back to the source and edit basically the whole thing. It should make a lot more sense now] A night of madness - July 14, 2008 Ten thousand fans came to wildly applaud Tokio Hotel Saturday in Geneva. No injuries took place but many people fainted. The singer of Tokio Hotel, Bill Kaulitz, is the favorite of young audiences who invaded Arena. Icon of juvenile rock, the German band, Tokio Hotel performed Saturday evening in Geneva. The quartet played for 90 minutes in front of 10,000 delirious fans, mostly teenage girls. There were no injuries but 375 fainted. “Some 90 people had fainted even before the doors opened on Saturday,” said the organizer of the concert Michael Drieberg. “They felt such pressure … the emotional health staff took care of all these people, putting them back on their feet. Lots of them returned back to the hall. I am pleased that there were no injuries and no evacuations. We had a clinic with 60 beds and three ambulances. ” Suffocating heat Some fans have camped for several days before the Arena to secure places at the front. Since 15:00, almost all the public was already at the gates of the building. In the courtroom, the air quickly becomes suffocating. While the parterre, 6000 people hurrying to the scene, children, accompanied by their parents. All of a sudden, the lights go out and the clamor rises. The hall is then lit with only the glow of thousands of mobile phones. The screams intensify as soon as the young Germans appear. Breathtaking smile Shortly after, the singer Bill Kaulitz removes his jacket, leaving him in jeans and a red t-shirt. Behind him, on a screen, images of clouds were projected. After three songs, Bill addressed the public: “Wie geht’s euch?” (How are you?). In response, teddy bears rain on the scene. The entire evening, the band obviously had much pleasure performing. Their well-functioning performance left little room for improvisation. The contrast was quite surprising between the dark look and makeup and Bill Kaulitz's natural, breathtaking smile. He still seemed surprised at the success of his group. “This is the best thing that could ever happen to us,” said Bill in substance. “Traveling and being able to go to so many cities. Thank you.” Shining faces The fans regularly sing along the songs with the singer. Towards the end of the concert, Tokio Hotel performed “Durch den Monsun” (Through the Monsoon) the title which became a hit in 2005. The band took leave of their fans with “An deiner Seite” (By your side). At the exit of the hall, the faces were illuminated. Several spectators were already looking at their photos taken during the concert, something which will remain a big event for them for a long time. The concert was going to sell out. Originally scheduled for March 21, it had to be postponed because of an operation of the singer's vocal cords. (Source: lenouvelliste.ch) | |||
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Geneva Videos (Switzerland)
In Die Nacht/Bill's Band Introduction!:
Amazing fan video [audio and visual], look closely at around 3:14, you'll see something hit Tom's head...=], its actually Bill hittimg him with the bunny rabbit teddy he's holding, it costs him however, Tom doesnt finish out the song, its worth it though, for Tom's cute smile..=]
Also Bill's introduction/presentation of the band!...He calls Gustav 'Wolfgang' and Georg 'Hagen'
Ich Brech Aus:
Leb Die Sekunde:
Ich Bin Da:
Der Letzte Tag:
Geh:
Amazing fan video [audio and visual], look closely at around 3:14, you'll see something hit Tom's head...=], its actually Bill hittimg him with the bunny rabbit teddy he's holding, it costs him however, Tom doesnt finish out the song, its worth it though, for Tom's cute smile..=]
Also Bill's introduction/presentation of the band!...He calls Gustav 'Wolfgang' and Georg 'Hagen'
Ich Brech Aus:
Leb Die Sekunde:
Ich Bin Da:
Der Letzte Tag:
Geh:
Rette Mich:
At The Heart of a Musical Hysteria
In the vicinity of the Arena in Geneva, tents show of the fever which accompanies the event. Around this arena, camping, in the midst of tar and concrete, has emerged. This hall greets Tokio Hotel's most daring fans, those who have traveled hundreds of kilometers to see the German band. The wait is exhausting, but the reward is worth the sacrifice: seeing the continent's idols closely. This scenario has been repeating itself in Europe for nearly two years. Such concerts create an earthquake of such magnitude that no other band in the world today is capable of producing. They race through ticket sales, accompanied by anxiety in the parents of those children who are desperate to attend the event.
With Tokio Hotel, we are seeing the same enthusiasm which accompanied careers of bands like Duran Duran, or Spandau Ballet in the 80s. We find the same fever that gave rise to songs from boy and girl bands (Take That, 2Be3, Spice Girls...) a decade later. But today, there is something new. We see a rupture which dissociates Tokio Hotel from other known phenomenons. The band has managed to generate a flood, of a continental scale, in one language: German, which we had formerly considered inappropriate for rock and pop. This could have, even should have, set up a solid barrier to the exporting group. But inexplicably, this "disability" became an asset. The texts of two albums (Schrei and Zimmer 483) are known, translated and published on numerous sites and fan blogs. They are included in choirs in Helsinki, Madrid, Rome, Bratislava, and all the way to Tel Aviv.
But there is more: the look of the quartet. Tokio Hotel has made a brand image. Their recipe? Replicating several dress codes. In this patchwork, the androgynous figure and manga singer, Bill Kaulitz draws attention at first glance. His hair arched out (perhaps extensions?), his pale complexion, his tight and black clothes, his makeup, refer to some new wave and gothic icons. Rober Smith from the Cure, Brian Molko from Placebo in particular. Beside him, there is Tom aesthetic rasta (abundant dreads) and hip-hop (baggy jeans and XXL T-shirts, caps, bandannas and neck chains). Hardcore is represented by the bassist, Georg Listing. Only the drummer, Gustav Schafer eludes easy identification, wearing an obstinate "no-look."
This assembly is not risky. It is very likely that their record label, Universal, and agents of the band - some not exceeding 20 years of age - advise them. The rock, with well-arranged melodies and remarkably produced sound, aims to keep the target audience whose average age ranges between 10 an 16. This recipe pays. The conquest of the North American market will doubtlessly bring more new revenue.
Who is Tokio Hotel then? A product of some laboratory recordings? An entity born from artificial mixtures of musical examples? Partly, no doubt. But a significant portion of its course makes you think otherwise. Bill and Tom's passion with music dates from when they were little. Ever since the age of 7, the twins compose, write lyrics about their parent's divorce and life. They talk of the boredom of a youth who doesn't aspire in school. At Loitsche, village of Magdeburg where they grew up, these two songs of a seamstress and guitarist quickly dreamed of glory.
Bill brushed by it (fame) for the first time when he was 13: he was finalist for the German version of Star Academy or American Idol. A producer, Peter Hoffman was struck by the maturity and look of the teen on the stage. This meeting was decisive. It allowed the loser of the reality TV show to undertake the path of real glory, with his band, Devilish, composed of several school buddies. A changing of name later, Tokio Hotel now has a solid structure and professionalism to reach the firmament. This will be done from the very first album release, Schrei, in 2006. With Schrei, Tokio Hotel was a hit and "Durch den Monsun" traveled borders. A year later, the phenomenon took on enormous proportions with Zimmer 483: sales increased and mobile ring tones were made.
Such a course is rare. Only an operation of the singer's vocal chords was able to interrupt it. The enormity of their success, the magnitude of their tours and promotional obligations that accompany them, can cause concern. Overwhelmed by the tidal wave which he has provoked, Bill resigns: "We have no explanation, so we have stopped asking ourselves questions about it."
(source: letemps.ch)
With Tokio Hotel, we are seeing the same enthusiasm which accompanied careers of bands like Duran Duran, or Spandau Ballet in the 80s. We find the same fever that gave rise to songs from boy and girl bands (Take That, 2Be3, Spice Girls...) a decade later. But today, there is something new. We see a rupture which dissociates Tokio Hotel from other known phenomenons. The band has managed to generate a flood, of a continental scale, in one language: German, which we had formerly considered inappropriate for rock and pop. This could have, even should have, set up a solid barrier to the exporting group. But inexplicably, this "disability" became an asset. The texts of two albums (Schrei and Zimmer 483) are known, translated and published on numerous sites and fan blogs. They are included in choirs in Helsinki, Madrid, Rome, Bratislava, and all the way to Tel Aviv.
But there is more: the look of the quartet. Tokio Hotel has made a brand image. Their recipe? Replicating several dress codes. In this patchwork, the androgynous figure and manga singer, Bill Kaulitz draws attention at first glance. His hair arched out (perhaps extensions?), his pale complexion, his tight and black clothes, his makeup, refer to some new wave and gothic icons. Rober Smith from the Cure, Brian Molko from Placebo in particular. Beside him, there is Tom aesthetic rasta (abundant dreads) and hip-hop (baggy jeans and XXL T-shirts, caps, bandannas and neck chains). Hardcore is represented by the bassist, Georg Listing. Only the drummer, Gustav Schafer eludes easy identification, wearing an obstinate "no-look."
This assembly is not risky. It is very likely that their record label, Universal, and agents of the band - some not exceeding 20 years of age - advise them. The rock, with well-arranged melodies and remarkably produced sound, aims to keep the target audience whose average age ranges between 10 an 16. This recipe pays. The conquest of the North American market will doubtlessly bring more new revenue.
Who is Tokio Hotel then? A product of some laboratory recordings? An entity born from artificial mixtures of musical examples? Partly, no doubt. But a significant portion of its course makes you think otherwise. Bill and Tom's passion with music dates from when they were little. Ever since the age of 7, the twins compose, write lyrics about their parent's divorce and life. They talk of the boredom of a youth who doesn't aspire in school. At Loitsche, village of Magdeburg where they grew up, these two songs of a seamstress and guitarist quickly dreamed of glory.
Bill brushed by it (fame) for the first time when he was 13: he was finalist for the German version of Star Academy or American Idol. A producer, Peter Hoffman was struck by the maturity and look of the teen on the stage. This meeting was decisive. It allowed the loser of the reality TV show to undertake the path of real glory, with his band, Devilish, composed of several school buddies. A changing of name later, Tokio Hotel now has a solid structure and professionalism to reach the firmament. This will be done from the very first album release, Schrei, in 2006. With Schrei, Tokio Hotel was a hit and "Durch den Monsun" traveled borders. A year later, the phenomenon took on enormous proportions with Zimmer 483: sales increased and mobile ring tones were made.
Such a course is rare. Only an operation of the singer's vocal chords was able to interrupt it. The enormity of their success, the magnitude of their tours and promotional obligations that accompany them, can cause concern. Overwhelmed by the tidal wave which he has provoked, Bill resigns: "We have no explanation, so we have stopped asking ourselves questions about it."
(source: letemps.ch)
Concert Review
9,500 people, most of which are teenage girls, went to Tokio Hotel's concert, Saturday at the Arena. If the hysteria of the fans has created problems at the entrance, the concert went along without any notable incidents. The security personnel was one of the largest ever put in place at the Arena.
Tokio Hotel rocked the Arena
Tokio Hotel in the Arena, it's done! Last Saturday, there were 9,500 spectators there to applaud the German band.
In the crowd, a majority of girls aged between 12 and 14, or approximately 80% of the public. And a few boys. And adults. Parents for the most part. "There were about 10%. Some are even fans," says Michael Drieber, organizer of the concert. "We were expecting only teens."
Put all those people in the arena. There, the singer Bill Kaulitz and his companion landed, delivering a set of rock as smooth as effective, in German. An hour and 45 minutes presentation. Now we must interpret the reaction of the crowd present at the concert on Saturday. People say Tokio Hotel triggers extreme reactions from fans. Is that true? There is only two options really. With or without hysteria.
"Eeeeeeeeeeee," the fans, mostly teenage girls, scream at the top of their lungs, almost ready to break your eardrums. A few minutes away from the lifting of the curtain, expected at 19:30, the least sound coming from the stage provoked screams from the public.
Finally the band arrives. We await with anxiety the first ones to faint. There are already 90, we learn with astonishment. Indeed the doors of the hall weren't even open, when the most bold fans start pushing for the best places. In the end, 375 people were evacuated urgently. Leading causes were fatigue and dehydration. However, three ambulances specially reserved for the evening were not used.
During the concert, barriers placed in front of the scene, the same we use for open air concerts with 50,000 people, have moved an inch. "Something never seen! The fans were concentrated in the center, in front of the stage. Imagine 8 or 9 people per square meter! The pressure on the barriers was extreme."
A concert like the others...
If the mass of the fans - one kilometer line - made it hard for security, the picture was different from their conduct during the concert. "We expected worse. Other than uneasiness, the atmosphere was good."
After the first quarter of an hour, the screams were more discrete. We expected constant screams? This wasn't the case. On the bleachers, mainly family space, were happy just moving and pacing, the more confident stood, sometimes imitated by their parents. We raise our arms, put out our hands and sing along. A boy, 9 or 10, mimes with his guitar, seated on the floor. Seated behind him, his mother smiles.
There it is, the Tokio Hotel phenomenon. Tokio Hotel is rock'n'roll without "sex" or "drugs."
(source: tdg.ch)
Tokio Hotel rocked the Arena
Tokio Hotel in the Arena, it's done! Last Saturday, there were 9,500 spectators there to applaud the German band.
In the crowd, a majority of girls aged between 12 and 14, or approximately 80% of the public. And a few boys. And adults. Parents for the most part. "There were about 10%. Some are even fans," says Michael Drieber, organizer of the concert. "We were expecting only teens."
Put all those people in the arena. There, the singer Bill Kaulitz and his companion landed, delivering a set of rock as smooth as effective, in German. An hour and 45 minutes presentation. Now we must interpret the reaction of the crowd present at the concert on Saturday. People say Tokio Hotel triggers extreme reactions from fans. Is that true? There is only two options really. With or without hysteria.
"Eeeeeeeeeeee," the fans, mostly teenage girls, scream at the top of their lungs, almost ready to break your eardrums. A few minutes away from the lifting of the curtain, expected at 19:30, the least sound coming from the stage provoked screams from the public.
Finally the band arrives. We await with anxiety the first ones to faint. There are already 90, we learn with astonishment. Indeed the doors of the hall weren't even open, when the most bold fans start pushing for the best places. In the end, 375 people were evacuated urgently. Leading causes were fatigue and dehydration. However, three ambulances specially reserved for the evening were not used.
During the concert, barriers placed in front of the scene, the same we use for open air concerts with 50,000 people, have moved an inch. "Something never seen! The fans were concentrated in the center, in front of the stage. Imagine 8 or 9 people per square meter! The pressure on the barriers was extreme."
A concert like the others...
If the mass of the fans - one kilometer line - made it hard for security, the picture was different from their conduct during the concert. "We expected worse. Other than uneasiness, the atmosphere was good."
After the first quarter of an hour, the screams were more discrete. We expected constant screams? This wasn't the case. On the bleachers, mainly family space, were happy just moving and pacing, the more confident stood, sometimes imitated by their parents. We raise our arms, put out our hands and sing along. A boy, 9 or 10, mimes with his guitar, seated on the floor. Seated behind him, his mother smiles.
There it is, the Tokio Hotel phenomenon. Tokio Hotel is rock'n'roll without "sex" or "drugs."
(source: tdg.ch)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Concert Reviews
Bill & Co. let down their fans
Tokio Hotel: Apathetic at Geneva
Yesterday Tokio Hotel played in front of 10,000 fans in Geneva. The cheering of the crowd was incredible, as was the self-restraining of the stars.
The first beats sound throughout Geneva Arena at 19:30. 10,000 fans scream as the biggest hits such as ‘Schrei’ or ‘Übers Ende der Welt’ ring out. Tokio Hotel delivers a professional show – and yet, the enthusiasm is missing.
The four Magdeburg boys keep some distance from the crowd. There’s no lack of the thousands of longing hands raised in the air. Above all, Bill, who girls are passionate about, seems as though he can’t keep enough distance between himself and the fans. He sings from a platform behind the drums for the most part of the concert.
The quartet has managed to do what hardly any German-singing bands have succeeded in doing: They’ve made it abroad. With ‘Schrei’ (2005), they found success as being the first German band to get into the French Top 20. The English version climbed to no.39 in the USA Billboard charts, and even to 6th place in Canada. Tokio Hotel has earned 60 million Swiss Francs since their debut. Long since they’ve been laughed at as one-hit wonders, they’ve become out-of-reach superstars.
At the same time, Tokio Hotel always stands for genuineness. They’re no artificial band; they got together by themselves and they’ve all played their instruments since early childhood. In the band’s (mostly self-written) lyrics, they deal with every teen problem – from lovesickness to suicidal thoughts to the separation of parents.
It arrives. Just like Bill’s look. Despite animosity and sneering remarks, he’s never been put off. It’s his style – he already had his first piercing at 12 years old, which was shortly followed by his first tattoos. With success, his appearance became more extreme, his hair longer (his styling recommendation: “Using a can of hairspray every day and never washing your hair”), his eyeliner thicker and his nail varnish more eccentric.
“Always more” seems to have become the band’s motto. But not in one aspect – Tokio Hotel isn’t the approachable band any more. They seal themselves off. “They don’t give any autographs anymore or pose with the fans for photos,” says Andrea (16), from Olden.
A good hundred teenagers were already camping on the sidewalk days before yesterday’s concert so that they would be admitted into the concert hall first. “I haven’t seen anything like it since Michael Jackson or Pink Floyd played here twenty years ago,” says Michael Drieberg, the concert organiser.
Yet, the times in which fans gathered outside the hotels the boys stayed in are over. “Now they stay as far away from the concert hall as possible; sometimes in other areas, so that they won’t get annoyed by us,” complains Manuela (14), from Berne. The distancing from the fans hasn’t been the only consequence of their success – Bill had to have an operation in March due to a cyst in his vocal chords, which interrupted the tour.
Polo Hofer (63) and Marc Dietrich (59) from the Swiss band Peter, Sue & Marc had to undergo this operation, after which their voices got worn thin through the decades. Bill is forty years younger. "
The girls fall down row by row
200 security forces such as nurses and Samaritans were offered at the sold-out Tokio Hotel concert in Geneva – and they were needed, too.
The German rock band played for 90 minutes in front of 10,000 fans at the Geneva Arena and the medical staff had their hands full. They had to be called out up to 250 times in order to nurse the young girls who became unwell back to health.
The run-up to the concert caused some confusion due to the tickets. Originally, the Magdeburg band’s concert was announced for March. However, because the 18-year-old singer Bill Kaulitz had to be subjected to a vocal chord operation early on in the year, some concerts were cancelled, including the one in Geneva.
As a result, the organisers planned to let Tokio Hotel appear at the Stade de Genève this Saturday. But then this venue, with its 25,000 places, was out of the organisers’ league. The tickets for the Stade de Genève were valid for the Geneva Arena. The ones for the cancelled concert in March weren’t, though.
(Another Article)
"We have seen little of Modena, but we felt the warmth from the public, it's a great emotion." These were the first words of Tokio Hotel, during their interview on TV by TRL (directly from Pescara, with live connection to Modena) last night, two hours before the concert at Park Novi Sad. The band showed itself really available and tuned with the 18 thousand fans who waited hours before for them, and greeted them screaming inside the venue.
Did you have the chance to visit Modena? "We haven't had a lot of time, today it was a hot day, we arrived by last and in this case, it's difficult to visit the city", each word from the band is\par received by the delirious crowd.
During the interview, Bill Kaulitz and his band have received the award won at the TRL Awards, for the Best Band category: "We're very happy", he said. "We found a lot of love and enthusiasm. How would we split the award? Well, we're four, we'll see how to do it, there's too much joy and the Italian public is fantastic."
Do you have already new songs? "We can't tell for sure when the new album will be out", they said, "we can only tell you that we're working on new songs and soon you'll know some news about it."
To delight of their fans, Tokio Hotel have time to talk about their connection with the audience: "We see a lot of people every time, it's difficult to distinguish just one amongst the crowd. However, we can tell that it has happened several times, noticing in some fans in particular when they're standing in the first row, by the way they get involved in the show and by the way they sing all our songs, those are truly intense moments."
"A life for music", this could be the right motto to identify the band Tokio Hotel: "Definitively, I can't imagine our life without music, it's part of us, a real symbiosis."
Tokio Hotel: Apathetic at Geneva
Yesterday Tokio Hotel played in front of 10,000 fans in Geneva. The cheering of the crowd was incredible, as was the self-restraining of the stars.
The first beats sound throughout Geneva Arena at 19:30. 10,000 fans scream as the biggest hits such as ‘Schrei’ or ‘Übers Ende der Welt’ ring out. Tokio Hotel delivers a professional show – and yet, the enthusiasm is missing.
The four Magdeburg boys keep some distance from the crowd. There’s no lack of the thousands of longing hands raised in the air. Above all, Bill, who girls are passionate about, seems as though he can’t keep enough distance between himself and the fans. He sings from a platform behind the drums for the most part of the concert.
The quartet has managed to do what hardly any German-singing bands have succeeded in doing: They’ve made it abroad. With ‘Schrei’ (2005), they found success as being the first German band to get into the French Top 20. The English version climbed to no.39 in the USA Billboard charts, and even to 6th place in Canada. Tokio Hotel has earned 60 million Swiss Francs since their debut. Long since they’ve been laughed at as one-hit wonders, they’ve become out-of-reach superstars.
At the same time, Tokio Hotel always stands for genuineness. They’re no artificial band; they got together by themselves and they’ve all played their instruments since early childhood. In the band’s (mostly self-written) lyrics, they deal with every teen problem – from lovesickness to suicidal thoughts to the separation of parents.
It arrives. Just like Bill’s look. Despite animosity and sneering remarks, he’s never been put off. It’s his style – he already had his first piercing at 12 years old, which was shortly followed by his first tattoos. With success, his appearance became more extreme, his hair longer (his styling recommendation: “Using a can of hairspray every day and never washing your hair”), his eyeliner thicker and his nail varnish more eccentric.
“Always more” seems to have become the band’s motto. But not in one aspect – Tokio Hotel isn’t the approachable band any more. They seal themselves off. “They don’t give any autographs anymore or pose with the fans for photos,” says Andrea (16), from Olden.
A good hundred teenagers were already camping on the sidewalk days before yesterday’s concert so that they would be admitted into the concert hall first. “I haven’t seen anything like it since Michael Jackson or Pink Floyd played here twenty years ago,” says Michael Drieberg, the concert organiser.
Yet, the times in which fans gathered outside the hotels the boys stayed in are over. “Now they stay as far away from the concert hall as possible; sometimes in other areas, so that they won’t get annoyed by us,” complains Manuela (14), from Berne. The distancing from the fans hasn’t been the only consequence of their success – Bill had to have an operation in March due to a cyst in his vocal chords, which interrupted the tour.
Polo Hofer (63) and Marc Dietrich (59) from the Swiss band Peter, Sue & Marc had to undergo this operation, after which their voices got worn thin through the decades. Bill is forty years younger. "
The girls fall down row by row
200 security forces such as nurses and Samaritans were offered at the sold-out Tokio Hotel concert in Geneva – and they were needed, too.
The German rock band played for 90 minutes in front of 10,000 fans at the Geneva Arena and the medical staff had their hands full. They had to be called out up to 250 times in order to nurse the young girls who became unwell back to health.
The run-up to the concert caused some confusion due to the tickets. Originally, the Magdeburg band’s concert was announced for March. However, because the 18-year-old singer Bill Kaulitz had to be subjected to a vocal chord operation early on in the year, some concerts were cancelled, including the one in Geneva.
As a result, the organisers planned to let Tokio Hotel appear at the Stade de Genève this Saturday. But then this venue, with its 25,000 places, was out of the organisers’ league. The tickets for the Stade de Genève were valid for the Geneva Arena. The ones for the cancelled concert in March weren’t, though.
(Another Article)
"We have seen little of Modena, but we felt the warmth from the public, it's a great emotion." These were the first words of Tokio Hotel, during their interview on TV by TRL (directly from Pescara, with live connection to Modena) last night, two hours before the concert at Park Novi Sad. The band showed itself really available and tuned with the 18 thousand fans who waited hours before for them, and greeted them screaming inside the venue.
Did you have the chance to visit Modena? "We haven't had a lot of time, today it was a hot day, we arrived by last and in this case, it's difficult to visit the city", each word from the band is\par received by the delirious crowd.
During the interview, Bill Kaulitz and his band have received the award won at the TRL Awards, for the Best Band category: "We're very happy", he said. "We found a lot of love and enthusiasm. How would we split the award? Well, we're four, we'll see how to do it, there's too much joy and the Italian public is fantastic."
Do you have already new songs? "We can't tell for sure when the new album will be out", they said, "we can only tell you that we're working on new songs and soon you'll know some news about it."
To delight of their fans, Tokio Hotel have time to talk about their connection with the audience: "We see a lot of people every time, it's difficult to distinguish just one amongst the crowd. However, we can tell that it has happened several times, noticing in some fans in particular when they're standing in the first row, by the way they get involved in the show and by the way they sing all our songs, those are truly intense moments."
"A life for music", this could be the right motto to identify the band Tokio Hotel: "Definitively, I can't imagine our life without music, it's part of us, a real symbiosis."
Friday, July 11, 2008
Geneva security
Some twenty admirers of the group Tokio Hotel have landed in Geneva Monday already. They set up their tents on the concrete in front of the Arena which must occur Saturday before 10 000 people. “These girls come from the south of France, Germany or German-speaking Switzerland,” said Michael Drieberg Monday, organizer of the concert. “We expect the arrival of other fans in the coming days.”
The organizer has appointed a person to monitor the area overnight to ensure the safety of these teenagers. During the day, they can take advantage of public toilets and shopping malls located nearby.
Scheduled for March 21 at the Arena, then postponed scheduled July 12 at the Stade de Geneva and then transferred again to the Arena, the concert will attract 10,000 Tokio Hotel fans. Organizers estimate that 250 ticket holders invalid attempt to force entry.
“We will be intransigent,” warns Drieberg.
The staff responsible for security will be the largest ever raised in this room. “There will be Saturday 200 people assigned to this task, plus a score of nurses and Samaritans. Three ambulances are also on the spot. ”
The organizer has appointed a person to monitor the area overnight to ensure the safety of these teenagers. During the day, they can take advantage of public toilets and shopping malls located nearby.
Scheduled for March 21 at the Arena, then postponed scheduled July 12 at the Stade de Geneva and then transferred again to the Arena, the concert will attract 10,000 Tokio Hotel fans. Organizers estimate that 250 ticket holders invalid attempt to force entry.
“We will be intransigent,” warns Drieberg.
The staff responsible for security will be the largest ever raised in this room. “There will be Saturday 200 people assigned to this task, plus a score of nurses and Samaritans. Three ambulances are also on the spot. ”
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