TH FAN PARTY
Tokio Hotel Fan Party!
As a big THANK YOU for your incredible support at the MTV Video Music Awards, Tokio Hotel will host
a cool fan party in a European city. Time and location are not confirmed yet but we will reveal all the details
within the next two weeks so make sure to check back on Tokio Hotel's official homepage regularly to
get the inside scoop first! " http://www.tokiohotel.com/
ALBUMET UTE 2009?
Contrary to what they announced during summer, the next Tokio Hotel album is not going to be released before the holidays, but between January and March 2009. It's the band's manager, David Jost, who recently announced it. It would seem that the CD, which started to be recorded after the band's most recent and glorious american tour, is very inspired but also very rock. At least, that's what the talented quartet's mentor explained:"The sound is tougher than the one in the precedent albums, Bill has had ideas for new songs for a few months, he passes all his free time on writing lyrics." So we reasonably have to expect for the new album to be a masterpiece.
Källa - hitmusemag.com
ONE #34 INTERVJU
So guys, glad to be back home after your American journey?
Bill:Yes, we are very happy to be back home and with our families ... We really loved to spend all this time in the United States, but we really began to have difficulties with the country. A month abroad is a long time ...
Tom:As for me, I admit that it really wouldn't have bothered me to stay a little longer. I love the US. First, in terms of clothes, it's really great there. I brought a ton of clothes and several pairs of sneakers that you can't find in Europe. And then, I feel really comfortable in big cities like New York and Los Angeles. I really enjoyed it there ...
Your goal was to break through in the United States. Do you have the feeling that you have attained it?
Tom:Frankly, none of us four expected that there'd be so many fans at our concerts. It has always been sold out and the public was as crazy over there as in Europe. I think, we have fulfilled our contract. The mission is accomplished in a way (laughter).
Georg:We all feel to have managed to achieve something great. I don't think that before us a German band has met such hype in the USA.
Yet, one can slow a bit down the enthusiasm of your American success: during your promo there, you have sold only 100,000 albums, while the goal was to reach 500,000...
Bill:You're right, despite our efforts, "Scream" has not really taken off in the U.S. charts. Frankly, I don't know what the reason is. We have done our best to make our music known to as many people, but the U.S. market is very difficult to access for foreign artists. However, without wanting to sing our own praises, selling 100,000 albums is still enormous for a German band. We are not disappointed by this result.
Tom:What we enjoyed the most was to receive an MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist. We didn't expect that at all since we were in competition with Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry or Taylor Swift, who are far more popular than us over there. To receive this award was a real shock. To date, it may be the best reward we have received for our career. In addition, I must say that I really enjoyed seeing the confused puss of Miley Cyrus when the winners, in other words us, have been announced ... (laughter)
You don't seem to have taken her to your heart...
Tom:On the one hand, I am not a fan of what she does, plus, she doesn't have the physical criteria that I look for in a girl. So, everything is said. (laughter)
Bill: Tom talks bullshit, as usual! He is an uptight fan of "Hannah Montana", I've have already caught him watching some episodes secretly. (laughter)
Tom:We will settle that tonight. Secretly ...
How many times have you been asked where did the band name come from when you were in the US?
Bill:(laughter) I don't know. 250 times, the number of interviews we gave there ... I thought, we had returned three years back. The total horror.
Tom: "How did you come to music" is also a question that has often been asked ... Of course, it's boring having to repeat the same thing for the thousandth time. But it makes humble, it reminds us that not everyone is supposed to know us. It does us good to regain that feeling to start from scratch or almost... We've got down a bit from our little cloud.
Georg:Yeah, but I admit that it's annoying, though. I thought that American journalists would have a little better swot their subject before meeting us. Alas, no ...
If you have to treasure a noteworthy event of this trip, which would it be?
Bill:For me, it would probably be one of the signing sessions that we organized in a record store. It's always great to be able to meet our fans and listen to the stories they tell. These meetings have inspired me a lot for our next album ...
Tom:As for me, I especially remember the times when two fans managed to get into my hotel room while I was getting ready to go to bed. I have absolutely no idea how they managed to find us ... However, I must say it was a rather pleasant surprise. But I can not tell you the sequel, I let that to your imagination ... (laughter)
Let's talk about serious things now, the preparation of your third album. What is its state of affairs exactly?
Tom:We are just about to go into the studio. Needless to say we are 100% focused on this new project. That is why you will certainly not hear much about us in the coming months ...
Bill:Yes, we are aware that this is one of the most important steps in our career. The pressure is enormous, but we try not to think about it too much. Our goal is to ensure that this album is simply the best we have recorded.
What can we expect sound-wise?
Tom: The idea is to make songs that surprise our fans and show a facet of us they probably don't know. We don't want to rest on our achievements and record a second "Zimmer 483". The idea is to take some more risks, while maintaining our identity ..
Bill:We also want our lyrics to be more personal. That is certainly the effort that I make. Everything I've experienced in the past year greatly inspired me and I filled notebooks full of lyrics ...
If this third album was going worse than the previous two, would that make you worry about the continuation of your career?
Bill: I know that it would please some people if we fail with our next album. The success has not only attracted sympathies for us, far from it... Now, we don't rack our brains over it. As I said, we are going to make the best possible album. And if it is less well received than "Schrei" or "Zimmer 483", frankly, it wouldn't be the end of the world ...
Tom: Actually, no band can stay on top forever, we are aware of that. For now, our career is like a fairy tale, it is almost too good to be true. We'll surely experience throwbacks. But whatever happens, we are so passionate about music that we'll never stop doing it, that's for sure.
RYKTEN . .
1-14 oktober, fortsatt arbete med nya albumet
14-17 oktober, åker till Mexico och medverkar på MTV LA Awards
17 oktober-1 November åker till USA, spelningar och säkert en hel del PR också.
5-7 November, I Liverpool, England. Medverkar på EMA 6 Nov.
Observera att det är rykten, USA Datumen samt Mexico är ju konfirmerat
sedan länge, EMA delen är det dock inte.
EXPRESS.DE ARTIKEL
Four boys that just want some peace: Tokio Hotel. Essentially Bill, Tom, Gustav and Georg should be working on there third album like crazy.
There focus is now constantly interrupted because of another awardshow.
Tokio hotel can't seem to break out of the celebration of awards. After the Echo, Goldener Kamera and four comet awards Bill and Tom Kaulitz (both18), Gustav Schafer (20) and Georg Listing (21) won a MTV Video Music Award for "Best Newcomer" at the beginning of September 2008 in los Angeles.
After this triumph in America the four boys wanted to lock themselves away in the studio in Hamburg to finally produce there third album. The record company is pressuring a lot - the record has to be released at the same time all over the world ( something that only happens with megastars like Madonna or the Rolling Stones).
But it won't go like that: The four Magdeburgers are now nominated for the MTV Latin Awards (on 16 October in Mexico) and also the MTV Europe Music Awards (on 6 November in Liverpool). Lots of stress on the program.
"It gives us trouble keeping up with that time planning for the third album", tells manager David Jost to Express. With every awardshow ( and Universal expects the four boys to be there) the boys are torn away from the studio and that even when every day now counts.
The Tokio Hotel fans expect some fresh and new "TH-material" for there ears.
DAGENS BILD
TH TV #46
Backstage Stories ! Det roligaste är när Bill & Tom pratar om att
ha ett badkar i turnébussen. Nästa vecka är det äntligen dags för
photoshoot-avnsittet!
Se avsnitt 46 HÄR
MEDDELANDE IFRÅN TH
CLOSE UP IN WAX
BRAVO #41
The dark side of success
It is not all gold that glitters. Tokio Hotel is also annoyed of some sites of their celebrity life.
For three years, they are under constant observation. Whether on holiday on the Maldives, the stroll through Paris or in front of every hotel in the world. Wherever Bill (19), Tom (19), Gustav (20) and Georg (21) stay, paparazzi are not far, an photoflash-storm goes down to the guys. Not always to the delight of the four, as they betrayed BRAVO.
BRAVO: What do you hate in your life as a star?
BILL: The positive outweighs the course. But I hate it, that we don't have any private stuff. And the badest thing are the paparazzi!
TOM: For us, it's important, to protect the life of our family and freinds. They have nothing to do with our job. If we are with them, it's bad for us, especially when paparazzi appear.
BILL: You have to be truly an evil man, to be a paparazzi. I hate them.
BRAVO: Thereby, you have luck here in Germany - here are paparazzi harmless.
TOM: That's true. In other countries it's really harder. In France and America are the paparazzi the most glaring.
BRAVO: What is annoying you?
BILL: Sometimes, everything it too much for me. Then I lie in the bed and think: "I can't anymore!" Then I will simply not stand up, can't laugh for a shooting into the camera or inspire people. I feel as if someone have to help me. Because I totally lacking self-confidence and I simply want a break.
TOM: Sometimes I have homesickness.
GEORG: When I'm long on the road, I miss my family. And then, sometimes I get a bad mood.
BILL: I get oftener sich. And if I'm away from home, is this terrible. Then I'm missing Germany totally. I'm also sad, when I'm alone in the hotel room. As much as I love it, to be with the band on the road - in hotel rooms I'm really sentimental. I can't even say exactly why. But then I wish myself into my own bed. While Tom would never admit it, but I bet he is sometimes sad. At the latest, when his hotel room acquaintances are gone again.
TOM: I also miss often the german toilet paper. (laughs). If we are at the end of the world, we're really looking forward to coming home ...
BRAVO: You have to live with many scandals and rumors. How do you handle with it?
BILL: Mostly we know it before, what there will be. Sooner, when we had dinner at the club, we knew exactly what there will be at the next day in the newspaper: "Teenagers drink alcohol. How can they be a role model?!"
TOM: Or something like: "Tom sits alone at the table - separates the band?", is also very popular.
GUSTAV: Or: "Bill looks sad - does he have depressions?"
TOM: Everything, that people, who never know us personally, write about us, I don't really care. But if it's about our families, it's not okay.
BRAVO: There was the story about your grandfather, who allegedly shooted around.
BILL: The funny thing is, that this wasn't our grandfather. We even didn't knew this man.
TOM: Just over 20,000 corners. But everbody says, that we're related with him.
BILL: Just like in school. There was then suddenly every girl with us together and each class mates were our best friends. And I should also owe all the people twenty euro.
TH TILL COLOMBIA 2009?
här är det senaste ;
Tokio Hotel could visit to Colombia
Reliable sources say that there have been talks between Colombian businessmen and the
German group Artist winner at the recent revelation of American MTV awards, to make a
presentation in our country, the tour would be expected in the first quarter of 2009, in addition to
that in the next days, the group is launching a DVD with all his hits live.
Tokio Hotel (formerly Devilish) is a band of young German pop rock formed by vocalist Bill Kaulitz,
the guitarist Tom Kaulitz, bassist Georg Listing and drummer Gustav Schäfer.
The group was founded in 2001 under the name Devilish ( 'hellish'), but it changed to Tokio hotel
after punch in 2003 by Sony. The first album was finally released in 2005 after signing with record
label Universal. This disc sales reached several million discs only in Germany and success soon
spread to Austria, Switzerland, and other eastern European countries. With 9-platinum and four gold
in Germany, are the most successful national band. In addition, they have four disks for additional gold
sales in Austria and Switzerland. This first album, Schrei, and the second, Room 483 ( 'Room 483'),
published in 2007 have been merged into a single album, Scream, with songs in English specially
designed for English-speaking audience. In 2007 the group sold about one and a half million albums
SOURCE : UNIVERSAL COLOMBIA
TH TILLBAKA TILL USA!
Den 23 oktober spelar dem på House of Blues i Orlando Florida & den 30 oktober
spelar dem på Roseland Ballroom i New York.
EDIT - Nya datum igen och det vara bara några minuter sedan jag postade inlägget
Atlanta (The tabernacle) den 26 oktober & Philadelphia (Electric Factory) den 29 oktober.
Biljetter till Orlando börjar att säljas den 4 oktober och kan köpas HÄR
Biljetter till New York börjar att säljas den 2 oktober (presale har startat)
och biljetterna kan köpas HÄR
Biljetter till Atlanta & Philly börjar att säljas den 3 oktober HÄR
- - -
Egen note ;
Jag vet inte riktigt vad jag ska säga mer än kul för alla fans i USA.
16 oktober är ju LA i Mexico, skulle tippa på att dem åker iallafall
14:e , och sista datumet är ju just nu New York 30:e , inget party
och ingen signering för oss i Europa innan EMA ser det ut som .
men jag ska inte klaga, jag unnar dem självklart att de redan har blivit
så framgångsrika i USA.
IT'S JUST AN ILLUSION
ISRAEL PICS (2007)
VINN EN SIGNERAD GITARR
Den har tävlingen är annorlunda mot de andra "Vinn en signerad gitarr"
Du går med i tävlingen HÄR, sen laddar du upp en bild på dig själv och
sedan är det dags att samla röster! Den som får flest röster vinner gitarren!
Tävlingen annordnas av radiostationen Q102.COM
Good luck!
OM BILL'S VAXDOCKA
mycket "annat" att göra just nu (arbeta på nya skivan är nog mycket troligt) enligt
ett pressmeddelande. Madame Tussaud har dock sänt bilder på dockan till honom.
Bill är den yngsta som har en vaxdocka på Madame Tussaud i Berlin.
Enligt museet vad det väldigt svårt att få Bill hår & smink likadant som i verkligheten
Det sminket som brukar användas till dockorna var för dåligt, så dem fick använda
vanligt smink tills Bills ögon.
Källan hittar du HÄR
BEST ACT EVER !
Inte nog med att Tokio Hotel tog hem 1 av de 5 nomineringarna i kategorin
Headliner, de är även slutnominerade i BEST ACT EVER.
Källan är tyska MTV och sidan hittar du HÄR
Jag vet att många tycker att Tokio Hotel inte platsar i den kategorin
men jag tänker iallafall rösta oavsett!
Tokio Hotel, Headliner & Best act ever , EMA 2008
TOKIO HOTEL, PERFORMERS @ EMA?
och även framträda på årets EMA Awards. Inget är dock 100 % säkert, men just nu
kanske ungefär 90 % , väldigt mycket talar iallafall för att det blir så.
Enda artisten som är konfirmerad hittils är Beyonce, men innom de närmsta veckorna
kommer de andra artisterna att officiellt meddelas.
VI HOPPAS!
NI RÖSTAR, HOPPAS JAG?
Idag startar sista omgången av röstningen på EMA 2008.
Rösta på Tokio Hotel i kategorin HEADLINER, så mycket
du bara orkar! www.mtvema.com/vote