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Ines @ tokiohotel.org.uk has translated a new interview from Cool Magazine for you to read:
Tokio Hotel: conquering America!
German rock band Tokio Hotel has sold over two million copies all over the world. Thanks to the success of their first album in English, Scream, they’re ready to conquer America. Meeting with the twins Bill and Tom!
Sometimes, the fans get over excited for seeing their idols. What was the most surprising thing you’ve ever saw?
Bill: In Los Angeles entered our hotel room through the window. We were at the second floor. We still don’t know how she climbed so high! And a fan also gave us a star as a present. Somewhere in the sky there’s a star called Tokio Hotel.
Tom: Our fans come from far places, and they sleep wherever they can just to see us. That’s truly cool.
Which song is your favourite to play on stage?
Tom: “Raise Your Hands”. We wrote that song especially for the audience, for our fans.
Bill: In my opinion, I really like the song “Scream”, because it’s one of our first songs. It’s really good to be able to perform on stage and hear the crowd singing with you.
Which are the highlights and bad moments when touring?
Bill: The most difficult thing is that we don’t have, at all, private life. We’re everyday on the road, don’t have our own bed and can’t be with our family and friends. Sometimes, it’s pretty rough.
Tom: However, that allows us to perform on stage, and then all is worth it. We like the promotion, the interviews, the photos… but what we like the most are the shows.
Bill: We also love to travel everywhere, and sleeping in different cities each night.
Do you carry with you the same things to anyplace you go?
Bill: Each member of the band carries seven or eight suitcases, which make us, have a lot of baggage. As I don’t have a fixed residence, I always take everything I have with me.
Tom: We take everything we have with us.
Which music did you use to listen to when you were younger?
Bill: We’re all different from each other, even when it comes to music. I love Coldplay and Keane.
Tom: When I started playing guitar, I listened to Aerosmith. I was also a great Joe Perry’s fan. Now, in my free time, I listen to a lot of German hip-hop.
Do you have any crush for some celebrity?
Bill: Tom and I love the Olsen twins!
Tom: I guess that’s because they’re twins like us. I also love Jessica Alba, Heidi Klum… too long list!
Your new album contains songs from your two first albums. How did you choose the songs?
Tom: We simply choose the ones we preferred.
Bill: We wanted to select diverse songs and still confirm that we were Tokio Hotel. In the album you can find ballads and tracks with some more rhythm.
Is there any song you wanted to include in the album, but still you haven’t?
Tom: No, we selected all the songs we wanted.
If you could go on tour with any band, which one would you choose?
Tom: I would love to go on tour with a girl’s band, like The Pussycat Dolls! *laughs*
Bill: Every rock band wants to go on tour with The Rolling Stones! That would be awesome!
In which country the fans are more intense?
Bill: That’s hard to say. I think we have the best fans in the whole world, no matter if we’re in Europe, the US or Canada. It’s insane!
Tom: We’re very welcomed in every place we visit.
Bill: The fans are always there for us. Plus, they camp outside the venues where we perform. That’s really unbelievable!
You got big success around the world. Do you thing it’s weird to start it all over again in America?
Tom: Yes, for a German band it’s a great opportunity visiting the US.
Bill: It’s amazing: three years ago we couldn’t believe we would be so successful in Germany and Europe. We didn’t even think about coming to the US and also perform in Canada. We’re very happy.
Are you happy with the reactions from the American public?
Tom: We’re just starting… But this success we’re having is way more than we ever expected.
Which American city is your favourite now?
Tom: We can’t answer that, because we’ve only visited New York and Los Angeles.
Bill: I loved NY, but I also liked L.A. There we could go to the beach every days, and it’s always beautiful!
Tom: The girls are really cute in both cities. That’s important!
Where does the name Tokio Hotel comes from?
Bill: In the beginning we were Devilish. But we wanted to find a different name, a suitable one. All of us love big cities so, we chose Tokyo (Tokio in German). Once we dreamed about travelling all over the world and sleeping in hotels, we added Hotel.
Where do you see yourselves in the end of 2008?
We have many concerts in the next months. Then, we’ll be working in studio. We will write new songs and record a new album. I hope we can do it all by the end of the year!
Read a fantastic music review of the San Fransisco gig here from the Chronicle. You can also leave your comments!
Click on "Read More" to read an article from Portuguese magazine "Super Pop".
CosmoGirl:
Tokio Hotel talk confessions:
Signing News:
The boys announced that if they win one Video Music Award in Los Angeles this year then they’ll not only celebrate with their American fans at the VMAs….no, they will also organize a cool Tokio Hotel VMA fan party shortly after the VMAs in a European city (yes, the guys will be there too!!!) and Tokio Hotel will also do a HUGE signing session in that European city!
YOU guys can make this happen – all you need to do is click HERE, vote for Tokio Hotel in the category BEST NEW ARTIST and make them #1! Before you start the voting action you need to create a free MTV.com account – click HERE to register….and don’t forget: Voting in the category BEST NEW ARTIST is unlimited
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They made it! Never before a German band has made this success in the US… Do you want to know how the last days have been?
A-w-e-s-o-m-e!!! That’s how the last days have been for the four boys… They arrived in the US this month and they’ll stay there until the 29th! Only after that they’ll have the right to rest… Or not… Because they’re nominated for the MTV VMA’s, that will happen right in September!
One week at TRL
It’s not every band that’s invited to be at one of the most watched TV programmes in America for a whole week, TRL! But Tokio Hotel are special and in the same week they arrived in the US they went to the show every days, which is aired to the entire world through MTV! They loved to be there and showed themselves truly comfortable! They even talked all the time in English!!! The possibility to be closer to their fans was what they liked the most, and the fans asked them a lot of questions… And they answered to all of them! It was great!!!
Mega tour
But what have been giving more power to the boys are, of course, the concerts! The tour includes nine shows through the country (and one in Canada), which involve a lot of energy! And Bill said at an interview: «It was always our dream to play in America». Mission accomplished!!!
Two nominations!
But what is happening to Tokio Hotel is way beyond their dreams!!! They never thought on being nominated to the MTV VMA’s, and right now they’re on the race for the prizes in two categories… That’s right, they’re candidates on «Best New Artist» with «Monsoon», and «Best Pop Video» with «Ready,Set,Go». Better than this is winning… and for that, you can vote!!! Go now to www.mtv.com and register!!!
(Yellow Box)
The Letter they wrote to us!
TH are so sweet that they even wrote us a letter, thanking us for voting on the MTV awards! «This is all because of you», they say…
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Comments (15)
1. Written by
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, on 24-08-2008 17:37 Awww wow! TH are the best! i hope they win the VMA's!
2. Written by jafin, on 24-08-2008 18:02 righhhhhhtyyyyyyyyyyyyy ugh... don kno who is sick but hope u will b alryt or somthingggg....
heck i kno they will win they av the UK fans the USA fans the CANADA fans und other fans too (ohkay sory if i didntmention ur counrty)
i kno they wil win cozzz they r da only 1's better there und with us voting i kno they wil win!!!!!!1
3. Written by lauren, on 24-08-2008 19:15 If The Win I Want Them To Come To The Uk
4. Written by ica, on 25-08-2008 06:18 wow :D nice articles :D:D
its okay admin, if ur sick you cant help it
5. Written by tosin, on 25-08-2008 10:17 thanks admin! haha!bills favoruite food.........these little tiny things.....they're red........skittles!! made me laugh........a lot!! oooooo VMA party!!
6. Written by they love europe soooooo much, on 25-08-2008 10:57 get well admin!!!!!!!!!!!! POLL: exept gustav.georg, tom,bill, whos your fav celebrity?! marilyn manson(kiddin) johnny depp luv him
7. Written by Colette, on 25-08-2008 19:54 wahahah ! that made me laugh tooo ! the little things . ... they're red .. oh skittles ! funny stuff ! i wish they would spend more time in Canada ... i never get to go to Toronto cause it's an hour away and can't get tickets ! grrness ! oh well . and thanks for the upddate ... get better soon
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, on 25-08-2008 23:55 me too I'm sad that they didn't come to Canada more, but I know they haven't been to the UK for a while so I hope they go there next
9. Written by
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, on 25-08-2008 23:57 I didn't know skittles don't exist in Germany, their candy so naturally I thought every country have them
10. Denver concert Written by
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, on 26-08-2008 06:08 I just came home from the denver concert and truthfully they live up to expectations. I got lucky because they didn't sell out the theatre because they are still pretty unknown in colorado. I was however quite ticked off because they were supposed to start at 8pm. obviously there would some build up time. 10 minutes is fine 20 is okay but they came AN HOUR after supposed time. I though that was rude.
11. Written by vita, on 26-08-2008 17:35 COME TO SCOTLAND ABERDEEN for my birthday 9th of September PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
12. Written by k, on 26-08-2008 17:43 on the MTV website for "best new artist" and "best pop video", they only have "ready set go" embedded on the website for both of these categories (no monsoon).
so is this an error on the MTV website's part, or an error in what's reported for which video(s) TH's being nominated for?
13. wow Written by ^ shir ^, on 27-08-2008 01:17 omg i am so going crazy about tom right now lol!!! i hope they win the vma's!! i relly want them to win ! i vote for them like every day !!! gl tokio hotel and great job!!! and pls all the fans vote vote vote!! we all would like to see them leaving the vma's with an award no?? so vote!! i love you tokio hotel !!! u rock !!! xxxxxxxx
14. Sex Written by Ellie, on 27-08-2008 09:32 Crazy party in the big city! L O N D O N
XDD
TH
15. Written by geezzzz, on 27-08-2008 11:17 hey they'll party on a europian city couz it'll be gustav bday ! vma R on 7 sep gustav bday is on 8 sep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hey 3 days till' bill&tom bday have fun
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