Интервью (Сингапур)

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No bust-up with Dsquared

It was German pop-rock band Tokio Hotel's first trip to Asia, after being invited here as guest performers for the Audi Fashion Festival in April.

Naturally, the four young men who had grown up in the small village near Magdeburg experienced their fair share of culture shock.


The quartet - compromising singer Bill Kaulitz, 20, his twin borther/guitarist Tom, bassist Georg Listing, 23, and drummer Gustav Schafer, 21 - even left our part of the world with "funny stories" to tell their native media.

It was reported that Tom suffered from pounding headaches and blurred vision for two days after taking an overdose of Viagra which was sold to him in Taiwan, one of the stopovers on Tokio Hotel's recent Asian promotional tour.

On his bad experience with the little blue pill, the dreadlocked resident joker of the group told The New Paper over the phone from Germany: "Yeah I'll be more careful (when I'm in Asia again) but it was a funny experience and I think people need that."

"I think this time maybe Georg will try it. You see, his girlfriend is not so pretty, so maybe it's good to take some Viagra over to Europe."

Tokio Hotel will return to Singapore next month to perform a full concert at the annual SingFest outdoor music festival.

This year's lineup also includes Katy Perry, Kanye West, Smashing Pumpkins, 30 Seconds To Mars and Wonder Girls.

Prior to SingFest, the guys will be in Kuala Lumpur for the global concert series MTV World Stage.

Being the reputed party-loving playboy, Tom was also taken aback by how strict a country Singapore is due to its death penalty for drug trafficking.

He said: "I told the German press about the laws. At the airport, we had to sign like a paper, that if we take drugs with us, we will be killed!"

Okay, so Tokio Hotel was clean of any illegal substances.

But Bill remembered committing an offence when he was in town - spitting chewing gum on the streets.

He said: "I forgot you can't do it, because in Germany you do it all the time, it's not forbidden.

"I think it was in a cab somewhere. It was funny, but I don't want to destroy the beautiful city so I think I'll never do it again."

But perhaps the Kaulitz siblings' most dramatic highlight of their Singapore trip involved another set of twin brothers.

We understand from a reliable industry source that Bill and Tom had a falling out with Dean and Dan Caten, the designers behind high-end fashion label DSquared, right before the Audi Fashion Festival which would open with the latter's latest collection.

A miscommunication had stemmed from both sides' minders over whether or not Tokio Hotel was to perform an acoustic set during the DSquared fashion show.

Eventually, Bill and Tom ended up watching the presentation from the front row and performed only after it.

There's even talk that things got so heated, the Kaulitz twins allegedly threw DSquared clothes that were supposed to be part of the show along the corridor of St Regis Hotel, where they were staying.

But when asked for a clarification, Bill sounded stumped and promptly shot down the rumours.

He said: "No, no, no, we like them very much. We met them at the show, they're really nice, funny guys and I really like their clothes.

"We see each other very often because they designed our outfits for our Welcome To Humanoid City European tour last year and I did the catwalk at Milan Fashion Week.

"We're not unhappy with them, it's all cool.

"We work together here and there, but it's not like we do everything with DSquared."


World Cup

Meanwhile, back home in Germany, the Teutonic heart-throbs have been spending the last month watching every match of the world cup – though they are “not really into football”.

Bill, ever the diplomatic front man, said: “the German team did a good job, we’re really proud of them. Third place is not too bad.”

So was he also proud of the current hometown hero-turned-international celebrity Paul the oracle octopus, which had correctly predicted the outcome of all of Germany’s matches and the finals in this world cup?

Bill said: “I heard about that! It was quite interesting that he was right so many times. IN the beginning, when I saw him on TV, I was like, okay, maybe it’s something that happens only sometimes. “

“In the end, I was totally surprised that he was right about every game. It’s kind of a wonder!”

“But I don’t know what’s happened to Paul now.”

He was referring to Germany’s eight-legged psychic being inundated with death threats.

Bill continued with a hint of empathy: “That would be really really bad, so I hope, so I hope Paul is still alive.”

@темы: interview, интервью, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, scans, сканы

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Блог Тома

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Humanoid City LIVE DVD & Album (Release: July 19/20)

In Germany, our LIVE DVD & Album just got released and the rest of the world will follow next week. What I'd like to know is which of the songs is your fave LIVE track? Vote now...
Pre-Order LIVE DVD / Album Combo
/> Amazon.com

Humanoid City LIVE: Which Is Your Favorite LIVE Song?
01. Noise
02. Human Connect to Human
03. Breakaway
04. Pain of Love
05. World Behind My Wall
06. Hey You
07. Alien (English Version)
08. Ready, Set, Go!
09. Humanoid (German Version)
10. Phantomrider
12. Love & Death
13. In Your Shadow I Can Shine
14. Automatic
15. Screamin
16. Darkside of the Sun
17. Zoom into Me
18. Monsoon

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Tokio Hotel - Humanoid City Live Amazon.de

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=sf6vrjWQY1k
http://www.mediafire.com/?a9wis4ntkka7x8n
Bill: Such a director just comes along and then he has just once chance and you’ve been on tour all the time. You exactly know which moments you want to be caught and where you put emphasis on.

Tom: Because we exactly knew that it will be like that, we said that it’s important to have everyone of us in every situation. So we had as much cameras that we could say when we saw the DVD: “So, now the cut has to come on Bill, now the cut has to come on Georg, now the cut has to come on me, that’s often the case anyway… of course, if it should become good.

Bill: When you let some time pass by and you watch all DVDs again, and you know “okay, how was the first show, how did it all begin, and above all, until then it was also a process and a long way and when you see recordings then from the very beginning, when we stood in a little club, then it feels really good. Precisely because with this tour we kinda realized our dreams, with things we always have wanted on our stage and things we always have wanted to do on stage. Well, if I watch it, then I’m proud, definitely. That we made this, and also this album, which is not easy to implement as a foursome, and to transport it on the stage in the way we want it.
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I’m also glad that we recorded one of the last shows because everything went well in the show..

Tom: But we also had one or two concerts before that where everything went wrong. And I freaked out because I said, when this will happen with the DVD as well, then… eh.. eh..

Bill: Well, you’re always quite stressed because there’s only one chance and at the same time you want to enjoy the concert as well. And on the other hand you hope that the production works well, but this time everything was perfect.

Tom (at the tour rehearsal preview): Oh dear! I have to do everything on my own!

Bill: I personally wanted this because for us it is a way to interpret our songs and to convey the feeling from the whole record and for us it was that everything fit together at the end. The stage, the outfits, the artwork, the songs..

Tom: Everything was planned to the tick. From the opening of the ball at the beginning, every pyro show to the confetti and the courses of action, when you have to stand there and there and so on… and when Bill has to change his outfits. For us it was a complete different challenge to make the show like that.

Bill: I think it was a mix and completely unexpected for a couple of fans. I think some people came who have maybe already seen five concerts of us. And I think it was a big surprise for many people then, especially the first shows. Something like that gets around very fast, also through the internet of course and… I think at the first shows many were simply a bit shocked. But that was exactly what we wanted. I was bent on surprising the people and to show them something new.

Bill: The cool thing is that we had not been arguing the whole tour. I really have to say that it was very harmonic. What’s actually quite weird…

Tom: Yeah well, but we had two tour busses, that was the good thing.

Bill: Exactly, we had two tour busses, but I expected it that we would argue earlier. And everything went fine until the last concert in Paris, we REALLY shout at each other there, it was the worst fight we had since a long time.

Tom: I think I’ve never presented something every evening with that great relish. Because we put so much work in it a half year or longer before. Both in the stage and in the planning of this show. We had to build the whole stage and had to test the course with the crew because it was so extremely elaborate. And so much people had to push different buttons during the show. And yeah.. we had to rehearse that… how long were we in London?

Bill: A week, right?

Tom: A week, yeah… and we rehearsed there, you can also see a bit of our rehearsal on the Live DVD.

Bill: And when you see it now, then we achieved with the DVD exactly what we wanted…

Tom: This is our best Live DVD by far.

@темы: interview, интервью, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, TH-video, ТХ-видео

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Для тех, кто ревнует Билла к Натали Франц

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Натали Франц замужем и на фото слева ее муж.
*Хотя это и не аргумент, что ревновать не стоит *

@темы: photo, фото, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, круг общения ТХ

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Блог Тома

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And the Winner is...

...INDUSTRIAL – it was a tight race and it’s actullay quite hard for me as well to pick just one favorite. Thanks for voting!

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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2010-07-15 Proz taff about the DVD release

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Tokio Hotel live and not from this world. We’ve never been really sure what kind of being Bill Kaulitz actually is. According to his stage outfit, one parent was an alien. But it doesn’t matter because the show which the 4 boys from Tokio Hotel delivered at their “Humanoid City Tour” is definitely impressive. And who wants to go down in rock history, lets shoot an expensive DVD from a famous director. Tomorrow alien-believing people and fans will be able to buy the DVD and the Live CD, and go further into a question: Human or something?
by Herzblut

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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CD Humanoid City Live

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Скачать единый mp3-файл http://www.mediafire.com/?5dloibzmlozxumq

@темы: audio, аудио, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, выступление, концерт

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15.07.2010 » Pro7 Taff - DVD/CD Humanoid City Live Release

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsKgJv0iQrc&feature=player_embedded

@темы: video, видео, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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На концерте Prince (05.07.2010)

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запись создана: 14.07.2010 в 14:28

@темы: photo, фото, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, круг общения ТХ

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Голосование: Dark Side Of The Sun на испанском радио

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Ищем № 25 http://www.pozueloradio.es/component/option,com_news_portal/task,category/id,56/Itemid,284/

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Фан-арт

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@темы: фанарт, Tom Kaulitz, Том Каулитц, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Немецкий фан-клуб призывает прекратить визиты в дом близнецов

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Во многих странах начались каникулы. К сожалению, каждый год, многие фанаты совершают поездки в Гамбург и пытаются ближе увидеть дом близнецов, даже организуют с этой целью туры.

Мы знаем, что большинство из вас нормальные толерантные фанаты. Тем не менее, мы хотим к каждому еще раз обратиться с просьбой не беспокоить четырех парней и их личную жизнь! Любое "только", "я прошла самостоятельно один раз" или "общественные деятели" усугубляет ситуацию. Пожалуйста, дети нуждаются в личной жизни! Спасибо за ваше понимание.
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@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Пресса

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Bravo nº 29/10 (Россия)

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, scans, сканы

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TH《進化城市Live DVD》台灣廣告

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@темы: video, видео, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Гуманоидный танец :)

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Похожий гиф уже был, но этот вроде бы качественнее. Определенно, славяне в родне Билла и Тома есть

@темы: video, видео, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Фан-арт

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@темы: фанарт, Bill Kaulitz, Билл Каулитц, Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Пресса

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Bravo nº 93 (Хорватия)

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель, scans, сканы

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Tokio Hotel ожидаются в Сингапуре в августе

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@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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HUGE CONTEST - Win Bill's Stage Gloves and more!

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Huge Tokio Hotel Contest – Participate for a Chance to Win BIG!
This is your chance! Win the stage gloves Bill Kaulitz wore during the gigantic „Welcome to Humanoid City“ tour through Europe. On top of that, Bill, Tom, Gustav & Georg will also record a personal greeting message for three of the winners.

And this is how YOU can participate:
Write a comment underneath this blog post and tell us which of the songs from the current LIVE DVD / LIVE album is your fave and, most importantly, why! Whether you just love rocking out to that song, a personal experience of yours is tied to it or if your fave song is just a fantasy to you – we want to hear your story!

This contest will end on August 7, 2010 at 11:59pm (CET) and these are the fantastic prizes waiting for the winners.

Grand Prize:
Original stage gloves worn by Bill Kaulitz!
+ personal video greeting message by Tokio Hotel

Prize 2 & 3: Personal video greeting message by Tokio Hotel

Good luck & Let’s Go Humanoid!
Your TokioHotel WebTeam (Contest Host: Tokio Hotel)

Read more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=105367854&blogID=537105076#ixzz0tiye4qO2

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель

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Tokio Hotel: “Humanoid” появится в виде Live-CD и DVD

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Это был один из самых захватывающих туров года, и он появляется, как Live-CD и DVD. На долгий вечер TOKIO HOTEL похитят своих попутчиков в “HUMANOID CITY”. Впечатляющий фантастический фон, на котором они исполняют свои хиты, выскочили из-под пера Мисти Бакли и его команды, который уже создал мир для фильма "Пятый элемент". Как будто прибывший с другой звезды, фронтмен Билл появляется между всеми техническими конструкциями, мостами, огромными огненными шарами и сверкающими огнями, которые обеспечивают постоянное смену новых и более захватывающих пейзажей.
http://www.naanoo.com/live/tokio-hotel-humanoid-erscheint-als-live-cd-und-dvd-gnimpr

@темы: Tokio Hotel, Токио Отель, Токио Хотель