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out know, we‘ve had it all sorted out already - we originally wanted to pay tribute to the japanese porn industry with the new issue and call it „THE ISSUE“. But you know what they say about best-laid plans... some PRagency totally messed that up for us by pushing for little kiddies in front of the bans... yeah, well, and the part of the MONSUN staff that still has something vaguely resembling a moral high ground left, had a little
oestrogen fit and wants Tom‘s babies. THOSE EXACT FOUR to be frank. Wearing those little „Tokyo Hotel“ shirts (that‘s what our issue is called now in case you were wondering). The part of the staff that has never had any moral high ground anyway has - of course - hidden little, dirty details and hints all through the issue nevertheless. ;D Like you can see on our cover, the Tokio Hotel Asian-Invasion has obviously started and the rest of the
world can keep learning new stuff on our fantastic Map. Or did you know exactly, where Kuala Lumpur is? Yeah, us neither. And one more little thing - the first of you to decipher the red Kanji in this editorial will be winning A BRAND-NEW AUTOGRAPH-CARD, HAND-SIGNED BY THE BAND! This is NOT A JOKE. Email us at: monsunredaktion@gmail.com and have fun with this issue! ;D
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TH GOES LOTTIE & LISA... ERR?! The concert in Vienna was a special day for Bill and Tom indeed, because FINALLY, they had a chance to meet the Puppenjungs! Those have made space in their busy time-table just for the band because nothing is more important than their greatest fans. The editors would like to thank the Puppenjungs in the name of Tokio Hotel for this unforgettable experience! :D http://puppenjungs.livejournal.com
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THE OTHER DAY, AT THE OFFICE... Whoops, how did this turn up?? Not a joke but indeed official Tokio Hotel merchandise! If you think, your ass could fit those (brand-new!!) knickers, then write us an email: monsunredaktion@gmail.com !
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SPEAKER‘S CORNER: NEW VS. OLD
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FANCLUBS AROUND THE WORLD: PERU
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EXTRA: WHAT KIND OF BAD FAN ARE YOU? WORLD-DOMINATION!!
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LAST ISSUE WE ASKED YOU TO SEND IN YOUR TOKIO WALLS... AND BOY, DID YOU EVER, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE BEST READERS IN THE WORLD!! SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE‘RE PROUDLY PRESENTING SOME CHOICE ITEMS OF THE BIG BUNCH OF PHOTOS THAT WE‘VE HAD IN OUR INBOX IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS! THANK YOU, YOU GUYS! :D - THE MONSUN TEAM
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I AM A FROM MEGA HU GE TO IRE KIO H GAZIN LAND. I LO O VE RE E ONL ADING TEL FAN INE... L THE C YOUR O ONCE MARTS. M VE THE LAT CENT EST A Y SIST LY AT B O E TEND TOUR ED TH R GILL AND UT IN GE E I REHUMA NEVA WAS B AND I NIOD Y FAR T IS SA CIT Y THE B OVER FE TO EST D HERE SAY IT AY O IN LACK IN TOK IRELAND T F OUR LIVE S!!! HE IO WAY Y OUR M HOTEL-NES RE IS A HU GE S A LE KN OW TH GAZINE C ! IS THERE A OULD NY AT OU TOKIO LET P R LIT T HOTE E OPLE ISL L VER AND L Y MUC O H??! :D VES - LYDI A, IRE LAND
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Coolest Live-Song
Onerva: „Sonnensystem“ Poppy: „Humanoid Unplugged“ Ziggy: „Down on you“ *
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Onerva: *ponders* ... 10 minutes later ... *still pondering* Poppy: I don‘t care, the all-over-condom he‘s wearing under everything makes every outfit suck. Ziggy: The one with the sunglasses!! *
Coolest Song of the Warm-Up CD
Onerva: Muse - „Undisclosed Desires“ Poppy: MGMT - „Kids“ Ziggy: Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne - „Let It Rock“
The Best Concert Onerva: Geneve!! Poppy: Padova!! Ziggy: VIENNA! VIENNA!!
Favorite Moment of the Concert
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Onerva: The one when the confetti comes down! Poppy: Tom‘s solo during Kampf der Liebe/Pain of Love. Ziggy: ...Poppy stole my answer...
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Flirtiest Band-member Onerva: David Jost in Paris Poppy: Georg Ziggy: Hottieguard 2.0 (no names, or else they‘ll fire him again!) **
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Best Fan-action (from a totally objektive point-of-view!)
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Onerva: Us! (Vienna) Poppy: Ours! (Vienna) Ziggy: Viiiiiienna!
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Worst Moment Onerva: Smelly fans in Paris Poppy: Queueing in Genf Ziggy: Canceled concert in Zagreb!!
Best Cosplayer
Onerva: Poppy: Ziggy:
Onerva: „... and that‘s where the stage ends!“ (Esch) Poppy: Wearing underwear is for loooosers! (Vienna) Ziggy: Mishaps aren‘t funny! That‘s disrespectful towards the band to laugh about that!! **
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Funniest Oops-Moment
The best Tour-Experience outside the Venue Onerva: Beef with the venue securit. Poppy: Drinking beer below a highway bridge until 3am in Geneve. Ziggy: A romantic date with an italian Emergency Roadside Assistance guy at 2am in Padova. Thank you, random threshold on the road!
Wishes for the Upcoming Tour
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Onerva: A german-infested setlist! Poppy: No costumes! Ziggy: A retro-setlist consisting of 14x „Ich bin nicht ich“. :P
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on top who tried to prevent it from toppling over – entertaining to say the least! ON THE EVE OF THE CONCERT SOME ICE HOCKEY HAD TAKEN PLACE INSIDE THE CZECK VENUE – AND IN CONTRARY TO THE COLORLINE ARENA OF HAMBURG YOU DEFINITELY NOTICED IT THE DAY AFTER. The ground was isolated really poorly and in overall it was just bitterly cold. Even the musicians in their stage customes, that usually make them suffer from heat and sweat, were to face those icy circumstances. It was that cold that you could see the boys‘ breath! „It’s fucking cold“ – When Bill’s right, he‘s absolutely right. But the singer was not the only one suffering. Tom’s fingers looked very stiff – especially while playing the piano – and you could compare them just too well to Georg’s stony face. ;D
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STARSHINE, AUSTRIA Queuing in winterly Prague was one of the worst organised events I’ve ever attended. The venue security was out of their depths when it came to handling fans in general and setting up security gates in particular. But not only the interaction with the fans was rather chaotic: It was not before 11:30 a.m. when finally the unloading of trucks began. To our utmost enjoyment it took place right at the main entrance, so us fans could watch the fractions of the stage getting unloaded and rolled into the venue right while lining up. Probably due to lack of time, helps got recruited: boys dressed in red tees who were rather observing than sailing in. Then again I felt really sorry for the tiny fork-lift piler. It had to lift way too heavy components for its small self while not having much air in the tires but 4 construction workers
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To our utter surprise and delight the Prague-gig featured the german setlist. Due to the cancellation of three concerts there was no balance of 16:16 but the german one was having a slight lead with 15 showings over the english set that was played 14 times. In general I think it’s fantastic that they performed both sets more or less an equal amount of times. But the fact that you don’t know for what version of the concert you have bought tickets for till the very moment Bill starts to sing is a bit annoying and could be avoided easily. The Tesla Arena is a rather small one, which led to us finally getting our „The half Egg“-experience. The „Front of Stage“ area was sold out, but apart from that the concert could have sold better. Astonishingly the amosphere wasn’t dampened by that. Even though the venue was sold badly, Tokio Hotel couldn’t use their whole stage and there were arctic temperatures inside, the twins were in an amazingly good mood like at no other show. With them beaming sincerely, continually waving and blowing kisses, even the last fan heated up underneath the anorak. :) Concerning stage, show and outfits pretty much everything has been said in recent reviews. But not about the make-up. In Prague Bill’s brand new lipstick definitely cought my eyes. I feel a bit weird dedicating a whole paragraph of a concert review to a lipstick, but the look is definitely worth mentioning. Instead of the
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ordinary and rather boring transparent gloss in nude, he featured a fresh rasperry shade. It made him look healthier and definitely gave his face more contrast, in short: The Snow White-look brought to perfection! Trés chic, Mr. Kaulitz!
actually did get the fans wet more effectively, but also raised some discussion and therefore did not get repeated as far as I know. Only „new“ to my perception – in reality it had been carried out since the beginning of the tour; where had I been looking? – was the final pose of „Dogs unleashed“. Bill presented his choreographic idea with obvious pride and raised his fist for a total of 20 seconds - at „so you think you can dance“ this would have gotten
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to make a big impression. Despite the big chaos that started this night, it was all made okay again by the concertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unbelievable energetic atmosphere. Even though most of those fans, who were not standing in the middle of the crowd, had been wearing their winter jackets, the band managed to make it all forgotten with an incredible performance and grins like a cheshire cat. Thank you!
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POPPY, AUSTRIA Only 20 concerts and three different tours... and the time had come, where I finally made it into the first row. Just to say it straight away: I definitely want to be there again! Only now I can understand the addiction, that makes so many people wanting to have it over and over again. No matter what .. even if it means 48 hour camping with snowfall. A short glance at Toms side while running into the venue, one short second time to think and react – too many people. Hagen, here we come. Yesss!! Pole position, 1st row directly in front of Hagen’s mic. The decision was right, even though I was a little bit sad, because Tom, you know <3. And Georg? Hmmm, Georg is cool. And he definitely can rock the stage. But at the concerts of the Humanoid City Tour I had been so far, Georg – with his long hair almost all the time covering his face – didn’t seem like that kind of rockstar, that communi-
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cates actively with the audience. We were still happy, that we finally made it into first row. The Italian girl next to me told me to occupy as much space as possible. „What?“, I thought, „why? There is enough space for everyone?!?“ One hour later I knew what she was talking about. Everybody around us tried to push themselves into the first row and the first row was already that packed that the only place to put my arms was over the wave breaker. Next to me there was no space anymore at all. Someone was constantly pulling my hair and the girl behind me had one hand on my hips and the other one grabbed my butt ... if she had been a man, I would have called it sexual harassment. Although the security gave out wa-
ter, more and more girls collapsed –even though the 6000 people venue was only filled by one third at that time, which made me quite sad. I really had wished the boys that the venue would have been sold out, but already the short line in front of the venue showed that only few people seemed to be interested in watching the show. The rest of the time I spend with the attempt to avoid not to collapse myself. No wonder, that I was speechless when I turned around a few minutes before the concert began and saw that the venue was packed. Like two thirds of the people arrived only half an hour before the show. The venue was sold out... we were thrilled. Lights out, heartbeat, the venue screams ... suddenly he is right in
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front of us. Hagen. Rocks on this guitar and ... smiles at us from above. Ookkaayy ... hmmm ... alright ... who is Tom? It took two minutes to convert us into real Hagen fangirls. Which we actually let him know by lots of real loud „Geeooorrrgg!“yelling. We were so in love that we even wanted to give him our bras as a present (which actually turned out to be good for Tom in the end, hehe), but thanks to the stupid height of the stage Georg did not get our presents, which instead flew into the pit between stage and audience. The atmosphere was fantastic, the Italians – as usual – knew every sin-
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gle word. They could even sing all lyrics to „Screaming“. Which I still can’t, even after seven concerts. Bill loved the atmosphere in the venue. After a while he also came toward us and my heart stood still. He was right in front of us, but I COULD NOT SEE HIM, not even a little bit!!!! The spotlights came right into my face and the only thing I saw instead of Bill was a huge light ball. It remained that way, the drama continued. Every time Bill was in front of us, he was already sucked up by the light ball. And that of course has to happen when I finally make it into first row. What a tragedy!
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STARSHINE, AUSTRIA Ciao Italia! There is almost no other audience as loud and eager to sing along as our dear italian neighbours. This definitely makes me forgive them screaming “Tokio Hotel RAUS!” (which actually means “Tokio Hotel, go away!” and not “Tokio Hotel, hit stage!”... faiiiil!).. ;D
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THE NIGHT BEFORE... Since it was our home concert, the Official Austrian Fanclub spared neither efforts nor costs to make the Vienna concert for all participants as special as possible... of course that included a Warm-up-Party, because if there is one thing Austrians are known for, it‘s that we love to party... and to eat... and to get drunk. *ahem*
male fans, a fact that especially our personal waiter seemed to like a lot. Seeing the crowd of fangirls caused him a serious case of blue balls and distracted him that much, that he continuously wasn’t able to deliver our orders correctly. At least he managed to do the flirting fairly well. ;D As it should be on a Tokio Hotel Party, there was a huge amount of prizes to win ... although our Lady Luck Onerva still has to pratice drawing numbers a little bit. Finally the Romanian fans were the lucky winners and could take the main prize home (or in front of the venue), which Ziggy approved of like nobody else, because she was the one who had to carry what felt
like 100 prices, from her home to the party location ALL ON HER OWN and felt like Santa Girl! As usual in Tokio-Lala-Land, the party was suddenly over, when chaos in front of the venue started and most people at the party immediately had to rush to the venue to still get an adequate place in the queue... madness as usual but see you next time because we‘re definitely gonna get another party started! ;)
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THE NIGHT BEFORE THE CONCERT IN THE VIENNA CITYHALL, WE ORGANISED A FAN-MEET-UP IN THE INNER CITY, which attracted not only Austrians, but friends and fans from Germany, France, Denmark, New Zealand, UK, Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary – mainly of course fe-
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What started years ago with the first play of Übers Ende der Welt on an iPod half a world away culminated in an amazing week with, first the Austrian fanclub party, and then the concert. THE JOURNEY WAS NOT WITHOUT DRAMA (WHAT IS IN THIS FANDOM?). I was first supposed to see the band in Dortmund 2008, but after finally getting to see them in Vienna 2010, I can say it was worth the wait. A week off work to visit friends and see a band I love, what could be better? The build up to the concert was intense and, naturally, the initial anxieties began to creep in quickly. What would I wear? To earplug or not to earplug? How would I position myself for maximum Tom exposure? Obviously, this question is closely linked to the clothing dilemma! Not to mention the ongoing struggle with confidence in German speaking aloud to anyone who could
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EMILY, UK I thought I was prepared. I thought I had my training regime sorted: long periods without food, bathroom facilities or adequate sleep, exposure to extreme noise levels and flashing lights, late nights studying DVD footage. A couple of days consuming a choice variety of Austria’s finest cake selection helped to build up the necessary sugar levels but nothing could truly prepare me for the reality of my first Tokio Hotel concert experience. It was deafening, it was unbelievable, it was amazing.
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some friends!). Once inside the ve-
Luckily, most of my fears were quickly put to rest. Comfort took precedence over style, and really, I’m too short to really get Tom’s attention anyway. Better to focus on my overall concert training.
nue it was time for a well deserved beer and some merchandise shopping. With tour badge and yellow wrist band in hand, we entered the arena.
I mentioned earlier my rigorous regime, now, combine that with the ever present threat of concert cancellation and by April 30, things were at a fever pitch! Luckily, with a fanparty to attend, some more delicious cake, a little shopping and some site seeing I managed to keep myself adequately distracted. Soon enough, however, 5pm concert day rolled around. No Tokio Hotel concert experience would be complete without spending a little time in the line and I can now safely say I survived (not without more than a little help from
I thought I’d keep it together. I figured I would behave at a Tokio Hotel concert the same way I do at other gigs: excited, probably dance a little, but otherwise relatively calm. I was wrong. The minute the lights dimmed just after 8pm, and the opening notes of Komm rang out, I was suddenly screaming like a horror movie starlette and I think I danced and jumped around more at that concert than I have on any dance floor. My memory of the actual show is blurred. I recall the alien fanaction, some choice twin moments, and of course, Gustav’s bow but I couldn’t tell you what order they played the songs in, or what my favourite moment was,
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The final thing I wasn’t prepared for is the friendships I’ve made through this band and, even more, this concert. Girls who have done this a thousand times welcomed me into the fold and made me feel more at home than I could have imagined. I still don’t think I’ve come to terms with the bizarrely life like 3D concert I witnessed that night— I have no other way to express what it felt like to see the boys who, until now, have lived only on screen and in stereo for me. It was an amazing experience, one that I really only dreamed I’d get to have.
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Summer tour? Sign me up!
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What I really love about a sophisticated show is, that you constantly discover new things. I definitely didn´t notice the elaborately designed adornments full of passion for detail at the first show. Just like it took me a few concerts to consciously notice that the upper half of the UFO resonates during „Alien“. Fun and you can definitely see how much work and love is behind this tour!
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ONERVA, AUSTRIA Very likely that Zurich began for our boys with a ravaged tour bus and a tremendous hangover. Nothing else than an excessive bus party could explain, why the mister G’s showed up at the Meet & Greet wearing the same stuff they did the day before in Vienna. (And yes, we do know that both of them look the same all the time, but this time it was really EXACTLY the same!!) Which means, that the Swiss Meet & Greet winners were lucky and got the boys AND a full load of sweaty,
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smoky T-Shirts, used underwear and booze breath.
Bill naturally behaved as if it was his idea. Double-pfff.)
MONSUN SAYS: RESPECT!! FINALLY SOME ROCK’N’ROLL ON TOUR. ;D The fan crowd in the venue seems to have been drinking as well – it took them, believe it or not, five! attempts to sing a successful Birthday song for Georg. Though it was actually Bill’s fault of course, who constantly interrupted our fabulous singing, because he wanted to sing his own songs. Pfff. At the sixth attempt before „Geisterfahrer“ we finally succeeded! (And
One could note – at least a little bit – that the boys were tired, but they deserve to have partied hard the night before. Grützel may travel the road from Vienna to Zurich again, to spot the places where the bus stopped for puke breaks. :D
Hello? What the hell is going on here? Yes, it is funny to take some random M&G photos and cpy-pasting the boys out of picture A and sticking them into picture B without someone spotting any difference. But even more funny are Georg and Gustav, who definitely want to steal Bill’s most disgusting band member award! Two days wearing the same? Ew, we don‘t think so! We hereby take everything back we said about sweaty Bill, because come on, nothing is more disgusting than this. :P
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POPPY, AUSTRIA Actually, we wanted to camp in Geneve. But when we came to the venue and saw the huge amount of tents and freezing girls, we decided to better spend the night in our warm hotel beds to come back later. No wonder, that we were totally relaxed when we arrived at the venue at 5 pm the next day – 2 hours before the concert. What we saw then was definitely not, what we had expected. Absolute chaos, almost no wave-breakers to form a line and all the poor campers mixed up with people that had only just arrived.
and pushing and us suddenly right in the crowd. A few meters next to us a girl collapsed and no one help her up what felt like ages because there was simple no space to move. Right in front of me a girl didn’t get enough air anymore and slumped down. I caught her in the last minute and push her head up so that she would get a little bit of fresh air.
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One of the Tokio Hotel guards stood next to the entrance and watched the mad crowd stone-faced. There was nothing he could have done. It is a miracle that nothing severe has happened in such situations so far. But if who ever is responsible for this will keep on failing in putting up a few simple wave breakers to control the crowd, it’s just a matter of time.
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For us – having slept in a warm room and being relaxed – the whole pushing was terribly uncomfortable. For all the campers, who were whacked by not enough food and sleep, this chaos was absolutely dangerous. It was sheer horror. People screamed and cried. But not out of
myself against a father, to help the little camping girls next to me to get some air. He pushed back, defending his little children. Madness.
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WHAT SEEING TOKIO HOTEL LIVE IN PARIS IS WORTH TO ME: * Many, many hours without any sleep * A $650 plane ticket from Boston, MA USA to Paris, France * €500+ in hotel accommodations * Getting stuck in Paris for 5 extra days due to the Icelandic Volcano Eruption for €100+ per day
worried for him, but it didn‘t appear to be slowing him down - he was still running around the stage and doing his crazy dances without pause.
OMGWTFSKITTLES, USA After standing in line all day without water, food, or bathroom breaks, it was such a relief to finally to see the enormous line of fans begin to move toward the Bercy entrance. It didn‘t take us long to get into the venue, and we managed to get very close to the stage, perhaps 3 or 4 people deep on Georg‘s side. I was so excited to be so close! THE WAIT INSIDE THE VENUE WAS TORTURE. I wasn‘t that impressed with the dj or the opening band, but I think that was because i was just so anxious for Tokio Hotel to take the stage. Once the house lights went down, the music started and the black curtain dropped revealing the enormous egg, I was in heaven. The show began and Bill‘s voice sounded so incredible and so strong! I had been worried that he might sound shaky and strained on
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this last night of nearly 3 months of touring, but my fears were put to rest once I heard him hit those high notes with strength and confidence. Every song they played sounded better than the last. Menschen suchen Menschen, Dogs Unleashed and Automatisch were energetic and heart-stopping. Lass Uns Laufen and Geisterfahrer were totally emotional. And it being my first Tokio Hotel concert, I was so excited to hear songs from their older albums as I thought maybe I‘d missed my chance. Hearing them play Ich brech aus, Übers Ende der Welt, and Durch den Monsun were like the cherries on top of an already delicious sundae! It was so hot in the arena, and Bill even commented that he thought perhaps it was the hottest he‘d ever been (I‘d have to agree, haha). He was sweating so much that it seemed to be pouring out of his suit! I was a bit
They are all such fantastic performers and were definitely putting their „all“ into that night‘s show. I‘ve seen so many videos of them performing, but nothing compares to actually seeing them live. The energy just radiates from all four of the guys and that, combined with the crowd all singing in unison, really creates the most amazing atmosphere. I feel so incredibly lucky to have had the privilege of seeing this last concert of the Humanoid City Tour. The band seemed to be in such a great mood that night, albeit maybe a little sad that the tour had finally come to a close. Bill spent some time thanking everyone that had worked on the tour, and was so appreciative of all the fans who had attended the Humanoid City shows. When it was over, I felt like I was in a daze. I was overheated and dehydrated and exhausted but so unbelievably happy. Seeing Tokio Hotel
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HANNAH, UK As I arrived in Bercy, tired from a day of travelling, I had no idea that the best night of my life was to come the following day. My names Hannah Williams and I’m just your average girl from Blackpool, England. The day Tokio Hotel tour dates were released for ‘Welcome to Humanoid City’ tour, my heart broke. They weren’t coming to England AGAIN. I broke down into tears. And took action: travelling abroad to see them was my only option and I had to see them. Tokio Hotel in Paris 14/4/2010 – I think it’s safe to say it was the best night of my life. BEING A UK-ER, IT WAS MY FIRST TOKIO HOTEL CONCERT. A lot of people probably know that Tokio Hotel are practically non-existent in the UK. So it’s safe to say I was the most excited I’ve ever been before in my life. The night before the concert, a mass of girls were camping outside the arena – real dedication! It was incredible to see so many other Tokio Hotel fans as we’re lacking in the UK. I slept about 4 hours that night and spent a lot of it texting fellow UKer and street teamer Steph, who was also at the All Seasons Hotel.
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up with) waited outside the seating entrance from the arena from about 5pm for the doors to open. There were so many nationalities there! We saw German, UK, Belgian, Swedish, Dutch and Norwegian flags! Some Swedish girls even ran past us and shouted „Sweden says hello!“. Equipped with flags and UK coloured ribbons in my hair, it drew attention to other UKer’s who came and joined us, who were also on the street team!
Me, Chantelle and Natasha (more girls from Tokio Hotel UK Street Team) had our photos taken with her and she was so sweet. 6:30pm and the doors opened. A surge of people rushed in to get to the merchandise stalls! It was packed and I queued for 45 minutes to buy my merchandise. I started crying. I was so overwhelmed that after 3 years of waiting, this was finally happening. It honestly felt like a dream.
As we were waiting there was suddenly lot’s of waving and cheering, we turned around, confused, to see a look-alike of Bill walking around the arena. Yvi. For those of you that don’t know her, she’s a German girl who impersonates Bill. She has a twin who impersonates Tom too, Rina, but she wasn’t there. Believe me, she was awesome!
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Finally it came to the night of the concert. I was excited as hell. I’d spent all day sight-seeing in Paris, screaming every time I saw a car with blacked out windows, wondering if it was TH-related. Sad, I know. Me, my mum and Denise (another girl from the street team who we met
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We all know our main goal in life is to recruit new fans for the band, and every time we get hold of an newbie - whether at a concert or on the internet - we ask the shit out of them on how and why they ended up as a Tokio Hotel Fan NOW of all times. So far, so good. Yet is still happens more and more that after a short moment of newly found friendship, old and new fans crash together like titans. After all, one side can‘t accept the changes Tokio Hotel are going through, while the other side doesn‘t know shit anyway since they haven‘t been around for long. Technically, „Old Fans“ are having problems with the newbies:
1. cuz they‘re all old women aged 35+, 2. cuz they are insufferable know-it-alls, 3. cuz they don‘t understand the „Grützel-Spirit“ like camping, 4. cuz they judge other, older fans, although they have no idea what we all went through with the band in the last years, 5. cuz they enjoy the english songs, 6. cuz they believe Bill is heterosexual, 7. cuz they wanna fuck him although the thought alone is revolting because they are 8. old and wrinkly and 9. not a gay man, 10. cuz they spam the whole fandom with their unqualified opinions, 11. also post dumb comments to every single online article so that everybody knows TH are TEH BEST BAND EVAA!!11!! (I quote the nonsense: „Klaus Meine (Scorpions) can‘t sind, but Bill can!“) 12. cuz they can‘t accept critical views on the band, 13. cuz they hate Bu and Billshido, 14. cuz Bill is mine alone anway and all the others should just piss off already because he only belongs to MEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Chiriy Ziggy would like to take this opportunity to hand over the award for the worst fan ever to Chiriy *coughs*
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„The only difference between me and those fans who have been with the band from the beginning is their attitude towards them. I met a lot of people online who are willing to give everything to see them live as often as possible, including spening all their money to travel after them to every concert and performance. I‘m more chilled out when it comes to that and have no problem with missing a concert when it‘s too expensive for me to go there. I believe the resaon for that is rather simple: I missed the first few years of the band‘s history and therfore don‘t have that many memories attached to them as a lot of other fans.“ - Ann-Katrin
„I basically had to catch up on 5 years of Tokio Hotel in less than 6 months now, and it was both fascinating and amusing to me to get to know so many different aspects of the band in such a short time. Most important for me is to be able to talk with fans who aren‘t complaining 24/7 about how much better everything used to be in the early days and everything they dislike now.“ -Galadriel
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„I spent an intense amount of time searching for old footage, because I am very interested to see everything I have missed. For example I started with watching all the TH-TV episodes, many older interviews, but of course also always had a look on the new stuff. A combination of both was what really made me fall for the boys. Everything got me excited and more and more facinated by the minute. I really enjoy every new material we get to see, but I also love to take a look at the past to see how time has changed both the band and their music. In retrospect I wish I would have experience it all myself because people keep telling me how special those older times were and what fond memories they havve, and I can only ask myself where the fuck I have been?! Sometimes I feel inexpierienced, naive even, when I feel that I missed out on something. Which makes it even more interesting for me when other fans share their experiences from the past. But I like both sides - learing from the old fans and making own experiences with other new ones. - Lara
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„Before I really got to know the band, I didn‘t care for them at all and even dissed them with my friends. I always thought the fans were only 14 years old and wearing braces but thankfully those prejudices weren‘t true at all.“ - Sabrina
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„I‘d love to get to know more about the happenings from 2005 to 2008 but sadly, I don‘t have the time to do it. I‘m trying as good as I can to go through the forum archive to read back on everything I missed and I wish I had already known the band 5 years ago because from what people say, a lot of things used to be easier then, like e.g. talking a bit to the boys... - Moccakatze
„What really turned me into a fangirl was the RTL documentary „100% Tokio Hotel“ because the band really won me over and impressed me. Ever since then, they have my absolute respect! So i went on the net to check out their homepage, youtube-videos and yep, I bought all DVDs as well. I thought it was really interesting to see how much energy and discipline went into the project „Tokio Hotel“. When there‘s discussions about the old times, I usually don‘t talk much because i wasn‘t around for those times. I don‘t think that‘s so bad though.“ - Cailin1977
„Fandom has always been good to me and taken care of me and it was easy for me to find friends. I used to be a bit scared because of all the negative stories I‘ve heard about the TH-fans but I never encountered any problems at all.“ - Melli
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er have to admit, up until a short time ago, we‘ve only known the fans from Peru from the endless „PLEASE COME TO PERU!!“ entries on Tom‘s blog or other platforms with a comment-function. One good reason to check those fans out? You bet! What we ended up finding was beyond our wildest imagination - the Tokio Hotel Fanclub Peru consists of more than 11.000 members and judging from the pictures we‘ve seen, those people are ALL mobilizing to go to fan-meetups as well... absolutely incredible!! Just as we thought, we‘ve seen everything already, this exotic fanclub appears out of nowhere and rents a whole bus to promote the band. And this is why MONSUN says: TOKIO HOTEL, GO TO PERU!!!11
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„We love this amazing band, their music inspires us in so many aspects of our lives and we are extremely proud to be their fans. We started with just a few fans 2 years ago, we organized Street Teams, fan meetings and everything we could to spread the TH mania all over our country. Our hard work payed off and now we‘re more than 11,000 members, we are well known because of our masive meetings and of course, our awesome activities. We have already achieved many goals as a fanclub, but we still have one to reach, the most important goal: Having Tokio Hotel in Peru, and we will keep working hard so that can happen!“ - Tokio Hotel Peru Staff
http://www.youtube.com/user/tokiohotelperu http://tokiohotelperu.foroactivo.com „I love Tokio Hotel because they are one of the few bands that keep real to themselves, they don‘t feel ashamed of who they are, of their looks and they don‘t care what people think. Their music is amazing and it has helped me through a lot of moments in my life, this is why I love them, they are unique.“ - Estephania Cabezas Gutierrez (15)
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„One of the reasons why I love Tokio Hotel is because they came to my life with their songs in a moment when I needed someone so much, and with their lyrics and stuff they made me smile and dream again, and that was when I thought I wouldn‘t anymore.“ - Camila Postigo Sarmiento (17)
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„I love Tokio Hotel because the music they make is amazing, because they give themselves to the fans when they‘re on stage, because their lyrics mean so much to me and because they have remained together through the years“ - Angelica Arteaga (19)
„Why do I love Tokio Hotel? Because they are real. Because of their music. They share their experiences and their feelings through their lyrics, their message is always positive „Don‘t give up... I‘m by your side... Be yourself“. Tokio Hotel has become a very important part of my life“ - Charlote De La Cruz (16) „I don‘t know how to explain this, it would take me several sentences to say why I love them, but to sum it up: Tokio Hotel is special for me because thanks to one of their songs, „Don‘t Jump“, I could overcome so many bad things, even death and that‘s a miracle. They are the most important thing for me, after God and my family.“ - Pamela Puntriano (16)
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„I love Tokio Hotel because their music moves me. I love the message they give, the boys are so nice and to me they are the best band in the world. They are unique!“ - Claudia Sacha (17)
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„I love Tokio Hotel because they express all their feelings through their lyrics, besides, you can feel their love and their passion for what they do when you listen to the songs.“ - Stefanie Rincón Mendoza (15)
„I love Tokio Hotel because they are a differente band, they‘re something you don‘t see very often, they are very unique. I love their lyrics because they mean a lot to me.“ ~Katherine Gomez (15)
„I found my first favorite band, Tokio Hotel, two years ago. I fell in love with their songs and their styles. Now I can‘t live without them, there‘s not a single day that I‘m not listening to their music.“ - Kimberly B. Ezeta (14)
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„Tokio Hotel are one of the best bands ever, they‘ve inspired me so much and their songs mean a lot to me, feels like each song has been written for a special moment of my life. They‘re far away from me but I feel them so close everytime I listen to their music, they‘ve changed my life and this is why I love them“ - Kamsi Posvero (20)
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OKIO HOTEL FANDOM IS SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS The Veekly Vlog is a project created by Brii and Felicity, the heads of the Official Fanclubs of New Zealand and Australia. Over the last few months, they had noticed an increasing number of people commenting about how much they missed THTV, and the concept doing a weekly vlog grew out of that. Given that Tokio Hotel fans are traditionally European, the two girls thought their accents and weird sense of humour would give the viewers an interesting spin on TH news. Even though Felicity and Brii live in two different countries and time-zones, they manage to record the vlog together and also wanted fans to feel like this was world wide, not just for those Down Under. ;) Starting the vlog with the most talked about or „important“ news stories of the week gives them the opportunity to not only give their own opinion, but also reflect on how people within fandom have been reacting. Each week, the vlog covers fan material such as favourite videos, takes a look at some of the fashion highlights or disasters, fandom follies, and takes a look at some of the upcoming events Tokio Hotel have planned. While the vlog viewers are definitely the more active fans of this fandom, Brii and Felicity do hope though that in the future, more and more fans will discover the vlog and use it as a way to keep connected with both the band and other fans. Given that the vlog is a fairly new project, the girls are very eager to hear from fans - they‘d love to see fanmail or letters to read, manips, art or videos - everyone can be a part of the vlog! Most of all, because they are fans themselves, they want to work WITH the Tokio Hotel fans, so don‘t hesitate and contact them if you have something to share!
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n the day of the release of the remix to WBMW, a certain someone (the person prefers to stay anonymous!) had the fabulous idea of making a fanvideo to that song. That idea got stuck in the head of Jennifer, one of the admins of the infamous livejournal community th_apex. Every time she drove her car, she listened to the song and more and more, the video took shape in her head so why not just go for it?! Feedback for the idea within the community was massive and everyone got busy making fools out of themseves for Tokio Hotel (again). ;) The community members sent in their karaoke videos and Jennifer used all the material to edit into an epic masterpiece (inlcuding a small surprise in the middle, hehe!). Watch the final result on Jennifes youtube channel:
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FLOSSA, AUSTRALIA We started our trip bright and early at 4:30am, driving from Brisbane down to the Gold Coast to catch our 8am flight to KL. After being thoroughly reamed by customs and security for my makeup kit (I took more makeup than clothes JSYK XD), we were on our way! The 8 hour flight, though long, was punctuated by random TH quips and quibbles, fics and scribbles... we even found Humanoid on offer during the inflight entertainment! Upon landing in KL, we stepped onto the tarmac and immediately started sweating.
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bit of confusion with the lining up, we were herded into rows of four by security and told to wait. The security was very tight but well organised, and there was plenty for fans to do in the meantime, such as taking their copies of Humanoid to win the chance of a meet and greet – one group of girls had whole BAGS of cds they’d bought just to win. The line was huge and enthusiastic, singing along loudly to the Tokio Hotel songs playing over the loudspeaker. By this stage, Amira and I were wearing our Tokio Hotel’d Australian flags so we danced around and talked to people! Just before the signing was about to begin, the MC Natalie fell into the hole on the stage and needed to be taken off and given stitches. The signing continued, however, and finally the boys came out to thousands of excited fans screaming! Amira and I were jumping up and down and
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came onto stage, the cheers of the 5000 strong crowd grew louder. We could hear Bill singing, but it wasn‘t until he came onstage that the crowd went ballistic! After NOISE came Human Connect to Human, which was fantastic - especially as the crowd SCREAMED „Girl meets girl know what to do!“ Bill seemed particularly pleased with that one. ;)
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by their Black, yellow and red balloons. We were let in late because of the fainting, but a crowd of five or 6 thousand people made their way into the stage area with little fuss.
INTENSE. So many people lining up in the sweltering heat – we left to go down at about 5:30pm and by that point people in the front of the lineup were fainting. A lot of the more intense TH fans had gone straight from the signing at 11am to lineup outside in the sun for the concert. The line itself, by the time we got there snaked around the venue, with a whole variety of ages, sexes and nationalities. It was amazing to see so many fanboys and fanmen proudly wearing TH merch and holding signs. Some of the fans had done really creative things, like “99 red balloons” or
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Pain of love was next, which was surprisingly re-pitched WAY down to the point where it took a few moments for me to recognise the song. Bill left the stage and the lights went out, with Bill‘s voice over introducing World Behind my Wall. As the second single, the audience was so loud it was almost hard to hear Bill over the crowd of enthusiastic singing fans! Hey You got the crowd clapping along, and Ready, Set, Go! was a surprising addition to an already brilliant setlist! The boys left the stage, and the I heard the growl of a motorbike and SQUEALED because I knew my favorite song was about to be played! We weren‘t disappointed! Dogs Unleashed was even better loud than I‘d ever imagined and I squealed LOUDLY as I heard the motorcycle SFX go off. I realise it lost some of the effect by not having the full Humanoid City tour stage, but they were so polished it worked. The eleven song set went very very quickly, though the biggest highlight for all of us long term fans HAD
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Immediately after that, my friend, my younger sister and I ran to the concert place. We plonked our butts onto the hot gravel and waited for the next 9 or so hours. The sun was shining exceptionally hard that day and we could practically burn an egg on the ground. But we stayed there anyway, making friends with the Singaporean fans, French fans, Thailand fans and of course, local fans. Anything to get the front row, right? Around 5PM or so (an hour before the barriers would open), someone suddenly stood up which caused an instant domino effect: everyone else stood up and started pushing. I had 3 drawings with me and was fearing more for them than for my own safety. It was badly planned, the ticketing and all that. After a moment, I heard they just let the barriers open like that and a tsunami of fans just washed over the concert area. I managed to get the second row. But it was awful being there, truth be told. Everyone in the front row was tall and I...wasn‘t.
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voices to the band. We screamed when the „TOKIO HOTEL HUMANOID“ robot voice spoke up, we screamed when Tom‘s guitar was heard, we screamed at the hot bodyguard (well, I did), but most of all, the audience just exploded at the sight of the band coming up on stage. But nothing could beat the thrill that just rushed through the crowd during Tom‘s solo. It‘s different hearing it from YouTube and seeing it live. There was also one point where I had the help of the fans in the front row to carry one of my drawings for Gustav. They were so helpful that when I lifted it into the air, they screamed „Gustav! Gustav!“ and pointed at it. I didn‘t know if he did see it or not. But it was amazing anyway. However, everything must come to an end. The band went off the stage, we screamed „Encore“, they came back on with a beautiful „Forever Now“ and went back again,
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Despite wasting our money on fanactions, of which none worked out by the way, being blocked by tall people, getting pushed and shoved and stampeded, the whole concert was just an amazing experience. Nothing could‘ve topped that. Ever. Obviously, until the next concert.
MICHELLE, PHILIPPINEN March 18, 2010. I stumbled upon an article from Malaysia Star that says: „Tokio Hotel to Rock Malaysia“ It mentioned the venue, but there were no details on how to get the ticket. I posted it at the forum boards of Tokio Hotel Philipinas for confirmation. After about a couple of weeks, a post was made: „This event has been confirmed from Universal Music Philippines. They are going to be in Asia. Those who are willing to get themselves there, and I mean to really go, send me a PM immediately.“ As fast as my fingers could type, I sent out a PM to our head honcho, Charm. Right there and then, I practically had my flights booked. My concert
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I had breakfast there. On my way to the venue, I saw the redemption booths being readied as early as 0900H. The signing would be done at the Oval, the activity center of the mall. I was previously planning to go back to the hotel for some rest before the signing at 11.40am, but when I got to the venue, fans have already been lining up and I found out that only about 500 will be allowed to go onstage. I got in line instead of my plan and that was a little before the mall actually opened. The security team wasn‘t forgiving. It was getting late. The line was getting longer and longer. People in line were not allowed to reserve spaces for those who weren‘t there. At around 10.30am, I found Sarah, another fan from the Philippines, and her friends. I started to breathe easy. They made it to the cut off. While there, I started interviewing some of the kiddies I was in line with. Most of them liked Bill, both boys and girls alike. They said he‘s cool and good looking. Most of them also just knew the Humanoid album and were not really that familiar with the German ones. There was this girl who bought a T-Shirt and immediately donned it on her. She did a really loud squee as soon as her head popped out of the other end of the shirt. It was surprising that fans would really run in place like she did, or that I would actually see a European flag being waved by fans from that particular country. It was incredible.
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Then, the fans started screaming as Natalie, the DJ from HitzOnly FM, came on stage. The poor girl, however, fell and hurt her leg. She didn‘t notice that there was a hole on stage. They had to bring in med staff and support her as she cleared the area. The Latino-looking guy took over as the host and laid down house rules: (1) No kissing (2) No hugging (3) No cuffing (4) No touching the band members. Then with that, the signing began. Security was strict. One CD per person and no space reservations for somebody else. We were made to take out our CD‘s to implement this. As the queue shortened, my pulse increased, too. I could hear myself screaming but no voice came out. I could feel myself running, but I was in place, unmoved. I could see myself beside my babies, but I was still waiting in line. Inching through, talking to the kiddies got my mind off where I wanted to be - where my babies were. There were lots of things that the host was doing to get the crowd hy-
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a lovely maiden would. He passed my booklet on to the next person. As my booklet continues on its journey, I was saying hello to the next person, who had a silver pen to mark it. A very sharp face with beautiful long hair. He smiled, signed my booklet and forwarded it to the last person seated. The last person was waiting. He glanced at me and put on that shy, signature smile. He lost weight from the last time I saw him in public... in those pictures that they publish. He added his mark on my booklet. I was done. I started to breathe. I glanced back, they‘re being swallowed by the swarm.
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THESE FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON WORLD STAGES. They have been known and claimed as public figures. They are being seen as the new conquerors through their music. TOKIO HOTEL. The public knows them. The public watched them grow. The public had, and still is, a part of them. They have touched new lands and will continue on with their journey... A journey that I will always follow. As for my current journey, it starts once more later in the evening. I would get my chance to enjoy their company again... through the songs they‘d be singing right before my very eyes..
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The next person looked so gentle. He had this shy, reserved but friendly smile on his face. He said, „Hello!“ I blurted my hello back. He looks exactly like the first person, only prettier. His face is just too pretty for words. Unexpectedly too pretty that I can‘t help but stare. He looked down into the booklet as he put his mark on it. He held my eyes with his once more when he looked up and gave me that kind of smile as coy as
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„EACH OF THE GROUP MEMBERS HAS A VERY DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF THEIR OWN, WHICH MAKES THEM VERY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT AND OF COURSE TO DRAW. I LIKE THE WAY I CAN ADAPT THEIR WARDROBES, ATTITUDES OR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS TO MY STYLE OF DRAWING.“
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e‘ve already discussed Georg’s fashion faux pas in our last issue – now it is time for our favourite guitar player. Tom’s wardrobe is a lot more colourful than the one of the other band members. This is actually not a bad thing at all, because black and white alone definitely can be pretty depressing. But if you don’t plan an alternative carrier as a clown or Lady Gaga, you shouldn’t love the paint pot too much, you know... ?
EVER SINCE THE CAPS ARE GONE, IT HAS BECOME A LOT EASIER FOR TOM TO LIMIT HIMSELF TO A FEW COLOURS. MONSUN THINKS, THAT’S AWESOME (BUT WE ARE ALWAYS ECSTATIC TO SEE TOMS EYEBROWS ANYWAY)!
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2005: JERSEY-TIME! WHO KNOWS WHETHER TOM IS INTO SPORTS OR NOT... BUT HE IS DEFINITELY NOT INTO RUGBY, IS HE? ANYWAYS, SPORT-JERSEYS WERE A MEGA HIT IN 2005. PROBABLY, BECAUSE THEY MAKE YOU LARGER THAN YOU ACTUALLY ARE.
2006: JERSEYS STAY PERSISTENT. ... AND SATIN MAKES YOU LOOK EVEN BIGGER! WHICH MEANS THAT TOM LOOKS ACTUALLY TWICE HIS REAL SIZE. THIS VISUAL ILLUSION SURVIVED UNTIL TODAY AND STILL FASCINATES FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
2008: IT‘S. GETTING. COLD! ONE, TWO T-SHIRTS, A HOODIE, A BANDANA, A CAP AND ALL OF IT INSIDE A ROOM! BUT WHO KNOWS, MAYBE IT WAS JUST VERY, VERY COLD IN UNITED STATES...
Despite all weird fashion moments, Tom has almost kept his style through the years and this alone is enough reason to show him respect. It seems that as Tom’s dreads fell, most of his most awkward dreadfullnesses disappeared from his wardrobe as well (especially the caps), to make room for damn niiiiicccceee jumpers, hoodies and shirts, which actually even match each other. The poor man is still waiting for the Ice Age, though... some things never change!
IS IT TOO HOT? NOOO, YOU KNOW, I AM FINE. THE JUMPER CAME WITH THE GLASSES. IT WAS A FREE GIFT. IT HAS TO BE WORN THAT WAY...
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TO ACCOMODATE BILL IN HIS ICE HOCKEY OUTFIT, DEAN AND DAN COOLED DOWN THE RUNWAY... NATURALLY, TOM WAS ALREADY PREPARED FOR THAT ICE COLD ENVIRONMENT (THE GLASS CONTAINS MULLED WINE BY THE WAY).
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- Tokio Hotel fans taller than 170cm, who own one of those kiddie-shirts by Deutschrock, - Non-Tokio Hotel fans who have been stepped on at a concert by a Tokio Hotel fan, - Tokio Hotel fans who ran away screaming in panic from in front of the stage, - Non-Tokio Hotel fans, who are still not tired of wearing Kill Bill shirts nowadays, - Tokio Hotel fans who love Quentin Tarantino movies and wish they had a Kill Bill shirt, - Tokio Hotel fans who are not able to eat right-turned yoghurt after a Tokio Hotel concert because it makes their ears buzz, - Tokio Hotel fans, who cannot go to concerts without carrying an oxygen cylinder with them, - Tokio Hotel fans tinier than 180cm, who have broken their necks trying to look into Bill‘s eyes, - Tokio Hotel fans tinbier than 180cm, who have managed to make Bill and Tom topple over while the boys were trying to look into their eyes, - Tokio Hotel fans who were a girl once (= Tom cosplayers), - Tokio Hotel Fans who were a boy once (= Bill cosplayers)(that‘s what the NonTokio Hotel fans claim!), - Non-Tokio Hotel fans who actually don‘t want to be any of those two, - Tokio Hotel fans who wish they were a bit of both,
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Tokio Hotel are putting their feet down in Asia - they did their first appearances, cashed in their golden records. The hysteria with the fans? Same as back at home. That‘s awesome news, god dammit, and that‘s really something that the press could write about after they‘ve celebrated the semi-sold out tour in Europe. But no, there‘s something more important, and that would be Tom, who got his hands some smarties at the black med-market in Taiwan somehow, took a few too many and whoops, ended up with his flag-pole pointing at twelve o clock for three days. At least that‘s what we‘ve been told and as with everything that we‘re being fed by the media, it might be true but it also might not be true so everyone‘s probably best off judging for themselves. And then the really bizarre thing happened Tom confirms at the Comet, that he did indeed buy and take the little blue pills (oh, LOL). So yeah, on the one hand, the press is right for thei first time in their lives and didn‘t come up with random shit to amuse themselves but me, being the local Miss Doctor and all, I‘m still not buying it. Or at least, I‘m still of the opinion that the whole story is a made-up PR thing... the only way I could be proven to be wrong is if Mr. Kaulitz himself would come into my office to let me tie a little flag onto his flagpole so I can check whether it can ideed survive even the worst storms and doesn‘t keel over during even the slightest blow from the press like the tower of Babel. But hey, don‘t take it all too seriously - if the whole mess was good for something, then it‘s that we got three days of a massive treasure-hunt for Little Mister Tom out of it... I‘ve never inspected that many Tokio Hotel press pictures in my life... and not that throughly either. You know, when there‘s nothing else to do.. The next time you wanna party, Tom, go look for us in the MONSUN-ambulance. ;D
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