The forum will remain open as a compromise.

We feel very strongly about this and will join such large sites as Wikipedia in letting our government know that we will not stand for internet censorship.

America has free speech and it cannot be taken away from us on the internet. Your future is at stake.

That’s all. Comments closed on this, because it is not open for negotiation. As site owners, we MUST act.

First, if anyone out there has WordPress experience and would like to take over doing NOTHING but updating this site when the twins post to the BTK app, email me at schneetokio at gmail.com. You MUST know wordpress. We have no one who can train you.

In case you are not aware, all the fanclubs and fansites are run by your peers. Just some fellow fans. Who have real lives. Who lose jobs. Who become ill and cannot work. Who lose their place to live. Who have family and friends die. Who have pets die. Who HAVE REAL LIVES.

And sometimes, this will hit everyone at once and the thing that had to go to the backburner was posting here. I believe that 99% of you will understand how much Tokio Hotel has helped other fans… to stay positive, to make changes in their lives, to keep going on. And sometimes, even us who run these sites have to take a break from “working” and just do our lives and refill our souls with Tokio Hotel.

So, I apologize that this site has not been updated as much over the last few weeks. To say life has been hell would be an understatement. But baby steps back, I promise. None of the hate emails come close to how badly I beat myself up for not having been able to be here for a while. Doing the best we can, I promise.

And, we are asking for help. So, if you are a blogger, bring your bad self on.

If you are not a member yet of our forum, that thread about the apps stays very up to date as well, by other fans. You can register there at http://www.tokiohotelamerica.net/forum

Well, here is your answer.

That is the average over the last few months. But yeah, I would say… no, the site is not dead.

MAINTENANCE WINDOW: 10/24/2011 @ 12:00am EDT – 10/24/2011 @ 4:00am EDT
EXPECTED DURATION: 45-60 minutes

So, just in case you come on during those times, the site might be down.

Thanks for your patience.

All done. Whew, that took a while

SOMETHING.

But NOT Anonymous.

We have our reasons for this and so, if you want your comments to show up, then don’t enter username “Anonymous”. Or, they are going into the trash.

Thank you and good night.

Again, I apologize sincerely for the downtime.

Let’s ROCK

So yeah, pick a name to post under. BellyButtonBunkie or PinkDentalFloss or…. whatever.

If you register, your name will be like totally yours here on the site, so…

http://www.tokiohotelamerica.com/?user_page=user-management&register_user

Danke.

Let them have their private lives. They give us enough.

To those who are sending us hate mail: It would not matter if it was a picture of Gustav eating a burger and flipping off a camera, if the band is photographed during their private time without their permission, and they look unhappy about it? We are not putting it up here. Period.

Further, if the band is spotted in Germany or Russia or South Dakota with other people, THOSE people deserve their privacy too. As Tokio Hotel themselves have said… we put ourselves in the spotlight. Our friends and family didn’t. Leave them alone.

And yes, I will try to find a direct quote for that.

Thank you.

Tokio Hotel’s Management is also responding with “No Comment” when they are asked about the private lives of the band. That is who is our boss, that is what we will follow.

Closing for comments now since some of you seem to think a thread saying respect band privacy is the place to talk about their private lives.

Thank you.