Italian Vanity Fair – In Bed with Tokio Hotel

Tokio Hotel has a four page spread in the Italian Vanity Fair. The issue date is March 24, 2010 and Robert Pattinson is on the cover. The article is titled “In Bed with Tokio Hotel”. We are waiting to hear from Magazine Cafe to find out if they will have this one, but many Barnes and Noble stores seem to carry the Italian Magazines. You can stay ahead of ordering information on the fanclub forum about buying, that thread is on fire right now.

Magazine Cafe WILL carry this magazine.
Here is the link

We also not have a translation yet, but when we get it, it will be posted here. Enjoy the scans.

Translation follows. It is quite negative.

In bed with Tokio Hotel
The German band who drives little girls crazy (but for how long?) is coming to Italy on tour. Guess where we interviewed them?

Hands up anyone who remembers a Tokio Hotel song. If you attend middle school you’ll probably be appalled right now since you know by heart every single word. If you are older than 15, you’ll be perplexed. At most someone could sing “na-na-na-na monsoon”. If you belong to the first group you’re impatiently waiting for one of the next four Italian gigs. If you belong to the second one, prepare yourself to see well-known scenes in the newscast: little girls screaming for four guys in their twenties (one with make-up and a strange haircut, one with braids who looks like a rapper, one with short hair and one with long hair).

They are Tokio Hotel, the German band who’ve sold the most records during the last few years (three millions of albums sold all over the world, 700.000 just with the most recent one, Humanoid, released last October). Even if insiders say that the band’s popularity is dwindling (the four dates are not sold out like two years ago), even if the American Rolling Stone has reviewed their new album saying that it is “melodically anemic and strangely low-key”, even if Google Trends (a feature which provides insights into broad search patterns on web) testifies that the search of the word “Tokio Hotel” is decreasing and even if on Facebook the group called “this aubergine has more fans than Tokio Hotel” has accomplished its mission – the four boys from Magdeburg are still conquering thousands of infatuated teenagers who are ready for anything.

The boys fit their roles perfectly. When we meet them in a luxurious hotel suite, Bill Kaulitz – the singer – enters, greets, comes to an halt, widens his legs and he starts posing in front of the photographer with a continuous change of facial expressions (enigmatic stare – a little less enigmatic stare – cryptic stare – a little less cryptic stare) – even Ben Stiller in Zoolander can’t do better! Too bad the photographer is still maneuvering with flashes and computers. The manager tells Bill that the photoshoot is yet to start. Bill says “Ok” and heads toward the make-up artist (Nathalie) who retouches his foundation.

In the meantime – knowing that Nathalie plays a key role for the band thanks to her skills with hairspray, blush and pencils – we ask her how long she has been working with Tokio Hotel. She moves away laughing and ending the conversation with a “No comment”, “It’s a secret”, “It’s a mystery”. As if it were the fourth secret of Fatima… I’m told it’s normal. An urban legend tells that she had a relationship with Bill – someone denies it and says this is just a covering for his alleged homosexuality which would let his young female fans down, whereas others say it’s true but he doesn’t admit it for the same reason, namely not to disappoint his fans. After all, in every single interview it’s told that he is looking for a girl to fall in love with, Tom falls for a different girl every night, Gustav is single and Georg is the only one who’s had a girlfriend, for a year.

After the photoshoot – which they undergo with seriousness and compliance, with a German-Japanese attitude which fits their name – they lie down on a double bed in the room next door. They invite me to sit with them and to make the interview on the mattress every fan would kill for.

Bill, you’re the girls’ idol, but the songwriter of your lyrics as well. The second single, World Behind My Wall, says: “Wanna wake up in a dream”. How is your world behind the façade?
Bill: A very lucky world. I’ve got a family, my four dogs, my brother Tom, the band and my job. But at the same time it’s difficult to find the same happiness in the world outside – I realize mine is quite an ecceptional case.

Your album is called Humanoid, on its cover there’s a Bill-robot and in many songs you underline this theme: you’re not robots, but people with a heart.
Bill: Many people just looked at the cover and thought that we wanted to play “robots”. Honestly, we thought to name the album like this because we feel like “humanoids”, i.e. “human-like”. We feel strange, different. In Alien I sing “There’s an alien in me”, but – to be honest – I’m singing about the search of love, about the union with your other half. In every song we talk about emotions and childhood memories, we’re sentimental and totally human.

Talking about aliens, you have said you believe in Martians.
Bill: I believe in many things, even if I don’t follow a specific religion. I’m sure that there’s life beyond death or on other planets. And I strongly believe in fate. Me and my brother doing this job was written in fate, we’ve loved music since we were kids.

Apart from yours, what music do you like? Where does your inspiration come from?
Tom: I like Stereophonics.
Gustav: I listen to Metallica. But on the right calf I have tattooed a sentence by Johnny Cash, whom I really like.

And?
Tom: You know, honestly, we’ve got little time to listen to music. We’re always on the road playing our music and at the end of the day our ears can’t take any more.

Do you ever have any breaks?
Bill: Never. Actually, even reading a book or a magazine is impossible.

Talking about readings, Bill, you left middle school. Aren’t you interested in learning something more?
Bill: I’ve not taken a diploma because at that time I was already writing our first album and I don’t know if I’ll ever take the diploma. Now I’m Tokio Hotel frontman, that’s what I’m doing and I have a lot of fun.
Tom: I don’t feel like getting one right now, I’m not interested. But I assure you we can write, read and count.
Gustav: I’ve taken my diploma in professional studies through an online-school. Maybe one day I’ll continue my studies… But at the moment we’re focused on the band, you know. It’s like our dream has finally come true and we want to carry it out. For our fans, too.

Gustav, last year you were attacked in a club, whereas Tom allegedly punched a girl who asked him for an autograph. What’s happening to you?
Gustav: It seems incredible, but even I get recognized like a Tokio Hotel member. That’s why that night a guy in a club wanted to express how little he liked the band – let’s put it like that – and he smashed a beer mug on my head.
Tom: As in my case, lot of lies have been written. I’ve never hit a woman. Actually, I’ve had an argument with somebody on my way back home. However, they weren’t fans asking for an autograph, but girls I knew and they didn’t exactly have good intentions. You know, it was a private matter. This is also the proof we can’t go out without bodyguards, even when we’re not working.

Well, to avoid being assaulted, now you should…
Bill: Set your heart at rest: we’re not going to give up.

Sanremo Videos

Here are some videos from the photocall and events with Tokio Hotel on February 19th in Sanremo, Italy! It’s really interesting to see how chaotic those photocalls can be! Everyone yelling at them! But they sure looked good! The translations that follow are what has been gathered. If you feel they need something added, or want to offer a different translation, extra help is ALWAYS welcome!

All photos have been uploaded to this following photobucket album!
Link to Sanremo, lots of HQ!

19.02.2010 – San Remo Festival – Tokio Hotel Photocall

Press conference part 1, with translations following.

- Tonight you’ll play with an orchestra (Sanremo Festival Orchestra). How many times have you done the soundcheck? Are you scared to play with an orchestra?
Bill: We have done the soundcheck, has been great, the orchestra played very well. we are happy to perform tonight

- Are you scared?
Bill: No,absolutely. we are very happy

- When Madonna and Take That were here, we didn’t see a huge crowd outside Ariston theatre. How do you feel?
Bill: We arrived just a couple of hours ago we are very happy to see all that people because we didn’t know about that and we are very happy

- Do you always pay attention to what you do? Your performances are always very particular. Tonight will something special happen?
Bill: We’ll play with an orchestra and it’s just an awesome and particular thing. We are happy to perform in this different way, We are habit to perform in other way.
Tom: For what of very special Georg could do a striptease for the public

- About “Humanoid City Tour”, we will play in a lot of cities, also in France, in Nice, on 22nd March… Can you say something about this tour? Costumes, scenography?
Bill: We have been in London where we decided and prepared for the scenography of the stage. We’ll play in 4 dates, here in Italy. It’ll be a very particular tour about the design. Dean & Dan will be the fashion stylists

- Is it true that your singles talk about something of science fiction and the tour, too?
Bill: Yes, we want to do our city

- I know you are fan of David Bowie. He lived in Berlin for a couple of years. Have you been inspired by East Germany for your songs about him?
Bill: He’s really good singer. Every song is different and very particular.

Press conference part 2, followed by translations

- Do you believe in aliens? Have you ever seen one of them?
Bill: Yes, of course. I believe in aliens. I think there are other forms of life than ours. And I don’t think they are green or have the tails but they are like us.

- We have read on forums that you organized a charity for Haiti’s victims. Will you do other things like that and has it been your idea or the forum’s?
Bill: It has been the idea of fans but i’m very happy to take part in all this type of organizations. I’m always ready to give an hand for people who need it.

- Congratulation for your look. You are loved by alot of teenagers and you are a source of inspiration for them. Would you conquer a more mature public?
Bill: Thanks for the compliments about my look. We are a young group and for that reason young people listens us. But the important thing is that music is played for ourselves and it’s important that music are liked by the people who listen us. The age isn’t important.

- What would that be to teenagers who listen you?
Bill: We are 4 young men. We like play and sing. Every song has a message and we hope that this message connects to the people who listen us.

- How do you see yourself in 20 years?
Tom: We’ll be a little bit ugly and tired from being on tour all those years. We will sleep and relax but we will be on stage, one more time!

Sanremo Appearance

It’s today. Not going to be able to do an update by update here as we are short-staffed at the forum because much of our staff is traveling to concerts, how DARE they. Heehee. So, the best place to keep up to date with the news is at the Sanremo thread and this post will be fully updated later.

For now, enjoy some of the first pictures to come from the event.

Tokio Hotel will perform at 11:30 pm Italy time. It is approximately 8:45 there now as of the time of this post. To check current time, just type “What time is it in Italy” in your search engine.

Tokio Hotel Italian Appearance Feb 19th

“Tokio Hotel at Sanremo 2010! – Guests of February 19th show!” How announced Friday evening on the official Italian website, here the big surprise for all the italian fans of the band: Tokio Hotel will be honor guests of 2010 edition of Sanremo Festival!

Exactly, Bill, Tom, Gustav & Georg will be on the historic Ariston stage Friday February 19th!

Unmissable opportunity for Tokio Hotel to enter in the houses of all italians with their music and their notes and for all the italian fans will show live to in a national TV, with an huge audience what it means to be fans of TH in Italy!

So do not make commitments for February 19th: we’ll waiting for you at Sanremo, in the Ariston theatre and in the streets of the city: we’ll try to organize a memorable performance for you all!

Anyway, stay tuned on the official italian website to follow the updates that we’ll put online when we’ll have much details, and to know the initiatives that we’ll organize.

Live in Modena

Just found these on youtube, with mad thanks to xIreneKaulitz90x for posting it. She says that he dad filmed it for her. THANK YOU DAD!

Laughing at the Habbo Chat

Universal Italy released this video of Tokio Hotel as they were doing the Habbo Chat in Italy in September. It’s so fun to watch, there’s giggling and boys throwing things and acting silly. It is wonderful to see them having so much fun.

And for those who wonder, the silver vest on Bill is made by Gold-Marie.

Tokio Hotel – X Factor

Tokio Hotel performed on X Factor Italy on September 30th. The Italians showed MUCH love to the guys! The performance was amazing. The video below has not been tampered with, they filmed it with special effects. Guess they did not realize that Tokio Hotel looks best without faded out effects. Heehee.

Also, be sure to check out the FORTY SEVEN HQ Photos from this show here:
http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb101/tokiohotelamerica/2009/09/30_italy/

Our thread with all the updates, screencaps and twitters from during the show can be found here!

Italy – September 26

In case you did not get a chance to see all the pics from the Italy performance, we have uploaded them all to our photobucket. It was two great performances and the interview as well. This will always be the day of “First Performed Humanoid”.

Link and Link to the HQ versions

Just Jared: Summer Song

Blogger Just Jared has once again shown Tokio Hotel some love with an article about their appearance in Rome! As with all blogs, it’s great if you go leave comments to thank him and show appreciation!

Here’s the entry, with some awesome pictures!

Thanks, Jared!

Coca Cola Live – Rome

Updates are coming in from this event, stay tuned to this post for all the latest news. Of course, the fastest and freshest place is the live thread on the fanclub forum.

It is confirmed they will perform Automatic and Humanoid.

LIVE FEED MAY BE HERE

http://extra.mtv.it/coca-cola-live/index.asp

Update: PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Metro A, stopped line for six hours, processions and concert block traffic

Bus service shuttle between St. Giovanni and Ottaviano, deviation of traffic and of means for Tokyo Hotel

In the evening, then the free concert of Tokio Hotel for the ‘Coca Cola MTV Live’ in Piazza del Popolo will block the traffic around the Trident. The closure of traffic will be maintained until midnight-thirty

Today’s Habbo Chats

Watch this post for updates from both the Italian chat and the German chat! Thank you in advance to everyone who is gathering news and translations for the whole world!

Translation by Seipht, please credit.
Questions and Answers from the Italian Chat
Have you ever run into any obstacles in your career?
TH: There is an obstacle every day – we just need to stay together. Without Tom we wouldn’t be where we are now.

How was your first gig and how did you felt?
Bill: It was just me and Tom. We were at a wedding. We were really nervous.

Do you have anything to teach to your fans?
TH: We don’t want to teach anything to anybody.

Now it’s time to say goodbye. Bye to everybody and thanks for coming here. We’ll be waiting for you in Piazza del Popolo tonight!

Where are Georg and Gustav?
Bill: They are here beside me.

How your songs are created?
Bill: Each one of us has a personal connection with a certain song. That’s why there isn’t just a source, but many of them.

After you became famous, have you kept your old friendships?
Bill: Yes, but we couldn’t make any new friends. We don’t have enough time.

Which kind of girl do you like?
Bill: Every girl!

Have you ever fought for a girl?
Bill: No. It never happened. No girl can come between us.

Which song will be your next single?
Bill: We don’t know yet.[

German Chat
translation by BKth4e/thus

Why is “Humanoid” produced in English and in German?
Tokio Hotel: Because German belongs to us

Bill, why are all the songs on the album so sad?
Tokio Hotel: There are not only sad songs, until now you don’t have heard every song.

A Habbo has read in the BRAVO that you want to move to Hollywood. Is that true?
Tokio Hotel: No this is not true.

Bill, have you already done your parachute jump ?
Bill: No – not yet, unfortunately, but I still insist to do it !

How did you come to Automatic, who had the idea?
Tokio Hotel: Bill had the idea in the car. Then we drove directly to the studio and recorded the song.

Will you be soon on tour? Many Habbos would love to see you live?
Tokio Hotel: Yes there is a big tour in early 2010

Over the time..have your relationship to each other changed? With all the fame? Tokio Hotel: Yes, George is no longer exclusively in love with Tom ;-)

You are indeed a band who is polarizing a bit, how do you deal with criticism? Does this burden you sometimes?
Tokio Hotel: We laugh about it … something like this, you have to keep away from you

Did ever anything went really wrong on stage?
Tokio Hotel: Bill has once hewn a corner of his tooth with the microphone.

Gustav, why did you wear glasses, and you decide to wear no longer contact lenses?
Tokio Hotel: Gustav has never worn contact lenses, he finds only the spectacles fits him, of course he is totaly wrong with this

Do you have started all the songs from the new album first in German, or a couple in English?
Tokio Hotel: That was quite different, we have written the songs parallel

What is your favorite song from the new album? Have you different?
Tokio Hotel: Automatic / Automatic

Do you have musical idols?
Tokio Hotel: No, we never had musical idols. We privatly hear all different kinds of music.

Did you feel you have changed musically? With the new album?
Tokio Hotel: Yes there are some new influences but you still can hear clearly it’s Tokio Hotel.

Will you also be in Austria? Greece?
Tokio Hotel: We are just planning – but Austria is in the game we will be on 09 October in Greece, and we are happy about it!

George,do you plan to play topless again on the next tour?
George: no… more below without.

What are your favorite bands, except you yourself?
Tokio Hotel: Black Question Mark and Devilish

How did you come up with the idea for the car- video?
Tokio Hotel: We had directly the feeling that this song had to have something to do with cars and above all we did not want to act …so we had the idea with the robots!

Favorite food?
Tokio Hotel: penne with tomato cream sauce and pizza

Which of you is still available?
Tokio Hotel: All except Georg.

X Factor Italy

Tokio Hotel will be guests on X-Factor in Italy on September 28th! More news as soon as we have it! This is SO amazing for Italian fans! The studio for this show is in Milan.

Fan party in Milan, Italy

It has been announced that there will be a fan party, with the band there! in Milan on September 27, 2009. More details will be coming, it will probably be something like the one in Germany was where you have to win tickets, but we know nothing more.

Please join the fanclub and watch the thread for this event here for the most up to date news!

Italian News

Thank you so much to Annalee Kaulitz for bringing this news and the translation. The piece of it that is causing the most buzz? END OF SEPTEMBER..GET READY TO REUNITE IN ITALY BILL,TOM,GEORG AND GUSTAV! We don’t know what that means, but it sounds good to us! Here is the entire newsletter!

Hallo everyone.
and welcome to official italian newsletter dedicated to Tokio HOtel!

2 years are spent since we got start.It was the first english band album,the first time it arrived in italy!the first time that bill,tom,georg and gustav visited our country!
It was and incredible season,full of successes,initiatives,meets and events,of full squares and top of the charts!
At the beginning we were few people,then we are grown up more and more,and now we are a lot to celebrate the return of tokio hotel!

Indeed we are glad to announce you,officially,that new album is ready finally,its name will be “Humanoid”,and it will be released in italy at the begin of october!
obviously we’ll come back to give you more news about new band’s work,about the new single that must to represent the album in worldwide,and the new TH season!
Meanwhile,we hope to gave you a pleasant news!begin to prepare,we are ready to start!

Meantime,you can visit the new homepege of official italian site www.tokiohotel.it we have just renewed,and that,shortly, will be enriched with other news, photos of the band with the new look,new videos,etc.
and there is a great news:the tom’s blog,a brand new online diary written personally by tom kaulitz!Until the new album realease,tom will talk everyday about his interest and what he loves,including his favourite videos,gadgets,fashion,hot news,and design stuff!
Click on “Tom’s blog” to access at this new fantastic opportunity!

Ever in september,our very famous official street team will start again the tasks: we’ll contact soon the leaders of and we’ll coordinate with them for the resumption of activities.

At the end,for all you who were always here,and for you who arrived during our “walk”..for all you who love Tokio Hotel and are waiting from long..
END OF SEPTEMBER..GET READY TO REUNITE IN ITALY BILL,TOM,GEORG AND GUSTAV!
keep following the official italian site and check e-mail..soon we’ll let you know everything!
Goodbye.
Tokiohotel.it

Here is a link to the full image of the newsletter from THOIFANCLUB!

Newsletter Image

Tokio Hotel Wins Artist of the Year

*screaming is heard all over the world as Tokio Hotel wins Best Artist of the Year at the MTV TRL Awards in Italy!* OMFG! They won, they won, they won!!!! As soon as their thank you video is available, it will be posted here!

Translation by Seipht @ THUS:

Bill: Hello everyone, this is from Tokio Hotel. I just wanna say “mille grazie” (=thank you very much) for this TRL award. We’re very very very proud of you guys. You made us really happy. Thank you so much for all your support and thank you so much for your votes. We are so sorry, but we can’t be there. You see, at the moment we’re in studio to record our new album just for you guys. So, I can promise you it will be a really really cool record. We’ll see you guys with the new album. Thank you so much again and see (you soon).

Video!

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