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Tom and Bill Kaulitz are coming up new and new songs all the time, which means that Tokio Hotel’s new album might not be released until late May or early in June.

The leadsinger Bill Kaulitz and his twin brother Tom Kaulitz have recorded their own demos of the songs in their little home-studio in their apartement in Berlin and sent them to Los Angeles, where the album is mixed at present.

“As the band traveled so much in the last three years and lived out of a suitcase, they are happy about every day, they can spend at home in Germany”, the manager of the Kaulitz-brothers said, who became famous with the song “Durch den Monsun” and rank now at one of the most successful German rockbands.

So the songs were reworked in a three hour video-conference, and Bill have sung them in a studio in Hamburg. Via ISDN they were recorded then in Los Angeles, Jost explained.

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“We often get beaten up in school”

On Saturday, 24th of January, the Belgian TH Fanclub Tokio Hotel Action Channel (THAC) organised a fanmeeting in Antwerp. Around 100 TH-fans came to the Central Station. Among the fans: Tim and Kai, 2 Dutch diehard fans who daily dress up as Tom and Bill. ‘We came all the way from Landgraaf (The Netherlands)’, says Kai/Bill. ‘After all, we are the biggest fans’.

Interview:

Hello Tim and Kai! Or should we say Tom and Bill?
Tim: We may be Bill and Tom look-a-likes, but our names our still Tim and Kai.

Okay, Tim and Kai, tell us: why do you dress like the Kaulitz twins?
Tim: “We really are crazy about them. We’re the biggest Tokio Hotel fans you can imagine.
Kai: “We’ve seen them live over 40 times!”

Do people sometimes think you’re the real Bill and Tom?
Kai: “It happens, yes. I’m being discriminated a lot. At school, for example. The principel made me sign a special contract because I look different than everyone else and I draw a lot of attention. If I’d do anything wrong, I’ll be expelled. Other students also pick on me.”

What do you mean?
Kai: “I regularly get beaten up at school.”

Do you fight back?
Kai: “That’s impossible. I can’t do anything because they push me to the ground and hit me, sometimes 7 people at the same time.
Tim: “They once locked me up in a classroom.”

Is it worth it?
Kai and Tim: “Of course! We’re too big fans to give this all up!”

Three special fans

THALINE – The blonde fan!
Why are you here?
“Thanks to THAC I’ve got to know a lot of TH fans. I wouldn’t want to miss a FM!”
What does Bill mean to you?
“Everything! I’m in love with him!”
What if TH would split up?
“I’d commit suicide. Or maybe that’s a bit exaggerated. I’d feel horrible for weeks.”
Special feature: You have blonde hair and you’re wearing pink boots.
“Most fans dye their hair black and wear black clothes. I don’t. I have my own style. Just like Bill.”

BETTY – The youngest fan!
Why are you here?
”Because I’m a big TH fan, of course! My mom and I often go shopping for TH stuff together. I’ve found out about Tokio Hotel through Jenny, a friend of my sister Brenda.”
Not through your sister?
“No, she likes 50 Cent.”
Do you fight often?
“I wake up with TH every morning Not funny”
“Yes!”
Special Feature: You’re only 9 years old.
“But already a big fan!”

KEVIN – The male fan!
Why are you here?
“I was invited. And because it’s a fun initiative.”
Why are you wearing so much make up?
“Because I think it’s nice. I was already wearing make up before I became a TH fan.”
What does Bill mean to you?
“He’s amazing. I fancy him, because I’m bisexual. But I’m not really in love with him.”
What if Tokio Hotel would split up?
“I’d feel – really – horrible. Tokio Hotel is my life!”
Special Feature: You’re one of the few male fans here today.
“What can I say about that?”

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Page 1 : Bill number five!
The singer from Tokio Hotel is only 18 and he’s already a star. He has the face of an angel and an awesome style! And even though Bill Kaulitz has a twin brother, Tom, he’s got a personality of his own and he’s really unique. We venerate his artistic soul, true and sensitive. He writes touching and sad songs, to which we can easily identify ourselves with. Nevertheless, he’s got everything to be happy! He realized his dream to become a musician at the age of 15, he met success everywhere in Europe, and Tokio Hotel’s English album’s is on top over here. We were a lot to go and see their show last summer, during the hot-air-balloon festival in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and we can say that no one was disappointed!

Very close to his emotions, Bill is more discreet than his brother. He often prefers loneliness than the life of a star. When every girl is dreaming to be with him, he chose to wait for true love. Some say that he hasn’t kissed a girl for the last 3 years! When he’s on tour and feels lonely, Bill listens to music, and of course,
writes his songs. For the last months, Tokio Hotel has been though a North American tour, but the band also spent some time in the studio. Their next album, which was simultaneously recorded in both German and English, will be available very soon.

We met the brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz and Gustav Schäfer and Georg Listing, of Tokio Hotel to share their secrets on tour.

Hello, guys!Tell us what’s a typical day on the road .
Bill: We wake up around seven on the bus. When we get to the hotel I immediately go to my room and eat breakfast. I take a shower and change clothes. Then we all go the show venue for the soundcheck and interviews. After the show, we go back to the hotel, we pack and on the bus again to another city.

It is hard to sleep on the bus?
Georg: Yes, because we have to turn off the A/C. It gets very hot inside.

Which one of you snores?
Bill: Nobody… maybe Gustav!

Do you have a ritual before your shows?
Bill: Half an hour before the show we get together in the green room. We’re very nervous.

What is the best way for fans to get your attention during a show?
Tom:I like when they have giant banners with cool sentences.

What is the funniest thing you ever read on a banner?
Bill: I received a marriage offer. There’s also a fan from Chicago who asked Tom to sign an autograph saying:”For the woman of my dreams”. She told him:”You don’t know yet but i’m the woman of your dreams”. It was very funny.

What is the best concert you attended?
Bill: I think it was the first i went to, it was Nena, a German singer*. It was the best show i ever seen!
Tom: For Georg, it would be without doubt David Hasselhoff!!! [Laughs]
Georg: Probably. Some of his shoes are really good. I like his dance moves more than his voice

Are you really fans of David Hasselhoff?
Georg: yes!
Tom: Not us, only Georg for real.

Did you have the pleasure to meet him?
Georg: not yet.
Tom: We hope that the opportunity will come.

And you Gustav, your favorite concert?
Gustav: I would say Metallica in 2006. The band played all their oldest songs and those more recent too. It was awesome!
Tom: I listen to a lot of German hip hop so you wouldn’t know about the artists.

Do you have fans from here who tried to write in German on their banners?
Bill: yes and sometimes, they speak it. Some sing Monsoon in German during our concerts. It’s really cool.

Do you do cover songs in you shows?
Bill: No, we always play our own music, even when we started. I used to write the lyrics and Tom played guitar.

Would you like to record a song with another artist?
Tom: We are concentrating on our next album in German that we will also do in English. Maybe we will include some artists but nothing’s confirmed.

If you could chose anyone, who would you choose?
Bill: It’s a dream to tour with the Rolling Stones
Tom: For me, it would be with Aerosmith

How do you keep your energy on tour?
Bill: We’re always sleeping ou we watch DVDs…
Energy drinks help us too.

How do you pick up your concert outfits?
Bill: I always have 10 bags of clothes with me so it’s hard to choose. I usually pick up whatever’s on the top so i’m always wearing the same clothes.
Georg: And then the week after he turns his bag upside down and picks whatever’s on the top.

What do you miss the most from home?
Tom: my bed.
Georg: toilet paper!

They don’t provide you with toilet paper?
All: Yes they do!
Georg: But it is not the same thing.
Tom: In Germany, our toilet paper is very soft . Here in America you only have one ply when back home we have 10 or 20. It’s impossible to find here!

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