TOKIO HOTEL REFUTES RUMOURS ABOUT PREVIOUS TRIP HERE
It was German pop-rock band Tokio Hotel's first trip to Asia, after being invited here as guest performers for the Audi Fashion Festival in April.
Naturally, the four young men who had grown up in the small village near Magdeburg experienced their fair share of culture shock.
The quartet - compromising singer Bill Kaulitz, 20, his twin borther/guitarist Tom, bassist Georg Listing, 23, and drummer Gustav Schafer, 21 - even left our part of the world with "funny stories" to tell their native media.
It was reported that Tom suffered from pounding headaches and blurred vision for two days after taking an overdose of Viagra which was sold to him in Taiwan, one of the stopovers on Tokio Hotel's recent Asian promotional tour.
On his bad experience with the little blue pill, the dreadlocked resident joker of the group told The New Paper over the phone from Germany: "Yeah I'll be more careful (when I'm in Asia again) but it was a funny experience and I think people need that."
"I think this time maybe Georg will try it. You see, his girlfriend is not so pretty, so maybe it's good to take some Viagra over to Europe."
Tokio Hotel will return to Singapore next month to perform a full concert at the annual SingFest outdoor music festival.
This year's lineup also includes Katy Perry, Kanye West, Smashing Pumpkins, 30 Seconds To Mars and Wonder Girls.
Prior to SingFest, the guys will be in Kuala Lumpur for the global concert series MTV World Stage.
Being the reputed party-loving playboy, Tom was also taken aback by how strict a country Singapore is due to its death penalty for drug trafficking.
He said: "I told the German press about the laws. At the airport, we had to sign like a paper, that if we take drugs with us, we will be killed!"
Okay, so Tokio Hotel was clean of any illegal substances.
But Bill remembered committing an offence when he was in town - spitting chewing gum on the streets.
He said: "I forgot you can't do it, because in Germany you do it all the time, it's not forbidden.
"I think it was in a cab somewhere. It was funny, but I don't want to destroy the beautiful city so I think I'll never do it again."
But perhaps the Kaulitz siblings' most dramatic highlight of their Singapore trip involved another set of twin brothers.
We understand from a reliable industry source that Bill and Tom had a falling out with Dean and Dan Caten, the designers behind high-end fashion label DSquared, right before the Audi Fashion Festival which would open with the latter's latest collection.
A miscommunication had stemmed from both sides' minders over whether or not Tokio Hotel was to perform an acoustic set during the DSquared fashion show.
Eventually, Bill and Tom ended up watching the presentation from the front row and performed only after it.
There's even talk that things got so heated, the Kaulitz twins allegedly threw DSquared clothes that were supposed to be part of the show along the corridor of St Regis Hotel, where they were staying.
But when asked for a clarification, Bill sounded stumped and promptly shot down the rumours.
He said: "No, no, no, we like them very much. We met them at the show, they're really nice, funny guys and I really like their clothes.
"We see each other very often because they designed our outfits for our Welcome To Humanoid City European tour last year and I did the catwalk at Milan Fashion Week.
"We're not unhappy with them, it's all cool.
"We work together here and there, but it's not like we do everything with DSquared."
World Cup
Meanwhile, back home in Germany, the Teutonic heart-throbs have been spending the last month watching every match of the world cup – though they are "not really into football".
Bill, ever the diplomatic front man, said: "the German team did a good job, we're really proud of them. Third place is not too bad."
So was he also proud of the current hometown hero-turned-international celebrity Pail the oracle octopus, which had correctly predicted the outcome of all of Germany's matches and the finals in this world cup?
Bill cried: "I heard about that! It was quite interesting that he was right so many times. In the beginning, when I saw him on TV, I was like, okay, maybe it's something that happens only sometimes."
"In the end, I was totally surprised that he was right about every game. It's kind of a wonder!"
"But I don't know what's happened to Paul now."
He was referring to Germany's eight-legged psychic being inundated with death threats.
Bill continued with a hint of empathy: "That would be really really bad, so I hope, so I hope Paul is still alive."
Szeretnél jönni az augusztus 15-i Tokio Hotel Fanpartyra, de nem állsz úgy anyagilag, hogy kifizesd a jegyet? Tölts ki egy egyszerű kvízt, küld el a válaszokat 2010.július 16. 12:00-ig a veronikavblog@gmail.com e-mail címre és hátha te vagy az a szerencsés, aki megnyeri a két jegyet a partyra. További információ és a kvíz megtalálható az alábbi oldalon: http://www.diivaz.blogspot.com/
Tokio Hotel TV: most of the stuff we've seen before in that starflash interview Concert: DVD is edited well, actually and the shots are great. Lots of Gustav in it, which is really awesome! Acoustic Set: Unfortunately, it is in black-white.
Info by Vergessen
Tokio Hotel TV: A starflas interjúban már láthattuk őket
Koncert: A DVD nagyon jó, a képek jó minőségűek. Sok Gustav van benne ami nagyszerű (megj.: végre!! =) Kell a DVD!!! B. )
On Friday July 16th, on the occasion of Tokio Hotel visit in Catania, the "Humanoid City Live" DVD and CD (to be released on July 20th in the rest of the world) will be on preview and exclusive sale at La Feltrinelli/Ricordi Media Stores in Catania (address: Sant'Eupilio 38).
We're happy to confirm that in front of the TRL stage there'll be an area [called "ring"] exclusively dedicated to the fans carrying the new DVD/CD "Humanoid City – Live".
To gain access to this restricted area, you'll need to have:
-a copy of "Humanoid City – Live" (DVD or CD), on sale at the Ricordi Media Store since that friday morning.
-a wristband you can get showing your DVD or CD at the MTV booth in Piazzale Asia, opposite to the MTV truck, from 11 AM. The wristbands will evidently be in limited numbers, so that we can garantee a maximum of admissions and meet the safety requirements ordained by MTV and the police headquarters.
Only fans who'll show BOTH their DVD or CD AND the wristband will have access to the "ring" in front of the stage. Without exception. We tought of the wirstbands so that fans don't have to spend the whole day under the sun: in fact the owners of the wristband can enter the "ring" even some minutes before the show.
Signing session / Autographs
All the fans who'll have access to the "ring" (therefore, in possession on the DVD or CD AND of the MTV wristband) will be able to have their DVD/CD signed by Bill and Tom, directly on the TRL stage after the broadcast.
In case there were fans with a copy of the DVD or CD, but were unable to get a wristband for the "ring", we'll consider the possibility of having also their DVD/CDs signed after the fans in the "ring".
PLEASE NOTE that the chance of these fans having their copies signed is perforce bound to the directions given by the security staff, the MTV staff and the police on the spot.
The fans' collaboration is thus FUNDAMENTAL. Therefore we ask you to use your common sense and follow the directions given by the security to make the course of the program easier (so, who has his/her copy already signed should leave to allow the others to have the same privilege, who doesn't have a copy of the DVD/CD has to try not preventing the others from getting closer to the place where the signing session takes place etc.). FeltrinelliRicordi Media Stores in Catania Source - English translation: Seipht@THus
Péntken azaz Július 16-án a TH Cataniai látogatása során bemutatásra kerül a „Humanoid City Live” DVD és a CD (Július 20-tól mindenhol kapható) Bemutató, és exkluzív eladás lesz a La Feltrinelli-ben / Ricordi Media Stores-ban. Nagyon boldogan adjuk hírűl, hogy a TRL színpada előtt lesz egy elkerített rész is, (itt gyűrűnek nevezik) ahol azok a fanok tartozkodhatnak akiknél ott lesz az új DVD/CD a „Humnaoid City Live” . Ahhoz, hogy ott lehess szükséged van a következőkre:
-Egy példány a „Humanoid City Live” DVD-ből vagy CD-ből amit a Ricordi Media Store-ban péntek reggeltől megvásárolhatsz.
-egy karszalagra, amit megkaphatsz ha felmutatod a DVD-t, CD-t az MTV kamionjával szembe levő Piazzale Asia-nál, de. 11-órától. A karszalagok limitált számban kaphatóak, tehát igyekezned kell. / Itt még említést tesz, hogy lesznek ott szervezők, akik segítenek abban, hogy minden simán menjen, valamint, csak azok a fanok kaphatnak karszalagot akinek van DVD/CD-je, illetve csak azok lehetnek a színpad előtt akiknek mindene megvan ami kell. A karszalagot pár perccel a show előtt adják/
Dedikálás
Minden fan, aki a gyűrűben tartózkodik (megvan a DVD; CD és a karszalagja is) aláirathatja a DVD-t/CD-t Billel és Tommal a show után. Akik nincsenek bent a gyűrűben, de van DVD-jük, vagy CD-jük, elképzelhető hogy ők is kapnak lehetőséget a dedikáláshoz. ( Itt szintén leírja, hogy a fanok összetartása milyen fontos)
Csak a tömör lényeger fordítottam le. Fordította: Bridgi
Most már biztos, hogy az orosz fanok nem kapják vissza a pénzüket a 2010. március 10-i elmaradt koncert végett. Hivatalosan is visszautasították a kérelmet, amit az orosz fanok adtak be. A jegyek ára 1500 és 22000 rubel között mozgott. Ez bizony akár több tízezer forint is lehet
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