Mmm, prizes...

In the mood to win some Tokio Hotel merchandise? Well, our friends over at the official Dutch fanclub are having an international contest over on their Facebook page. In order to win, all you need to do is head on over to this page and comment on the photo. Tell the fanclub why you want to win, and like the page! Make sure to leave your comment in English, or Dutch.

The following is a list of prizes to be won:

• 2 XL posters
• 1 Humanoid City tour t-shirt. (large)
• 1 Schrei album
• 1 Rock One Tokio Hotel poster special from 2010 (French).
• 4 sets of photos.
• 1 set of photos from the twins’ Vogue shoot.
• 2 Humanoid City tour posters.
• 1 regular-sized poster

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Êtes-vous dans l’humeur de gagner de la marchandise Tokio Hotel? Éh bien, nos amis du fanclub officiel hollandais organisent un concours international sur leur page Facebook. Pour gagner, tout ce que vous devez faire est d’aller sur cette page et commenter la photo. Dites au fanclub pourquoi vous voulez gagner, et aimez la page! Assurez-vous d’écrire votre commentaire en Anglais, ou en Hollandais.

Ce-dessous figure la liste des prix que vous pourriez gagner:

• 2 posters XL
• 1 t-shirt Humanoid City tour. (large)
• 1 album Schrei
• 1 poster de Tokio Hotel de Rock One spécial 2010 (Français).
• 4 ensembles de photos.
• 1 ensemble des photos du photoshoot des jumeaux pour Vogue.
• 2 posters Humanoid City tour.
• 1 poster de grandeur régulière

Français: Gloria

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Nos amis du FC Officiel Philippin célèbrent leur Fête Nationale avec un concours unique ouvert aux fans du monde entier! Bonne chance à tous!

Celebrate Philippine Independence Day with Tokio Hotel Pilipinas!
Original Post: http://www.tokiohotelpilipinas.org/?p=933

Mabuhay! The Philippines celebrates its Independence Day every 12th of June and this year, the Tokio Hotel Official Philippine Fan Club wants to celebrate the holiday with fans from abroad!

Yes, you read that right! THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO ALL TOKIO HOTEL FANS NOT RESIDING IN THE PHILIPPINES ONLY! All you have to do to enter our mini-contest is submit your piece of fun fact about the Philippines! And then the Filipino fans will vote for their favorite fun facts on our website. IT’S VERY EASY!!!

Remember, we are a fun-loving country so the quirkiest facts (see sample below!) will mostly likely get more votes! Your fun facts may even educate the youngest of Filipino fans about their own country! If you want to be more creative, you can submit photos to go with your facts; feel free to express yourselves!

Send your facts about the Philippines to tokiohotelpilipinas.contests@gmail.com (PLEASE SEND ONE FUN FACT ONLY) following this email format:

Subject: Celebrate Philippine Independence Day with Tokio Hotel Pilipinas June 2011
Full Name:
Country:
Fact about the Philippines:

EXAMPLE:

Subject: Celebrate Philippine Independence Day with Tokio Hotel Pilipinas June 2011
Full Name: Solenn Heussaff
Country: France
Fact about the Philippines: The karaoke was invented in the Philippines and not Japan. Karaoke means “singing without accompaniment” in Japanese was invented by Roberto del Rosario. The invention of “Sing-Along-System” was later called karaoke.

Deadline for submission of entries: Friday, June 17, 2011, 5PM Berlin Time | 11AM Toronto Time | 11PM Manila Time

We will post all the fun facts on our website right after the deadline for submission of entries.

Deadline for voting of entries: Friday, June 24, 2011, 5PM Berlin Time | 11AM Toronto Time | 11PM Manila Time

Announcement of winners: Sunday, June 26, 2011, 5PM Berlin Time | 11AM New York Time | 11PM Manila Time

The 20 entries/fans with the most votes will each get a glossy Tokio Hotel post card from the official Philippine fan club!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

MARAMING SALAMAT PO!

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Célébrez la Fête Nationale Philippinne avec Tokio Hotel Pilipinas!
Post Original: http://www.tokiohotelpilipinas.org/?p=933

Mabuhay! Les Philippinnes célèbrent leur Fête Nationale à chaque 12 Juin et cette année, le Fan Club Philippin Officiel de Tokio Hotel veut célébrer cette fête avec des fans de l’étranger!

Oui, vous avez bien lu! CE CONCOURS EST SEULEMENT OUVERT À TOUS LES FANS DE TOKIO HOTEL N’HABITANT PAS EN PHILIPPINES! Tout ce dont vous devez faire pour participer à notre mini-concours est de soumettre votre fait amusant à propos des Philippines! Et après, les fans philippins vont voter pour leur fait amusant préféré sur notre site web. C’EST TRÈS FACILE!!!

N’oubliez pas, nous sommes un pays chaleureux et drôle, alors les faits les plus rigolos (voyez un exemple ci-dessous!) auront plus de chances d’avoir plus de votes! Vos faits amusants pourraient même apprendre aux plus jeunes des fans philippins des choses à propos de leur propre pays! Si vous voulez être plus créatifs, vous pouvez soumettre des photos qui vont avec vos faits; n’hésitez pas à vous exprimer!

Envoyez vos faits à propos des Philippines à tokiohotelpilipinas.contests@gmail.com (N’ENVOYEZ QU’UN SEUL FAIT AMUSANT S’IL VOUS PLAÎT) en suivant ce format d’email:

Sujet: Célébrez la Fête Nationale Philippinne avec Tokio Hotel Pilipinas Juin 2011
Nom Complet:
Pays:
Fait à propos des Philippines:

EXEMPLE:

Sujet: Célébrez la Fête Nationale Philippinne avec Tokio Hotel Pilipinas Juin 2011
Nom Complet: Solenn Heussaff
Pays: France
Fait à propos des Philippines: Le karaoke a été inventé en Philippines et non au Japon. Karaoke veut dire “chanter sans accompagnement” en Japonais et a été inventé par Roberto del Rosario. L’invention de “Chanter en même temps qu’un système” a été nommé karaoke par la suite.

Date limite pour soumettre les faits: vendredi 17 Juin, 2011, 17h Heure de Berlin | 11h Heure de Toronto | 23h Heure de Manille

Nous posterons tous les faits amusants sur notre site tout de suite après la date limite pour la soumission des faits.

Date limite pour voter pour les faits: vendredi 24 Juin, 2011, 17h Heure de Berlin | 11h Heure de Toronto | 23h Heure de Manille

Annonce des gagnants: dimanche 26 Juin, 2011, 17h Heure de Berlin | 11h Heure de New York | 23h Heure de Manille

Les 20 faits/fans ayant le plus de votes vont chacun recevoir une carte postale Tokio Hotel lustrée du fan club officiel philippin!

BONNE CHANCE TOUT LE MONDE!

MARAMING SALAMAT PO!

Français: Gloria

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Below is a little preview of the translation!

Tokio Hotel who are rarely late for appointments, arrived in the interview room a little after 11. All who were in the room including me, couldn’t help staring at Bill…Was it a new variation of the Mohican? Is that a light bulb? What?! (Bill later explained that they are vacuum tube amplifiers used with guitar amplifiers)It’s kind of difficult to describe in words so check out the photos for yourself! I also had the opportunity to go to lunch with the security officers. I think its probably Bill who ordered the pasta in tomato cream sauce. As it wasn’t on the menu, I figured they actually have it specially made for him.

In order for us to secure the area , we have to come up with a plan to ensure that the cars carrying the Tokio Hotel members could reach the location… Read the rest!

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This is an amazing event for Russian fans, since their shows were cancelled during the Humanoid City Tour last year. It feels great to be able to update our events box!

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C’est confirmé! Tokio Hotel performera 3 ou 4 chansons aux MUZ-Awards à Moscou, Russie. La cérémonie sera le 3 Juin 2011. Nous ne savons pas si elle sera diffusée en ligne, mais nous allons faire des mises à jour à ce post, tweeter et écrire sur facebook lorsque nous aurons plus d’information. Ils ne sont pas nominés, ils sont simplement invités à performer.

C’est un événement incroyable pour les fans en Russie, puisque leurs concerts de Humanoid City Tour avaient été annulés. Ça fait du bien d’écrire quelque chose de nouveau dans notre boîte d’événements!

- All information comes from MUZ-Award’s official site, and @TokioHotelRus on twitter. -

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The album —“ Darkside of The Sun” release!!!

All band members joined the interview
Tokio Hotel
I want to try something new except music with Tom…

This month, Adimission free (page84-85) published the articles written by readers who were interviewed with Tokiohotel, coz it’s initial to look into from fans’ view. Overwhelmed by Bill, among those Germans all the people were so high. Beyond that, Bill and Tom kept talking. It was very cheerful.

Everyone was looking forward to your arrival.
Tokio Hotel: so were we.
Bill: The trip to Japan has been our dream for a long time. We are really grateful for coming to Japan finally and extremely excited. It was quite good to come here.

I guess you guys had the same answers when you were asked by South American reporters. (Laugh)
Bill: Yeah! We have told people that some day we would go to Japan for many times. What is more, our band name is Tokio Hotel”, so we want to go to Japan as soon as possible.
Tom: But when the day came, it was beyond imagines, because Tokyo was certainly too far away.
Georg: When we gave a name to our band, we wanted to figure something spectacular out. It seems that it should be a place that we can not even see and reach in the dream. And finally we decided to name it “Tokio Hotel”. But we finally got to Tokyo. (Laugh)

Well, all the fans want to know more about you guys in limited times. Firstly, Tom, you said making an album was a time-consuming job when you received our interviews last time. So the next album in 2011 must be not easy. Do you think the same way right now?
Tom: Sure.

Why is it?
Tom: Actually we should have made the new song in the recoding studio at this moment, but we decided to come to Japan,actually it is not in our plan. Next time we hope we can prepare well.

Seriously? We can believe you, can’t we? (Laugh)
Tom: Of course! But we have other plans in 2011 to look forward to. After all these, we can finally come back to the studio to continue writing songs. So we don’t know when the next album will be released, either. It’s not that we don’t like traveling, but it seems that we don’t have enough time to compose in 2011.
Bill: That’s because we want to make some albums of high quality. We really want to show everyone the best part of what we create in daily time, so it is necessary to stay at the studio for a long time. As we compose, we have to discuss which way is better, which sound is better and so on.
Tom: Yeah, we have been on tours this year. Once we get back to the studio, we will think about what to do next, accumulating our thoughts and collecting all kinds of inspiration. All of these are very time-consuming.
Bill: So we are not sure when we can release the next album. May be next year or the year after next. But we will immediately inform you if there is any sign. (Laugh)

How long do you spend in making a new album usually?
Tom: It all depends. It always depends on how many songs we record. It’s not the problem we need to think about. Sometimes we think it’s okay after we record 18 songs, while we may not be satisfied and add something else even after we record 50 songs. Therefore it lies on our mood of that moment. If we gave you a deadline, it would be an assumption.

Oh, I see. I went to Germany and Paris the other day. I know how popular you are in Europe. You are definitely most popular.
Tokio Hotel: Yeah, it is the same in Paris.

In the first time when we interviewed Bill and Tom by phone, both of them were very friendly and easy to talk. I was so shocked. So no matter how popular you are, you are still natural and low profile. Is it your principle?
Bill: Yes, it’s most important for us. We founded this band naturally and we are also good friends. We have been together for almost 10 years. During this period of time, we have performed in front  of audiencesof only 5. Initially we never thought about success when we sung in a small club. But now our dreams came true and I was so proud.
Tom: So we know how the two sides of the business work, because we know not only the success but the feeling when we stood in front of 5 people as well. In that small club, no one listened to us, not mentioning an interview. We also know how hard to be the top one. And it is hard to perform facing 500,000 people under the Eiffel Tower, too. Because we have experienced success and failure, we are so grateful today. Maybe we are blessed.

Is it because you are Christian?
Bill: It could be one reason.

We are going to change the topic. After you came here, what do you think of Tokyo? Is it the same as what you imagined or not?
Bill: I can’t imagine there are so many fans here waiting for us.
Tokio Hotel: Yeah, yeah!
Bill: I thought no one would be there and no one knew us. But after we got off the plane, many fans were waiting and sent us lots of presents. I was so happy. Everyone welcomed us friendly and zealously.

You have been used to this scene, right?
Tom: Other countries are the same, but it was the first time in Japan. So I thought maybe no one knew us at all and we had to introduce ourselves as first. I was very glad to see so many fans in Japan.

Fan in Europe must be much more than Japanese fans, but everyone here is passionate to you guys. Oh, by the way, Bill and Tom, you said you are both perfectionist. Then you cause troubles to others sometime, right? (Laugh) when did you start to pursue for perfection?
Bill: I guess it started long time ago.
Tom: Something in my body began to control me long time ago, I think.
Bill: I say to myself: “relax, relax the shoulders.” But I can not. No matter what I do, I want it to be perfect. I want to make everything perfect. If there was something imperfect, it would hang around me. It’s like a disease. I know sometime I cause some troubles to someone else, but I just think of it. I guess others can not be happy. (Laugh)

See? Gustav and Georg are sneering. (Laugh)
Bill: Yes, Tom and I are exactly the same on this point. So when we are together, it’s too troublesome for others. I don’t even know when it began. Anyway I have been like this long before.

Do you inherit this from your parents?
Bill: Maybe. We are close to our mother and never get any pressure from her. We have grown up freely since childhood. Mum relies on us very much. She does everything according to our likes and dislikes, so we talk closely and she has supported us all the time. Mum has never forced us to do anything including study. She trusts us and says to us: “you do things according to your own ideas. I believe you.” Our relationship is very good, so it’s hard to say if it is genetic.

I hear of that you don’ hire any stylist because of perfectionism. Is that true?
Tom and Bill: Yes.
Bill: I cannot believe him. The stylist may ask us to wear some clotheses we don’t like. I always feel uneasy. I prefer to choose and buy clothes by myself.
Tom: I don’t believe others, either. I want to control everything including PV, CD, total effect, stages, shows and of course music. It can be regarded as freak. But about all of this, we have own thoughts and we believe that we can do much better that anyone else.
Tokio Hotel: (laugh)
Tom: I think we will cause troubles to others. In a word, we hope to handle this by ourselves. I want to be engaged in CD with the text of lyrics or the “Darkside of the sun” japanese edition.

And what do you do indeed? Do you guys go shopping?
Bill: It’s hard. Especially in Europe it’s not okay. But there are several stores that we are familiar with. And in some particular time they are open for us specially. At that time, we can go there and take our time. Besides this, we always buy things online.
(Tom told us that Bill often went to a store called Melrose Avenue in LA.)

Shopping online? Did you buy all of these accessories you wear today online?
Bill: Sure! There are some websites where you can buy such kind of things. Sometimes in certain countries we can go out for shopping with caps and sun glasses without worrying. And sometimes designers give me some clothes.

It sounds good. In our previous interviews, you said your apartment was not like a retail shop but a clothing shop.
Georg: They have more various clothes than stores. It’s more like a warehouse.
Tom: I have lots of clothes, but Bill has more than mine. The amount of our clothes is big.
Bill: I’m used to put all my clothes away instead of throwing them. Talking about clothes, I am ……
Georg: Sluttery.
Bill: Yes, I’m like this for clothes. I like every one very much, even though the old clothes are still one part of my history and they have different kinds of memories. This coat is about this and that jacket is about that, something like this.
Tom: The clothes we wore when we were in the first PV shooting are still in the cabinet.

Isn’t good to donate them to charity organization?
Tom: We have done this before. But just like what we said, every one has its meaning and memory. We don’t want to give them up.

I heard of that you dragged 10 or 12 suitcases on tours. Is it true? (7 suitcases for Japan)
Bill: Yeah, it seems like we carried more. (Laugh) Tours are so long time ago that I can not remember clearly.
Tom: The people who are responsible for carrying the luggage are very tired, I think. It’s really good to let others help. (Laugh)
Bill: We took everything we need, because we went on a 3-month tour.

Your band was founded 10 years ago. It has been 10 years. Comparing to the very beginning, did you change your attitude to music?
Bill: I think we grew up actually. All of us grew up and became adults gradually. Surely everyone changed. We got to adapt ourselves on long time tours, so as a musician we grew up as well, which has been natural. We don’t have any thought that we begin to do like this from now on! Just let it be.

How about the subject you composed? Do you change the subject as you grow up?
Bill: The subjects are changed. I get inspiration from many materials such as fashion, people around, movies and so on. Especially my favorite movies, so the last album was inspired by a science fiction movie.

Specifically speaking, which movie is it?
Tom&Bill: It’s hard to say.
Tom: Because there are so many movies.
Bill：We like too many good movies.

Please pick some among these movies.
Bill: For example, “2012” is good. And another one, what is the name? Sorry, I forget.
Tokio Hotel: “District 9”
Bill: Yeah, that one is very good. And the new one named “Tron:Legacy” is very commercial. I really want to watch. And there are some other movies that we just know the German name, but English name. I like “The notebook” and “labyrinth” acted by David Bowie. They are old movies, but I like them very much. “Inception” is really wonderful.

That one is hard to understand, right? By the way, the show held several weeks ago in South America was full of future sense, especially the clothes. When you set the stage, was the idea based on your own thoughts?
Tom: Yeah! For the 3-month tour in Europe, we prepared for half a year. All the members thought over together in the rehearsal room, like the stage, the clothes and the whole stage. It took us lots of time and energy for the preparation. We preformed a part of the whole. After all it’s impossible to finish all.

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Nous venons de trouver les vidéos de Sukkiri en ligne! C’était une prestation géniale, une entrevue avec de drôles de questions et une merveilleuse performance sur Darkside of the Sun. Vous pouvez avoir un bref apperçu du nouveau look du septum de Bill et de ses ongles étranges. J’adore leurs vêtements! Ils vont ensemble Donc voila quelques photos du jour.

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Tokio Hotel est arrivé aujourd’hui à Tokyo! Georg and Gustav sont arrivés par avion depuis l’Allemagne et les jumeaux somt arrivés des États-Unis. Ci-dessous, voici quelques photos de leur arrivé à l’aéroport. et observezm le mignon chapeau poilu de Bill x). Le chapeau vient de  Spirit Hoods, et il peut être acheter (parmis d’autres chapeaux d’animaux) ici!

Photos by: __483

Also, check out Bill’s intense blue nail polish… O:

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Tokio Hotel sera dans l’émission «Sukkiri!» le 9 Février 2011, à 8hrs, heure japonaise (8 Février 2011, 18hrs Est). Récemment, l’émission a mis en onde un message vidéo des jumeaux. L’émission sera sur Nippon TV. Nous l’ajoutons au calendrier et dans notre boîte d’évênement sur la page principale!

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Also, Darkside of the Sun is already a best seller in Japan after just two days of being on sale!

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En rapport avec ce site, Tokio Hotel fera apparence dans l’émission Nico Nico Live, le 11 Février! L’émission débute à 19hrs30, heure de Tokyo (9hrs55 Est). 50 fans seront sélectionnés par hasard pour assister au concert, et les voir directement dans le studio pendant le tournage. Nous l’avons ajouté dans la boîte d’évênements et de notre calendrier.

Également, Darkside of the Sun est déjà meilleur vendeur au Japon, après seulement deux jours à la vente!

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About this great surprise, there are rumors about who’s the artist. One think it’s Drew Ryan Scott. It could be true because last week, Bill was still in LA. But one think this for the reason that in December, he had written on his twitter:

 

EDIT: The Rumor Is False!!!

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Ce matin, Tokio Hotel a écris sur son Facebook officiel comme quoi cette semaine, ils ont collaboré avec un autre artiste pour l’enregistrement d’une chanson…

(La semaine passée, Bill a enregistré une titre en collaboration avec un autre artiste. C’est une merveilleuse surprise! Nous vous tiendrons au courant!)

À propos de cette superbe surprise, il y a des rumeurs comme quoi l’artiste en question serait Drew Ryan Scott. Ce pourait être vrai puisque la semaine passé Bill était encore à LA. Mais on pense cela surtout car en Décembre, il a écrit sur son Twitter:

(Je suis en train d’écrire avec le jumeau et David Jost. Nous faisons  quelque chose de grand

EDIT: La Rumeur Est Fausse!!!

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