New info about “Dark side of the sun” album

In two weeks Tokio Hotel will be in Tokyo to promote their “Dark side of the sun” that is being released on 2th February. “Monzun Magazine” staff had the opportunity to check the CD and booklet and they said there are new band photos !

Popcorn nº2.2011 (Romania)

Tokio Hotel has waited eight years for this moment: In mid December, announced the launch of the “Best Of” CD for the first time in Tokyo, the city that gave the name of the band. The band were thrilled with the Japanese metropolis: “The city is great, terribly large areas, multiple colors and crazy. I really want to go there.” Bill said.

TH fans in Europe will have to continue to see them on TV: Tokio Hotel don’t plan any concerts here in 2011. Tom: “We are isolated in our studio in Los Angeles, working on new songs.” The new album will be released in September, a world tour is scheduled for November. Bill promises: “We will surprise even more the fans with a new style and special sounds!”

What do you expect of Tokio Hotel in 2011 ?

Which will surprise us with this German boy band?
The year 2010 was a year filled with travel, tours and promotions for this band. But why not this 2011, will be different, that children are already preparing a new album, and a possible tour. The conquest of South America, was a major milestone for their career, their visit to Chile was no different, they met face to face with about 200 fans waiting at the airport and the hotel, they were happy, love could only thank them for both.
This band has won many awards and are very important in their native country, hardly anyone is well known outside a part of the German singer “Nena.” They have managed to fight and that’s why they deserve a 2011 tour full of prizes and CD `s.

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Bill : “Tokyo is a place that we have really dreamed of coming to see. Now that we have been able to come, I’m really happy.”

They said that they just thought a Japanese sounding name would be cool, thus Tokio Hotel. In 2001 in a city in Eastern Germany, 12-year-old brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz formed the band. As soon as they debuted in 2005 they became very popular in Europe. Now they have won numerous awards and people go crazy for them all over the world. Now they are in Tokyo and check into the place that their band name originated from. They have become successful in Japan, and so they are releasing an album in Japan.

Tom : “The album is comprised of songs from our other albums. (After that he’s pretty much saying it’s like the “Scream” English album, it’s so that people that are first hearing about them can easily get to know the music.)”

Bill : “Because the album artwork also has Japanese characteristics, hopefully people that know our stuff can (also) enjoy the content.”

You can of course also hear the bands growth, and many different sounds (styles probably) in the album. Although metal and techno are popular beats in Germany, Tokio Hotel is a unique fascinating “groove”.

Bill : “We aren’t restricted by common sense, we always search for a new “groove”. So of course that’s why the songs feel like they have different moods.”

Tom : “I don’t know how the band will change next, however that’s the charm of this band. Therefore in the future perhaps we will make songs that don’t have metal and techno in them. It seems that the band has the freedom to do that (change their sound).”

The reason the freedom of the band is respected, they all have different visual “atmospheres”. (It’s just saying they all have different styles and that they respect that -I think-). Even among them, Bill has a sexy, mysterious appearance that is impressive. In fact in the past he was a model in a fashion show. By the way today he is wearing fake fur and pants by Dior (I think).

Bill : “The fur is fake because I’m a vegetarian. Regarding fashion I wear only what I want to. But my fashion is also a musical expression. I try to watch out for style that seems like it will give motivation to everybody.”

SIGNED TOKIO HOTEL POSTER ON EBAY!

Tokio Hotel supports the Austrian charity organization RollRinn (www.rollrinn.at) with a hand signed tour poster.

The money from the ebay auction in which the poster will be given away will be used to help athletes with a disability who often do have less chances to get financial support.

We – the Austrian Tokio Hotel Fanclub – know RollRinn and their fantastic work and can therefore assure you that the poster is straight from Tokio Hotel themselves and they hope that RollRinn will gain lots of support with this auction.

Returning to Tokyo

We got known that the band will return to Tokyo, to which they have much love for having inspired them the name of their band, next 10th February, where they promise to do many things super specials, such as shows, presentations on radio and TV, signings sessions, where 500 fans who purchase the album ‘Dark Side Of The Sun’, a special version of Best Of, especially for Japan to be released this month, lived with them !

If they come to contact someone, I hope that fans of Japan will take tons of photos, right?

TKM nº2.2011 (Argentina)