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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Tokio Hotel Daily Amazon rankings September 28th, 2010

Tokio Hotel fans log onto Amazon.com daily to download Tokio Hotel songs as well as to buy Tokio Hotel CDs and DVDs and merchandise. These days Tokio Hotel fans are after the derivative musical products of Tokio Hotel’s newest album, “Humanoid”; these include the DVD/ CD combination of “Humanoid City Live”—which recently hit #1 on the charts—as well as Tokio Hotel singles from the “Humanoid” album itself. [Click here to read the rest of the article]

Bill Kaulitz designers Dsquared2 named “one of the best styled shows” in Milan

Milan fashion week is wrapping up, and Dsquared2 has been named by several media outlets including “New York Magazine” as one of the best looks of the week. Dsquared2 design house became known to Tokio Hotel fans via Bill Kaulitz’s appearance in the “Black Angel” outfit in Dsquared2’s Fall/ Winter 2010/ 2011 fashion show in January. [Click here to read the rest of the article]

Kaulitz Twins: Bill and Tom behind the scenes Italian “Vogue”

Tokio Hotel Twins, Bill and Tom are no strangers to having their pictures taken. Tom Kaulitz, the older of the two twins, was recently seen in ads for Reebok. And Bill Kaulitz, the younger of the two by 10 minutes, is almost as...[Click here to read the rest of the article]

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Tokio Hotel concert dates for Latin America and Mexico, Nov & Dec

Tokio Hotel will be on tour in Latin America and Mexico starting in November. The dates are below: [Click here to read the whole article]

Tokio Hotel Articles Recap 9.26.10: Vampire writer Emily Kay, Kaulitz Twins, EMA

Even Tokio Hotel aliens who live in the Tokio Hotel universe need an excuse to take a break from their weekly activities. After all, it’s a lot of work to start Tokio Hotel Twitter trends, answer all the questions correctly on band related quizzes and still find time to learn all of lyrics to songs from the Tokio Hotel playlists. So if you’re a TH fan and need a breather, why not stop by here each week to read a recap of some of the stuff that’s been printed throughout the week about the band? You’ll get a much needed breather, the band will become more popular and eventually peace will reign in the Tokio Hotel universe. Thanks for stopping by this week. [Click here to read the rest of the article]

Tokio Hotel Daily Amazon rankings: September 26th, 2010


Tokio Hotel fans wanting to have a little more contact with their favorite band, log onto Amazon.com. You can count on them to download Tokio Hotel songs as well as to buy Tokio Hotel CDs and DVDs and merchandise daily by the thousands....[Click here to read the rest of the article]

Tokio Hotel Video of the Day: Bill & Tom Kaulitz Sing Monsoon Duet!



Tokio Hotel fans are certainly familiar with Tokio Hotel Twin, Tom Kaulitz and his mean abilities on the guitar. But apparently Tom can do a little singing. In today’s Tokio Hotel Video of the Day, Tokio Hotel fans get to catch a rare listen...[Click here to read the whole article]

Tokio Hotel News: NU.nl cites TH as one of the success stories of former GDR


On October 3rd, 2010 Germany will mark the 20th “Tag der deutschen Einheit” or the Day of German Unity, which celebrates the reunification of East and West Germany. Germany, which was divided for decades into Communist East Germany and...[Click here to read the whole article]

Kaulitz Twins: Bill and Tom’s “Breakfast with Tokio Hotel” promo on YouTube



The Tokio Hotel Twins, Bill and Tom Kaulitz future move to L.A. (at least temporarily) will surely garner more interest in the Kaulitz twins as well as the for Tokio Hotel in general. One way that Tokio Hotel fans old and new can become better...[Click here to read the whole article]

Tokio Hotel News: DAA Facebook page acquires hundreds of new followers overnight



 The Designers Against AIDS group, otherwise known as the DAA, reported a sudden jump in members on its Facebook page today. The site admin reported that as of midnight last night, the page, which supports the activities of...[Click here to read the whole article]

Friday, September 10, 2010

Tokio Hotel News: German music trends toward German music over international

According to a report this week in inFranken.de, the German music business is seeing a trend toward people buying German music over international acts like Lady Gaga. This is just one of the trends happening in German music that could impact German musicians like the members of Tokio Hotel or Rammstein, who enjoy international as well as home-grown success. Click here to read the whole article

Tokio Hotel Daily Amazon rankings: September 10th, 2010

Everyday with the click of a mouse, Tokio Hotel fans log onto Amazon.com to download Tokio Hotel songs as well as to buy Tokio Hotel CDs and DVDs, merchandise and books. These days, the derivative musical products of Tokio Hotel’s newest album, “Humanoid” are among the top sellers on Amazon.com; these include the DVD/ CD combination of “Humanoid City Live”—which recently hit #1 on the charts—as well as Tokio Hotel singles from the “Humanoid” album itself. Click here to read the rest of the article

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Tokio Hotel News: Tokio Hotel nominated for music and social awareness award, "Help Music Award"

It has been said that music is the universal language; one need only look at the popularity of international bands like German band Tokio Hotel to see evidence of this. Coming in late October (10.22 & 23.10), according to PressAnzeiger.de, Tokio Hotel will one of more than 150 bands, DJs and musical artists to take part in the “Help Music Awards” under the motto of “Music Creates Bridges”. Click here to read the whole article

Tokio Hotel News: DAA to release book with never before seen pics of the Kaulitz Twins

The Kaulitz Twins, Bill and Tom have developed quite a reputation for lending a helping hand to people in need. Last year, the Kaulitz Twins lent a helping hand to a sick friend as well as participated in the Designers Against AIDS (DAA) fundraiser in December. (The twins weren’t alone in their support of the DAA; the whole band participated in that campaign.) Well, according to an email interview with Ninette Murk, Founder/Creative Director of 'Designers against AIDS', the Tokio Hotel guys are at it again with lots of new things in store for this great cause. At the end of the year a book will be published about the first ten years of the DAA project including the work done on the project by Tokio Hotel. Click here to read the rest of the article

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Tokio Hotel News: Agreement between Universal Music Group and Hi-Media Group to continue

Tokio Hotel’s online presence with TokioHotel.com was strengthened again today with the announcement of the continuing business partnership of Universal Music Group and HiMedia Group. According to PressBox.de, the partnership between the two media giants will continue with Hi-Media taking care of the marketing and advertising for Universal’s websites, to which websites like TokioHotel.com and LadyGaga.de belong. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel News: Trailer for Rock Band 3 video game released

The release of the Rock Band 3 game is building momentum. In mid-August MTV Games and Harmonix announced that Tokio Hotel’s “Humanoid” along with Rammstein’s “Du bist”would take their places in the line up for the new Rock Band 3 video game. Along with the roll out of great bands, the game companies also announced country-specific websites where fans could find software and accessories as well as community forums and franchise information. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel Daily Amazon rankings: September 8th, 2010

With regularity, Tokio Hotel fans log onto Amazon.com to download Tokio Hotel songs as well as to buy Tokio Hotel CDs and DVDs, merchandise and books. At the moment, the derivative musical products of Tokio Hotel’s newest album, “Humanoid” are moving quite well on Amazon.com; these include the DVD/ CD combination of “Humanoid City Live”—which recently hit #1 on the charts—as well as Tokio Hotel singles from the “Humanoid” album itself. Click here to read the rest of the article.  

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Tokio Hotel Awards and Accolades: Fans: Vote for the TH website the "Best Website" in the world

It could turn out to be a busy month for the Tokio Hotel website. Already the website ranked third in an SEO visibility ranking for the month of August, because the band’s website, tokiohotel.com had improved its search engine ranking so much. Now fans have an opportunity to give the site a double win. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel News: TokioHotel.com wins monthly SEO visibility-rank index for August

It’s good news and bad news and better news for the Tokio Hotel websites. According to a report in Marketing Börse, the international website for Tokio Hotel, tokiohotel.com was won of the websites to win the SEOlytics-Visibility-ranking index for the month of August. Click here to read the whole article

Tokio Hotel News: DSquared2 seals deal with Staff International

It would be difficult to forget the event that earned Tokio Hotel frontman and Kaultiz twin, Bill Kaulitz, the nickname “The Black Angel”. It was earlier this year at DSquared2 fashion show during Fashion Week in Milan. The fashion duo at the helm of DSquared2—another set of famous twins, Dean und Dan Carven—scored a big coup by having Kaulitz in their show, and according toTextilWirtschaft.de became famous for featuring Kaulitz the black feathered outfit that has now become famous. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel Daily Amazon rankings: September 7th, 2010

It’s no secret that daily, Tokio Hotel fans log onto Amazon.com to download Tokio Hotel songs as well as to buy Tokio Hotel CDs and DVDs and merchandise. The favorite items at the moment happen to be the derivative musical products of Tokio Hotel’s newest album, “Humanoid”, which are selling quite well on Amazon.com. These include the DVD/ CD combination of “Humanoid City Live”—which recently hit #1 on the charts—as well as Tokio Hotel singles from the “Humanoid” album itself. Click on this link to read the whole article

Monday, September 6, 2010

Tokio Hotel Awards and Accolades: Tokio Hotel fans have an opportunity to vote for MTV's EMA's

The band Tokio Hotel is no stranger to awards and accolades. Just recently, the members of Tokio Hotel were awarded the “Best Band” in a 25-year reader’s poll in “Spin” magazine and the "Concert of the Year" and "Foreign Song of the Year" at the Rockbjörnen Awards 2010. The fans had everything to do with the band winning the reader’s poll and Tokio Hotel fans can have a hand in making sure that Tokio Hotel wins again—this time for the MTV EMA’s. Click here to read the whole article or to find out how to vote

Tokio Hotel Video of the Day for 9.6.2010: Tokio Hotel "Screamin'" by ichglucklich

Video technology has allowed the fans of Tokio Hotel to see their favorite band performing, joking around behind the scenes and accepting the awards that they’ve won. It’s in fact hard to imagine Tokio Hotel with Tokio Hotel videos. But it isn’t just the band that makes Tokio Hotel videos. Some of the most awesome videos about Tokio Hotel are made by the fans who love to capture Bill’s fashion, Tom’s awesome strumming, Gustav dancing on the drums or Georg rockin’ out on bass. The possibilities are endless and the goods just ripe for the pickin’. That being the case, fans can stop by here on a regular basis to catch the latest gallery of Tokio Hotel fan videos. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel Daily Amazon rankings September 6th, 2010

Pretty much daily, Tokio Hotel fans log onto Amazon.com to download Tokio Hotel songs as well as to buy Tokio Hotel CDs and DVDs and merchandise. The merchandise du jour happens to be the derivative musical products of Tokio Hotel’s newest album, “Humanoid”, which are selling quite well on Amazon.com. These include the DVD/ CD combination of “Humanoid City Live”—which recently hit #1 on the charts—as well as Tokio Hotel singles from the “Humanoid” album itself. Click here to read the rest of the article

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Tokio Hotel Contests: MTV Asia World Stage to give away autographed Tokio Hotel guitar

For Tokio Hotel fans in Asia who dream of becoming an ace guitar player like Tokio Hotel guitar player and Kaulitz twin, Tom Kaulitz, MTV Asia is holding contest for one lucky fan to win an autographed Gibson guitar. The contest is part of MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel Aliens & Humanoids: Tokio Hotel fans make some noise for the German band

Life is good in the Tokio Hotel universe. Tokio Hotel aliens and humanoids live side by side, working together to make Tokio Hotel the number one band in the world. This regular feature will highlight people living in the TH universe who are doing interesting things. This might include a cool fan action like creating a Twitter trend, getting together to help Tokio Hotel raise money for AIDSor just generally sharing some really good Tokio Hotel wallpapers or music with their neighbors. If you have a story and want to be highlighted in the Tokio Hotel Aliens & Humanoids pages, drop me a line. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel Daily Amazon rankings: September 5th, 2010

On a regular basis, Tokio Hotel fans log onto Amazon.com to download Tokio Hotel songs as well as to buy Tokio Hotel merchandise, CDs and DVDs. At the moment, the derivative products of Tokio Hotel’s newest album, “Humanoid” are really moving on Amazon.com; these include the DVD/ CD combination of “Humanoid City Live”—which recently hit #1 on the charts—as well as Tokio Hotel singles from the “Humanoid” album itself. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel Articles Recap 9.5.10: Kaulitz Twins birthday, Kaulitz home break in, Rock Band 3

Even Tokio Hotel aliens who live in the Tokio Hotel universe need an excuse to take a break from their weekly activities. After all, it’s a lot of work to start Tokio Hotel Twitter trends, answer all the questions correctly on band related quizzes and still find time to learn all of lyrics to songs from the Tokio Hotel playlists. So if you’re a TH fan and need a breather, why not stop by here each week to read a recap of some of the stuff that’s been printed throughout the week about the band? You’ll get a much needed breather, the band will become more popular and eventually peace will reign in the Tokio Hotel universe. Thanks for stopping by this week. Click here to read the articles

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Tokio Hotel FanFiction Pick of the Day 9.4.10: "Eveleen" Tokio Hotel Fanfiction Trailer


The German band, Tokio Hotel provides fans with a lot of inspiration. Whether it’s the fan who wants dress in Bill Kaulitz fashion, learn to play like Tokio Hotel bass player, Georg Listing, to study Germanso that he or she can sing along to Tokio Hotel lyrics in German, or write a great piece of TH-inspired fiction, the talent of the fans can be seen everywhere. Thus, being so inspired by the band’s fans, a piece of fan fiction will be highlighted on a daily basis.


Tokio Hotel FanFiction of the Day: "Eveleen" Tokio Hotel Fanfiction Trailer by tomkaulitzpower. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel Daily Amazon rankings: September 4th, 2010

Everyday, Tokio Hotel fans log onto Amazon.com to download Tokio Hotel songs as well as to buy Tokio Hotel CDs and DVDs and merchandise. At the moment, the derivative musical products of Tokio Hotel’s newest album, “Humanoid” are selling quite well on Amazon.com; these include the DVD/ CD combination of “Humanoid City Live”—which recently hit #1 on the charts—as well as Tokio Hotel singles from the “Humanoid” album itself. Click on the link to read today's rankings

Tokio Hotel This Week 9.30.10

Hey #1Aliens! Lots going on in the Tokio Hotel universe this week. As you already know, the Tokio Hotel twins, Bill and Tom Kaulitz just celebrated their 21st birthday this week. Hopefully, they had fun, because while they were out, their house was robbed. On their birthday. Really sucks, actually. At the moment, no one knows who did it. 

On the flip side, they did win a really cool award and the MTV Games video game, Rock Band 3 will feature "Humanoid" on it. Anyway, here's the latest in Tokio Hotel news this week.

Tokio Hotel frontman, Bill Kaulitz answers Katie Perry's diss


Queer.de is reporting a strange turn of events for the German band, Tokio Hotel. The TH guys—Bill, Tom, Georg and Gustav—were sharing the stage with singer Katy Perry in Singapore at Sing Fest 2010. When it was Perry’s turn up to bat, the 25-year-old singer decided to suddenly change the lyrics to her song “You’re so Gay”. Click here to read the rest of the article


Tokio Hotel has had its naysayers in recent months, who have predicted the band is all but washed up. However—and thankfully—the band has other plans. Germany’s most famous band from Magdeburg has shown up its critics again. According to Promiflash.de, Bill, Tom, Gustav and Georg have once again landed on the #1 spot on the charts! Click here to read the rest of the article


According to a report on Zercustoms.com, Tokio Hotel twins, Bill and Tom Kaulitz are helping the German auto giant, Audi, give the American muscle car a run for its money. The Kaulitz boys recently filmed a video which gives a behind-the-scenes look at Audi’s new A1. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel German Lessons: Parts 1-5


One of the coolest things about the German band, Tokio Hotel is that it has inspired millions of fans to learn German. I noticed as I conversed with fans that they wanted to learn to speak German so that they could better understand Tokio Hotel’s songs. As a lover of the German language and as a fan of programs that allow people to learn German online, I created German lessons based upon the lyrics of Tokio Hotel songs. Since a German course or a German class might be too expensive for them to take I wanted to reward those who read regularly with this feature in my column. Because it deals with written and spoken German, it should help fans develop a more solid understanding of the language. Additionally, as I get get questions and feedback from my readers, I'll be suggesting activities and games they can participate in that will help them in their quest to learn the perfect Tokio Hotel German. Click here to read the rest of the article

Top Tokio Hotel CD's, downloads and DVD's on Amazon: August 30


Last week it was reported here that Tokio Hotel was back on the charts at #1 with its CD/ DVD combo “Humanoid City Live”. Let’s check in with Amazon.com and see how the Tokio Hotel members are fairing this week. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel German Lessons: lyrics Lass uns laufen, part 6


It’s been awhile since Tokio Hotel University has been in session, so there’s plenty to get caught up on. If you haven’t done so, you may want to take a peak at the previous lessons to get a refresher in the German lessons so far. These lessons will give you all the info you need regarding the foundations I’ve built in the German language for you so far. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel fans create a #MerryChristmas trending topic on Twitter


If it’s not common knowledge at the moment, it soon will be; Tokio Hotel fans are very, very loyal. The loyal fans from around the world have been known to do some pretty powerful things to show their loyalty. Like the time some of them camped out for a week waiting for Tokio Hotel’s “Welcome to Humanoid City Tour” to come to their town. Or the ones who took up for the members ofTokio Hotel when German moms rated the band a bad influence on kids. And of course, there’s the Tokio Hotel Twitter trending thing. Last year at the unveiling of Tokio Hotel’s “World Behind My Wall” video, the fans banded together to start a “World Behind My Wall” trending topic on Twitter. It worked.Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel News: Tom Kaulitz admits in an interview that he's just as lonely as Bill


It’s common knowledge among Tokio Hotel fans, that frontman Bill Kaulitz would like to have a proper relationship. He has openly admitted in more that he’d like to have a relationship. Rumors have even swirled around him that he did have a girlfriend. And then he didn’t. Bill’s brother Tom on the other hand, had a reputation for being something of a playboy. However, it appears that the Tokio Hotel guitarist has had a change of tune. Click here to read the rest of the article


The Tokio Hotel twins, Bill and Tom Kaulitz are pretty amazing. They've started Twitter frenzies. They have fans that include both moms and daughters. They've inspired millions of fans from around the world to learn German, a difficult language to master by many standards. And all of this before they turned 21. Click here to read the rest of the article 


Today, the Tokio Hotel Twins, Tom and Bill Kaulitz turn the big 21. Fans around the world are planning special gifts, well-wishes and even a few Twitter trending topicsto let the guys know how much they mean to them. In keeping with the spirit of the celebration, I’m featuring videos and other fan niceties throughout the day to help the boys celebrate their 21st in style. Click to read the rest of the article 

Tokio Hotel fans create a #HappyBdayKaulitzTwins trending topic on Twitter


For a second day in a row the fans of the German band Tokio Hotel have created a Twitter trending topic. It was reported yesterday that the mysterious #MerryChristmas trending topic had its origins in the Tokio Hotel fan base. Quite a bit of confusion and sometimes delight reigned as people not familiar with Tokio Hotel—or its very loyal fan base speculated as to the cause. It even merited a column on the Huffington Post, although the origins were stated to be different. Click to read the rest of the article

Most dyed-in-the-wool Tokio Hotel fans can remember exactly when their love affair with Germany’s most popular cultural export began. They can name the date, probably the time and what they were doing. The band affects kids and moms alike. There’s something about this band that inspires loyalty. So much so that fans will camp out for a week in the cold, learn German so that they can understand the language better and take up for the band when even the fans’ moms take up for the band. Click to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel 101: Who are the Kaulitz twins?


The Kaulitz twins refer to the identical twins, Tom and Bill Kaulitz, the guitarist and frontman respectively for the German band Tokio Hotel. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel Awards and Accolades: Tokio Hotel named "Best Band" in 25-year Reader's Poll


Tokio Hotel, Germany’s most popular band, has certainly seen its share of awards and accolades. Some of the most recent awards that the band has received include the “Radio Regenbogen” and the “NRJ Awards”. Now the band has received accolades from one of the most important voice in music, “Spin” magazine, which namedTokio Hotel the “Best Band” for the last 25 years. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel Fanfiction: Top picks for TH fan fiction for the Kaulitz twins' birthday, #2


That the Kaulitz twins, Bill and Tom are close comes as no surprise to fans who know them so well. In fact, Tom Kaulitz, the older of the two twins has been quoted as saying, “The best birthday present I ever got was 10 minutes after I was born.” So it’s probably safe to say that the twins can’t imagine their lives without each other. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel News: A house owned Bill and Tom Kaulitz broken into on twins' birthday


According to the Hamburger Abendblatt, a house owned by Tokio Hotel twins, Bill and Tom Kaulitz was broken into on September 1st, 2010. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel News: MTV Games and Harmonix confirm launch of country-based Rock Band 3 sites


Recently, it was announced that German bands, Tokio Hotel and Rammstein were on the musical line up for the Rock Band 3 game. Each band will contribute a song; Tokio Hotel's  "Humanoid" will provide some of the musical tone for the game as will Rammstein's "Du bist". Fans of the game and of Tokio Hotel and Rammstein will have a new dimension to the rock and roll experience (in addition to hearing the lyrics to their favorite bands's music in a game context); today, Console Digest is reporting that there will be localized websites for the Rock Band 3 game. Click here to read the rest of the article

Tokio Hotel News: Tokio Hotel wins at the Rockbjörnen Awards 2010

 
According to Tokio Hotel Info, the German band, Tokio Hotel has another award to place on their shelf—the Rockbjörnen Awards 2010. The Fantastic Four from Magdeburg--Georg, Gustav, Tom and Bill--has been bestowed with two of the Swedish music awards, the “Concert of the Year” and “Foreign Song of the Year”. The band was up against music luminaries like Lady Gaga and Kent for the “Concert of the Year” award. Click here to read the rest of the article