Get ready for a spectacle!

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Interview with Bill Kaulitz, singer of Tokio Hotel

Get ready for a spectacle!

"The european tour has a big production, and these are our most ambicious concerts so far. The Belgrade crowd are in for a great show" says the singer of the well known German teen band.

This popular German teenage band Tokio Hotel, will perform in Arena Belgrade on March 27th (why can't anyone accept the fact it's on the 28th, stupid newspapers). In an interview with Press, Bill Kaulitz says that this cocnert will be spectacular in every way, which is exactly what the Belgrade crowd expects. He claims that this European tour is the biggest tour they've ever had, if you look at the production and preparation.

"We've been on the road for a month now. The European tour has a big production, and these are our most ambicious concerts so far. The Belgrade crowd are in for a great show" says Bill Kaulitz.

Are you satifsied with the public's reaction and the album's critics?

Bill: The reactions are great! We've worrked on this album for so long, it was about time we made something fresh, new songs. We have co-produced the entire album, for the first time ever, and we've decided to put the electronic sound ahead of the "live" sound this time. For recordings we've traveled to Los Angeles and Miami, recorded in various studios. It was a fantastic experience.

After working on the album in the States, you've talked nothing but amazing things about LA in your interviews. Why so?

Bill: You can write good songs everywhere, but some places just have a good creative vibe to them. For example, LA is full of producers, musicians and songwriters, you can just feel the music in your bones! It's all very vrowded in there, there is a lot of potential when it talking about the music industry. In Europe, or Germany, let's say, you have places where you create music. Fore example Köln is a city like that, but nothing like Los Angeles. Eveyone from the band agrees on that, we're all amazed with the way business goes there and we can't wait to go back to LA.

How do you explain the mass success of the band in America? Rammstein is also famous there, besides you. Do Americans have a special affinity towards German bands?

Bill: I think that we're just very lucky! We, a German band, have never expected to be so famous in America. Our luck appeared after a lot of effort - we've done a lot of promotion and shows there. And that's not easy, believe us. When you coem to America, you're nothing but a German guy there. It's hard to get to the top. I'm sure that neither Rammstein had an easy way to the top.

What is the difference between concert in Europe and concerts in America?

Bill: In America, we do more shows but in smaller venues. That kind of performance has an intimate component, we feel very close with our fans. But, I prefer playing in huge venues, although it's nice to experience a smaller venue, because there we can get more intimate with our fans.

How would you descibe your creative process?

Bill: It's always different. Now we all work liek co-producers, and we've known eachother for so long, 7-8 years. We cooperate like one big happy family.

How was the band formed?

Bill: It was Tom's stupid idea. Some newspapers descibed our sound as "devilishly good guitar sound" and Tom said that "Devilish" would fit just right. The name stayed until our producer came and told us that it might be better that, since we're an ambicious band, we change our name into something more serious. "Tokio Hotel" just sounded so cool to us, it made us think of long distance journeys and tours.

Are you planning on playing in Japan? Do you guys have fans there?

Bill: Yes we are, and we've heard we have a lot of fans there! We know of some active Fanclubs that are in Japan. Unfortunately, we haven't had a chance to play there yet, but we're hoping that chance will come soon. As soon as a Japanese promoter calls us to play there, we will play.

In the little grey box it says: "We're not guilty for the cancelation!"

The band Tokio Hotel was supposed to perform in Belgrade two years ago, but the entire tour got canceled due to Bill Kaulitz's illness. The band got a new chance to play in front of the Belgrade crowd after the cancelation of the concert in Zagreb, that was scheduled for March 28, got canceled under very suspicious conditions. So the Serbian promoters took a bite at this shot and managed to keep this band on the Balkan. Except for Croatia, the concerts in Russia have also been canceled. The singer says that the band in not to be blamed for all this. "Cancelations are always tough to accept, especially for the fans. We are very sorry because of this. There were a lot of people who were looking forward to coming to our concerts, and that all also ruined a lot of our plans on this tour. But I need to point out that it's not our fault. The local promoters have ruined the situation. As far as I know, the organisation and promotion in Belgrade is much more serious so we won't have any problems with that one." says Bill Kaulitz for Press.


Translation by Goga/ THA Forum/ Tokio Hotel Serbia Fan Club