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Germany’s biggest band, Tokio Hotel has aspirations for the road next year. With tour dates scheduled all over Europe and possible plans to visit the U.S. as well, the band is riding high on its success. But according to recent interviews with the band’s Kaulitz twins, there’s something that most fans don’t know. The Kaulitz twins are hard of hearing.
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During a recent interview with the Bild Zeitung (posted on 11.30.09 online), the famous twins from Tokio Hotel, Tom and Bill Kaulitz revealed that they are hard of hearing and have been since birth. According to the report, the constant screaming of fans had nothing to do with the boys’ affliction.
Tom Kaulitz was quick to point out that the fans carry no guilt in the matter. He said he and his brother have always been hard of hearing and gave that as the reason that the two of them speak so loudly during interviews.
Tokio Hotel front man, Bill Kaulitz and brother to Tom went on to say that it is the loud music and not the fans that is at fault for their hearing deficit. If anything, Bill said during the Bild interview that.
This is the best there is, by the way. We find it fabulous, that our fans scream out their emotions!"
International Tour
Fans in Germany and abroad won’t have to wait long to exercise their screaming muscles. The band goes on tour again starting in February, according to Prominent24.de.
According to the site, Bill has promised fans “huge show”. In addition to live music, the fans can expect lightshows and pyrotechnics. Ten trucks will be necessary to transport the show and all its fixings. German fans can only expect two concerts—one in Oberhausen and one in Hamburg. Then the band will go on to visit Scandinavia, Russia, France and Spain. The guys have said during recent interviews that they’d also like to visit the U.S. again in 2010, but no definite plans have been set yet.
Humanoid: The Same Word in German and English
The tour follows the release of the Tokio Hotel’s third album, Humanoid. Unlike other albums in which some, but not all of the songs were released in English, this album was a German/ English project from the get go, according to Billboard.com. Because the fan base was originally German, it was important to maintain the German-language aspect of it. However, because English is considered the international language of music, the band released the album in both languages.
Humanoid was released on October 6th in the U.S. Fans can find the album in a two-CD package at Best Buy, which features the German as well as the English versions of the album.
The songs are not a “one-to-one” translation, Bill said in the Billboard interview, but rather they touch on the same theme. The songs had to be viewed differently in translation.
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