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We met the brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz and Gustav Schäfer and Georg Listing, of Tokio Hotel to share their secrets on tour.

Hello, guys!Tell us what’s a typical day on the road .
Bill: We wake up around seven on the bus. When we get to the hotel I immediately go to my room and eat breakfast. I take a shower and change clothes. Then we all go the show venue for the soundcheck and interviews. After the show, we go back to the hotel, we pack and on the bus again to another city.

It is hard to sleep on the bus?
Georg: Yes, because we have to turn off the A/C. It gets very hot inside.

Which one of you snores?
Bill: Nobody... maybe Gustav!


Do you have a ritaul before your shows?
Bill: Half an hour before the show we get together in the green room. We’re very nervous.

What is the best way for fans to get your attention during a show?
Tom:I like when they have giant banners with cool sentences.

What is the funniest thing you ever read on a banner?
Bill:I received a marriage offer. There’s also a fan from Chicago who asked Tom to sign an autograph saying:”For the woman of my dreams”. She told him:”You don’t know yet but i’m the woman of your dreams”. It was very funny.

What is the best concert you attended?
Bill: I think it was the first i went to, it was Nena, a German singer*. It was the best show i ever seen! (translator note: This part is funny because in French the german singer part is written like Nena was a male! lolz)
Tom:For Georg, it would be without doubt David Hasselhoff!!! [Laughs]
Georg: Probably. Some of his shoes are really good. I like his dance moves more than his voice

Are you really fans of David Hasselhoff?
Georg: yes!
Tom: Not us, only Georg for real.

Did you have the pleasure to meet him?
Georg: not yet.
Tom: We hope that the opportunity will come.

And you Gustav, your favorite concert?
Gustav: I would say Metallica in 2006. The band played all their oldest songs and those more recent too. It was awesome!
Tom: I listen to a lot of German hip hop so you wouldn’t know about the artists.

Do you have fans from here who tried to write in German on their banners?
Bill: yes and sometimes, they speak it. Some sing Monsoon in German during our concerts. It’s really cool.

Do you do cover songs in you shows?
Bill: Non, we always play our own music, even when we started. I used to write the lyrics and Tom played guitar.

Would you like to record a song with another artist?
Tom: We are concentrating on our next album in German that we will also do in English. Maybe we will include some artists but nothing’s confirmed.

If you could chose anyone, who would you choose?
Bill: It’s a dream to tour with the Rolling Stones
Tom: For me, it would be with Aerosmith

How do you keep your energy on tour?
Bill: We’re always sleeping ou we watch DVDs...
Energy drinks help us too.

How do you pick up your concert outfits?
Bill: I always have 10 bags of clothes with me so it’s hard to choose. I usually pick up whatever’s on the top so i’m always wearing the same clothes.
Georg: And then the week after he turns his bag upside down and picks whatever’s on the top.

What do you miss the most from home?
Tom: my bed.
Georg: toilet paper!

They don’t provide you with toilet paper?
All: Yes they do!
Georg: But it is not the same thing.
Tom: In Germany, our toilet paper is very soft . Here in America you only have one ply when back home we have 10 or 20. It’s impossible to find here!