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Friday 8 August 2014

top.de: Comeback of the cult band: What has driven Tokio Hotel for four years?

In recent years, the four boys from Magdeburg had disappeared… What did Bill, Tom, Gustav and Georg do during this time?

The single “Durch den Monsun” in July 2005 touched the heart of every girl and started a controversial topic of discussion - you either loved or hated Tokio Hotel. With their debut album “Schrei” began for the twin brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz (24) and their band mates Gustav Schäfer (25) and Georg Listing (27) a successful run through the charts. But in 2010 Tokio Hotel completely disappeared from the public scene. Four years later, their long-awaited fourth studio album will release. The news agency has investigated what the four Magdeburg have done from 2010 to today.

In fact, Bill and Tom Kaulitz moved to Los Angeles in 2010 to work - according to media reports - together on new songs. But instead of that, the brothers started performing in the world of fashion. Together among others, they appeared on the cover of Italian Men’s edition of “Vogue”, while Bill in Milan took his first steps as a catwalk model for the Canadian designer duo Dsquared2.

Also, they put animals welfare as one of their higher priorities, for the satisfaction of disappointed fans around the world. Bill and Tom were set for a PETA campaign in chains in November 2010. This protesting convinced the two vegetarians against circus animals. Privately, the twin brothers are big animal lovers: They share their luxury mansion in Los Angeles with several dogs, as we can see on Bill’s beloved Instagram account.

New start in India?

While the brothers were seen within the four years, at least from time to time in the media, it became quiet around drummer Gustav and bassist Georg. According to entries in fan forums, the residence of the two was an unsolved mystery. One time, it was saying Gustav and Georg were living in Magdeburg, another time it was reported they were also moving to California. While Gustav at least did a solo appearance by the Kurt Kroemer Show in 2011, it remained entirely quiet for Georg. Only since April 2014, he posts on his own Instagram Account stuff about his private life.

2013 finally seemed to be the year of Tokio Hotel’s comeback: Bill and Tom sit next cult juror Dieter Bohlen in the jury of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar“. There were rumours about a new album that would release in 2013. But they had different plans after DSDS: “Tom and I would like to go in India. We always have had the idea of us completely away from all the things that we have , like cars, house, pool,” said frontman Bill in an interview with RTL.

However, Tokio Hotel’s comeback is coming soon. In January, producer and band-discoverer Peter Hoffmann (60) talked with the magazine “Bunte”: “The band‘s fine. The album will come this year, and live concerts will follow once again.“. The band shows up on Twitter reunited - and Bill posted on Instagram that they are getting ready for a new video shoot, so we can really expect the new album for soon.

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