TOKIO HOTEL ON FRONT PAGE OF LE PARISIEN

Tokio Hotel were on the front page of today’s issue of Le Parisien, the best-selling newspaper in France. The article debated whether or not this album will be successful, and if Tokio Hotel has already hit its peak of popularity.

Another French website, TV News, has info about TV shows that Tokio Hotel will be on in France. In early September the boys will be in France for 3 days for written press promo, and they will return in October to record their appearances on Le grand journal (Canal+), Sacrée soirée (TF1), and On n’est pas encore couché (France 2).

Tokio Hotel in the reconquest of teens

Idolized by young audiences two years ago, the German group returns with a new album. But is there still any ability to attract this generation of ephemeral passions?

Everything goes fast with teenagers: the clothes, fashions, friends, girlfriends. Adding idols. In new this season, will they have a little space on the walls of their room between two posters of “Twilight” or “High School Musical” for Tokio Hotel, the German group that had distraught an ephemeral generation two years ago.

Overflowing Bercy, fans camped outside the venues three days before the show, nearly one million records sold, products derived from T-shirt homework notebook, a renewed interest in German at the college . And then, nothing.

Until that announcement, a song sent to the radio stations on Friday morning: “Automatic”. Sorry…”Automatisch” the choice can be made between the german or english version. It will be the same case for the forthcoming album on October 5, “Humanoid”.

This is a first sign of the ambitions of Tokio Hotel, who intends to capitalize on their success in 2007-2008 to go try the Anglo-Saxon market. “Before they worked alone, said Guénaël Geay, global marketing manager of Polydor the french labelof the band. This time, they called for the biggest anglo-saxon professionals for the composition, the writing and the sound.

Indeed, we will find on this album the names of Guy Chambers, collaborator for Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, RedOne who takes part in the success of Lady Gaga, or Kara DioGuardi, who has hit the jackpot with Pink and Christina Aguilera.

“The band’s weight in gold today is a mystery” (Can also be, the band’s value today is a mystery)

Awesome guests on the paper. But the public is the one to invite to the party. The band’s weight in gold today is a mystery” admits Jean-Christophe Federici, editor of the monthly Star Club, leader of the youth press in France. Two years ago when we put Tokio Hotel on the cover, we sold 110 000 of our 120 000 copies.

Today, the fanmail for the group is divided by five. It is in a niche where the fame of artists is generally limited to two years. Most of those who want to age with their public have broken their teeth(in short they didn’t succed). We can note that with Lorie’s case.

“Only Robbie Williams has bounced back by denying in part his former boy band Take That. “And Justin Timberlake, added Guénaël Geay. He made in solo the same music he did with his band ‘N Sync but with better production. It is the same approach Tokio Hotel does with this new disc. ”

But some didn’t believe in them anymore. We Productions, which organized the group’s concerts in France since the beginning, no longer work with Tokio Hotel, chastened by the failure of the concert at Parc des Princes in June 2008 with 25 000 people, representing just over half the stadium capacity.

A scheduled date when the German blow was already beginning to fall. Currently, the group’s management relies on a new french agent for a future tour. “They already want to have several concerts at Bercy in 2010, when they weigh at best only one Zenith. It’s over. The kids are moved on, “says one producer.

In “Star Club”, the focus is still on the group, out of loyalty. ‘It will cover our next issue September 15, said Jean-Christophe Federici. Then wait to see how the album will be upheld.” Nothing is “Automatisch” anymore for Tokio Hotel.

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