TOKIO HOTEL DISEÑA PARA H&M

End of the story. They won’t talk about this topic again. The boys from Tokio Hotel, citizens of Hamburg and idols of teenagers across the world, don’t want to be confronted with the agressive fan observations anymore. Manager David Jost said: “We belive that the stalking topic henceforth may be reconditioned solely by legal means.” But the successful musicians from Magdeburg, who won the Award for Best Newcomer in 2008 at the MTV Video Music Awards, don’t want to hide. Abendblatt found out that singer Bill and guitarist Tom Kaulitz (both 19), drummer Gustav Schäfer (20) and bassist Georg Listing (22) are participating in the new H & M campaign “Fashion Against AIDS”.

Here they are among the best (Musical-)Comapny. Internationally known artists like Katy Perry, Yoko Ono and burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, have designed T-shirts, bodysuits, jersey dresses and tops, whose profits benefit AIDS projects. The sale begins on the 28th of May. “The designers recall the 80s look through white, bright and graffiti-inspired prints. The girls wear those to short skirts or washed jeans,” says H & M’s chief designer Ann-Sofie Johannson. “Guys look best with Chinos or colored jeans.” Flashback: It was the night on April 16th when there was a confrontation between Tokio Hotel Guitarist Tom Kaulitz and an obtrusive fan. The 21-year-old got wounded in the face. She had told the police that she recognized Tom Kaulitz, and that she wanted to take a picture of him. Then the guitarist threw a lit cigarette at her, which she expressed against the wheel of his car. According to the victim, the encounter ended in a brawl.

But what followed was a sort of “cry for help” of the band. For months, aggressive fans follow the successful musicians, who stormed the charts with hits like “Durch den Monsun”, told their manager the German Press Agency. “These girls are not masked fans, they are militant stalkers. That has nothing to do with Fan-Love anymore,” says David Jost. Supposedly a French group called “Les Afghans on tour” are already known for their attacks against the band. “They followed the boys and their families for months, therefore, the change of their permanent residence.”

INFO: http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2009/05/02/1144227.html