MTV- World Cup Of Rock

The World Cup Of Rock: MTV News' Global Challenge Begins Friday!

In the spirit of our March Madness competition, we pit rock bands against each other -- fans decide who wins!

Every four years, the international community comes together to decide which nation has the most dominant soccer team (or football team, provided that you live anywhere but the United States). The 2010 FIFA World Cup is upon us, and the first matches start in earnest on Friday.

Coincidentally, that's also the day that will see the launch of the 2010 MTV World Cup of Rock tournament. Just as we did with our very popular Musical March Madness matchup, we've taken a huge sporting event and translated it to the music world. And once again, it's up to you the readers to decide which country rocks hardest and best.

The 16 countries that qualified for the World Cup of Rock are grouped into four groups of four teams each. Play will begin on Friday with a matchup between the first two teams, and every day will see a different matchup. Once each team has played the others in its group, the two top seeds from each group will qualify for the bracketed tournament. From there, it's single elimination until one nation is left standing.

Each country will be represented by a contingent of particular artists, but you should consider any group from that particular country eligible for play. The goal of the tournament is to decide just which country rocks hardest and best.

There will be one match every day, with the winners decided by your votes on the MTV Newsroom Blog. Tiebreakers will be decided by the most votes cast for each individual country, so vote for your favorite early and often.

Let's meet the teams!

Group A

France: The French won the World Cup in 1998 and they have another strong chance to score big this year. In order to advance in the World Cup of Rock, they'll have to rely on the likes of Phoenix, Daft Punk, Air and a bevy of better-than-you-think-they-are French hip-hop MCs.

Mexico: The Mexican team has everything: veteran leadership in Carlos Santana, youthful energy from Kinky and an air of big-game cool from Plastilina Mosh.

Nigeria: Powered by Afrobeat (first birthed by the late Fela Kuti and heard everywhere from Talking Heads to Kanye West), these plucky underdogs are capable of anything.

Uruguay: The small South American powerhouse has won two World Cups (including the very first one in 1930) and could be a surprising dark horse this time around. Their representation in the World Cup of Rock essentially consists of one person — Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta — but he's a pretty great guy to have on your front line.

Group B

England: The English do a few things exceptionally well, with soccer and rock just behind drinking and reality television. With Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Muse and Radiohead leading the way, it should be able to assert its dominance early and often.

South Africa: The host nation doesn't have the strongest soccer team but it does have a solid batch of musical representatives, including arena hippie Dave Matthews, prog icon Manfred Mann and tongue-twisting rapper Jean Grae.

South Korea: Though it doesn't have a great shot at the Cup, South Korea has a secret weapon in the World Cup of Rock: His name is Rain (a.k.a. MTV Movie Awards B, and he is a one man dynamo.

United States of America: Easily the favorite, considering that it basically invented rock and roll, and with any number of massive international superstars at its disposal — including the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters and 75 percent of Metallica — there's no reason it shouldn't run the table.

Group C

Brazil: The Brazilian soccer team has won more World Cups than any other nation, and they've done it with varied attacks and dynamic stars. Their World Cup of Rock contingent is similarly eclectic and flashy, with the likes of legendary psychedelic rockers Os Mutantes, manic dance troupe CSS and the savagery of Max Cavalera, the man responsible for Sepultura and Soulfly.

Germany: The three-time champions (and seven-time finalists) are one of the favorites to take home the World Cup, and their band contingent is lead by one of the strongest front lines in all of music: Tokio Hotel. But will goalkeeper David Hasselhoff be able to lead them to victory?

Japan: Unorthodoxy is definitely the order of the day for their musical representatives, with metal mavens Dir en Grey, pop sensation Utada, punk veterans Shonen Knife and sugary power poppers Puffy AmiYumi leading the way.

Spain: The perfect blend of past and future, the Spanish contingent has a powerful figurehead in Julio Iglesias (who actually played professional soccer before becoming a pop star) and bright young stars in Alejandro Sanz, Enrique Iglesias and David Bisbal.

Group D

Argentina: They're one of the odds-on favorites to take home the Cup this year, but they are underdogs in the World Cup of Rock.

Australia: The soccer team is called the Socceroos, but the Rockaroos (clever, huh?) should bulldoze the competition with powerhouses like AC/DC, Wolfmother and Jet.

Denmark: Denmark's soccer team plays a pretty loose game, and so do their rock bands. How do you prepare for Mew, the Raveonettes and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich all at the same time?

Italy: Italy won the World Cup in 2006, besting France in one of the most memorable finals in history. Can a team of mostly hard-edged groups like Lacuna Coil and Starf---ers lead them to victory in the World Cup of Rock?

Remember, the matchups start on Friday at the MTV Newsroom Blog. So enjoy all of the soccer action for the next month and get behind your favorite team in the World Cup of Rock.



Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1641284/20100610/story.jhtml

Tokio Hotel Answer Your Questions! (Part 8) [HQ]

 

Jun 9 - Mediacorp Channel 5 - Entertainment on 5

June 8 - Funswant #24 (TW) - Evoluting your hearing

Funswant #24 (TW) - German super band, evoluting your hearing


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Articles - Google translation

Tokio Hotel Germany-day mission. Evolution of hearing

Tokio Hotel Interview

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Translation: THUS
We know that many fans are anxious when they are mixed with the screaming face to say: “Tokio Hotel, I Love You!!” The fact that we have for you readers to interview them in person. Taking photographs, the interview, to the conclusion that, Tokio Hotel really the commander to the dregs! Tokio Hotel is easy to understand you will become even of the most successful German rock symbols.

Q: Welcome to Taiwan, is pleased to readers for the majority of your interview. For a long time, compared with Taiwan, Germany’s diversified development are fully reflected in each different field of music, can tell us about the status of the German pop music, play the young bands how to find way out?

A: Oh, the young band to play in Germany to find a good way you want very high degree of difficulty. All along, the German music charts are mostly foreign music (mainly American performers) of the world, so almost no chance to speak out younger bands. Have to be a rare favorable factors, have the opportunity of fame. It is worth mentioning that, in fact, the German band has been very difficult to export to other countries.

Q: TH has become a big band music, is usually how to write and compile the program? Model of cooperation between members is?

A: Oh, the orchestra with four individuals living in northern Germany, the creation of communication with one simple. Orchestra works with lyrics mostly by the Bill To m to create, and then directly in the home studio to write. It is probably like this.

Q: Of course, you now do not have to bother looking for the audience, but did it? Can chat with us, had performances in the East German town of Magdeburg things?

A: first, we are scheduled to perform every weekend. At that time a very young age, so rather enjoy the music for the working life. Importantly, away from teachers and parents, then they can only make some small money, although small but still very special life.

Q: You grew up in popular culture where it seems difficult to flow. You use music from there, and become the players gave more cheer for all sharp bands, along the way it is most difficult?

A: ah, start slowly became famous, the biggest problem is very simple, it is difficult to have their own private life. You can not freely enjoy the normal life, like go shopping in the shopping fun. Another ah, most of the time was living in the orchestra world miles, in order to perform or promote, keep moving in mobile, personal leisure time changed very little.

Q: On the group name, from the Black Question Mark to Devilish, later changed to Tokio Hotel, Can talk with us this

A: Ha ha, really funny, even the Black Question Mark that you seven when we take the group were all know! In fact, time is also small, and not to think too much, checking the dictionary later, that “black question mark” very good to get to when the group name. After thirty performances more often than before, felt the need for more names, then four before finally set up a band that needs a serious name to group name was changed to Devilish. Group name and then later into Tokyo hotel, a big reason is because we like the city Tokyo, and often lived in hotels for performances inside, so put into the current group name Tokio Hotel was.

Q: Performing all over the world, for which the local fans in a concert or what particularly impressed? Act like the fans feel the passion or the day? Why?

A: Really, most of the performances of the places where the audience is very enthusiastic, have flattered us. If you want to say what impressed fans, is touring in Europe, a group of diehard fans will appear in different countries and regions every concert, and they have a fixed position in the first row there. Let’s impressive group of fans, so we are very impressed.

Q: Have had so much stage experience, when you have happened on the stage even (should be labeled as very wrong indeed) What an embarrassing experience?

A: Haha, a lot of embarrassing experience ah. Before a concert, did not take long until I walk in the aisle stage performances, accidentally fell off the stage singing and singing went on. Another time in a small local stage, Kai Chang, site preparation hardware is not very perfect, the stage of the aisle have taken place in the audience something to crack wounded. There is also an outdoor concert in France performing, Bill climbed a few meters of the metal framework on performance, not careful, also fell off. Live performances of such big and small things really find many of the embarrassment …

Q: Besides music, talk about your other interests or hobbies?

A: Because most of the time booked of work, so have time, almost to sleep. Basically we are lazy pull, normal sleep is not enough free time to sleep really is. The other time? Because we all live together, so will nest together to buy a lot of DVD movies, of course, a lot of time or used to create pull. Oh, Tom has a very good car, he liked to drive fast in Germany, when the highway is no general speed limit, Tom’s interest is the whirlwind Express.

Q: If you can tell a person at all times (or group) cooperation for anything, you will choose with whom to do anything?

A: AEROSMITH (Aerosmith)

Gorgeous rock soul – See the end of the former, never stopped

Germany’s most watched in 20 years a new generation of rock and roll days of group “Tokio Hotel” across half the globe log in Taiwan! Smoke illusory dream of low voice laden with explosive acceleration of gravity red rock energy, just four years in Europe set off a downpour of gorgeous atmosphere to burn the world stage. Get your AKG (Austria-known brand) headphones, indulging in the linger in the finish on the experience with the new generation of silent screaming it!

As the past 20 years representative of the German band to enter the world Humanoid, Tokio Hotel write down more than 10 platinum sales record, there are four championship singles, sellout concert tour in Europe, while also elected 200 8 MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Artist. The process of recording this album Tokio Hotel continually challenge update, more experimental possibilities. Album and Paul, Miami and Los Angeles local recording. Always love to taunt his brother Tom said with a smile: “Bill, grown doubled everyone crazy, some do not have to do something, even if we do the songs have never been done. In addition, we have no any restrictions, and also tried a lot of new instruments. ”

Humanoid do more than the previous electronic vocal music. The first single “Automatic” to be explored, each person facing the emotional and the relationship between convenience of life. Bill asked: “Imagine how many daily life things happen automatically? Automatic doors will automatically open, the car will automatically shift, the camera will automatically focus, these things are very easy sounds good. But When these mechanical automation on human relationships (such as emotional) on, this sounds good either a. Love must be from the heart, sincere, can not be the automatic response to cold and cold. “This is the reason for their pleasing.

Humanoid still single-handedly boosted the careers of Tokio Hotel’s behind the ultimate mastermind David Jost Trader. By synthesizer adjuvant, Tokio Hotel with the pure blood of rock and declared the new generation of young advocates, has repeatedly pulling and no borders extroverted uninhibited musical energy, a highly threatened group of different people on this birth!

The rise of the legendary town in Germany
Tokio Hotel’s story Lebby I (Leipzig) began about two months before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the twins Tom and Bi ll in the September 1, 1989 was born. Because the relationship between stepfather contact with music, childhood on the very idea of Tom and Bill, with their own efforts, not only in the Magdeburg area also came to prominence in the past. Universal Music Germany, sharp-eyed attention to their talent, when listening to their audition with, immediately signed for the artistes. Tokio Hotel are also expectations of a German 20 years of the most successful artists.

Step by step towards the dream of the channel
Debut album “Schrei” within a few months after release, other European countries began to notice the band. November 2007 awards ceremony in Munich to perform, but also received the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards Best International Artist Award! Toki o Hotel 2008 年 9 月 the U.S. MTV Video Music Awards Best New Artist award. Naturalization after Universal Music, Devilish officially changed its name to Tokio Hotel, though the name Tokio Hotel band members, but in fact has not been to Tokyo. Use “Tokio” is simply because “it sounds cool than all the German cities,” jokes guitarist Tom said: “If called Berlin hotels, may not sound very Latin America today?”

Branched out into the fashion world queer twins
Tom and Bill from an early age have a natural fashion on the dress sense of smell, compared with his brother Tom’s hip-hop dress, Bill is more avant-garde daring style has attracted the attention of the fashion industry, which is not only to board the legendary twins fashion magazine GQ German edition cover also invited to participate in Ds quared designers with the twins again this year’s show in Milan Fashion Week show. Exaggerated hairstyles and cool eye shadow as a registered trademark of the lead singer Bill, gave more Dsquar ed walking down the catwalk debut. For the love of designer fashion brothers one to praise the Great 卡尔拉格菲 (Karl Lagerfeld), Bill praised Lagerfeld is a creative genius.

Tour final stop in Asia – Taiwan
Most of Taiwan’s western music market dominated by Anglo-American singers, but over the past few years, Germany’s Tokio Hotel, under almost no publicity, surprisingly accumulated a lot of fans, there fans take the initiative to set up a blog for the idol. Tokio Hotel at 5 / 2, the evening arrived in Taiwan, which caused a sensation at the airport, hitting the airport in recent years, one group of Western record. Send “twins” and other snacks and fabric sheets have different taste in Taiwan, but also has a gift as the significance of this, but diehard fans of Taiwan also recorded a video should be assistance for Tokio Hotel deeply impressed by the enthusiasm of the people of Taiwan!

Activities – To Tokio Hotel
Of course, we know the fans are all envy us closer to Tokio Hotel, after all, they really handsome to the dregs. Not forgetting of course FunsWant team, we do not look for the readers interests. As long as you write your letter, this month’s favorite Tokio Hotel (Humanoid) album songs, have the opportunity to get their last remaining poster. Looking forward to see Tokio Hotel on a bed feeling it? Quick answer us.

Tokio Hotel Answer Your Questions! (Part 7) [HQ]

Kids' Choice Awards 2010 (Mexico)

Nominate "World behind my wall" as "Song Of the Year".!!

Steps to vote

- This is the link: http://www.mundonick.com/concursos/m...questid=140883
- You have to vote every category,and click on "Continuar" to go on.Until you see "Canción del año" (=Song of the Year),now you can choose "World Behind My Wall".
- To validate your vote you have to insert your Name(Nombre Completo),City(Ciudad),Age(Edad) and Email address at the end of categories.

Brilliant Stages Tour Europe with Tokio Hotel -April 23-

Unleashing their third studio album, Humanoid, Germany’s biggest rock band, Tokio Hotel, is currently embarked on a mammoth tour visiting over 30 cities throughout Europe. Touring with them, under the guidance of Production Manager, Phil Broad, is a set built by UK-based Brilliant Stages.

As Germany’s most successful band ever, with credits including Germany’s first ever Moonman, MTV VMA for Best New Artist and EMAs in both 2008 and 2009, the Welcome to the Humanoid City tour is the biggest show this multi-award winning band have ever produced.

Brilliant Stages took the set designed by Misty Buckley and turned it into a full on touring show.

    

“This was the first time I have worked directly with Brilliant Stages and they were absolutely amazing,” says Buckley. “Tony Bowern and Mel Welch were so accommodating and understanding of what I was trying to achieve. They were happy to spend time discussing my design and were excellent on delivery. I was also lucky to have Malcolm Birkett to realise my design and help make the transition from design to stage a comfortable one.

“The process of taking my design from sketches to model construction was a very collaborative process in which I could take advantage of Brilliant Stages super-technological abilities. Brilliant Stages meanwhile were very open to any changes that occurred during development and, since Mel Welch and I both speak a common CAD language, we were able to communicate and develop the ideas on this level.

“Brilliant Stages give you real respect as a designer and nothing is ever a problem for them.”

The result is a set that lives up to Tokio Hotel’s well-deserved reputation for delivering spectacular live shows.

The centre piece is a giant, 6m high, metallic sphere, or Pod, with a crenellated split around its equator. The Pod breaks open around this split to allow the top half to elevate above the stage and reveal the drum riser. The top and bottom halves of the Pod are each formed from 16 faceted panels. Each panel is covered in an aluminium Expamet mesh laid onto a profiled backing, with a slotted detail which allows Lighting /Video Designer, Dave Maxwell, to back light with stunning results.

Seven of the lower panels are hydraulically operated to open out like the segments of an orange, revealing the band as they make their entrance onto stage. In the centre of the Pod is the drummer on the drum riser which can be raised 3.2m into the air by a pair of scissor lifts to the mid point of the Pod. At this level the drum riser meets an upstage semi circular walkway, flanked by safety barriers, from which, by means of two flown bridges, the performers can access upstage ego platforms to stage left and right. The bridges were also constructed to take the extra weight of a number of moving lights.

The Pod presides over a main stage measuring 23m x 8.5m which incorporates custom built tech bunkers complete with the, now-standard, Brilliant Stages’ louvre viewing grills giving sight lines onto stage. Set within the main stage are a lift at centre stage and a piano lift on stage left, while the downstage edge is finished with Neaco grill decks. Incorporated into the grills are pyrotechnics from ffp Spezialeffekte & Veranstaltungslogistik GmbH which sit abreast of a set of central stairs leading down to a catwalk stretching 7m into the audience.

Finally, the set was given an urban Gothic scenic finish by Perry Scenic.

“I found the entire design-to-construction process very straightforward,” says Phil Broad. “The team at Brilliant made every effort to ensure we had exactly what we wanted, and were very amenable to all the last minute small changes that always occur. In the end the set looked exactly like the model. As always it was a pleasure to work with them.”

“I found the whole experience really fluid,” adds Buckley. “Brilliant Stages were very supportive to the creative concept, which is exactly what you want. As a designer one is continually working towards bigger dreams and my experience with Brilliant Stages has inspired me towards better and better things. I’ve been really lucky to work with them and would do so again at the drop of a hat!”

Photos: Misty Buckley

Source: 
http://www.techietalk.co.uk/news/brilliant-stages-tour-europe-tokio-hotel/

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Play #146 (TW) - Humanoid: Tokio Hotel

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Humanoid – Tokio Hotel




Although they were only 16 years old on average when debuted, they had already won an Echo Award for Best New Comer, which is the highest honour of the German music circle, in a short period of time. Tokio Hotel is formed by Visual Vocal Bill Kaulitz, Hip Hop Guitarist Tom who has dreadlocks and is the elder twin, Bassist Georg Listing and drummer Gustav Schaefer. Since they debuted, they have got 3 NO.1 albums, 4 NO.1 singles, 10 platinum records and 40 different awards from various countries including “Best New Comer” of VMA 2008 and “Best Band” of the European Music Awards 2009. They are very popular, a hundred percent! This is their first time to visit Taiwan, they will occupy your vision and raid your hearing.

P: Did you google “Taiwan” before you came?

TH: Not really (laughter). This is the first time of us to visit Asia and we think this place is very mysterious. We come from another part of the world so we felt really warm when we knew that we had so many fans here.

P: Have you ever listened to any music of Taiwan singers?

TH: No, we still haven’t had this chance but we do want to know more about the kinds of music that Taiwan people are listening to.

P: What is the first Chinese word that you learnt?

TH: Our band name “Tokio Hotel”. On the press conference, there were children who wore shirts with our band name on them and the host told us about it. Ha, those children are really cute! (the editor: those 4 children, good job! If anyone has photos of them please provide them to us.)

P: What is your first impression of Taiwan fans?

TH: We don’t think they are crazy, but they are beautiful (Woahh). We saw a lot of fans welcoming us at the airport and they had made some posters with German on them. There were also fans who drew portraits of us which was very touching. Taiwan fans always follow the rules and are polite, we think that they are one of the best group of our fans. (Is it true?)

P: Why are you so obsessed with Tokyo?

TH: We came from a small town of Germany so we always want to see the outside world. We knew there was a city called “Tokyo” when we were small and it sounded like it had many amazing stuff there. Although we still haven’t been to Tokyo, we hope we can have this chance soon so we can perform for our fans there.

P: Please list your favourite top 5 hotels.

TH: The ones that we have deepest impressions are the hotels in Madrid, Moscow, Paris and Berlin. Of course the Taiwan hotel that we are staying in is great too! (editor: graceful answer.)

P: When did you start to be vegetarians?

TH: We can’t remember, but the reason is very simple that we don’t want to kill animals. We humans should not take away animals’ lives because of our desires and nothing bad would happen even if we didn’t eat meat! (laughter)

P: You have 4 dogs, Do you mind telling us their names? Could you share their photos with us? Who is responsible for taking care of them when you are on tour?

TH: Sorry we can’t tell their names as this is our little secret(laughter). Our parents are also dog lovers so they will take care of our dogs when we are not at home. We have to thank them! (laughter)

P: Have you ever think of having other jobs besides singers and rock stars? Such as a professional make up artist?

TH: Frankly I have never thought about it because we were a band when we were small and it feels like we are always doing things related to music. I never think of others job like policeman or fireman, music is the most important thing to us.

P: Lastly, can you use the songs in your new album <> to describe yourselves?

TH: It is very hard to use the songs to describe our looks or feelings because every song is about different aspect and they are like our kids. I don’t have a favourite one but if I must choose one, I will choose “Automatic” because this song tells about the advanced technologies and their impacts on human relationships.