German identical twin brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz, 20, of the band Tokio Hotel are gracing the cover of GQ Germany for the February 2010 issue.
The picture of the iconic Kaulitz twin's cover shot hit the fan sites this past Saturday and there has been frenzy ever since. Bill Kaulitz in his top hat has been dubbed the new "Mad Hatter" among the fans while his brother, Tom, sticks to his usual extra large style with a slight high fashion edge underneath.
Non European fans have been cursing the place where they live as they rabidly search the internet looking for a place to buy this magazine. They also called up their European friends to see if they could get a favor, get the magazine shipped to them .
Today on the Tokio Hotel America fan club an administrator posted the link to the unsuspecting New York magazine store in Manhattan, Magazine Cafe!, that carries GQ Germany. That fortunate store's phones have been ringing off the hook all day and will be for quite while.
I personally called the store and talked to a man in customer service and he told me that if I were to order a copy today and fast that I would be on the "list". I didn't waste any time and placed an order for my copy. I called back with some concerns about packaging and I questioned further into this "list" business. He told me that all the people who were making their orders for this issue, that by the way wont even hit stands in
Germany until this Thursday, will be on the list of people who will get their magazines as soon as the store receives them from Germany.
I made conversation with the customer service rep about how their phones were constantly ringing. He said he had never seen something like this before. If I recall correctly the word he used to describe the fans that had been calling as "squeelly".
Yeah, if Tokio Hotel's fans are anything, they're loud.
The February issue of GQ Germany hits stands in Germany on the 14th. The American stores won't receive the issues for another 1-3 weeks following the debut.
If this event tells us anything it's that 2010 will be a Tokio Hotel year.
