Feb 2016 EditionCover image from FOX

36TD:The FullScoop

Also Featuring:

* How To Be Like Rocky

* R5's London Concert

* Carl The Toilet

* Rourtney Fanfiction

* and more!

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Table ofContents

4. Real or Rumor?

5. Highlighted Singer

6. The London Concert

15. 36TD: The Band

That Should Have Been

22. Rydellington IG

Interview

24. Carl The Toilet

26. How To Be Like

Rocky

30. Let Love In ­ a

fanfic

35. How Well Do You

Know R5 Songs?

36. Fashion

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In this photo of R5 (minus Ellington because he was tired) were eating lunch in Australia. Fans on Instagram thought that Ross was smoking in this photo but this is a RUMOR. There is no cigarette in his hand it 's just the way he is posed in the photo.

Ross caught smoking on camera?

Ross is crying in this photo? The R5Family have always been worried about Ross, but when he posted this people said he was crying. This is a RUMOR. In the photo, he isn't crying, but he does look upset or thinking about something with his dad Mark.

Courtney is modeling for Forever 21?Courtney Eaton, Ross' girlf riend, is now modeling for Forever 21! This is REAL! She was in a photo shoot with photographer Zoey Grossman who's worked with Justin Bieber and Victoria Secret Model Taylor Hill. From Mad Max: Fury Road to being a model for the global retailer, Courtney has had a successful career without the help of Ross. Keep doing what you are doing.

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Top Cover Songs

1. Did You Have Your Fun?

2. Dark Side

3. What Do I Have to Do

4. I Can't Say I'm Love

5. HMUOY

6. Lego House

7. One

8. Die Trying

9. Don't

10. What Do You Mean?

R5Family, I think we found an amazing singer who sings nothing but R5 songs! Mickey has been covering the band ever since last year when he covered "What Do I Have to Do?" Fans love his guitar playing and down-to-Earth personalilty saying that they want "more R5 covers!" My favorite cover of his is "Did You Have Your Fun?" His incredible range shines through the song as he strums his guitar. The runs that he does with each song is as smooth as butter. Mickey is only 12 or 13, but this dude has a lot of potential. His guitar playing isn't the greatest in the world, but whenever I watch a video of his he gives it his all. I hope Mickey continues to cover songs and writes his own songs.

Mickey's LinksTwitter: https:/ / twitter.com/MichalLitvak

YouTube: https:/ /www.youtube.com/channel/UCU-5UJjGmho2WD3o_NlCw9A/ featured

The LondonConcert

13.10.15

by Ellie

This photo retrieved fromR5Rocks.com

This concert experience was originally published on Wattpad and has beenedited and republished with permission by the original author.This is a true story.

Okay, omg, so basically we got tothe venue around 12:30 with ourMcDonald's, hah. Then we sawNeve, Lucy and Jess and spoke tothem. Then we went to the end ofthe queue (it wasn't that long whenwe got there, to be honest) and Livand Olivia turned up just after sowe stayed with them. At like 1:30or something my mam rung meand was like, 'Mark and Andre arein this cafe we're in, the one at theend of the street' so i s*** my pants(not literally) but me, Chenise andRia went down. With our tin foilwrapped around us still, we lookedlike right idiots walking in but Ididn't really care.

So we sat with my mam andstepdad, and Andre and Mark weresitting right next to them butopposite. My mam wouldn't stopsinging Dark Side and I was like,"Okay, shut up, you'reembarrassing," but she didn't givea s***. Anyway, when my mam andstepdad left, we stayed becauseRia was eating.

We asked Mark for selfies and hewas like, "With who?" We go, "Withyou," and he was like, "Of course!"So, yes, we got selfies with mydaddy.  <33 Andre pissed off butwhatever.

So then we went back to the lineand stayed there for a bit. Later onat like 3ish, we went to the loo inR5's hotel (Oops) and when wecame out Rydel and Ell were takingselfies with people and I absolutelystarted to shake. We got a fewgroup selfies (me, Jess, Ria, Livvy,Lucy and Freya) with them andthey were so cute. I couldn't fitanywhere so I went to the backnext to Rydel and she was like,"Am I too tall? Can you see?" andthen she crouched down and wetook selfies and she smelled sogood.

Then she was like, "Well, we gottago get ready for press now, so we'llsee you later," and I was like,"LOL, more like Netflix and chill!But okay, whatever!"

Chenise wanted to go see if any ofthe boys were in the same place.She went to the loo and theyweren't there, but we met Stormieand mark again. Chenise got aselfie with Stormie, but I didn'tbecause Mark was hurrying sothey couldn't really stop, butStormie, being Stormie, agreedand I love her lots.

Around 5 or just after, they let us inand I was getting really excited butalso felt like crying because I wasabout to tell Ross the thing andgive him his letter and just seethem again (and omfg). When wegot closer to the front of the M&Gline, Chenise was like, "OMF I cansee Rydellington," and I was like,"Can you see Ross? I wanna seewhat he's wearing." She couldn't,but oh well. We got closer and Isaw him and started crying a bitand I was like, "Ellie, calm yours***. It's just Austin Moon. No bigdeal."

When it was my turn to meet them,I put Ross' gift bag down and I hadto tell Andre it was for Rylandbecause we should've been puttingstuff in the box, but I wanted to tryto give it to Ross during 

soundcheck, so I kept it. However,I did have his letter to give to himat M&G.

I hugged Rydellington first andliterally nearly knocked them over; Iwas so happy to see them again. Itold them I love them and theywere all smiley and cute (by theway, they were play fighting andstuff whilst we were waiting to meetthem). I then looked over at Rossand I ran and hugged him so tightand he hugged me tighter. I justmelted, and I was already nearlycrying.

He was like, "Hi, how are you?"and I said, "Fine, thank you," andthen I showed him the letter andwas like, "This is for you.' He said,"For me? This is for me?" I noddedand was like, "Yeah, please justread it." I was going to tell him whatI had to, but I was nearly cryingand didn't want to cry properly, so Isort of started to say it, but Istopped myself.

Anyway, I then hugged Riker, whowas like, "Hi, how you doing?" Isaid I was fine and that I love him.Then I hugged Rocky and fkdjkdkds***, my dad is just bae. I asked 

how he was and stuff and he waslike "Yeah, you?" and I told him Iwas good. He smiled and then Iasked if we could have a smileygroup hug and they were like,"Yeah sure!"

I walked in between Ross andRydel. I said to ross, "Can I hugyou and hold your hand?" He waslike, "Oh, hold my hand?...Okay."

So yeah, lol, we took that photo.Then Chenise came and we tookour line group hug thing and weweren't in the right order, but it'sokay because they all basicallysmiled with teeth, and we wereboth so happy with that.

So after the M&G, we hadsoundcheck. Ross had donuts andhe was eating them and they sangSex on Fire (it was the s***) andthen Rydel and Riker left. I don'tknow where they went, but Ell,Ross and Rocky jammed for us.They're cute.

We had Ryland's M&G, so we wentbackstage with him and had pizzaand talked for a bit. He wasguessing our ages and thought Iwas 15 to 18 and I was like, "No, 

13," and he was like, "Wow!" It washilarious. Then, when he took usonstage, I tripped and nearly fell,and my friends told me he mockedme. :///

The concert started and Ross keptlooking at me (and I love himfjsjdk). They all slayed: Rydel wasamazing, so was You and I. I can'treally explain it. I kept crying andthey just looked so happy. Theywould all stop and look around thevenue and look up, Rylandincluded, and I'm so proud of them.

I'm not gonna describe each songbecause we'll be here forever.Basically, the whole concert wasamazing. It was so loud and wejust had a party. I loved eachsecond, and I would do anything togo back.

If you're in England and haven'tbeen to a London show yet, I totallyrecommend it. 3/4 of my showshave been in London and each onehas been great. Tuesday'sdefinitely the best, though. ;)

When the concert finished, theycame into the crowd. Rocky cameso close, but I couldn't grab him. 

But then Ross came right in front ofus and I grabbed his hand and heheld it for 5 seconds.

Somehow, after they'd left thestage, I was pushed right to Ross'mike...at the wrong time, but hey.

We rushed outside to see if theywere coming out, but we had toleave after like an hour becausemy mam made me. It suckedbecause they came out atmidnight, apparently, and we left atlike 11:20.

On Wednesday morning, I woke upwith Chenise. My friend Tiffanie onTwitter had found my M&G photoand she had tweeted it. I cried sohard and omg. So then we gotthem properly: mine alone, mineand Chenise's and then hers alone(someone was selling an M&G forcheaper so we got it because we'dwanted a photo together for ages).

We had breakfast with my mamand stepdad. Then we got back toour room just before 10 and wesaw on Twitter that Ryland had justbeen spotted, so we freaked out.Straight away we rung my mambecause they were in a different 

room than us. Then we left, and Iswear I've never run so fast acrossroads (we were in London and itwas busy; I thought I was gonnadie). We saw their bus and Ifreaked again and we ran faster. Iwas so out of breath, but then wegot to just before where the roadcrossed by the venue.

Chenise was like, "Ellie, it's Ross!"

I swear I started to cry again. Myheart was pounding. I never ran sofast, but he wasn't allowed to stopsince everyone was already on thebus. But I did see him and I was sohappy.

We watched the bus leave and Icried again. Then we went back tothe hotel and I cried to my mambecause I saw Ross.

That's it. Basically. I miss R5, but itwas the best night of my life.

All images in this

feature contributed by

Ellie.

36TD:

The Band That Should Have Been

by Tamara"So how many times

have you guys

auditioned?"

The two boys sitting next

to him stopped twiddling

their thumbs to look up

at him.

"Three," confessed Nick,

a character played by

Curt Mega.

The camera panned to Riker Lynch's character, Jeff, who looked even more

embarrassed. "Six."

The two characters never spoke again.

The show was Glee, one of the most popular musical American series to ever

grace television screens. The episode? Season 2, Episode 9: "Special Education".

This wasn't the first time Riker appeared

in his role on Glee, but it was the first

and last time he or Curt had actual

speaking roles. Perhaps this wasn't

especially surprising; after all, they were

just small parts of a large glee club that

rivaled that of the main characters. But

still, it spurred on not only the R5 Family

but the fanbase of the other three

members of 36TD.

So what exactly is 36TD? To know, one

needs only to look at the name itself. "3"

and "6" refer to Curt Mega's and Riker

Lynch's lines. "T" and "D" refer to the

first initials of Titus Makin and Dominic

Barnes. These four dudes made up the

little Warbler subgroup that, if only for a

few moments, took the world by storm.

The four members have

performed various covers and

have participated in interviews

together. They have been

encouraged to start a band

multiple times, but that never

happened: Riker was busy

with R5, of course, and the

other three had their own

careers to focus on. That being

said, they did perform together

multiple times, singing covers

of hit songs and participating in

plenty of interviews together.

They even earned the

nickname "Wrong Direction",

an obvious spoof name of One

Direction.

R5 Family member Zoe

(@zoeheartsR5 on Twitter)

came to share her story.

"My friend and I would always

go to each other's places," she

shared. "And [we'd] watch

Glee episodes with Riker in

them and then we'd search his

name to see what would pop

up." It was then, Zoe revealed,

that the two of them

discovered the group.

Zoe's reasons for enjoying 36TD's videos are shared by many. "I liked Glee and

I also love to support Riker and the things he does."

Zoe's favorite covers by 36TD were the ones for "Everybody Talks" (originally

by Neon Trees) and "Glad You Came" (originally by The Wanted). You can

check out the links to both these articles at the end of this feature.

Unfortunately, the foursome didn't stick around forever. Each of the members

had their own careers to think about, whether this meant acting, singing,

producing, writing, or playing the bass guitar. These individual dreams are

understandable; after all, if Riker had prioritized 36TD, then we probably

wouldn't be seeing much of R5. As Zoe shares, she didn't entirely want 36TD to

become an official band, "because I wanted to see how far R5 could get."

As Curt, Riker, Titus, and Dom pursued their own interests, the group's videos

and online activity started to dwindle. "Whenever they stopped uploading, I just

didn't watch anymore," Zoe confessed.

Even as the four went

their separate ways, they

kept in touch and stayed

as great friends.

Curt went on to start his

own web show called

"Buffering" (about a guy 

 who started a web show). Eventually, Dom made his way to the show to play

the role of "Darren's cousin" and became a regular cast member. 2/4 members

were working together again, making people laugh.

Then, on the fifth episode,

something awesome happened:

Riker and Titus became guest stars.

This moment was exciting for

everyone, and reunion photos were

taken galore. Twitter blew up.

The episode was a particularly wild

one. To grasp the full thrill, one

really needs to watch the series

(which won't take very long; there

are only five 7­20­minute episodes

and one 50­minute finale). Without

giving anything huge away, though,

it involves spy music, poor

plumbing, strawberries, Quidditch,

and Riker cussing.

youtu.be/B4dMqGz1UL0 ­ 36TD performing "Everybody Talks"

youtu.be/JXbTYM1ynL0 ­ 36TD performing "Glad You Came"

youtu.be/1ozbHxLVxwY ­ A 36TD interview

youtu.be/UblJdGyvkDg ­ 36TD performing "My Girl"

youtu.be/e2jv_zt2c8s ­ Episode 1 of Buffering (starring Curt.

Keep watching, and the other members will trickle in)

To really understand the excitement that is 36TD,

one needs only to watch a few of their videos on

YouTube. Here are a few examples:

Photos: Official Buffering YouTube, Glee (FOX), rikerr5 on Instagram, Eric Caroll Photography, Matthew

Mitchell Photography, Stephanie Walsh on YouTube, mdbaldo on YouTube.

Meet Carl the ToiletWritten by: Elise

As a family we have seen so many funny twitter accounts such as Ross' Ascot, Riker's Glasses, and Ellington's annoyed dog, but nothing is better than "Carl the Toliet. Carl is R5's personal toilet that is in their house and know everything about the band and I mean EVERYTHING. The Twitter account has over 4,000 followers and has almost 50,000 tweets. When entering the R5 Family a right of passage is to follow Carl for up to date incite on the band. You may be thinking is this toilet real? Does the account actually know about R5? Well no, but the owner has thought about what it would be like for R5's toilet to "live" with R5. In this Q&A, the owner speaks about the account, her ideas and what it is l ike to be "Carl the Toilet."

Photos from @sassytoilet on Twitter

Q&AE: So I'm just gonna ask you some questions about yourself . So what's it l ike being Carl The Toilet?

CTT: Overwhelming, but fun. My mentions are always blown up, but everyone is so nice to me and I can't thank my followers enough for the continued support I get on a daily basis. It 's crazy and I honestly don't deserve it.

E: Yes you do! You deserve it! If you were not "R5's Toilet" what other object would you like to be?

CTT: Probably R5's shower or Rydellington's bed, it would be a WILD experience.

E: What has been your best experience as Carl The Toilet?

CTT: When I post something that makes someone smile or makes someone happy. That's one of my biggest goals on this account. To make people happy.

E: Why did you choose to be Carl the Toilet and where does all of your humorous ideas come from? Do you just imagine being a toilet in R5's house?

CTT: Originally a friend of mine made a tweet on @WtfR5Imagines, then I took

it upon myself to make an account. I don't really know where my ideas come from, they just come out of nowhere really and for awhile I did imagine myself as a toilet in their house. But that everyone knows who I am, I don't.

E: So are you going to change the account name since everyone knows who you are?

CTT: I thought about it, but no. I l ike it the way it is and I've gotten used to it being this way.

E: Awesome! Thank you so much! What would Carl the Toilet say about this interview and the questions?

CTT: If he were real, I'd say he'd loved it.

Let Love In Written by: Elise

This is a fan f iction. The events in this story did not happen and any opinions expressed in this story do not represent those of R5 Family Mag or any of the characters involved.

Ross and Courtney or "Rourtney" have gotten a lot of hate ever since they started dating a couple months ago, but that's normal for a famous couple. They are starting to get used to it, but when Courtney receives a Twitter message from a fan saying, "I'm going to kil l you because you're with my boyfriend." Courtney starts to worry that the threat is real and tells Ross about it. Will the couple get through this situation on their own or will they need help from Ross' family? Will the fan go through with her plan? Find out in "Let Love In."

Photos from rossr5 and courteaton on Instagram

"I'm going to kil l you because you're with my boyfriend," the message told me as I was scanning through my social media. I didn't know if this was a joke or if it was actually true. Why would someone threaten me like that? I let the message stare at me for a litt le bit before realizing I could just respond back in a tweet. My f inger scrolls down to the message bar and I l igtly tap it. I pause and think about if I'm actually doing the right thing. The memory of Ross tell ing me, "Just ignore the hate, babe. The fans will always be jealous of you. And don't ever tell them off they may give you backlash for that."

He's right. I shouldn't do respond. I just need to be positive and hope that this isn't true. I need to tell him about this comment. I quickly screenshot it in one swift movement.

"Ross! Can you come here for a second? I need to show you something that popped up on my Twitter feed!" I call for him. A six foot tall blondie with bushy hair pops out from the back

of the tour bus.

"What's up, Court?" He asks with a smile across his face. I motion for him come over to the front with my right hand. He starts to walk over to me and I'm starting to regret me yelling for him to come see this tweet. He gets really overprotective when someone hurts or threatens me. He does tell me to ignore the hate, but I don't know how he will react with this. I look down at my phone as Ross sits next to me, placing his arm around my cold shoulders.

"Courtney, what's wrong? I told you that the fans can give us hate online you just need to get over it," Ross says to me. A deep breath escapes my lips while my shaking hands give him the phone that displays the horror. He takes it and with one glance I knew that he might throw it across the bus.

"I shouldn't have showed you this. Can I have my phone back?" I ask him. His f ists curl up around the phone and the end of the couch.

"Who would say something like this?! These people have gone too far! Also why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" He screams at me. He's never screamed at me before. I mean he might when I beat him at Mario Kart, but this was dif ferent. Rage was on his side and I didn't want to be in the same room with the devil.

"I just found this on my feed okay? I haven't been keeping this from you! On the f irst day of our relationship we both promised to be open with each other," I tell him. He slowly starts to calm down once I state my case on the matter. He leans back on the couch again in his relaxed stance. Left leg crossing over the right and one arm around me.

"What do we do? Should we tell my parents about this threat or do we just wait it out and hope this isn't real?" Ross asks. I have to ponder

on this one. It could just be a fan scarying me, but what if it is real.

"Let's just tell your parents, but not your siblings. They will start to worry about this." I tell him. He nods in agreement. Grabbing my hand, he pulls me up from the couch and we both walk to the back were Ross was.

"We were having a band meeting with them. It was just about the tour and stuff , so I didn't miss much at all. Don't worry Courtney, we will put a stop to this threat even if it is fake." He says. I give him a half smile to calm him down a litt le bit, but I really just wanted to have a panic attack over this. Ross knocks on the back door and Rydel is there to open it up.

"Court! I really need to talk to you about getting together with Vanni this week. She's meeting up with us on tour!" says the excited Rydel.

"That sounds wonderful, Rydel! Maybe we can talk about it later. Ross and I have to dicuss something with your parents," I tell my best friend.

A worried look glides over her face. Her eyes turn from happy to concerned in one motion, but she understands that we need to talk to them. She gets up with the others and they walk out of the back room closing the "magic" door behind them.

"Courtney, hand them your phone," Ross tells me. I nod and I give my phone to Mark. Stormie moves closer to him so she can see the eerie message. Shock spreads across there faces.

"Did you block the fan who sent this?" Mark asked.

"No." I told him.

"Block and report the person. You need to stay on this bus for the next couple of days okay?" He says.

"I will be here with you, so you won't be alone." Stormie says. I smile at

both of them.

"Thank you for helping me get out of this situation." I thank them.

"Now let's get ready for the concert tonight!" Mark says. Ross grabs my hand and we rush out of the back room to f ind the others outside helping the crew bring in gear. I see Rydel struggling with an AMP and I start to laugh as she makes a face at Riker who is carrying another one with ease.

"I should go help her out. Stay here babe. I'l l see you after the concert," He kisses my forehead. I close my eyes as his lips touch my skin. I look up at him and with a grin on my face.

"See ya." I whisper into his ear. He smiles then runs out of the bus getting to Rydel just in time. I plop down on the couch again as Mark and Stormie walk out of the back. Stormie sits next to me and places her hand on my leg. I smile at her as Mark waves goodbye.

"So what do you want to do with our

"girls' night" tonight? I can order pizza

and we can watch movies until the concert is done." Stormie suggests.

"I would love that." I tell her. I turn on the TV and start to f l ip through channels as Stormie goes to the bunk bed area to make the pizza order. I hear a knock at the bus door once Stormie goes away. Thinking that it 's probably just Ryland because he always forgets the password to the door, I get up and walk to the door. I swif t ly open the door and standing there is a girl dressed in black.

"Hi! Um the band is inside the venue. I can try to get them to come out and talk to you if you want." I say giving her a smile. The fan moves closer to me.

"I actually want to talk to you," She says.

"Oh! Ok! What do you want to talk about? Is this for an interview?" I ask her stepping out of the bus and closing the door.

"Yeah it 's for an interview," the fan

says with a smirk. I start to feel a litt le uneasy about this situation that I just put myself in. She takes out a pen and paper and I sigh. Thank God this girl wasn't the fan that threatened to kil l me.

"So how did you meet Ross? At a concert?" She asks me.

"Well yeah. I went to a concert of his and we met up afterwards. Everything felt right between us, so we became good friends." I tell her. The pen f l ies off the paper as she tries to write down what I say, After a couple minutes of questions, she places her pen and paper in her purse.

"Thank you so much, Courtney! Can I get a quick hug and pictire?" She asks.

"Yeah of course!"

As I came closer to her for the hug I see something shiny in her pocket. Before I could pull back and retreat from the bus, she pulls out a switch blade, stabbing it into my arm then running off making me bleed out onto the ground.

How wel l do you know R5 songs? Wri t ten by: Meghan

1. Let me take your

picture baby I'l l save it for a _______ day.

2. Outside of the

party were its getting to _______.

3. She said I'm going

outta my head I'm going outta my _______.

4. But something in

my ______ wouldn't reset can't give up on us

yet.

5. Make you wanna go

and shop ______ but he's stil l your man.

6. Second verse goes to

the females roll ing there ______ when we fail.

7.

I l ike how we get along like snow in _______.

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