[Art Net] Review of Tokio Hotel Live in Philadelphia

PCM was in the midst of teenage mayhem at the
recent Tokio Hotel concert at the Electric Factory
in Philadelphia. Have you ever seen those early
clips of Beatles fans going completely nuts screaming
and crying? Well, it was something like that for
the modern generation. Tokio Hotel is a huge band
in their native country Germany, selling out huge
arenas and playing for millions, now they are
poised to take over in the US as well, already
selling out shows and winning the coveted Best
New Artist award at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.

While I was completely impressed by the showmanship
of this band, meaning they definitely looked like
rockstars, the music itself left me wanting a
bit more. After all the hype for this show, the
band was only on stage for about an hour and played
most of the tracks off their debut English language
album "Scream". Short of some incredibly
sexy smiles, there was very little interaction
made with the crowd, but I am wondering if that
was the language barrier getting in the way. The
band blasted through their hits such as the album's
title track "Scream" with lead singer
Bill Kaulitz pulling out a bullhorn and urging
the crowd to sing along. They also played "Ready,
Set, Go", and popular "Monsoon"
twice, once in English and again in German as
an encore.
I have to say this the first show I have been
to where I have witnessed teenage fandom at it's
peak, the mostly female audience were singing
every word to every song, screeching with joy
every time lead singer Bill or his twin brother
guitarist Tom looked their way, and tossing all
sorts of fun looking trinkets on the stage. You
should have seen the tug-of-war that broke out
over a sweaty towel that was thrown off the stage,
you would have thought their entire being depended
on grasping that towel.
After the show was even better, and of course
PCM was still there to witness! After the band
was escorted out the back door, they headed straight
for their bus without stopping to talk to fans;
however this is excusable considering they would
have been mobbed. About twenty to forty fans went
chasing after them to bus and continued the overall
pandemonium. 1 can definitely say this band is
not lacking for fans, but perhaps I would have
been more impressed with a bit more substance.
I am looking forward to see what they can do the
next time around!

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