Tokio Hotel

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Tokio Hotel bring their spectacular show to you! "The Tour 2025" stops in over 12 countries.

If you had to break down the essence of Tokio Hotel to one characteristic that unites Bill, Tom, Georg and Gustav at their core, that sets them apart from others and that has also become their main driver, their absolute motivator over the years, then that is the irrepressible will to constantly rediscover themselves. So 2023 could justifiably be described as the band's "most Tokyo-hot" year in a long time. Because boy oh boy have the boys discovered and conquered new worlds this year and successfully rammed their flag into the rock on their highest peaks and let it blow in the wind! It was a year of firsts for Tokio
Hotel - and that's saying something for a band that has now been around for over 20 years and has been in its original line-up since its formation in 2001. "We've never had this much creative output and say before," says Bill, adding: "And we've never had as much fun with our career as we do now." But first things first
one thing at a time. It didn't all just happen in a vacuum.

In recent years, Germany's most famous band of the noughties had gone a little quiet - for reasons. But in 2021, the Tokio Hotel train slowly started to pick up speed again with the publication of Bill's biography "Career Suicide: My first thirty years! In 2022, the boys stepped it up a gear again. Their sixth album "2001" was released, naturally accompanied by singles, gold awards, music videos and high-profile live performances, not to mention the launch of Tom and Bill's podcast "Kaulitz Hills". In a way, it felt like a big intake of breath, a run-up to the big leap that 2023 marked for the band.

If you ask Bill what era Tokio Hotel will be in in 2023, he answers enthusiastically: "At an all-time high! It's probably the most exciting phase of our career because we have more freedom than ever before. Anything is possible!" Everything is and WAS possible! A short summary of what Tokio Hotel have torn down in the last few months: First there was the extensive (and sold out)
European tour. The twins' podcast established itself as one of the most successful German podcasts in 2023. In November, Bill and Tom recorded a live episode at the Elbphilharmonie - something that had never been done before! Since September 2023, Bill and Tom have been at the helm of "The Voice of Germany" as judges, reminding us why the whole world fell in love with them in the first place: because they're fucking stars. 2023 is the year in which Germany finally recognizes this and gives the band the love they've always deserved. In 2023, Tokio Hotel have managed to advance from "Most Controversial" to "Everybody's Darling". At last! But how do the boys actually perceive this change? "It feels like we've dropped a heavy
backpack," Bill describes the new mode. "We've opened up. It started with my biography and our podcast in particular has turned everything on its head. People are finally getting to know us properly." Of course, that feels great - to finally be recognized and appreciated for who you are. But - and Bill adds
adds with a grin: "Nevertheless, we never want to be everybody's darling! I think if people stopped getting upset about us completely, I'd know something was wrong!"

True, because then it wouldn't be Tokio Hotel any more. Nevertheless, thanks to this transformation in terms of acceptance and popularity, Tokio Hotel were able to play a festival summer in 2023 for the first time in their career alongside their own tour.
play a festival summer. And speaking of iconic concerts that were long overdue: Another dream come true for the band in 2023 was their appearance as a main act at Christopher Street Day. If that's not healing, then we really don't know what is!

Tour, festivals, CSD, podcast, The Voice - no wonder the 2023 band's socials have also exploded. Bill, Tom, Gustav and Georg have managed to quadruple their following in just a few months and become TikTok stars, especially in South America. This was immediately rewarded with a nomination at the TikTok Awards. Whether the band takes home the prize in the end, which is still in Los Angeles, Berlin, Magdeburg and everywhere in between, doesn't really matter in the end. Because Tokio Hotel won in 2023 anyway. Period.

With all the hype, the shows, concerts, content and interviews, some of you might be asking yourself: But what about the music? The boys would answer: Mouse, don't worry! And there's even already been some new music! In November, Tokio Hotel released their very first Christmas single ever, "Your Christmas". So. That's quite something! Because planning hugely into the future is something that a band like Tokio Hotel, who always see their strength more in emotion than in calculation, are reluctant to do. "I'm happy when I know what I have to do the next day, where I have to be and get it over with," Bill says with a laugh when asked where he sees the band in five years' time.
sees the band in five years' time. "Precisely because this year has completely overwhelmed us, I don't want to make any predictions for the future. The most important thing is to stick with us and keep having fun. After so many years as a band, it's our privilege and greatest asset to only want to do what we want to do. This year we have
year we fell in love with making music again - it hasn't been like that for a long time. We're in love with our career again, with the stages." And then Bill gives a little preview of what the band's near future might look like: "We're up for features, we're up for trying out new things, surprising and challenging ourselves musically." You can already tell: it smells like upheaval at Tokio Hotel once again - what else?

Tokio Hotel reaches a total of 1.4 million people on YouTube, 4.5 million on TikTok and around 4.3 million on Instagram. With over 250 million streams, the band also performs very strongly in streaming and has 8 top ten hits and 4 number 1 hits in Germany alone, six top ten albums and three number 1 albums. With over 115 national and international
awards and over 7 million albums sold in 68 countries, Tokio Hotel are one of the most successful bands of their generation.