Hang onto your black eyeliner, emo kids of the late '00s: Tokio Hotel singer Bill Kaulitz is a hair-teased, alternative rocker no more. Reemerging as simply Billy — BILLY! — the frontman of ...

Tokio Hotel was born in 2001, when local teens Gustav Schafer (drums) and Georg Listing (bass) caught one of the duo’s gigs. “We said, ‘Oh my god, someone should help them!'” jokes Listing.

"Tokio Hotel ist der beste!," says Doris, 18, who says she is learning German because of her interest in the band. "I've spent over $600 this past week for all the tickets I just bought and the ...