Roll back the calendar to October 2008. Early that year, Bill had successfully recovered from his throat surgery to remove the damaging cyst. Tokio Hotel continued on with their 1000 Oceans Tour, bringing them to North America for a second time, and specifically to the U.S., for a series of October concerts and in-store signings.

Not only did they come with their A-game, they came with a nomination for Best Pop Video for “Ready Set Go!” and  Best New Artist award from the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards earlier that year.

Are you ready for another U.S. tour? I can hear the overwhelming YES!

BTW, if you’d attended the October concerts or the in-house signings in 2008, definitely share. Let’s reminisce.

I love sharing this one. Many thanks (again) to Helena for capturing it so well from the crowd.

Photos by newthfan101

Electric Factory, Philadelphia, October 29 2008

Photos by fans in first picture :)

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If you want to see your photos on POTD, send them to this email: tokiohotelpics@gmail.com

There is usually few days of potd lined up in advance, so you will probably not see your photos/request next day, but they will show up within 5-7 days.

Thank you everyone for your pics ♥♥

But, we are starting to get updates… so watch this thread as we go through the day!
Lilly91613
@ 3:09
Hello! Its freakin freezing here! Nothing too exciting has happened yet…we’re about 60th in line

@ 3:16
I think there is about 150 People here in line. We got here at Noon & I have not seen any German Bar Girls yet, but the day is young!

Lilly91613

Soundcheck! The bass is really loud!

More Updates
Wampy: (an hour ago) they just got there, no snow.. they parked them right next to the TOUR BUS!!
a second ago: They are in line and they are F-ing freezing…

Wampy: She can hear him talking… He sounds like he is in a good mood… She wished she knew German!!…
Wampy: He is either talking two Georg or about him because he keeps saying his name… Ohhh… Now Tom is talking to Georg…
Wampy: They keep doing final day, Bill is kinda hilarious. Keeps saying geil & wass or vas??
Wampy: Bill is defiantly running the show on sound check, now talking two Gustav then Tom about something.
Wampy: Holy Hell. They just did a bit of a song I have never heard before. It was really different from their other stuff…

WHAT?

Wampy: Now doing Don’t Jump

when asked about the new song she said:
Wampy: It was really dark, he used his voice different….

Wampy: There aren’t enuff f-ing layers in this universe for this temperature, There are a lot more fan boys than usual…

ShannonLovesTH
Door opens to let handicapped people in. Crazy girls try and stampede inside.

View from balcony

Wampy: Balcony is over 21 only… so they are ready for an amazing show..

Wampy: The PIT is twice the size of Atlanta….

Wampy: I got my better camera in. The one that does EXTREME close up..

Wampy: Beach BALLS are going….I hope they don’t try to get upon stage…

Wampy: Pit is about three times the size of Atlanta… Biggest I have seen. This will be interesting…
HOLY COW!

Fun times! The boys were all smiles and very relaxed. They looked really, really happy to be there…even Tom. :) I’d say there were maybe 200 people, so not too many of us, but we were LOUD LOUD LOUD and we even made Saki smile. He also waved goodbye to us out the passenger window when the guys left. We were allowed to take pictures of the guys at the table this time too. I think that’s why they were in such a good mood and things were so relaxed, because it was a smaller event with no stress attached: Just the band and the fans. No press or big national audiences or anything. No pressure.

Kennedy’s dad said he heard us all the way down the street. We were at the front of the line and omg those girls were crazy in a good way. So funny! They were pimpin’ the CD to anyone who passed by. Yelling at cars, cyclists, and pedestrians and telling them to buy the CD and that the band was really cool. XD Tobi came up and asked what all the yelling was about and when they told him, he gave a thumbs up and wandered off. The girls behind us in line were ultra cool too. We had A LOT of fun and I think I think I spent most of the day laughing. lol At one point, Keyana and I popped into the bar across the street and wobbled back over to the line like 40 minutes later. XD

We managed to gather quite a crowd on the opposite side of the street and the onlookers were all taking pictures with their cell phones and enjoying the scene. Lots of loud singing and chanting. One of the funniest parts of the day was when some lady asked Keyana who we were waiting for and she told her Oprah. The lady believed her. LMAO

Anyway, all the guys made eye contact when I spoke to them (I had a lot of stuff to give them from various people- I gave Bill a bottle of nail polish in a gift bag and a Philly postcard with messages from Kennedy, Keyana, and I- and two things to get signed, one for my friend Kim) and they were really friendly and happy. I’m glad Philly made a good impression on them and they seemed to completely enjoy themselves.

It was still a weird location to choose. Like they just went through the phone book and picked a place at random or something. lol But it worked out well.

Video by AyanEva

Thanks ChelseaTH

Thanks tokiohotelchickxo!

Thanks Tokio!

Thanks to Faye for video!

More information as it becomes available.