Tokio Hotel

German boy band extraordinaire Tokio Hotel have very little to prove tonight. Fairly unknown over here, this random debut gig is supposedly a launch show for the UK market but they appear to have enticed a majority of continental followers along, judging by the variety of bilingual banners. And you can’t blame the fanatics for making the journey really. The band are literally selling out stadiums back home so this rare opportunity to see them play such a small venue is not to be missed... until you black out from the excitement that is. Apparently so.

But even local attendees contribute to the utter frenzy of it all. Having queued outside the venue for hours, the teenage mob now hold mobiles and cameras aloft while loudly singing every single word - when they're not screaming. And the band - who have an average age of 17 - aren’t phased one bit by the attention from merely a portion of the capacity crowd they are used to facing. Although they seem thrilled to be spreading their success world-wide.

And it’s poster boy vocalist Bill who instantly validates their celebrity. Striking, androgynous looks and unforgettably outrageous hair completely overwhelm his sweet stage presence but he sings from the heart and copes well with a little banter in his second language. The rest of the cute band - including Bill’s twin brother guitarist Tom - accept a share of adulation, too notably when their spit-infused bottled water is thrown on the hysterical front rows.

Of course it does take a lot more than a fabulous image to significantly sell a boy band and Tokio Hotel are certainly armed with a rock-induced range of chart-friendly pop including spunky single 'Ready Set Go', lighter-waving ballad 'Monsoon' and highly appropriate album title track 'Scream'. But this key audience still listen with their eyes. So on that note, Wembley surely awaits a band still young - and professional - enough to be doing this for a number of years anyway.