Avantasia to tour the world in 2013!

Many have hoped for it, but it seemed quite unlikely for a long time. Now it is official - dreams do come true: Tobias Sammet has revived his all-star project AVANTASIA to produce a new Rock Opera album called "THE MYSTERY OF TIME" (to be released in March 2013), followed by monumental live venture - THE MYSTERY WORLD TOUR! In a few chosen cities around the globe AVANTASIA (featuring guest stars you'd expect but also some major surprises) will hit the stage with their infamous magical show. During their own headlining indoor tour AVANTASIA will play THREE-HOUR-SHOWS (!!!) in order to embrace all eras of their history and play enough songs from their early works, but also recent and current material. At the summer festivals the band won't be able to play three hour shows of course, but nevertheless they will deliver a more compact set, dedicated to the new album and some of their greatest hits. More information at www.tobiassammet.com.

About Tobias Sammet

He has sold more than 3 million discs worldwide, he has played more than 600 concerts in almost 40 countries in Asia, North America, Central America, South America, Australia and Europe: composer and vocalist Tobias Sammet is one of Germany's biggest internationally acclaimed artists in recent music history. Tobias first became known as the singer and songwriter of the band Edguy that he co-founded in 1992. In 1999 he founded his side project "Tobias Sammet's Avantasia", an all-star Rock Opera that would make him collaborate with superstars like Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), Eric Martin (Mr. Big), Alice Cooper, Klaus Meine & Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions), members of the legendary band KISS and many more throughout the years. All of his recent albums made it into the top ten charts in countries all over the world. His latest Avantasia-release "The Flying Opera - Around The World In 20 Days" went straight to number 1 in Germany, Sweden and Austria!

MYSTERY WORLD TOUR

13.04.2013 (CH) Pratteln - Z7

14.04.2013 (CH) Pratteln - Z7

16.04.2013 (IT) Milano - Alcatraz

18.04.2013 (D) Ludwigsburg - MPH Arena

19.04.2013 (D) Kaufbeuren - All - Karthalle

20.04.2013 (D) Fulda - Esperanto Halle

22.04.2013 (D) Berlin - Tempodrom

23.04.2013 (D) Hamburg - TBC

25.04.2013 (D) Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle

26.04.2013 (D) Lichtenfels - Stadthalle

Tickets for german shows available at www.metaltix.com

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