AVANTASIA Mainman Checks In From The Road
June 18, 2008EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet is in the middle of a short tour with his solo project AVANTASIA. He has issued the following update from the road:
"I feel like being drunk although I am not. There was just an earthquake a few seconds ago and I am on the 21st floor of a hotel tower. It scared the shit out of me, the tower was swinging back and forth like a pendulum. Wow! Anyway, I am still alive and I guess people here got used to it.
"So, we have played four shows with AVANTASIA now and we seem to get better and better. Sweden Rock was a blast, more than 30,000 people going crazy. Switzerland, Russia and Japan were great too. It's such a unique experience to play with all those musicians I had never played with before. It's a pretty great constellation and we have a lot of fun on the road.
"Last night we played over two hours, adding songs like 'No Return' and 'Inside' to our regular set.
"I'll be off to Mexico now, we play Mexico City tomorrow.
"It's weird, three days ago we played Europe, a few hours ago we played Asia and in a few hours I'll cross the date line to fly to Mexico. Crossing the date line means, I'll leave Asia in the evening and arrive in San Francisco in the morning of the same day. If you do that a few thousand times you look like a baby.
"Thanks Japan, thanx Sweden, Switzerland, Russia. And now I am looking forward to Mexico City.
AVANTASIA performed a headlining show at DK Gorbunova in Moscow, Russia on June 10, 2008.
Check out photos from the concert:
Quality video footage from the show can be viewed below.
AVANTASIA's touring lineup consists of the following musicians:
Tobias Sammet
Jrn Lande (ex-MASTERPLAN)
Andr Matos (ex-ANGRA)
Amanda Somerville (EPICA stand-in singer)
Olli Hartmann
Bob Catley (MAGNUM; not all shows)
Sascha Paeth
Miro
Robert Hunecke
Claudy Yang
Felix Bohnke
The group's setlist was as follows:
01. Twisted Mind
02. The Scarecrow (with Jrn)
03. Another Angel Down (with Jrn)
04. Prelude
05. Reach Out for the Light (with Andr)
06. The Story Ain't Over
07. Shelter From the Rain (with Andr)
08. Lost in Space
09. I Don't Believe in Your Love
10. Avantasia
11. Serpents in Paradise (with Jrn)
12. Promised Land (with Jrn)
Encore:
13. The Toy Master
14. Farewell (with Amanda)
15. Sign of the Cross (All) / Seven Angels (All)
The new album from AVANTASIA, "The Scarecrow", was "officially one of the 20 best-selling albums in whole Europe during the fourth week of January," according to a press release.
"The Scarecrow" was released on January 25 as a standard CD as well as rare picture (double) vinyl.
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