AVANTASIA: South American Dates Announced

March 11, 2008

EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet's solo project AVANTASIA has scheduled the following dates:

June 06 - Rocksound Festival - Huttwil, Switzerland
June 07 - Sweden Rock - Sölvesborg, Sweden
June 18 - Obras - Buenos Aires, Argentina
June 20 - Caupolican - Santiago, Chile
June 22 - Credicard Hall - Sao Paulo, Brazil
July 04 - Castle Festival - Smederevo Fortress, Serbia
July 10 - Masters of Rock - Vizovice, Czech Republic
July 26 - Rockin Field Festival - Italy
July 31 - Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany

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. The record label has just announced that it has also reached #27 in the Spanish album charts and #36 in the official charts in Norway. For the first time one of Tobias' releases has entered the Italian charts as well, on #65."

"The Scarecrow" first-week chart positions:

#6 Czech Republic
#8 Germany
#10 Sweden
#10 Hungary
#16 Austria
#17 Switzerland
#26 Finland
#27 Spain
#29 England (independent)
#36 Norway
#49 Japan
#50 Belgium
#58 France
#65 Netherlands
#65 Italy

"The Scarecrow" was released on January 25 as a standard CD as well as rare picture (double) vinyl.

AVANTASIA's video for the song "Carry Me Over" can be viewed below.

"The Scarecrow" features guest appearances by the following artists:

Alice Cooper (vocals)
Amanda Somerville (vocals)
Bob Catley (MAGNUM; vocals)
Jorn Lande (ex-MASTERPLAN; vocals)
Kai Hansen (GAMMA RAY; guitar)
Michael Kiske (ex-HELLOWEEN; vocals)
Oliver Hartmann
Roy Khan (KAMELOT; vocals)
Rudolf Schenker (SCORPIONS; guitar)

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