AVANTASIA LIVE 2024

AVANTASIA have begun to announce selected festival appearances for 2024. Check the tour section for more information.!

ADDITIONAL SHOW IN BUENOS AIRES

Argentina, we have some great news for you: After our confirmation for the Masters Of Rock festival in Buenos Aires there was such a huge demand for a full length…

LISTEN TO "THE WICKED RULE THE NIGHT"

After almost three years of hard work, mastermind Tobias Sammet and his outstanding all-star formation inspire us with an epic full-throttle track, in which the master himself as well as his duet partner Ralf Scheepers present themselves in an absolute world-class vocal form. The song, which gives a first impression of the ninth AVANTASIA album “A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society” to be released in autumn, comes with a lavishly animated lyric video, for which Costin Chioreanu is responsible.

ON TOUR

  • 05
    jun
    2024
    Maimarktgelände, Zeltfestival
    Mannheim, Germany
    Maimarktgelände, Zeltfestival
  • 06
    jun
    2024
    Regensburg, Schloss Pürkelgut
    Regensburg, Germany
    Schloss Pürkelgut
  • 08
    jun
    2024
    Sweden Rock Festival – 2024
    Sölvesborg, Sweden
    Sweden Rock Festival
  • 15
    jun
    2024
    ES – Zamora, Z! Live Rock
    ES – Zamora, Z! Live Rock
    Spain
    Zamora, Z! Live Rock

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6 days ago

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Clearing my mind for new ideas and to get ready for an intense live summer. Yet, I'll do my radio show tonight, mobile studio... I'll play some music and share some stories in honour of the late Horst Franz, Bang Your Head and Rock of Ages Festival.21:00 Tobias Sammet Rockshow on Radiobob. Have a safe Wednesday everyone!T ... See MoreSee Less
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1 week ago

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Rest in Peace Horst Franz aka Horst Odermatt!Today I received the shocking news that one of the loveliest originals in German Heavy Metal history Horst Franz, has passed away after having bravely battled severe health issues for a long time. When the road became unbearable, God allowed him back home.There is probably nobody who’s been in the German Hard Rock and Metal business of the past 30 years who has not worked, laughed, cried, argued or simply discussed music with Horst. Often hot-tempered! Whatever it was that connected you with Horst, the connection was intense. Horst was one of the most emotional and heart-guided loveable people I have ever encountered. We first met on April 5th 1998 when I was 20 years old. It took us about three hours and a few drinks until we really had conquered each other's hearts.I was a 20 year old musician with a band and he was a music business insider with a heart. Back then he was chief editor of Heavy Oder Was magazine, and he had written a review about Edguy’s debut, a review which I was not happy with, and very vocal about that. I told him, I’ll make it big one day and he’ll be proven wrong. Stupid remarks of aspiring kids, but he took my anger like a parent and said something like: Tobi, I really hope I’m totally wrong. He didn't take my anger personally.One year later he invited Edguy to play the Warm Up party at his Bang Your Head festival, he seemed to want to help, but not like giving it to us for free, no, we had to earn our stripes. One step after another. Another year later he invited us to be the opener at Bang Your Head Festival. The real festival. We had just sold 50.000 copies and toured Europe a couple of times, had chart albums and played at 10:30. I was a bit angry at him for having to open and from stage I let people scream: "Horst, let Edguy headline next time.“It was fun between Horst and me, but I always said: he books us again and again and it's only baby steps. But he was supportive, we spoke a lot on the phone, I was a huge fan of a band called Rawhead Rexx that he managed and at one point I even asked why he wouldn’t manage me? I knew many people that knew the business side of things, but there weren’t many my heart would have trusted like it trusted Horst. Horst was stubborn, and if you gave him a reason to be angry with you, he would be angry, But he could forgive the same way and, well, he was an emotionalheart-person with ambition.One day he called us up and said: I’m sick and tired of the big US headliners who try to squeeze us out every year, they’ll ruin Bang Your Head, would you consider to headline with Edguy? Sure we would! Horst got a lot of flak for it, I mean, "I" was used to getting flak for bad jokes, bad clothes, long speeches and overall megalomania, but Horst?! He wasn’t used to get that much flak for a headliner choice in advance. But he defended his decision (and me) like a mother bear her bear cubs and I want to believe after the show we had paid our dues and proved we could headline a festival like Bang Your Head. But it was Horst who had the guts to make it happen.He would invite us more often, with Avantasia and Edguy, to BYH and Rock of Ages, and when falling off that stage in 2012 and breaking my nose and ribs on stage, he said so many nice things about me to people who were gloating over my injuries because to some true-ists Horst had hired a nest fouler who wasn’t a pedigree Metal machine in some people’s opinion. Horst knew he'd get flak, he'd fight and follow his heart anyway. Horst was always there, since I started out. We lost contact in recent years and you could feel he had withdrawn himself from the public due to health issues. I wanted to reach out a few months ago, always busy, I failed. "I'll do it later"...Today when I received the news about his passing I was heartbroke.He was a steady companion since I started out as a teenager in jeans who didn’t know anything about the business and how to be on stage, how to behave or what to say… When I first met Horst I hadn’t seen more than 5 concerts myself, I was a clueless singer, and a reader of Heavy Oder Was magazine, which helped me discover many of my heroes, Magnum, Virgin Steele, Titan Force…Horst, you were a true believer and you were a beacon of emotion in this scene. You weren’t always easy to discuss with, but you were an original and a heartful person.Farewell, I will miss you. We are all going to miss you!In the name of Edguy, Avantasia and my own family, my condolences to your family.Rest in Peace, TobiThe picture was taken in 1998, I wanted to fight with him because of his review on Kingdom Of Madness, but I created some safety helmets before that, made from paper plates and Babybell wax. ... See MoreSee Less
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1 week ago

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You asked about the Avantasia line up 2024. And the answer is: YES! We will have a line up! We'll be a strong unit called Avantasia with dedicated team players. Avantasia is not your typical all-star group with names on a poster, gathering once a year to deadline a festival doing a half drunk cover version of Smoke on the water! 🤪It's AVANTASIA! The mad hatter and his vicious companions, an unstoppable force of wicked wizards that are gonna drag you down the rabbit hole to a different world, names are just names, this is Avantasia. I can't wait. And because you asked, I'm saying it in this case: Bob of Magnum will be with me. He's like a big brother, he's been going through hard times, he gave you an insight on his feelings about the end of Magnum, but Bob is a trooper! Of course he'll be with us. We don't let each other down, he is an Avantasian through and through and I couldn't imagine Avantasia without Bob Catley! We're artists, we have this silent agreement with you: we cheer you up when you need it, and you cheer us up when we're in need! Deal?!Love you all and have a good weekend!T ... See MoreSee Less
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2 weeks ago

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Wacken live some years ago - can't wait to be back. Avantasia is back - better than ever. See us at a festival or at one of our two single shows in Mannheim or Regensburg in June! It will be amazing!Have a great weekend! ... See MoreSee Less
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2 weeks ago

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Big happy Easter News:AVANTASIA live at Wacken Open Air 2024! On August 2nd we're gonna rock Wacken once again. We can't wait to be back!This is our live schedule 2024 - come and see us, AVANTASIA is back!June 05 GERMANY - Mannheim, Zeltfestival Rhein-Neckar (JUST AVANTASIA)June 06 GERMANY - Regensburg, Schloss Pürkelgut (JUST AVANTASIA)June 08 SWEDEN - Sölvesborg, Sweden Rock FestivalJune 15 SPAIN - Zamora, Z! Live RockJune 16 PORTUGAL - BelaVista Open AirJune 20 SPAIN - Cartagena, Rock Imperium FestivalJune 21 BELGIUM - Dessel, Graspop Metal MeetingJune 27 SLOVAKIA - Zilina Airport, TopfestJune 29 NORWAY - Oslo, Tons Of Rock FestivalJuly 12 AUSTRIA - Leoben, Area 53 FestivalJuly 13 CZECH REPUBLIC - Masters Of Rock FestivalJuly 31 HUNGARY - Fezen Festival, SzekesfehervarAugust 02 GERMANY - Wacken Open AirAugust 09 FINLAND - Helsinki, Hellsinki Metal FestivalAugust 16 DENMARK - Horsens, Jailbreak FestivalAugust 18 FRANCE - Carhaix-Plouguer, Motocultor Festival ... See MoreSee Less
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