Avantasia Issues New Album Update

The sequel to latest Avantasia album "The Mystery Of Time" (reviewed here) will be called "Ghostlights" and is scheduled to be released in early 2016. Tobias Sammet has now checked in with the following update:

"New Avantasia on vocals! On a rainy August night in an old haunted studio... Thunder & lightning outside, the devil inside... Avantasia!!! Material sounds majestic so far! Recording one of the singers for the new album & tour. The stars have lined up! Now, who is the beast behind the microphone? Ideas? let me know...

"Looking forward to album release in January & the live shows in March, 3 hrs every night. Metal Opera, Scarecrow, Ghostlights... everything!"

The upcoming Avantasia 2016 world tour will kick off in Berlin on March 4th. Currently announced dates are as follows:

2016-03-04 Berlin (Huxley's) DE
2016-03-05 Hamburg (Große Freiheit) DE
2016-03-06 Bremen (Aladin) DE
2016-03-08 London (The Forum) GB
2016-03-09 Paris (Le Trianon) FR
2016-03-11 Barcelona (Razzmatazz 1) ES
2016-03-12 Madrid (La Riviera) ES
2016-03-15 Frankfurt-Langen (Stadthalle) DE
2016-03-16 Prague (Forum Karlin) CZ
2016-03-18 Kaufbeuren (All-Karthalle) DE
2016-03-19 Bamberg (Brose-Arena) DE
2016-03-20 Oberhausen (Turbinenhalle) DE
2016-03-22 Milan (Alcatraz) IT
2016-03-24 Pratteln (Z7) CH
2016-03-25 Pratteln (Z7) CH
2016-03-27 Banska Bystrica (Ice Stadium) SK
2016-03-28 Bratislava (Sportshall) SK
2016-03-31 Saarbrücken (Saarlandhalle) DE
2016-04-01 Ludwigsburg (Arena) DE
2016-04-02 Fulda (Esperantohalle) DE