After Biff Byford (Saxon), Eric Martin (Mr. Big), Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween, Unisonic), Bruce Kulick (ex-KISS, ex-Meat Loaf), Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids) and Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, ex-Vengeance) another guest star has been revealed: legendary former Deep Purple, Rainbow and Yngwie Malmsteen vocalist Joe Lynn Turner will appear on the new AVANTASIA album „The Mystery Of Time” (to be released by the end of March).
Lyrically it marks a conceptual story again, and the tracklist reads as follows:
01. Spectres
02. The Watchmakers’ Dream
03. Black Orchid
04. Where Clock Hands Freeze
05. Sleepwalking
06. Savior In The Clockwork
07. Invoke The Machine
08. What’s Left Of Me
09. Dweller In A Dream
10. The Great Mystery
You can see AVANTASIA Live at the following shows:
12.04. B Moens – PPM Festival
THE MYSTERY WORLD TOUR 2013
13.04. CH Pratteln – Z7
14.04. CH Pratteln – Z7
16.04. I Mailand – Alcatraz
18.04. D Ludwigsburg – MPH Arena
19.04. D Kaufbeuren – All-Karthalle
20.04 D Fulda – Esperanto Halle
22.04. D Berlin – Tempodrom
23.04. D Hamburg – Große Freiheit
25.04. D Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle
26.04. D Lichtenfels – Stadthalle
10.05. D Amsterdam – Melkweg
31.05. ES Madrid – Sonisphere
01.06. ES Barcelona – Sonisphere
08.06 S Sölvesborg – Sweden Rock Festival
21.06 F Clisson – Hellfest
23.06 RU Moscow – Milk
25.06 ARG Buenos Aires – El Teatro
27.06 CHI Santiago de Chile – Teatro Caupolican
29.06 BR Sao Paolo – HCBC Hall
13.07 D Ballenstedt – Rock Harz
14.07 CZ Zlin – Masters Of Rock
10.08 UK Derbyshire / Catton Park – Bloodstock Festival