The Mystery World Tour

The Mystery World Tour is the third world tour of Metal - Opera Avantasia by Tobias Sammet . It started on April 12, 2013 in Belgium and ended on August 10, 2013 in England . On their first leg, Avantasia played special three hour shows in Switzerland, Italy and Germany. It's the longest tour in the band's history. Like the The Metal Opera Comes to Town Tour , however, it was supplemented by a performance at the Wacken Open Air the following year.

history

After Tobias Sammet announced that he would end Avantasia in 2011, the album The Mystery Of Time was released in 2013 . Tobias Sammet wanted to tour with the band again for this album. In order not to miss many songs, it was announced that Avantasia would play live for over 3 hours. However, Sammet said on Twitter that not all shows would be affected.

It was unclear whether the line-up would stay the same until the end, as there were overlaps with Pretty Maids concerts, and therefore Ronnie Atkins was not available for a few concerts. Therefore, after the concert in Moscow on June 23, the setlist was changed. Ronnie Atkins was not replaced, however. He returned at the concert in Japan, but fell again at the Rockharz Festival due to a fall.

For the performance at the Full Metal Cruise in Holland, Eric Martin played an acoustic solo concert on board the cruise. He was accompanied by Sascha Paeth .

On July 27, 2013 the band played at the Rock of Ages Festival in Seebronn . Since the confirmation for this performance came spontaneously, Oliver Hartmann was replaced by Arne Wiegand at this concert.

Musicians etc.

There are currently 12 musicians involved in the tour

Musicians were:

• Tobias Sammet = singing
• Sascha Paeth = guitar
• Oliver Hartmann = guitar, lead vocals, background vocals (except concert 28)
• Andre Neygenfind = bass,
• Miro Rodenberg = keyboards, background vocals
• Felix Bohnke = drums
• Amanda Somerville = background vocals, lead vocals
• Thomas Rettke = background vocals, lead vocals
• Arne Wiegand = guitar (concert 28)

Guest musicians:

• Eric Martin - vocals
• Bob Catley - vocals
• Michael Kiske - vocals
• Ronnie Atkins - vocals (concerts 1 to 17, concert 25 and from concert 27)

Tour dates

No.	date	country	city	place
1	12. April	Belgium	Mons	PPM festival
2	April 13th	Switzerland	Pratteln	Z7
3	April 14th	Switzerland	Pratteln	Z7
4th	April 16	Italy	Milan	Alcatraz
5	April 18	Germany	Ludwigsburg	MPH arena
6th	April 19th	Germany	Kaufbeuren	All-kart hall
7th	20th of April	Germany	Fulda	Esperanto Hall
8th	April 22	Germany	Berlin	Tempodrom
9	April 23	Germany	Hamburg	Lot of freedom
10	April 25	Germany	Oberhausen	Turbine hall
11	26th of April	Germany	Lichtenfels	City Hall
12	10th of May	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Melkweg, Full Metal Cruise
13	31. May	Spain	Madrid	Sonisphere Festival
14th	June 1st	Spain	Barcelona	Sonisphere Festival
15th	8th June	Sweden	Solvesborg	Sweden Rock Festival
16	June 21st	France	Clisson	Lightfast
17th	23rd June	Russia	Moscow	Arena Moscow
18th	25th June	Argentina	Buenos Aires	El Teatro
19th	June 27th	Chile	Santiago de Chile	Caupolican Theater
20th	June 29th	Brazil	Sao Paulo	HSBC Hall
21st	July 1	Colombia	Bogota	Teatro Metropol
22nd	3rd of July	Costa Rica	San Jose	Peppers
23	5th July	Mexico	Mexico city	Circo Volador
24	7th of July	Canada	Quebec	Festival d`été de Québec
25th	10th of July	Japan	Tokyo	Shinagawa Prince Stellar Ball
26th	July 13th	Germany	Ballenstedt	Rock resin
27	July 14th	Czech Republic	Zlin	Masters Of Rock
28	July 27th	Germany	Sebronn	Rock of Ages
29	8th August	Slovakia	Snina	Rock Pod Kamenom Festival
30th	August 10	England	Catton Park	Bloodstock Open Air
31	29th of July	Germany	Pahlen	Eiderland Hall
32	2nd August 2014	Germany	Wacken	Wacken Open Air

Set lists

Setlist for a 3-hour concert (with Ronnie Atkins):

1. Specters
2. Invoke the Machine
3. Black Orchid
4. Reach out for the light
5. Breaking away
6. The story ain't over
7. The great mystery
8. Scales of Justice
9. What's Left of Me
10. Promised Land
11. Sleepwalking
12. The Scarecrow
13. Stargazers
14. Farewell
15. Shelter from the Rain
16. In Quest For
17. The Wicked Symphony
18. Lost in Space
19. Savior in the Clockwork
20. Twisted Mind
21. Dying for an Angel
22. The Seven Angels
23. Avantasia
24. Sign of the Cross

For the first time, the setlists differed slightly from each other, but only because songs were missing from some concerts.

Setlist for concert without Ronnie Atkins:

1. Specters
2. The Watchmaker's Dream
3. The story ain't over
4. The great mystery
5. Reach Out For The Light
6. Breaking away
7. Scales of Justice
8. What's Left of Me
9. Promised Land
10. The Scarecrow
11. Sleepwalking
12. The Scarecrow
13. Shelter from the Rain
14. In Quest For
15. The Wicked Symphony
16. Lost in Space
17. Savior in the Clockwork
18. Stargazers
19. Twisted Mind
20. Dying for an Angel
21. Farewell
22. Avantasia
23. The Seven Angels
24. Sign of the Cross

Outro: Cry Just A Little

Again there were a few concerts in which individual songs were deleted.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tobiassammet.com
2. ↑ kiskefanclub.com