The Scarecrow World Tour

Avantasia at Sweden Rock Festival 2008

The Scarecrow World Tour was the first world tour of Metal - Opera Avantasia by Tobias Sammet . It started on June 5, 2008 in Switzerland and ended on August 13, 2008 in Hungary .

prehistory

Originally, Tobias Sammet never wanted to bring his Avantasia project onto the stage. They did get some offers, but he always turned them down. However, when Wacken Open Air asked in 2007 whether he would headline the festival in 2008, he and the new producer Sascha Paeth decided to embark on a world tour.

The tour then started on June 5, 2008 in Huttwil at the Rocksound Festival. She brought the band to 13 concerts in 13 different countries, spread across several continents.

In spring 2011 the DVD / CD set The Flying Opera was released , which contains an entire Avantasia concert, mixed from the two concerts from the Masters of Rock Festival in the Czech Republic and the performance at Wacken Open Air in Germany. There is also a documentary about the trip, commented by Tobias Sammet and old and new music videos.

At the end of the documentary, Sammet says that such a tour is probably no longer possible, although there was already a new tour at the time of publication. This suggests that the interview was recorded at the time of the tour.

Musicians etc.

There were 13 musicians and 8 roadies involved in the tour.

Musicians were:

• Tobias Sammet = singing
• Sascha Paeth = guitar
• Oliver Hartmann = guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Robert Hunecke-Rizzo = bass, background vocals
• Miro Rodenberg = keyboards, background vocals
• Felix Bohnke = drums
• Amanda Somerville = background vocals, lead vocals
• Cloudy Yang = background singing

Guest musicians were:

• Jørn Lande - vocals
• Bob Catley - vocals
• Kai Hansen - vocals
• Andre Matos - vocals
• Henjo Richter - guitar
• Uli Jon Roth - guitar (only at Wacken Open Air )

Otherwise there were:

• AC Dreffein - tour manager
• Frank "FD" Dehn - Production Manager
• Andreas "Stoney" Stein - stage manager
• Ernst Seider - sound engineer in Europe
• Joachim "Piesel" Küstner - guitar technician & sound engineer
• Manuel Antunes - lighting technician
• Sascha Gerbig - guitar technician
• Michael "Hille" Hillenbrand - drum technician

Tour dates

No.	date	country	city	place
1	June 5th	Switzerland	Huttwil	Rocksound Festival
2	June 7th	Sweden	Solvesborg	Sweden Rock Festival
3	June 10th	Russia	Moscow	DK Gorbunova
4th	June 13th	Japan	Tokyo	Shinagawa Prince Stella Ball
5	15th June	Mexico	Mexico city	Circo Volador
6th	18th of June	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Obras
7th	20th June	Chile	Santiago de Chile	Caupolican
8th	June 22	Brazil	Sao Paulo	Credicard Hall
9	10th of July	Czech Republic	Vizovice	Masters Of Rock Festival
10	24th July	Romania	Tirgu Mures	Festivalul Peninsula
11	July 26th	Italy	Milan	Rockin Field Festival
12	August 1st	Germany	Wacken	Wacken Open Air
13	13 August	Hungary	Budapest	Sziget Festival

Set lists

Setlist:

1. Twisted Mind
2. The Scarecrow
3. Another angel down
4. Prelude / Reach Out for the Light
5. Inside
6. No return
7. The story ain't over
8. Shelter from the Rain
9. Lost in Space
10. I don't believe in your love
11. Avantasia
12. Serpents in Paradise
13. Promised Land
14. The Toy Master
15. Farewell
16. Sign of the Cross / Seven Angels

This list contains all songs that were played live. Sometimes songs ("Inside", "No Return", "Lost In Space" or "I Don't Believe In Your Love") had to be thrown off the set list because the band had shorter playing times.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview at Wacken Open Air 2008 , conducted by Christoph Leim
2. ^ Booklet The Flying Opera
3. ↑ www.setlist.fm , last accessed on May 4, 2013