Edguy have just returned from the North American leg of the Tinnitus Sanctus Tour 2009. The band wants to thank their fans in Canada and the USA for making another adventurous trek a joyful and successful venture. The band will have some rest now while working on refurbishing the website, before they will celebrate the end of their European tour 2009 on December 12th with a headlining show at Knock-Out Festival, Europahalle Karlsruhe with their friends of HammerFall before they will set off to Australia and Tasmania in December to play a short tour in Tasmania.

Meanwhile Tobias will continue work on his super epic Rock Opera "Avantasia" which is going to feature many guest stars and friends of Tobias, current and former members of KISS, Masterplan, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Helloween, Magnum, Edguy and many more. All informations about the giant undertaking on www.tobiassammet.com

Tuesday 29th 3:00pm Pacific time Tobias will be heard live on one of America's finest and most prestigious radio stations, KNAC. It is broadcast all across Southern California, and in order to listen to the interview from any place in the world go to www.knac.com and simply click on "listen". Mind the time, 3:00 pm pacific time is midnight (Tue-Wed) Central European Time.

Edguy are currently on their North American leg of the Tinnitus Sanctus World Tour which has started on September 4th in Toronto, Canada and which will end on the 29th at the prestigious Key Club on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Next stops will be Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Marcos and Los Angeles. To read an American interview that Tobias has done recently, follow this link.

Unfortunately the show in Victoria on September 24th has been cancelled by the promoter. The band apologizes but states that it was not the band's intention to cancel. The rest of the dates will happen as scheduled.

Edguy's show on Sunday, September 13th has been moved from Mokena's Pearl Room to Logan Square Auditorium on 2539 N Kezie Blvd in Chicago, Illinois. To read what's going on in the touring world of Edguy, check the tour diary at www.tobiassammet.com

Excerpts from the tour diary:  "Today we have been on a whaling cruise. Everybody just one harpoon, if seven shots miss you get a penalty point, so it says eight attempts on your little form and you move on to the next species. Like in miniature golf. Felix was hung over and even missed the humpback, which equals the first hole in miniature golf. I had my problems with with dolphins, but I got that tiny quick bastard finally after four shots..."  If you log in to the backstage section at tobiassammet.com you can read the full tour diary and check some pictures taken by Tobi.