Yesterday at the Bang Your Head festival in Germany, Tobias slipped and fell off the stage during the 5th song of Edguy's set. While the band continued to play, Tobias fell into the photographer‘s pit, hit the concrete ground and received several injuries which turned out to be a fracture of his nose, a severe hip contusion, a severe rib contusion and several abrasions and cuts. Nevertheless the band played their full set and went on for another hour, while it was obvious to fans that Tobias was in severe pain. Luckily he is okay and sent us the following message:

"Thanx for your kind wishes, I am alright. I do not have a clue how it happened, the stage wasn't damp, my shoes were alright, I do not have to mention that I was completely sober as this must have been obvious to everyone. I have no clue how it happened. I just fell and suddenly there was blood and a little pain, which got worse song by song. I didn't know you can squeeze so much blood out of such a little nose (well, it‘s not exactly little at this point...). The doctor just said the nose will be fine in a few weeks. Anyway, there was too much adrenaline to stop the show. The fans were so great, it just felt wrong to stop the show, so we decided to just go on and have the doctors repair me afterwards. I am okay now, looking terrible and hurting, but who cares... I‘ll be fine. Thank you for your wishes and for making the show a great show, despite the little incident... Cheerzz, T"

South America has always meant something special to Edguy and their crew. For more than ten years Edguy have toured the continent in support of each album and even though some fans were afraid it wouldn't happen this time, Edguy's booking agency finally announces a short tour of Brazil. Some more dates may follow depending on the schedule. Confirmed shows are:

4.11. Brasilia - Opera Hall
6.11. Sao Paulo - Espaco das Americas
7.11. Curitiba - Master Hall

Edguy will be heading out as special guest of ex-Guns'n Roses guitarist Slash and his band!

On August 11th the wait of all Romanian fans will be over: For the first time in their career Edguy will play Romania and hit the stage of Artmania festival in Sibiu. Also on the bill of this year's Artmania issue: Their fellow-countrymen of "Die Toten Hosen".

Right after they will have returned from their November arena tour as very special guests of Deep Purple, Edguy will play Santa Rock festival at the Stechert Arena in Bamberg on December 8th. Also confirmed are Motörhead. Check the tour section for all forthcoming dates!

Edguy have been confirmed to headline this year's edition of Bang Your Head Festival, Balingen, Germany. Having been one of the opening acts in 2000, the band already headlined the festival in 2007. Now, five years later, Edguy feel honored to return to Bang Your Head on July 14th, to deliver a show you'll never forget.

On June 10th Edguy will hit the stage at one of the most prestigious festival areas in the history of Rock and Heavy Metal: Donington Park! Edguy will share the stage with bands such as Metallica, Black Sabbath and many more at this year's edition of Download Festival in the UK.