I Blind Guardian, per l'imminente tour, saranno aiutati ancora da Alex Holzwarth, batterista dei Rhapsody.

Il batterista della band, Thomas Stauch, ha ancora problemi ai tendini e non riuscirà a seguire i suoi compagni.

Ecco il comunicato ufficiale:

"Unfortunately Thomen seems to have got the same problems with the nerves in his hand like he had before our South American tour last year," BLIND GUARDIAN guitarist Marcus Siepen writes on the band's official web site. "He can't put any pressure on it without incurring big pains and therefore he is not able to play live with us in the moment. He is in medical treatment and we hope he will be back in business as soon as possible. In the meantime Alex Holzwarth will help us out so all the scheduled gigs will definitely be played!"