KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood is featured in a new interview with UK-based KomodoRock.com. An excerpt is available below:

Q: I first heard of Kamelot when my friend showed me the One Cold Winter's Night DVD and I have to admit that I was blown away. What do you think lies at the heart of the depth and power in Kamelot's material?

TY: "Well I don't know, maybe the fans can tell you better but we

try to put a lot of emotion into every thing we do. On stage we also are giving 100% to the audience and our band mates. That DVD was a blast to make, I remember every minute of that night like it was yesterday."

Q: The on-stage imagery used on that DVD was amazing. Can we expect a similarly dramatic stage presentation during the upcoming tour?

TY: "Well, since that tour we have a bigger stage show and usually pyros etc., so yes the next tour is our biggest in production, lighting, pyros and theatrics. Not all countries or venues allow pyros but whenever we can and the stage is big enough we like to light up the sky."

Q: Rumour has it that you will be performing material from your new album. Can you tell us any more about that, any concept behind it, and when it will be released?

TY: "Yes, the new tour is for the next album. So the backdrop and stage design is all themed around the new album. We are still looking at the title we want to use and we are hoping for a release in mid-March. Of course there are sometimes delays from production and things but we will definitely play new songs on the tour and some previous fan favorites. We also have a new female backup singer name Elise, she is from Sweden and is really good."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

As previously reported, Kamelot have released a new video trailer for their spring 2010 European tour featuring LEAVES' EYES as main support and select appearances by ADAGIO, ALL ENDS and AMARANTHE. It is available below.

The tour schedule is as follows:

March

25 - Charleroi - BE - Le Coliseum *
26 - Tilburg - NL - O13 *
27 - Amsterdam - NL Paradiso *
28 - London - UK - Koko *
31 - Paris - FR - Elysée Montmartre *

April

1 - Pratteln - CH - Z7 Kulturfabrik *
2 - Montpellier - FR - Rockstore *
3 - Barcelona - ES - Salamandra *
4 - Madrid - ES - La Riviera *
7 - Dortmund - DE - FZW *
8 - Köln - DE - Live Music Hall *
9 - Hamburg - DE - Markthalle *
10 - Gothenburg - SE - Trädgårn **
11 - Stockholm - SE - Tyrol **
13 - Helsinki - FI - Nosturi ***
14 - Tampere - FI - Pakkahuone ***
16 - Oslo - NO - Sentrum Scene ***
17 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene ***

* plus Adagio

** plus All Ends

*** plus Amaranthe

Kamelot recently issued the following update:

"As Kamelot's concert schedule grows and commitments increase, the demand on it's members has also increased.

Guitarist Thomas Youngblood states, "Glenn (Barry) called me a few weeks ago and told me he just couldn't do it anymore, and has to step aside. He is like a brother to us and we've been through a lot of great times, so we wanted him to make this decision."

Bassist Sean Tibbetts has been on tour with Kamelot now for more than 2.5 years, stepping in for Glenn while he took time off for family. We are very pleased to announce Sean Tibbetts as the new Kamelot bassist!!!"