German a capella metal band VAN CANTO have updated their tour schedule, which now includes a string of dates supporting BLIND GUARDIAN in Germany this October. Their schedule is now as follows:

May

12 - Metalfest Austria - Malming, Austria
13 - MetalFest Switzerland - Pratteln, Switzerland
14 - Metalfest Germany - Dessau, Germany
15 - Rage Against Racism - Duisburg, Germany

July

8 - Rock Harz Festival - Ballenstedt, Germany
23 - Dong Open Air - Neukirchen Vluyn, Germany
29 - Blue Balls Festival - Luzern, Switzerland

August

6 - Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany
27 - Rockfestival Lichteneck - Grafenau, Germany

October (with Blind Guardian)

1 - Ludwigsburg Arena - Ludwigsburg, Germany
2 - Trier Arena - Trier, Germany
3 - Langen Stadthalle - Langen, Germany
8 - Bamberg Jako Arena - Bamberg, Germany
9 - Duesseldorf Phillipshalle - Duesseldorf, Germany
10 - Munich Zenith - Munich, Germany
20 - Berlin Huxley’s - Berlin, Germany
21 - Osnabrueck, Halle Gartlage - Osnabrueck, Germany

December

3 - Hexentanz Festival - Illingen, Germany

Van Canto's female vocalist Inga Scharf and founder Stefan Schmidt are featured in a new BW&BK; interview. An excerpt is available below.

“It’s a long song and a huge arrangement so it was very difficult in the studio, especially for the guys singing the guitar parts,” Scharf says of the band's 'Master Of Puppets' cover. “It took them four days to do just their parts alone (laughs). It was a very hard song to do compared to the others on the album, definitely the hardest song Van Canto has done so far.”

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