EDGUY's new album, Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown, will be released on April 18th in Europe, April 21st in the UK, and on April 28th in North America. In September the band will embark on the Space Police World Tour with a brand new astonishing stage production. The first tour dates can be found below, more dates in other countries will be announced in the forthcoming days and weeks.

Tobias Sammet comments: “Finally, Edguy are back! No rock opera, just going on stage and delivering the greatest high velocity entertainment show of the decade. 'King Of Fools', 'Lavatory Love Machine', 'Tears Of A Mandrake' and a lot more old and new stuff. It feels great to go on stage with my childhood friends again, after the DEEP PURPLE tour it's amazing to come with our own stage production again and turn every venue into an arena. It's all just a matter of attitude. Quite simple and humble as always: We're all looking forward to bulldoze our way across the world, armed with sabre, torch, a bunch of guitars and a huge old school stage production. Don't be silly, be there!“

Tour dates:

September

12 - Manchester, UK - Sound Control
13 - Nuneaton, UK - Queens Hall
14 - London, UK - Islington Academy
19 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle, Metal Dayz
20 - Malmö, Sweden - KB
21 - Göteborg Sweden - Brewhouse
23 - Lulea Sweden - Kulturens Hus
24 - Jyväskylä, Finland - Lutakko
25 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
27 - Bremen, Germany - Aladin
28 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
30 - München, Germany - Backstage

October

2 - Bamberg, Germany - Brose Arena
3 - Filderstadt, Germany - Filharmonie
4 - Kaufbeuren, Germany - All Kart Halle
6 - Rome, Italy - Orion
7 - Milan, Italy - Live Club
9 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage
10 - Fulda, Germany - Wartenberg Oval
11 - Langen, Germany - Stadthalle
13 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
14 - Lyon, France - Transbordeur
15 - Paris, France - Trabendo
17 - Madrid, Spain - Penélope
18 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27
19 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
21 - Köln, Germany - Live Music Hall

In other news, Edguy have been confirmed to perform during the walk-in of world champion Arthur Abraham who's gonna be having a boxing fight with Nikola Sjekloca at the Velodrom in Berlin on May 3rd. Edguy will perform their brand new song ‘Love Tyger’ taken from the forthcoming new album. Match and performance will be broadcast live on German television, on the national channel ARD. Stay tuned for more information.

Besides the regular CD edition the album will also be available as a limited digibook edition containing two CDs. Also available will be a strictly limited hardcover earbook collectors' edition (28.5x28.5cm) containing the two discs, a photographic history with more than 130 photos from the band's archive, liner-notes, touring history, and more.

Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown tracklisting:

‘Sabre & Torch’

‘Space Police’

‘Defenders Of The Crown’

‘Love Tyger’

‘The Realms Of Baba Yaga’

‘Rock Me Amadeus’

‘Do Me Like A Caveman’

‘Shadow Eaters’

‘Alone In Myself’

‘The Eternal Wayfarer’

Bonus disc tracklisting:

‘England’

‘Aychim In Hysteria’

‘Space Police’ (progressive version)

‘Space Police’ (instrumental version)

‘Love Tyger’ (instrumental version)

‘Defenders Of The Crown’ (instrumental version)

‘Do Me Like A Caveman’ (instrumental version)

'Sabre & Torch' lyric video: