HELLOWEEN have checked in from the road with the following update:

"The European portion of the Hellish Rock Tour 2007 - 2008 has started with a big bang. Over 2,000 crazy Hungarian fans came to see Helloween and their very special guest Gamma Ray in the Petöfi Hall in Budapest. One day later the package sold out the SKC in Belgrad/Serbia and the next day 5,000 totally enthusiastic Bulgarians came to the Winter Palace Of Sports. The venue where Helloween have recorded portions of their recent live-double-DVD, Live On 3 Continents. After a concert in Istanbul, Turkey the tour will bring the bands to Greece and Italy in the next couple of days. Hot on the heels comes the news that the Novesta Hall in the Czech Republic where the bands will play on December the 15th 2007 has already been sold out in advance with more than 3,500 tickets."

Pictures from the tour are available here.

Remaining tour dates are as follows:

November

24 - Athens, Greece at Cultural Center Hellinikos Kosmos
27 - Rome, Italy at Tendastrisce
28 - Milano, Italy at Alcatraz
29 - Dietikon, Switzerland at Stadthalle

December

1 - Lichtenfels, Germany at Stadthalle
2 - Bremen, Germany at Aladin
4 - Goteborg, Sweden at Liseberghallen
5 - Oslo, Norway at Rockefeller
7 - Lund, Sweden at Mejeriet
8 - Stockholm, Sweden at Arenan
10 - Tampere, Finland at Pakkahuone
11 - Helsinki, Finland at Kaapelitehdas
14 - Plzen, Czech Republic at Hala Lokomotiva
15 - Zlin, Czech Republic at Hala Novesta (SOLD OUT)
16 - Pardubice, Czech Republic at CEZ Arena
18 - Kosice, Slovakia at Cassosport Sport Hall
19 - Bratislava, Slovakia at PKO
21 - Langen, Germany at Stadthalle
22 - Kaufbeuren, Germany at All Karthalle

January

6 - Paris, France at Elysee Montmatre
7 - Tilburg, Holland at 013
8 - London, UK at The Forum
10 - Antwerp, Belgium at Hof Ter Lo
11 - Tuttlingen, Germany at Alte Festhalle
12 - Karlsruhe, Germany at Europahalle
13 - Oberhausen, Germany at Turbinenhalle
15 - Barcelona, Spain at Razzmatazz
17 - Lugo, Spain at Recinto Ferial
18 - Bilbao, Spain at Rockstar Live
20 - Madrid, Spain at La Riviera

February

8 - Fukuoka, Japan - Drum Logos
9 - Hiroshima, Japan - Club Quattro
11 - Osaka, Japan - Namba Hatch
12 - Nagoya, Japan - Diamond Hall
14 - Tokyo, Japan - Kosei Nenkin Hall
15 - Tokyo, Japan - Kosei Nenkin Hall