Demons & Wizards, featuring Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schaffer, will play their first show in 19 years this Friday, May 31. But who’s going join them on stage? Watch Kürsch and Schaffer reveal the live lineup of Demons & Wizards in this new video:

Joining Schaffer and Kürsch on their upcoming live dates are guitarist Jake Dreyer (Witherfall, Iced Earth), bassist Marcus Siepen (Blind Guardian), drummer Fredrik Ehmke (Blind Guardian, Sinbreed), and keyboardist Joost Van Den Broek (After Forever, Ayreon).

Tour dates:

May
31 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage

June
1 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
2 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
8 - Sölvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock Festival
10 - Moscow, Russia - Red Club
20 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Copenhell Festival
21 - Clisson, France - Hellfest
22 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting
28 - Dokkum, Netherlands - Dokk’em Open Air
30 - London, United Kingdom - Islington Assembly Hall

July
4 - Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona Rock Fest
6 - Chania,Greece - Chania Rock Festival
25 - Tolmin, Slovenia  - Metaldays

August
1-3 - Wacken, Germany  - Wacken Open Air
17 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
20 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO
21 - Vancouver, BC - The Commodore
22 - Portland, OR - Roseland
24 - Denver, CO - The Summit Theater
26 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Live
28 - Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
29 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theater
31 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall

September
1 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
4 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
5 - New York, NY - The Playstation Theater
7 - Atlanta, GA - Progpower

On June 7, the two highly acclaimed albums Demons & Wizards (2000) and Touched By The Crimson King (2005) are going to be released physically again.

On May 17, Hansi Kürsch and Jon Schaffer visited the Century Media office in Dortmund, Germany to sign 800 LPs, which are exclusively available through the band’s merch store. Watch the video below:

Demons & Wizards recently released a lyric video for the track “Heaven Denies“, taken off the remastered album Demons & Wizards, created by Scott Rudd. Watch below.

Streaming and pre-ordering options are available below:

- Demons & Wizards

- Touched By The Crimson King

(Please note: Both remasters are available digitally already on all relevant streaming and download platforms.)

Remastered by Zeuss (Iced Earth, Queensrÿche, Rob Zombie), these two records will be released as expanded deluxe editions. The expanded editions will feature liner notes by Hansi Kürsch & Jon Schaffer as well as bonus material and will be released as Limited Edition Digipak, Deluxe 2LP with Etching & LP-booklet as well as digital deluxe editions.

(Photo - Dirk Behlau)