GAMMA RAY - Best Of The Best Party Tour 2015 Dates For Europe Announced
June 1, 2015, 9 years ago
Germany bashers Gamma Ray - featuring Helloween co-founder Kai Hansen - will hit the road in Europe this fall in support of their new Best Of collection. Serious Black will be direct support for the duration of the tour. Dates are as follows:
October
30 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
31 - Berlin, Germany - C-Club
November
3 - München, Germany - Backstage Werk
7 - Lucenec, Slovakia - Sports Hall
8 - Budapest, Hungary - Club 202
10 - Graz, Austria - Explosiv
11 - Milano, Italy - Mediolanum Forum
13 - Pamplona, Spain - Totem
14 - Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Capitol
15 - Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
17 - Lisbon, Portugal - Paradis Garaje
18 - Sevilla, Spain - Custom
20 - Murcia, Spain - Gamma
21 - Madrid, Spain - San Miguel
22 - Barcelona, Spain - Razz 1
24 - Lyon, France - Ninkasi Kao
25 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
27 - Memmingen, Germany - Kaminwerk
December
5 - Paris, France - Trabendo
6 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob
8 - London, UK - Islington
9 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
11 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Musikens Hus
12 - Stockholm, Sweden Klubben
It was recently announced that all of Gamma Ray's albums will be re-released throughout 2015, including extensive booklets and a lot of bonus materials. The photo below features band leader Kai Hansen busy in a trip back to the tapes days working on the extra material for the first Gamma Ray reissue. More news soon.
The Gamma Ray studio album catalogue getting the re-issue treatment is as follows:
Heading for Tomorrow (1990)
Sigh No More (1991)
Insanity And Genius (1993)
Land Of The Free (1995)
Somewhere Out In Space (1997)
Power Plant (1999)
No World Order (2001)
Majestic (2005)
Land Of The Free II (2007)
To The Metal! (2010)
Gamma Ray have announced four European festival shows for summer 2015. Their schedule is as follows:
July
17 - Dong Open Air - Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany
August
8 - Rock Pod Kamenom - Snina, Slovakia
It’s been a wild ride for Germany’s power metal institution, Gamma Ray. Led by Kai Hansen, one of the most loved metal icons of the last 30 years, Gamma Ray has influenced and shaped the genre for 25 years. Simply put, year after year they became - and stayed - one of the most solid flagships in classic and power metal and still are its undisputed kings.
Now, after eleven studio albums and the release of their recent studio album, Empire Of The Undead, almost one year ago – the most successful record in the band’s history yet, Gamma Ray has released their first selection of their best and most representative songs on one album.
According to a press release, the record features a great variety of tunes, spanning from the band’s first ever album Heading For Tomorrow to highlights picked out of albums such as Powerplant and To The Metal!. The songs – all hand-picked by Kai Hansen himself – give metal fans and those to be a real cross-section of the band’s extensive work so far. This adds up to a selection of over 25 songs, all re-mastered by Eike Freese (Deep Purple). Liner notes written by Kai Hansen complete the package and give a deep insight into the work of this exceptional talent.
Tracklisting:
CD1
"Heaven Can Wait"
"Hellbent"
"Dream Healer"
"Land Of The Free"
"To The Metal"
"Somewhere Out In Space"
"Real World"
"Induction"
"Dethrone Tyranny"
"Rebellion In Dreamland"
"Heading For Tomorrow"
CD2
"Avalon"
"Man On A Mission"
"The Spirit"
"Tribute To The Past"
"Empathy"
"Valley Of The Kings"
"Lust For Life"
"Master Of Confusion"
"Blood Religion"
"Time To Break Free"
"Insurrection"
"Send Me A Sign"
Check out an elevator interview with Kai Hansen below:
