Rock Meets Classic, the annual European tour featuring classic rock artists backed by a band and full orchestra, have confirmed The Sweet members Andy Scott and Peter Lincoln for the 2016 European tour. Europe vocalist Joey Tempest, former Kansas frontman Steve Walsh, Midge Ure of Ultravox fame, German metal queen Doro, Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham and Ricky Warwick, and former Nazareth frontman Dan McCafferty are also confirmed for the tour.

The official tour poster can be viewed below.

Rock Meets Classic features the Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague and The Mat Sinner Band, the latter including Primal Fear members Mat Sinner and Alex Beyrodt (guitars), and also featuring Trillium / Avantasia's Amanda Somerville (backing vocals), Avantasia's Oliver Hartmann (guitars), Voodoo Circle's Jimmy Kresic (keyboards), Sinner's Moritz Müller (drums), Tiffany Kirkland (backing vocals), Kolinda Brozovic (backing vocals) and Sascha Krebs (backing vocals).

This past summer Rock Meets Classic performed two special festival shows in Germany at Rock Of Ages and the Wacken Open Air on July 31st and August 1st respectively.

Featured artists for these two exclusive shows included Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow), Michael Kiske (Unisonic, ex-Helloween), Marc Storace (Krokus) and Jennifer Haben (Beyond The Black).

Check out footage of Kiske performing the Helloween classic "I Want Out" at Wacken Open Air 2015 below:

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