German a capella metal band VAN CANTO have issued the following update:

"Hail Van Cantians,

Now, that October is nearly over we want to thank you all for a really great month. The BLIND GUARDIAN tour was an unbelievable experience. We met so many kind people and were allowed to play Germany’s big concert arenas. Thanks to Blind Guardian and their fantastic crew for making us feel so welcome.

Then we had the chance to play in Moscow, a completely different country and many impressions in very short time. The concert was great. Thanks to all our new Russian friends, the guys from Black Messiah and the promoters of Delta Mekong concerts.

Our crew becomes more and more part of the band and so we want to say a big thank you to Jan (sound), Kathrin (merch) and Martin (light) for their true support and professional work.

But the biggest thanks go out to you. You are incredible. No matter if we play in Germany, Italy or Russia - you are there. If there is a festival where the ticket is 40 euro or more and you only want to see us – you are there. And you even bring your friends and get more and more with every show we play. You are turning every place into one giant voice tornado and we’re not lying when we tell you that behind the scenes many (important! ;-)) people of the Blind Guardian family were more than impressed by what you and we did every evening. It’s good to be underestimated. We still like that.

What we noticed in October (especially in Moscow) is, how unimportant some 'journalists' or keepers of the real metal are when it comes to the point we are meeting our fans. If we see happy faces in front of all stages and 90% of the audience is exhausted but happy after our show, we can’t be that wrong. The stage is the truth and we like this truth.

We are very happy and thankful for having the possibility to live this dream. Thank you for making it real. We hope to see you on our future shows. We start with our winter tour (Germany and Switzerland) in December and try to visit more countries in 2011.

Rakkathank you, Van Cantians. You are heroes."

Stefan, Sly, Inga, Ross, Ike and Bastian

October 2010

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