Swedish heavy metal heroes, SABATON, closed the release weekend of their new record entitled »The Last Stand«, successfully at their own festival, Sabaton Open Air. They not only had to say goodbye to their guitarist Thobbe Englund, but they also welcomed their new member Tommy Johansson.
The band commented:
"Thank you Thobbe, welcome Tommy!
Our guitarplayer Thobbe did his final concert with us on last Saturday's very emotional show at the Sabaton Open Air festival. Celebrating the release of our new album while saying goodbye to a great friend is lots of mixed feelings. But the future is bright since this was not nearly our last stand, from now on you will see Tommy Johansson playing guitars with SABATON and we all look forward to see you on the road!"
Tommy added: "For me to be a part of the SABATON family is a huge honour and I couldn't be happier! The guys are awesome and among the nicest people you can meet. I've been following SABATON since 2005 when I saw them live for the first time and I have loved the band ever since, so when they asked me to join there was no hesitation. Although, they did ask me already back in 2012 but for many personal reasons it was not a good time for me to hit the road and give everything that was needed to the band. So I declined, but we have stayed in touch since then. I also wanna say that Thobbe is a great guitarist and such a wonderful guy! My job is not to replace him, it's to contribute to the band with my own style of guitarplaying but of course also to keep his fans happy by playing his wonderful solos with pride. I look foward to meet you all on tour and to do what I love the most in life - to play heavy metal!"
Get the new album here: http://nblast.de/SabatonLastStandNB Or digitally: http://nblast.de/SabatonDownloads
More on »The Last Stand«:
- 'The Lost Battalion' OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jTgkTEDDog
- 'Blood Of Bannockburn' OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi7xBe5-M8k
- 'Shiroyama' OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylyqoxh-cXk
- 'The Art Of War' OFFICIAL LIVE CLIP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYoK1N90KDk
Get new merch here: http://www.nuclearblast.de/de/shop/artikel/gruppen/79904.1.bandmerch.html?article_group_sort_type_handle=rank&custom_keywords=SABATON
SABATON live:
- 28.08. PL Straszecin - Czad Festival
- 29.08. PL Wroclaw - Rock For Freedom
- 31.08. IL Tel Aviv - Reading 3 (w/ DESERT) *SOLD OUT*
- 03.09. CY Lakatamia - Lakatamia Amphitheater
w/ TRIVIUM, HUNTRESS
- 15.09. USA Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
- 16.09. USA Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
- 17.09. USA Worcester, MA - Palladium (SABATON only)
- 19.09. USA Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
- 20.09. USA Little Rock, AR - Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center
- 22.09. USA Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
- 23.09. USA Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
- 24.09. USA Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
- 25.09. USA San Bernardino, CA - Knotfest (no HUNTRESS)
- 27.09. USA Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
- 29.09. USA Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
- 30.09. USA Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights
- 02.10. USA Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life Festival
- 04.10. USA Peoria, IL - Limelight Eventplex
- 06.10. USA Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Live!
- 07.10. USA Houston, TX - Scout Bar
- 08.10. USA Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
- 10.10. USA Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
- 11.10. USA New York, NY - Irving Plaza
- 13.10. USA Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
- 15.10. USA Binghamton, NY - Magic City Music Hall
- 17.10. USA Charleston, SC - The Music Farm
- 18.10. USA St. Peterburg, FL - State Theater
- 19.10. USA Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live
- 21.10. USA Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues NEW!
- 28.10. BR Belo Horizonte - A Autentica
- 29.10. BR Sao Poalo - Via Marques
- 30.10. BR Rio De Janeiro - Circo Volador
- 01.11. BR Limiera - Bar Da Montanha
- 02.11. BR Porto Alegre - Opiniao Bar
- 03.11. BR Curitiba - Music Hall
- 05.11. RA Buenos Aires - Teatro Vorterix
- 06.11. RCH Santiago - Kmasu Premiere
- 11.11. MEX Mexico City - Lunario NEW
- 30.11. RUS Krasnoyarsk - Havana
- 02.12. RUS Novosibirsk - R-Club
- 03.12. RUS Yekaterinburg - Tele Club
- 05.12. RUS Samara - Zvezda Club
- 07.12. RUS Krasnodar - Arena Hall
- 09.12. RUS St. Petersburg - A2
- 10.12. BY Minsk - Republic
- 11.12. RUS Moscow - Bud Arena
- 14.12. S Baltic Sea - Sabaton Cruise 2016 *SOLD OUT*
»The Last Tour« - Europe 2017
w/ ACCEPT
- 06.01. D Hamburg - Sporthalle NEW!
- 07.01. D Oberhausen - König Pilsener Arena
- 08.01. B Antwerp - Lotto Arena
- 10.01. IRL Dublin - Vicar Street
- 11.01. UK Glasgow - o2 Academy
- 13.01. UK Manchester - o2 Apollo
- 14.01. UK London - o2 Brixton Academy
- 15.01. F Lille - Aeronef
- 16.01. F Paris - Olympia
- 18.01. F Toulouse - Le Bikini
- 19.01. E Bilbao - Santana 27
- 20.01. P Porto - Coliseu Do Porto
- 21.01. E Madrid - Barclaycard Center
- 22.01. E Barcelona - Sant Jordi
- 24.01. F Lyon - Transbordeur
- 25.01. I Milan - Live Club
- 27.01. A Vienna - Gasometer
- 28.01. D Ludwigsburg - MHP Arena
- 29.01. NL Amsterdam - Heineken Music Hall
- 31.01. D Frankfurt - Jahrhunderthalle
- 01.02. D Saarbrücken - Saarlandhalle
- 03.02. CH Basel - St. Jakobshalle
- 04.02. D Bamberg - Brose Arena
- 05.02. D München - Zenith
- 24.02. FIN Helsinki - Icehall
- 25.02. EST Tallinn - Kultuurikatel
- 04.03. CZ Prague - Tip Sport Arena
- 05.03. H Budapest - Barba Negra
- 06.03. SRB Belgrade - Belexpo
- 08.03. GR Athens - Peiraios Academy
- 09.03. GR Thessaloniki - Fix Factory Of Sound
- 10.03. BG Sofia - Universiada Hall
- 11.03. RO Bucharest - Arenele Romane
- 13.03. HR Zagreb - Dom Sportova
- 14.03. SK Bratislava - Aegon Arena
- 15.03. D Berlin - Columbiahalle
- 17.03. S Norrköping - Himmelstalundshallen NEW!
- 18.03. S Sandviken - Göransson Arena NEW!
- 19.03. S Örebro - Conventum Arena NEW!
- 21.03. DK Copenhagen - Valby Hallen
- 22.03. S Lund - Sparbank Skane Arena NEW!
- 24.03. S Stockholm - Hovet NEW!
- 25.03. S Göteborg - Frölundaborg NEW!
- 26.03. N Oslo - Sentrum Scene
- 27.03. N Haugesund - Byscenen
- 29.03. N Trondheim - Samfundet Storsalen
- 31.03. S Umea - Umea Energi Arena Vind NEW!
Tickets and more info: www.sabaton.net/tour