Savatage begins their 2025 European tour tonight at the Into The Grave festival in the Netherlands. Germany’s EMP visited the band during rehearsals to bring fans an inside look at Savatage’s preparations for the tour.
Drummer Jeff Plate was asked about the band’s mindset heading into the tour and he replied,
“The fact that the fans have stuck with us and have wanted this and asked for it for all of these years really kept this whole thing kind of — the possibility was always there, but when word came out about the band actually doing this, and then the response… I mean, I can’t believe these shows in Germany that we’re playing, they’re sold out. It’s amazing. We haven’t been here in 23 years. The lineup is different, but the fans have hung on to this band. And hey, credit to the music. Paul [O’Neill, Savatage producer and Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder], Jon [Oliva, Savatage’s founding vocalist and keyboardist], Criss Oliva [Savatage’s late guitarist], everything these guys created, it’s really an honor for us to be able to still continue this. But this is just the beginning. I think things are gonna look really good for the future for us.”
German power metallers Induction – featuring Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen’s son, Tim Hansen – have been confirmed as support for Savatage’s upcoming headline shows in Europe. Dates are listed below.
For further details, including ticket/festival links, head to savatage.com. Find a video trailer below.
European dates:
June
13 – Leeuwarden, Netherlands – Into The Grave
14 – Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinenhalle (Headline Date)
16 – London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire (Headline Date)
18 – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457 (Headline Date)
19 – Munich, Germany – Tonhalle (Headline Date)
21 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
22 – Dessel, Belgium – Grapop Metal Meeting
24 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz (Headline Date)
26 – Barcelona, Spain – Rock Fest
28 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Rockwave
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Drummer Jeff Plate was asked about the band’s mindset heading into the tour and he replied,
“The fact that the fans have stuck with us and have wanted this and asked for it for all of these years really kept this whole thing kind of — the possibility was always there, but when word came out about the band actually doing this, and then the response… I mean, I can’t believe these shows in Germany that we’re playing, they’re sold out. It’s amazing. We haven’t been here in 23 years. The lineup is different, but the fans have hung on to this band. And hey, credit to the music. Paul [O’Neill, Savatage producer and Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder], Jon [Oliva, Savatage’s founding vocalist and keyboardist], Criss Oliva [Savatage’s late guitarist], everything these guys created, it’s really an honor for us to be able to still continue this. But this is just the beginning. I think things are gonna look really good for the future for us.”
German power metallers Induction – featuring Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen’s son, Tim Hansen – have been confirmed as support for Savatage’s upcoming headline shows in Europe. Dates are listed below.
For further details, including ticket/festival links, head to savatage.com. Find a video trailer below.
European dates:
June
13 – Leeuwarden, Netherlands – Into The Grave
14 – Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinenhalle (Headline Date)
16 – London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire (Headline Date)
18 – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457 (Headline Date)
19 – Munich, Germany – Tonhalle (Headline Date)
21 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
22 – Dessel, Belgium – Grapop Metal Meeting
24 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz (Headline Date)
26 – Barcelona, Spain – Rock Fest
28 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Rockwave
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