Former KAMELOT Vocalist ROY KHAN Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of The Black Halo With Live One-Off Show; Fan-Filmed Video Available
"... Former Kamelot vocalist Roy Khan, who was with the band from 1998 – 2011 and now fronts Conception, celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the band’s classic album, The Black Halo, with a one-off performance in São Paulo, Brazil at Tokio Marine Hall on July 5. Fan-filmed video of the entire show is available below.
He performed the following songs from The Black Halo, featuring Seven Spires / Avantasia vocalist Adrienne Cowan guesting on four tracks **:
“When The Lights Are Down”
“Moonlight”
“Soul Society”
“The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)” **
“Abandoned” **
“Memento Mori” **
“March Of Mephisto” **.
In 1997, Khan – the original vocaist for Conception – was invited to join Kamelot by guitarist and founder Thomas Youngblood, after the band’s previous vocalist was fired. Khan performed lead vocals on the subsequent releases Siége Perilous (1998), The Fourth Legacy (1999), Karma (2001), Epica (2003), The Black Halo (2005), Ghost Opera (2007), and Poetry For The Poisoned (2010). During his tenure, Khan also co-wrote most of the songs alongside Youngblood, most notably on Poetry For The Poisoned.
On August 14, 2010, Kamelot performed in Hungary for what would turn out to be their final performance with Khan. A few weeks later, it was announced that Khan would not be joining the first North American leg of the upcoming tour in support of Poetry For The Poisoned due to illness, with the band initially planning to use a replacement vocalist, before later deciding to postpone the North American tour entirely while he recovered.
After much speculation among fans and media that Khan was seriously ill or had left the band, Khan himself confirmed his departure from the band in his blog on April 21, 2011, with the band making the formal announcement the day after. In the announcement, Youngblood wrote that Khan had been given a lot of time to make the decision and the band respected it. The tour eventually went on with Fabio Lione (Rhapsody, Vision Divine) filling in on vocals, while his permanent replacement, Tommy Karevik, joined Kamelot the following year...."
