Nuclear Blast Records reports:

"A lot of you will have missed AVANTASIA mastermind Tobias Sammet at the signing session and press conference at this year's Wacken Open Air.

In the meantime it has been announced that Tobias had to undergo an appendix surgery and is currently recovering in the hospital. Get well soon!

But let's switch to good news: Avantasia will play exclusively at W:O:A 2008 - it's their only German live show!

The best preparation for this is of course the upcoming musical lifesign of this supergroup: part 1 & 2 of the Lost In Space EP will be released October 19th, 2007.

Watch out for Avantasia!"