Talisman lead singer, Jeff Scott Soto posted the following statement about the Talisman Tour:
 
Well what's a farewell tour without a little drama? If it wasn't getting the timing on when all of us in the band we're available for this upcoming run, there was the task of convincing promoters we wouldn't pull the plug a 3rd time on them if we rebooked...well, it was close to happening again but I refused to let it.

Last week, our longtime guitarist Fredrik Åkesson informed us he would not be able to participate with us because of his obligations with the band he has been involved with. Understandable but a bit unprofessional of him to pull out 6 weeks before the tour begins. Our next option was to get our old pal & other former guitarist, Pontus Norgren, but he too is knee deep in commitment with his current band The Poodles & was unable to join us. I thought this would be a bit silly in continuing forward without either one of them but I realised there are fans buying tickets, hotels & even flights to come see these shows, they are the ones who are the most put out so I came up with a solution I am very happy to announce into the fold.

My good friend from many a musical moment, guitarist Brian Young, will join us for the tour. Brian was part of the 1st band I started after my stint with Yngwie back in 1985 called L'Amour & we have done much together since. He played a solo on the 1st Human Clay album Marcel & I did back in 1996 as well played on a few solos for my Prism album. For the last 6 years, Brian has been & still is currently playing for David Lee Roth but I am proud to be borrowing him & introducing him to you on this tour...only he can learn all these songs in 3 weeks & blow you all away, trust me, you'll be impressed!!

See you all out there, Jamie, Marcel, I & now Brian look forward to a slamming farewell...until we meet again!!

We are happy announce the date and the bands to appear at this year's United Forces Of Rock Festival which will be - as usual - held at the Rockfabrik venue in Ludwigsburg (near Stuttgart) in Germany.

Performing on Sunday, 30th of September 2007 will be:

Joe Lynn Turner, Stan Bush, Danger Danger, White Wolf, Soul Doctor, Last Autumn's Dream, Human Zoo.

Ticket price will be 45,00 Euro (incl. Vat; plus shipping). Tickets will be in stock in ~ 3 weeks time from now at CTS (German customers only), AOR Heaven Mailorder, www.rock-it-magazine.de/shop, at the venue and on www.united-forces-of-rock.de. For pre-orders until then, please e-mail to info@united-forces-of-rock.de or check www.united-forces-of-rock.de within the next couple of days.

UFOR III is supported by Frontiers Records, Escape Music, AOR Heaven, Rock It!, Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg, Hardbeat Media Service & GerMusica Promotion.
WebLinks: www.united-forces-of-rock.de.

Talisman, the last 15 years rock dynamites, will be performing in Thessaloniki and Athens for two explosive rock nights, carrying along their last album 7 and all their greatest hits, determined to lift their Greek audience for the first time ever in Greece, and maybe the last chance for them to watch Talisman on stage.

Talisman in their full line-up, with the spectacular Jeff Scott Soto at the vocals and founder and veteran Marcel Jacob at the bass guitar, Jamie Borger at the drums and Fredrik Åkesson at the guitars, promise to satisfy their Greek fans but also to prepare them properly for the hot "live" summer to come.
Support acts will be announced shortly for both the Thessaloniki and Athens shows.
May 24 Thessaloniki @ Ksilourgio Milou
May 25 Athens @ GAGARIN 205 Live Music Space
Information: Black Rose Productions - Ifaestou 24 street, Athens, Greece / tel/fax. 210. 32 11 549 and Reptile Music - Al. Svolou 31 street, Thessaloniki, Greece / tel. 2310-221333.
Ticket price - Athens Show: €30 and Thessaloniki Show : €30.

Talisman have been booked to appear on the same bill as 'Deep Purple' and 'Y&T' on Saturday 19 May 2007.
 
The open air event is being held in Hellendoorn in Holland and full details and tickets can be found at the festival site here.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Tickets for Sweden Rock Festival 2007 are now up for sale in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany and England. We appologize that it has taken a little longer than expected to get tickets out in Germany and England, but we have to blame christmas and closed offices both here and there.

Wednesday June 6.
The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Annihilator, Nocturnal Rites, Wolf, CrashDiet, Black Debbath, Crazy Lixx, Randy Pipers Animal, Vomitory, Baltimoore, Andromeda, Mountain Of Power, Switchblade.

Thursday June 7.
Heaven & Hell, Meat Loaf, Thin Lizzy, Quiet Riot, Dark Tranquillity, Thunder, Dimmu Borgir, Axel Rudi Pell, Symphony X, Amon Amarth, Point Blank, Bluestone Co, Solid Ground, Sören Berlevs Gas Show, Sturm und Drang, Tokyo Dragons, Eldritch, LIon's Share, Trail Of Tears, Marduk, Zan Clan, Backdraft.

Friday June 8.
Aerosmith, Skid Row, U.D.O, Gov´t Mule, The Answer, Hardcore Superstar, November, Talisman, Pretty Maids, Kreator, Anekdoten, White Lion, Tiamat, McQueen, Tyr, Memfis, All Ends, Circus Maximus, After Forever, BadDadz & Big Bear.

Saturday June 9.
Scorpions med Uli Jon Roth, REO Speedwagon, Blind Guardian, Motörhead, Iced Earth, Black Oak Arkansas, Trouble, Hinder, Focus, Suzi Quatro, Fastway, Quireboys, Korpiklaani, Hellfueled, Falconer, Bloodbound, Magic Pie, Soul Doctor, Krux, Archer, BC & Heartkeys Goda Grannar.