Talisman lead singer Jeff Scott Soto posted the following statement of his website taliking about the reason why the Talisman Tour had to be postponed:
 
Hello everyone, I speak for myself & the rest of Talisman regarding the recent tour dates announced.

I regret to inform you that the planned Farewell Tour for Talisman has had to be postponed. The team had done everything they could to ensure that the whole band be 100% available and, having waited for the various announcements we pressed the send button. However some of the dates were awaiting full confirmation and there were still one or two pending questions whether the timing worked alongside myself and one other band member. If we're to do this tour, it is imperative to us & you the fans to get the lineup you're expecting on a farewell tour, it wouldn't make sense to bring in a former member or even new player in closing this chapter of one of the most important entities of my career & life.

I hope you do realize it's nothing further than simple timing preventing us moving forward with the existing dates, I do hope & plan to readdress this whole thing, possibly adding more dates than were posted, later this year when some of us are freed up of prior commitments. My apologies to all our fans & friends alike, we are all disappointed now but know this is for the better so we can do it properly later... & potentially longer!

JSS /Talisman

Talisman is taking to the road across Europe for one last time to give the many fans who bought 7 the opportunity to hear the band live. This classic line-up represents one of the best hard rock bands in the business and it will, most likely, be the last opportunity for fans to see a live Talisman show before the final curtain descends.

Talisman will hit eight countries on a whirlwind tour comprising 14 dates plus a couple of warm-up gigs in Sweden. The final schedule is still awaiting detailed confirmation of all the venues. On this page you can see all the info.

Talisman's stunning new album is available on iTunes. If you have a moment, please include your review to tell the world how amazing this album truly is.
The album is also available to buy at the JSS Online Store aswell as the live double DVD 'The World's Best Kept Secret', which contains two full concerts and an anthology from the Talisman vaults of all their videos, plus interviews and behind the scenes footage.

Escape Music are so delighted to announce the release date for Last Autumns Dream brand new album Saturn Skyline on February 19.

Marcel Jacob will be the guest on the Steve Price Show this Saturday at around 6:15pm UK time (10:15am PCT, 1:15pm EST, 19:15 CET).

To listen go to ARFM website and click on the listen live link.

If you have any Talisman related questions that you would like answered then e-mail studio@arfm.co.uk before the start of the show (6pm UK).

Today the official Talisman MySpace page has been launched!

MySpace network comprises millions of users all over the world who keep in touch and is used by more and more international musicians to make their music available to a very wide audience.

Talisman MySpace will be constantly updated with the latest most important news on the band and will provide the listenings to songs from the early days up to now.

Through this page fans and admirers have the chance to show every day their support to the band! Check it Out here !

Frontiers Records is proud to present the new issue of Melodic Rock Fanzine. The 16th release of our successful magazine is available for free all over the world through record shops, mail-orders and every fine dealer carrying the Frontiers Records releases.

The new issue is combined with the Melodic Rock CD Vol. 1, a sample disc with 1.30 minutes excerpts all the most important songs of the upcoming releases!

This new issue includes reviews and interviews of Winger, Talisman, Kingdom Come, Avalon, Riot, Rob Lamothe, Mad Max, Slamer, Sunstorm, Planet Alliance... and more!

Copies of MRF will be available for free at the upcoming United Forces Of Rock in Ludwigsburg next Sunday October 1st 2006.

[Please note that MR Fanzine and MelodicRock CD Vol. 1 are both products from Frontiers Records]

Press Release / Sadly, we have to announce that Talisman will not be able to appear on this year's United Forces Of Rock festival due to singer Jeff Scott Soto's involvement with Journey.

Here comes an official statement from bass player Marcel Jacob:

Now here you can find ALL the samples from the upcoming Talisman's new album called 7.

01. Falling
02. Nowhere Fast
03. Rhyme Or Reason
04. End Of The Line
05. The 1 I'm Living 4
06. On My Way
07. Forevermore
08. Succumb 2 My Desire
09. Shed a Tear Goodbye
10. Troubled Water
11. Back 2 the Feeling
12. Final Curtain

Also here you can read the Press Release.

Marcel Jacob has checked in to supply an update for fans eagerly awaiting the brand new studio album from the band (which he also gave me a sneak preview of!).

Here's what Marcel had to say: "Talisman was supposed to do a tour in September / October, hitting Germany, Greece, Belgium, Italy, and Spain.

But some half-decent American outfit ;-) needed JSS to step in and help them out for a while, which means we had to cancel (for now ­ we'll give it another go if there's a slot open sometime).

Now, as you know a new Talisman album has been in the making for the past 9 months (an insane amount of time for us, all other albums could have been made twice!). It's not going to be called Bar, that was a desperate solution for a title at a time when JSS & I were only joking about titles; it does not have anything to do with drinking however, it was "BittterAngryResentful", referring to our outlook on certain then current life events.

No, we're calling it 7 - it's our 7th studio album, and the artwork (supposedly) will reflect a bit of humor about a change of luck, winning the jackpot so to speak. Perversely enough the word "Bar" does appear in the artwork!

It's the same old people ­ JSS, Freddie, Jamie, and I. This time I've been handling all guitars except leads, as well as doing an amazing amount (for me) of keyboards. The album was mixed by Pontus Norgren, he is also guesting as guitar player on one track. There will be 10 or 11 tracks, with 1 or 2 bonus tracks on the Japanese release. There are some changes for this album ­ for instance including some ballad material, and it's not as "heavy" as Cats And Dogs ­ throwing in a few surprises…and as usual, we will include one of Jamie's songs, which always have a style of their own. We're very curious to hear reactions to this one."

United Forces Of Rock 2 will be held at Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg (near Stuttgart), Germany on October 1st, 2006.

The bands for this year's event are: House Of Lords, Talisman, Mad Max, Danny Vaughn, Kip Winger (acoustic), Gary Barden, Bloodbound and Prayer

Tickets will go on sale shortly. For more infos and regular updates, please visit

Following the new Talisman CD release (new CD title to be announced soon, BAR will NOT be the name of the album after all), there are dates being booked & confirmed in beginning late Sept. 2006.

• Vosselar,Belgium;
• Athens, Greece;
• Ludwigsburg, Germany &
• Barcelona / Madrid / Bilbao, Spain.

A full itinerary including additional dates will be announced here 1st in the next few weeks.

Swedish/German Melodic Rock band Last Autumn's Dream has found a new home in Europe on Escape Music. Their new album Winter In Paradise will be released on April 14th, 2006.

Winter In Paradise was, as the former two albums, recorded at three studio locations, XTC Productions/Studio in Stockholm, Sunday Music in Gothenburg and Rick Brightman Music Production in Berlin. Executive producer was Ulf Wahlberg .

The band is: Vocals - Mikael Erlandsson ; Guitars - Andy Malecek (Fair Warning) ; Drums - Jamie Borger (Talisman) ; Bass - Marcel Jacob (Talisman) .

Jeff Scott Soto and Marcel Jacob are busy writing and recording a brand new Talisman album, tentatively called Bar. Recording is taking place at Ulf Wahlberg's XTC studios in Stockholm, Sweden and the recording line-up will also feature long-time members Fredrik Akesson on guitars and Jaime Borger on drums.

According to bass player Marcel Jacob: "The material is extremely melodic and groovy. Very little metal... and we are working on some ballad material. The album is tentatively planned for a late summer release and the band is considering some possibilities for live appearances in the fall."