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Helloween timeline |
Helloween timeline
version 1.1.1 |
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date
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event
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august 30th, 1959
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Roland Grapow was born in Hamburg
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august 7th, 1962
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Michael Weikath was born in Hamburg
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january 17th, 1963
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Kai Hansen was born in Hamburg
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august 18th, 1964
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Andi Deris was born in Karlsruhe
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may 18th, 1965
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Ingo Schwichtenberg was born in Hamburg
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september 21st, 1965
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Markus Grosskopf was born in Hamburg
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november 11th, 1965
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Stefan Schwarzmann was born in Erlangen
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march 11th, 1967
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Uli Kusch was born in Aachen
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january 24th, 1968
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Michael Kiske was born in Hamburg
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february 22nd, 1973
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Daniel Loeble was born
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1976
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Kai Hansen, then 13-years-old schoolboy, founded his first "real" rock band [band name unknown]
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april 2nd, 1977
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Sascha Gerstner was born in Stuttgart
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somewhere between 1976 and 1978
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Kai Hansen founded a band called Gentry. Lineup: Frank - vocals, Kai Hansen - guitar, Peter "Piet" Sielck - guitar, Christian - bass guitar, Johannes - drums
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1978
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Gentry won the first prize on a local rock festival
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somewhere between 1978 and 1980
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Gentry was left without vocalist, bass guitarist and drummer. Hansen and Sielck were searching for replacements
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1980
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Markus Grosskopf and Ingo Schwichtenberg became the new bandmembers, Piet Sielck took the vocals
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1980
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The band was renamed to Second Hell
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approximately 1982
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The band was renamed to Iron Fist
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1983
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Piet Sielck went to USA to study sound engineering
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end of 1983
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The band got a new guitarist, Michael Weikath
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1984
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The band was renamed to Helloween
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1984
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Helloween undertook a small tour of Hamburg clubs
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march 1984
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"Death Metal" compilation
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end of 1984
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Helloween signed a contract with Noise
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march 1985
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"Helloween", the first mini-LP
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november 18th, 1985
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"Walls Of Jericho", the first album
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february 1986
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Helloween toured Europe for the first time [together with Grave Digger]
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spring 1986
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Helloween toured North America for the first time [together with Exodus]
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july 1986
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"Judas" single
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autumn 1986
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The band got a new singer, Michael Kiske
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november 25th, 1986
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Studio work on the new album began
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february 16th, 1987
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"Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Part 1"
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april 3rd, 1987
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A big European tour started [together with Overkill]
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september 1st, 1987
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"Future World" single [as a picture disc]
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end of 1987
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"Halloween" video single
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beginning of 1988
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"Dr. Stein" single
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june 1988
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"Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Part 2"
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summer 1988
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Helloween played at "Monsters Of Rock" festival
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autumn 1988
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"Pumpkins Fly Free" European tour began
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september 21st, 1988
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"Dr. Stein" single was released in Japan
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autumn 1988
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"I Want Out" video single
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january 1st, 1989
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Kai Hansen left Helloween
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january 1989
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Roland Grapow became the new guitarist
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january 1989
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Helloween left Noise and signed with EMI
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january 21st, 1989
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"Keeper Of The Seven keys, Part 2" went gold
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march 1st, 1989
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"I Want Out" single
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april 1st, 1989
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"Live In The U.K." live album
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april 14th, 1989
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"Live In The U.K." was released in USA named as "I Want Out Live". Its presentation took place in Dallas, Texas
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1990
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"Pumpkin Tracks" compilation
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december 20th, 1990
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Court decided that Helloween's contract with Noise was still valid
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1991
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"The Best, The Rest, The Rare" compilation
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april 12th, 1991
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"Pink Bubbles Go Ape" was released in United Kingdom and Japan
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april 20th, 1992
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Helloween, EMI and Noise reached an agreement. "Pink Bubbles Go Ape" was released in Germany and thoughout Europe
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july 1st, 1992
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"Number One" single
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august 26th, 1992
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"Number One" single was released in Japan
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spring 1993
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"Chameleon"
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winter 1993
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Ingo Schwichtenberg was fired from the band and sent to hospital due to drug addition and schizophrenia. Richie Abdel Nabi was hired as a session drummer to finish the Japanese tour
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december 16th, 1993
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"Step Out Of Hell" single was released in Japan
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end of 1993
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Michael Kiske left Helloween
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1993
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"Keeper Of The Seven Keys Parts 1 & 2" (2 CD edition)
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january 1994
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Andi Deris became the new singer
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winter 1994
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Band's contract with EMI expired, Helloween started to search for a new label
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spring 1994
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A new contract was signed with Castle
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spring 1994
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Uli Kusch was hired as a session drummer to record the new album
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1994
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"Keeper Of The Seven Keys Parts 1 & 2" (2 CD edition) was released in Japan
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september 1994
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"Master Of The Rings"
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november 1994
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"The Pumpkin Video", a compilation of 6 band videos was released in Japan on VHS and LD
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march 8th, 1995
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Tragic death of Ingo Schwichtenberg
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march 1996
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"The Time Of The Oath"
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october 1996
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"High Live" (2 CD), the second live album
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october 1996
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"High Live" video (VHS)
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october 23rd, 1996
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"High Live" video was released in Japan on VHS and LD
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february 11th, 1998
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"I Can" single was released in Japan
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1998
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"Better Than Raw"
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1998
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"The Pumpkin Box" (4 CD) compilation was released in Japan
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september 9th, 1998
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"Karaoke Remix" (parts 1 & 2) were released in Japan
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december 20th, 1998
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Helloween came back to USA for the first time in many years. The band's only show took place at Coney Island High club, Manhattan, New York
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1999
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"Metal Jukebox"
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december 27-е, 2000
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"The Pumpkin Video", a compilation of 12 band videos was released in Japan on DVD
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september 2000
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"Mr. Torture" single was released in Japan, "If I Could Fly" in Europe, "Mirror, Mirror" in USA
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october 21st, 2000
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"The Dark Ride" was released in Japan
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october 30th, 2000
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"The Dark Ride"
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may 23rd, 2001
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Helloween's first ever show in Russia: may 23rd, St. Petersburg, "Yubileyni" Sport Hall
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may 25th, 2001
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Helloween's second show in Russia: may 25th, Moscow, CSKA Sport Hall
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august 22nd, 2001
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Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch left Helloween
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september 5th, 2001
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Mark Cross (ex-Metallium) was officially announced as a new drummer of the band
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spring 2002
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The band considered several candidates for guitarist position, including Henjo Richter from Gamma Ray
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march 2002
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"Treasure Chest" (2 CD; first limited print - 3 CD) compilation
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june 25th, 2002
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"The Dark Ride" was released in USA
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june 26th, 2002
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"High Live" video was released on DVD
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september 1th, 2002
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Sacha Gerstner (ex-Freedom Call) was hired as a second guitarist of Helloween
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autumn 2002
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The recording of the new album started
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autumn 2002
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After recording two songs, Mark Cross was stricken down by mononucleosis
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november 2002
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Mikkey Dee (Motörhead) recorded the rest of the drums as a guest musician
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february 2003
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It became obvious that Mark Cross's recovery from mononucleosis would take years, so he left Helloween
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february 14th, 2003
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Mark Cross's replacement was found. It was Stefan Schwarzmann (ex-Accept, ex-Running Wild), he recorded drums for single b-sides and bonus tracks in Hamburg
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april 5th, 2003
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Michael Weikath and Andi Deris visited Brazil for a promo-tour and participated in a big show of Shaman band (guest appearance, "Eagle Fly Free")
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april 7th, 2003
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"Just a Little Sign" single was released in Europe
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May 2003
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"Rabbit Don't Come Easy"
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Summer 2003
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The band rehearsed for the world tour
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september 11th, 2003
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"Rabbits on the Run" world tour started. It included Brazil, USA and other North and South American countries, Russia, most of Eastern and Western Europe, Japan, Indonesia...
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october 17th, 2003
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Second show of Helloween in Moscow at Rokfest festival, Luzhniki Sport Hall
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august 10th, 2004
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It became known that Helloween left Nuclear blast and signed a new record deal with SPV. They also changed their management to Bottom Row Promotion
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september 2004
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The work on the new album (which might as well be called "Keeper of the Seven Keys, part 3", as the musicians hinted) began
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november 19th, 2004
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Michael Weikath told in an interview that the band no longer collaborates with Jorn Ellerbrock, their long-time session keyboardist. The keyboards for the new album will be recorded by Friedl Amon (ex-Revolver)
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february 11th, 2005
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The band officially announced Stefan Schwarzmann's departure. His position behind the drums was taken by Daniel Loeble (ex-Rawhead Rexx, ex-Blaze)
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Last update:
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11/02/05 06:50:00 PM
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Information collected by:
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BACR, Helloween, Pied Piper
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