The new video clip "Ministry Of Saints" is online now. The "Ministry Of Saints" video, shot in Belgrade (Serbia), is taken from the forthcoming album "Tinnitus Sanctus" (out on November14th), and can be watched here.

Check out an e-card for "Tinnitus Sanctus" at this location.

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Source:	edguy.net
Band profile:	Edguy

Nightwish were awarded an "ECHO" as band of the year in the category "rock/alternative (international)". The other nominees in that category were Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, Marilyn Manson and Within Temptation. The ECHO Music Awards were held Friday night (February 15) in Berlin, Germany. ECHO is a German music award granted every year by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie (an association of recording companies). Nightwish performed the song "Amaranth".

All info about the ECHO 2008 at http://www.echopop.de (website in German).

UPDATED on 9 March:

At the annual Emma Awards (Finnish Grammy), Nightwish won awards in four of the six nominated categories. The jury awarded Nightwish Emma awards in the following categories: "Album Of The Year", "Metal Album Of The Year", "Band Of The Year" and "Best Selling Album 2007".

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Source:	nightwish.com
Band profile:	Nightwish

Vanden Plas have updated their website with a few of the following messages:

"The Vanden Plas show at the ProgPower USA VIII Festival on the 4th of October will be recorded for a possible DVD release if the recording turns out well.

The Vanden Plas rock musical "Christ 0" will be played at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, Germany! The musical will feature all songs from the "Christ 0" album plus other Vanden Plas songs and two new ones. Holger Hauer and Andy Kuntz are responsible for the libretto. Holger Hauer will be director, Günter Werno musical director and Vanden Plas will be responsible for the songs. Here are the dates:

11 April 2008 (Premier) / 18 April 2008 / 25 April 2008 / 03 May 2008 / 17 May 2008 / 07 June 2008 / 14 June 2008 / 28 June 2008 / 04 July 2008 / 11 July 2008 / 18 July 2008 / 24 July 2008 / 26 July 2008 / 28 July 2008 / 30 July 2008

For more info and ticket ordering go to the Staatstheater website!

Another new Vanden Plas theater project is "Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel". Director will be Johannes Reitmeier (as for "Abydos") and Günter Werno will be musical director. Günter Werno and Stephan Lill are responsible for the music. The premier will be on the 12th of January 2008 at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern."

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Source:	vandenplas.de
Band profile:	Vanden Plas