We know this has been something heavy metal fans have been waiting for a very long time! 24 four years to be exact. Michae Kiske AND Kai Hansen is back with Helloween and they are going to be touring the world (hopefully Australia & NZ) in 2017/18.

The lineup includes Markus Grosskopf, Kai Hansen, Michael Weikath, Michael Kiske, Andi Deris, Sascha Gerstner and Dani Loble.

Check this out pumkin heads!

From the press release:

DROP EVERYTHING. DRUM ROLL.

HERE COMES THE SENSATION FOR ALL HELLOWEEN FANS: YOU BELIEVED IN IT FOR YEARS AND CON-TINUED TO ASK FOR IT – NOW IS THE TIME: IN FALL 2017, MICHAEL KISKE AND KAI HANSEN WILL ONCE AGAIN MOUNT A HELLOWEEN STAGE TOGETHER AND RESURRECT THE BAND’S LEGENDARY ORIGINAL LINE-UP. YES, IT’S OFFICIAL: WEIKATH, KISKE, HANSEN, GROSSKOPF ARE GOING TO PLAY HELLOWEEN CLASSICS LIVE AND ON A JOINT TOUR. MASSIVE NEWS. AWESOME. BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SIT DOWN AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT’S NOT ALL OF IT! UNDER THE FLAG PUMPKINS UNITED ALL PUMPKIN HEADS WILL STEP UP – MEANING ANDI & MICHI ON VOCALS, KAI & WEIKI & SASCHA ON GUITARS, AND MARKUS & DANI IN THE RHYTHM SECTION.

PUMPKINS UNITED WORLD TOUR 2017/2018: GOOD. AS. IT. GETS.