Swiss melodic rockers Gotthard have a new singer.

He’s Nic Maeder, who takes over from Steve Lee, tragically killed in a road accident last year.

Say the band on the choice: “During the months after the decision to carry on was taken, we received a huge amount of applications from all over the world; it was really overwhelming!

“At this point we would really like to thank everyone, especially the candidates, to whom we were not able to send a personal message.

“Thank you for your understanding and we wish all of you lots of luck and success in the future!”