Metal Hammer TV conducted an interview with keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH at this year’s edition of the Download festival, which was held June 8-10 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below.
NIGHTWISH will embark on a North American headlining tour in September with support from KAMELOT.
For more information, visit EnterTheVault.com. Source: Blabbermouth.net
NIGHTWISH have announced a string of Imaginaerum live dates for South America, due to take place at the end of the year. The schedule is as follows:
November
29 – Teatro Metropolitan – Mexico City, Mexico
December
1 – Teatro Tito Puente – San Juan, Puerto Rico
3 – Peppers Club – San Jose, Costa Rica
5 – venue tba – Lima, Peru
9 – Opiniao – Porto Alegre, Brazil
12 – Credicard Hall – Sao Paulo, Brazil
14 – El Teatro Flores – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nightwish’s live schedule can be found here.
The band recently wrapped up the European leg of their ongoing Imaginaerum tour, which will continue for the forseeable future given the impact of the band’s latest album and the forthcoming Imaginaerum-based movie. Prior to one of the final gigs of the European jaunt, keyboardist/found Tuomas Holopainen sat down with BraveWords.com scribe Carl Begai to discuss the success of the new record and the state of the band. Read the entire interview here.
Source: Bravewords.com
Prior to their May 6 concert at Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH answered a number of questions that were submitted by fans via the Nuclear Blast Records Facebook page. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below.
NIGHTWISH will embark on a North American headlining tour in September with support from KAMELOT.
For more information, visit EnterTheVault.com. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Metal-Trails.com conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH before the band’s May 3 concert at O2 World in Hamburg, Germany. You can now watch the entire 29-minute chat below.
NIGHTWISH will embark on a North American headlining tour in September with support from KAMELOT.
For more information, visit EnterTheVault.com.
NIGHTWISH released a limited-edition “Trials Of Imaginaerum” 10-inch picture disc for Record Store Day (April 21). The effort includes four previously unreleased demo recordings with Marco Hietala on lead vocals. It also comes with a download of the previously unreleased track “The Heart Asks Pleasure First”, a cover with lyrics from the movie “The Piano”.
“Trials Of Imaginaerum” features a picture of “The Crew, The Owl And The Dove” on one side, and the “Imaginaerum” grounds on the other side.
“The Crow, The Owl And The Dove”, the second single from NIGHTWISH‘s latest album, “Imaginaerum”, entered the official chart in Finland at position No. 1. The single features the title cut in three versions — radio edit, album version and instrumental — and the previously unreleased song “The Heart Asks Pleasure First” (theme from the movie “The Piano”) in two different versions.
NIGHTWISH released a special “tour edition” of “Imaginaerum”, on April 13 via Nuclear Blast Records. It is a 2CD+DVD digibook in slipcase.
“Imaginaerum” sold 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s previous CD, 2007’s “Dark Passion Play”, opened with 11,000 units to land at No. 84.
“Imaginaerum” was released in North America on January 10 via Roadrunner Records.
Source : Blabbermouth.net
The Nightwish Hungary web site conducted an interview with keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH before the band’s April 29 concert in Budapest, Hungary. You can now watch the chat below.
NIGHTWISH will embark on a North American headlining tour in September with support from KAMELOT.
For more information, visit EnterTheVault.com. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH‘s April 23 concert at Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt, Germany can be seen below.
The band’s setlist was as follows:
01. Taikatalvi
02. Storytime
03. Wish I Had An Angel
04. Amaranth
05. Scaretale
06. Slow, Love, Slow
07. I Want My Tears Back (with Troy Donockley)
08. Come Cover Me (with Troy Donockley)
09. The Crow, The Owl And The Dove (with Troy Donockley)
10. The Islander (with Troy Donockley)
11. Nemo (with Troy Donockley) (acoustic)
12. Last Of The Wilds (with Troy Donockley)
13. Planet Hell
14. Dead To The World
15. Ghost River
16. Over The Hills And Far Away (GARY MOORE cover) (with Troy Donockley)
Encore:
17. Finlandia (JEAN SIBELIUS cover) (with Troy Donockley)
18. Song Of Myself
19. Last Ride Of The Day
NIGHTWISH will embark on a North American headlining tour in September with support from KAMELOT.
For more information, visit EnterTheVault.com. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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