Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon was taken to hospital after being attacked by a woman near her home in Sweden, she’s reported, according to metalhammer.teamrock.com.
And she says the situation could have been worse than it was if passers-by hadn’t stopped to help her.
Posting a picture of her head injuries, Olzon says: “I got beaten down and robbed by a junkie on my way home from my car. She hit me hard and I fell on to the stony street on my head. I’m shaken and bruised.
“The worst thing of all was that were were two adult men standing feet away, watching me get beaten, doing nothing. Thank God a girl ran after, and finally two real men took the junkie down. She is now with the police.”
She adds: “Drugs people are really dangerous. Please be careful out there.”
Olzon split acrimoniously with Nightwish on tour in 2012, and was replaced by Floor Jansen at short notice. She went on to launch solo album “Shine” in 2014.
In January, AVANTASIA‘s 7th studio album “Ghostlights” will be released via Nuclear Blast. After many guest stars, Tobias Sammet announces: NIGHTWISH bassist & vocalist Marco Hietala:
Tobias comments:
“What do Geoff Tate, Dee Snider, Michael Kiske, Robert Mason, Jorn Lande, Bob Catley, Ronnie Atkins, Olli Hartmann and me have in common with Marco Hietala of NIGHTWISH? Yes, we’re all good looking, funny and amazingly talented… AND: we’ll be on the new AVANTASIA album »Ghostlights« – out on January, 29th 2016.
About Marco: It was August 1997 and we were in Helsinki to mix the »Vain Glory Opera« album of EDGUY when someone played the band TAROT to me. That great band seemed to be some sort of a legend in Finland (in Germany TAROT were not really known at the time). A few years later a band called NIGHTWISH had appeared on the map and were about to take the European Metal world upside down. EDGUY played a festival in England with SAXON and amongst others: NIGHTWISH! I remember even though they had a great female vocalist how much I loved the rendition of Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Crazy Train’ that they did – if I remember correctly – which was sung by their bass player. You know, a lot of bass players are bass players because they wanna be in a band too; and there’s only so much damage you can do to the sound of a band with just a bass. Sometimes they’re only in the band because they talk enough to organize things or they have a day job to finance the first demo recordings, nice stage clothes, or sun glasses, but at the end of the day, most of them aren’t taken seriously because… well, because they’re bass players. 🙂 And they’re always suspicious… 😉 Anyway – I don’t need a bass player because I play bass myself (not as good as Marco, but I am the cheaper solution for my own project, ha!). AND Marco is more than a bass player, he is a proper musician! I have no clue why it took so long until I eventually asked Marco Hietala (that bass playing vocalist with the two beards and the voice!!) if he could imagine singing a role on an AVANTASIA album. Now it is happening! And the results kick ass! You will love it! We’re putting together an epic metal record I believe…
Furthermore Robert Mason (WARRANT) can been confirmed to sing on the new album as well. Robert first made a name for himself back in the early nineties as the lead singer in LYNCH MOB. Robert is an amazing singer coming from what some would call a different musical world, and he contributed something very unique to the AVANTASIA world. He really gave the songs what they needed! You will hear it!
Kalevala Jewelry, in collaboration with NIGHTWISH, is launching a new jewelry collection “Evolution Series by Nightwish”. Since spring, Nightwish’s lead singer, the Dutch soprano Floor Jansen, has lent her face to Kalevala Jewelry. Now the collaboration is being taken one step further with the launch of the jewelry collection Evolution Series by Nightwish, created together with the band.
The new jewelry collection accompanies the theme of the rich diversity of life – as on Nightwish’s album “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”. It is something that the band’s founder, musician Tuomas Holopainen, emphasizes in the collaboration.
“From the start, it was important for the band that when we start to create a jewelry collection it should in some way reflect the theme of our new album. The message on the album is associated with the endless variety of all living things on our planet: we are one, made out of the same DNA, of the same matter. It’s an extremely beautiful and humbling fact, which we wish to bring out in the album. The same theme is also present in the new jewelry collection.”
The Evolution Series by Nightwish collection includes two different silver pendants and a bracelet. The larger pendant has been inspired by the form of the fossil of the ancient marine animal, the ammonite. The smaller pendant echoes the spiral form of DNA.
Launched to shops in mid-October, pre-sale of the jewelry collection starts in the official Nightwish shop (shop.nightwish.com) on August 18. Pre-sale of the jewelry collection, as well as of the numbered, limited edition gold charm starts in Kalevala Jewelry’s online store on September 1. The jewelry collection will also be sold on Nightwish’s World Tour.
Right before the European leg of the “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” tour kicks off, NIGHTWISH announce a strictly limited (no re-prints!), special tour edition of their current record, coming with a bonus DVD, out on October 30th via Nuclear Blast.
The DVD contains all 21 making-of episodes, which came along before, during and after the album release. Besides those, the DVD includes two new, unreleased live clips for “Yours Is An Empty Hope” and “Stargazers” as well as five special clips incl. documentary scenes for the songs “Planet Hell”, “Last Of The Wilds”, “Storytime”, “Arabesque” and “Last Ride Of The Day”. On top, there will be a huge photo gallery with more than 400 pictures, taken on the road and during the promotional period of “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”.
“Endless Forms Most Beautiful” Tour Edition tracklist:
CD
01. Shudder Before The Beautiful
02. Weak Fantasy
03. Élan
04. Yours Is An Empty Hope
05. Our Decades In the Sun
06. My Walden
07. Endless Forms Most Beautiful
08. Edema Ruh
09. Alpenglow
10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula
11. The Greatest Show On Earth
DVD
01. Yours Is An Empty Hope (Live)*
02. Stargazers (Live)*
03. Planet Hell (Special-Clip)
04. Last Of The Wilds (Special-Clip)
05. Storytime (Special-Clip)
06. Arabesque (Special-Clip)
07. Last Ride Of The Day (Special-Clip)
08. Making-of
09. Élan (Videoclip)
10. Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Videoclip)
11. Fotogalerie
*Previously unreleased, 5.1 Dolby digital & stereo
Finland-based symphonic metal storytellers NIGHTWISH are pleased to announce their 26-date headlining tour of North America for 2016, launching in Sayreville, New Jersey on February 19th, hitting six Canadian cities plus Pittsburgh, Anaheim, and New Orleans, then closing out in Tampa, Florida on March 23rd. Opening for the tour will be Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN.
Checking in from the first leg of the North American Tour, NIGHTWISH shared the following about the second leg of the tour in 2016: “The first one was so brilliant that we just gotta come back!”
Advanced tickets for the confirmed tour dates are now on sale exclusively at EnterTheVault.com.
A limited number of VIP Meet & Greet tickets (which include a poster signed by the band + a tour program) are available for each show for purchase. Tickets will go on sale June 6th at all other outlets.
Confirmed dates for the upcoming NIGHTWISH 2015 tour with Delain are:
2/19/2016 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
2/20/2016 Webster Theater – Hartford, CT
2/21/2016 Metropolis – Montreal, QC CANADA
2/22/2016 Music Hall – London, ON CANADA
2/24/2016 Carnegie Music Hall – Pittsburgh, PA
2/25/2016 LC Pavilion – Columbus, OH
2/26/2016 Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
2/27/2016 Rave – Milwaukee, WI
2/29/2016 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
3/01/2016 Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB CANADA
3/02/2016 O’Briens Events Center – Saskatoon, SK CANADA
3/03/2016 Winspear Center – Edmonton AB CANADA
3/05/2016 MacEwan Hall Ballroom – Calgary, AB CANADA
3/06/2016 Wilma Theatre –Missoula, MT
3/07/2016 Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
3/08/2016 Knitting Factory – Boise, ID
3/10/2016 Knitting Factory – Reno, NV
3/11/2016 City National Civic of San Jose – San Jose, CA
3/12/2016 The Grove – Anaheim, CA
3/14/2016 Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
3/15/2016 City Auditorium – Colorado Springs, CO
3/16/2016 Uptown Theater – Kansas City, MO
3/18/2016 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
3/19/2016 Aztec Music Hall – San Antonio, TX
3/20/2016 New Orleans Civic Theatre – New Orleans, LA
3/21/2016 Iron City Live – Birmingham, AL
3/23/2016 The Ritz – Tampa, FL
NIGHTWISH members are currently on the first leg of the North American Tour with Sabaton and Delain.
Watch all the NIGHTWISH album episodes and listen to the singles “Élan,” “Shudder Before The Beautiful,” and “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: https://goo.gl/JwCwuC
Finland-based symphonic metal masters NIGHTWISH have reached fantastic chart positions for their new album Endless Forms Most Beautiful in more than 20 countries, entered the world charts on #8, including the pole positions in Finland and Czech Republic.. The band is currently on tour in the US along with their label mates SABATON as well as DELAIN.
Today, NIGHTWISH release their 2nd single, for the title-track “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”. It will be available as a digital download.
Enjoy the amazing lyric-video for track ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’ here:
‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’ tracklist:
1. Endless Forms Most Beautiful (album version)
2. Sagan (instrumental) previously unreleased
3. Endless Forms Most Beautiful (alternative version)
4. Endless Forms Most Beautiful (radio edit) previously unreleased
Order your copy of the new NIGHTWISH album in the format of your preference from the Nuclear Blast Webstore: http://smarturl.it/NIGHTWISH-Endless
Endless Forms Most Beautiful track listing:
01. Shudder Before The Beautiful
02. Weak Fantasy
03. Élan (order the digital single here, which includes the non-album bonus track “Sagan”)
04. Yours Is An Empty Hope
05. Our Decades In the Sun
06. My Walden
07. Endless Forms Most Beautiful
08. Edema Ruh
09. Alpenglow
10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula
11. The Greatest Show On Earth
View all the episodes and listen to the singles “Élan” and “Shudder Before The Beautiful” on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: https://goo.gl/JwCwuC
The long-awaited NIGHTWISH movie Imaginaerum will finally be released in North America on June 16th on Nuclear Blast Records!
Pre-order your Blu-ray + DVD combo pack of Imaginaerum from the Nuclear Blast USA Online Shop: http://goo.gl/pHUZuS
NIGHTWISH’s 27-date headlining tour of North America for 2015 launched in New York City on April 9, 2015 and travels to three Canadian cities plus Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles before closing out in Silver Springs, Maryland on May 14th. Direct support will come from Swedish heavy metallers SABATON; opening will be Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN.
Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.com; VIP Meet & Greet tickets (which includes early entry + an official tour program) are on sale at EnterTheVault.com.
Dates for the 2015 NIGHTWISH tour with SABATON and Delain are:
04/09/15 Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY
04/10/15 Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
04/11/15 Palladium – Worcester, MA ***SOLD OUT***
04/13/15 Capitole Theatre – Quebec City, QC – CANADA ***SOLD OUT***
04/14/15 Phoenix Concert Theater – Toronto, ON – CANADA ***SOLD OUT***
04/16/15 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
04/17/15 Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
04/18/15 Concorde Music Hall – Chicago, IL ***SOLD OUT***
04/19/15 7 Flags Events Center – Clive, IA
04/21/15 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
04/22/15 In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
04/24/15 Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
04/25/15 Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA
04/26/15 Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR ***SOLD OUT***
04/28/15 Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, CA
04/30/15 House Of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
05/01/15 Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
05/02/15 Marquee Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
05/03/15 Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
05/05/15 Bomb Factory – Dallas, TX
05/06/15 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
05/08/15 House of Blues – Orlando, FL
05/09/15 Revolution – Fort Lauderdale, FL
05/11/15 Marathon Music Work – Nashville, TN
05/12/15 Expo Five – Louisville, KY
05/13/15 Filmore – Charlotte, NC
05/14/15 Filmore – Silver Springs, MD
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