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Dark Passion Play World Tour
The band live in Melbourne, Australia, on January 30, 2008Tour by Nightwish Associated album Dark Passion Play Start date October 6, 2007 End date September 19, 2009 Legs 3 Shows 199 (3 secret and 5 cancelled) Nightwish tour chronology Once Upon a Tour
(2004-2005)Dark Passion Play World Tour
(2007–2009)Imaginaerum World Tour
(2012)Dark Passion Play World Tour was the fourth world tour by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, taking place from 2007 to 2009 in support of their sixth studio album, Dark Passion Play, released by Nuclear Blast on September 26, 2007; it was the first tour with the current frontwoman, Anette Olzon, who joined the band in 2006, after Tarja Turunen's dismission on October 21, 2005. During this tour, the band played for the first time in Israel, China, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Ireland, Serbia and Croatia.
On September 22, 2007, the band hosted a secret concert at Rock Café in Tallinn, Estonia, disguising itself as a Nightwish cover band called "Nachtwasser".[1] Their first official concert with the new singer was in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 6, 2007.[2] The tour thus started, visiting the United States, Canada, the most of Europe, Asia, and Australia.[3][4] In 2008, the band played over 100 shows, with dates in Oceania, Europe and Asia. In November, the band played in South America, and later took a three months break; Nightwish started the third leg in 2009, with dates in North America and Europe, and also attended various summer festivals, including Graspop Metal Meeting and Masters of Rock. The last show was played at Helsinki Hartwall Areena, with an attendance of 11,000 people.
For their Once album, Nightwish had planned to give a grand concert in London with a live orchestra, as the progressive metal band Dream Theater had done on what later would be their "Score" album, and this project is still in the works. In an interview in December, 2007, Holopainen said that they have been planning the concert and that this was something he really wanted to do, but that the locale they needed was already booked for two years in advance.[5] The show was never played though, but according to Holopainen it is still in the future plans for other tours.
Contents
Live performances
Dispelling the rumours that Olzon would never be capable of performing old Nightwish hit songs, Holopainen said that the tours' setlists would have been divided equally with songs of the new album and older material.[6] He was not afraid that Olzon would not be able to perform the songs that Turunen usually sang, because even on her demo she showed her ability performing for example "Ever Dream" and "Higher Than Hope".[6] He has also stated that they would have played the band's biggest hits, such as "Nemo", "Sleeping Sun" and "Wishmaster", as they did in their earlier live performances.
However he has confirmed that they will never again play songs "The Phantom of the Opera", "Passion and the Opera", "Stargazers" and "Walking In The Air" again, as these go beyond Olzon's non-operatic vocal style. However, "Walking in the Air" resurfaced in an acoustic version at their final concert of the Dark Passion Play tour. At first they didn't play the song "The Siren" either, but it was introduced in February, 2008 with different vocal lines in the non-lyric parts. Some songs that had been hits at live concerts throughout previous tours, such as "The Kinslayer" and "Bless the Child", have not yet been performed with Olzon, but no confirmation exists that they will not be in the future.
Some old songs like "Dead Boy's Poem", "Romanticide", "Ghost Love Score" and "Escapist" have only been performed by the band since the 2009 tour dates, starting in London's Brixton Academy on March 11. Olzon has performed Kuolema tekee taiteilijan without the support of the band. Holopainen has also revealed that the band rehearsed Elvenpath with Olzon but that the song "didn't work" well enough to be performed live.
The final concert at Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, featured the previously never performed songs "Walking in the Air" and "Meadows of Heaven" and the unreleased cover of "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" recorded for Dark Passion Play was also played while the band left the stage.
Setlist
2007/08 usual setlist- Resurrection (playback intro)
- "Bye Bye Beautiful"
- "Cadence of Her Last Breath"
- "Dark Chest of Wonders"
- "The Siren"
- "Whoever Brings the Night"
- "Amaranth"
- "The Islander"
- "Last of the Wilds"
- "The Poet and the Pendulum"
- "Ever Dream"
- "Dead to the World"
- "While Your Lips Are Still Red"
- "Sahara"
- "Nemo"
- "7 Days to the Wolves"
- "Wishmaster"
- "Wish I Had an Angel"
- "London" (outro)
2009 usual setlist- Finlandia (playback intro)
- "7 Days to the Wolves"
- "Dead to the World"
- "The Siren"
- "Amaranth"
- "Romanticide"
- "Dead Boy's Poem"
- "The Poet and the Pendulum"
- "Sahara"
- "The Islander"
- "Escapist"
- "Dark Chest of Wonders"
- "Ghost Love Score"
- "Wish I Had an Angel"
Additional notes
- In 2007 the band played the ballad "Eva" in selected dates.
- In 2008 the band covered Megadeth's Symphony of Destruction with only Marco Hietala on vocals.
- In the 2008 and 2009 european tours the irish musician Troy Donockley joined the band to perform the songs "The Islander" and "Last of the Wilds".
- In the USA concerts in Louisville, Sauget and Mokena the native singer John Two-Hawks joined the band to perform "Stone People" and "Creek Mary's Blood".
- During the 2008 festivals season the band performed the ballad "Sleeping Sun" in selected dates.
- In the 2008 concerts in Canada and Latin America the song "While Your Lips Are Still Red" replaced "Symphony of Destruction" in selected dates.
- In San Diego, USA, the band performed "Higher than Hope" to honor Marc Brueland, a fan who died in 2004 and inspired the song; the song was also played in other selected dates.
- In Latin America the band performed "Come Cover Me" in selected dates.
- In the final concert in Helsinki the band performed the song "Meadows of Heaven" for the first and only time ever, and also made an acoustic version of "Walking in the Air", a classical christmas ballad.
- In the final concert Donockley joined the band to perform "The Islander", "Walking in the Air", "Last of the Wilds" and "Meadows of Heaven".
- Also in the final concert the violinist Pekka Kuusisto joined the group to perform "The Siren" and "While Your Lips Are Still Red".
Tour dates
In 2007 [7]
Date City Country Venue Secret concerts September 22, 2007 Tallinn Estonia Rock Cafe September 26, 2007 Helsinki Finland Tavastia Club September 28, 2007 Hamburg Germany Delphi Club Middle East October 6, 2007 Tel Aviv Israel Hangar 11 North America October 15, 2007 Springfield, VA United States Jaxx Club October 16, 2007 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre October 18, 2007 New York City Nokia Theatre October 20, 2007 Worcester, MA Palladium October 21, 2007 Montreal, QC Canada Metropolis October 23, 2007 Toronto, ON Sound Academy October 24, 2007 Cleveland, OH United States Peabody's Club October 26, 2007 Detroit, MI Harpos Concert Theatre October 27, 2007 Chicago, IL House of Blues October 28, 2007 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue October 31, 2007 Seattle, WA Showbox November 1, 2007 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre November 2, 2007 San Francisco, CA Slim's Club November 4, 2007 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues November 6, 2007 Santa Ana, CA Galaxy Theatre November 7, 2007 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre November 8, 2007 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre November 10, 2007 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit Club November 11, 2007 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom November 12, 2007 Houston, TX Meridian Theatre November 14, 2007 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room November 15, 2007 Orlando, FL Firestone Club November 17, 2007 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Theatre Scandinavia November 28, 2007 Copenhagen Denmark KB Hallen November 30, 2007 Gothemburg Sweden Lisebergshallen December 1, 2007 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene December 2, 2007 December 4, 2007 Stockholm Sweden Arenan December 5, 2007 Umeå SkyCom Arena December 8, 2007 Levi Finland Hullu Poro Areena December 9, 2007 December 11, 2007 Oulu Teatria 25 December 12, 2007 Joensuu Areena December 14, 2007 Jyväskylä Paviljonki Areena December 15, 2007 Tampere Ice-Hall December 16, 2007 Turku Karibia Club On a Dark Winter's Night Festival December 28, 2007 Salzburg Austria Arena December 29, 2007 Oberhausen Germany König-Pilsener-Arena In 2008 [8]
Date City Country Venue Scandinavia January 1, 2008 Helsinki Finland Ice-Hall Asia January 17, 2008 Osaka Japan Big Cat Club January 18, 2008 Tokyo Ebisu Liquid Hall January 21, 2008 Beijing China MG Live House January 23, 2008 Shangai Hongkou Coliseum January 24, 2008 Kowloon Hong Kong HITEC Auditorium Oceania January 27, 2008 Perth Australia Metro Theatre January 29, 2008 Adelaide HQ Club January 30, 2008 Melbourne Palais Theatre February 1, 2008 Sydney Enmore Theatre February 2, 2008 Brisbane Tivoli Theatre Europe February 17, 2008 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena February 19, 2008 Kraków Poland Wisla Hall February 20, 2008 Prague Czech Republic T-Mobile Arena February 21, 2008 Berlin Germany Arena February 23, 2008 Leipzig Arena February 24, 2008 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle February 25, 2008 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle February 27, 2008 Bamberg Jako Arena February 28, 2008 Vienna Austria Gasometer February 29, 2008 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion March 2, 2008 Milan Italy Palalido Gymnasium March 4, 2008 Ljubljana Slovenia Tivoli Hall March 5, 2008 Budapest Hungary JRC Ice-Hall March 8, 2008 Athens Greece Olympic Fencing Arena March 17, 2008 Hamburg Germany Color Line Arena March 18, 2008 Hanover AWD Hall March 19, 2008 Dortmund Westfalenhalle March 21, 2008 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall March 22, 2008 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal March 23, 2008 Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena March 25, 2008 London United Kingdom Astoria March 26, 2008 March 27, 2008 March 29, 2008 Birmingham O2 Academy March 30, 2008 Newcastle O2 Academy March 31, 2008 Glasgow O2 Academy April 2, 2008 Belfast Mandela Hall April 3, 2008 Dublin Republic of Ireland Vicar Street April 4, 2008 Manchester United Kingdom Apollo Theatre April 6, 2008 Paris France Le Zénith April 7, 2008 Strasbourg Le Zénith April 10, 2008 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier April 11, 2008 Marseille Le Dôme April 12, 2008 Toulouse Le Zénith April 14, 2008 Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz 1 April 15, 2008 Bilbao Santana 27 April 16, 2008 Madrid La Riviera April 18, 2008 Porto Portugal Coliseum April 19, 2008 Lisbon Recreations Coliseum North America May 2, 2008 Mexico City Mexico Vive Cuervo Salón May 3, 2008 May 7, 2008 Poughkeepsie, NY United States Chance Theatre May 9, 2008 Quebec City, QC Canada Centre de Foire May 11, 2008 London, ON Cowboy's Club May 14, 2008 Winnipeg, MB Garrick Centre May 15, 2008 Regina, SK Drink Club May 16, 2008 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room May 17, 2008 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall May 19, 2008 Victoria, BC Sugar Club May 20, 2008 Vancouver, BC Croatian Cultural Centre May 22, 2008 Orangevale, CA United States Boardwalk Club May 23, 2008 San Diego, CA House of Blues May 23, 2008 Las Vegas, NV May 26, 2008 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre May 27, 2008 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater May 28, 2008 Sauget, IL Pop's Club May 30, 2008 Louisville, KY Headliner's Music Hall May 31, 2008 Mokena, IL Pearl Room Summer Festivals June 7, 2008 Nürburgring Germany Rock am Ring June 8, 2008 Nuremberg Rock im Park June 26, 2008 Helsinki Finland Kaisaniemi Park June 28, 2008 Gothemburg Sweden Metaltown Festival July 4, 2008 Turku Finland Ruisrock July 6, 2008 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter July 8, 2008 Novi Sad Serbia Exit Festival July 13, 2008 Joensuu Finland Ilosaarirock July 26, 2008 Lorca Spain Lorca Festival August 2, 2008 Wacken Germany Wacken Open Air August 7, 2008 Skanderborg Denmark Skanderborg Festival August 9, 2008 Tuuri Finland Miljoona Rock August 13, 2008 Colmar France Foire aux Vins August 15, 2008 Gampel Switzerland Gampel Open Air August 16, 2008 Biddinghuizen Netherlands Lowlands Festival August 17, 2008 Derby United Kingdom Bloodstock Open Air North America 2 August 29, 2008 Philadelphia, PA United States Trocadero Theatre August 30, 2008 Worcester, MA Palladium September 1, 2008 Montreal, QC Canada Metropolis September 2, 2008 Toronto, ON Sound Academy September 4, 2008 Cleveland, OH United States Agora Theatre September 5, 2008 Detroit, MI Harpos Concert Theatre September 6, 2008 Chicago, IL House of Blues September 9, 2008 Seattle, WA Showbox September 10, 2008 Portland, OR Roseland Tehatre September 12, 2008 San Francisco, CA Filmore Irving Plaza September 13, 2008 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theatre September 14, 2008 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre September 16, 2008 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom September 17, 2008 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa September 20, 2008 New Orleans, LA House of Blues September 21, 2008 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing Latin America November 5, 2008 Curitiba Brazil Master Hall November 7, 2008 São Paulo Via Funchal November 8, 2008 November 10, 2008 Belo Horizonte Chevrolet Hall November 11, 2008 Brasilia AABB Club November 13, 2008 Manaus Amadeu Teixeira Arena November 15, 2008 Fortaleza Arena November 16, 2008 Recife Português Club November 18, 2008 Vila Velha Marista Gymnasium November 19, 2008 Rio de Janeiro Circo Voador November 21, 2008 Buenos Aires Argentina Obras Arena November 23, 2008 Santiago Chile Caupólican Theatre In 2009 [9]
Date City Country Venue Europe March 11, 2009 London United Kingdom O2 Academy Brixton March 14, 2009 Brussels Belgium Forest National Arena March 15, 2009 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Arena March 17, 2009 Cologne Germany Palladium March 18, 2009 Lingen Emslandhallen March 20, 2009 Karlsruhe Europahalle March 21, 2009 Erfurt Messehalle March 23, 2009 Paris France Le Zénith March 24, 2009 March 26, 2009 Munich Germany Le Zénith March 28, 2009 Basel Switzerland St. Jakobshalle Arena March 30, 2009 Mantova Italy Palabam March 31, 2009 Pordenone Palasport April 2, 2009 Zagreb Croatia Cibona Hall April 4, 2009 Debrecen Hungary Főnix Hall North America May 1, 2009 Hartford, CT United States Webster Theater May 2, 2009 New York City Nokia Theatre May 3, 2009 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Cafe May 5, 2009 Baltimore, MD Sonar Club May 6, 2009 Louisville, KY Oasis Club May 8, 2009 Sauget, IL Pop's Club May 9, 2009 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom May 11, 2009 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Pavilion May 12, 2009 Houston, TX Warehouse Live May 14, 2009 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Theatre Summer Festivals June 7, 2009 Tampere Finland Sauna Open Air June 12, 2009 Interlaken Switzerland Greenfield Festival June 18, 2009 Pori Finland RMJ Party Camp June 28, 2009 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting July 3, 2009 Tolmin Slovenia Metalcamp July 9, 2009 Vizovice Czech Republic Masters of Rock July 11, 2009 Kvinesdal Norway Kvinesdal Rock Festival July 18, 2009 Sibiu Romania Artmania Festival July 24, 2009 Seinäjoki Finland Race & Rock Festival August 8, 2009 Hildesheim Germany M'era Luna Festival Europe 2 August 15, 2009 Savonlinna Finland Olavinlinna Castle August 16, 2009 September 5, 2009 Moscow Russia Luzhniki Hall September 19, 2009 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena Cancelled dates
Original Date City Country Venue November 6, 2007 Anaheim United States House of Blues[10] May 5, 2008 Sayreville Starland Ballroom[11] May 6, 2008 Hartford Webster Theater[12] September 19, 2008 Houston Meridian Theatre[13] September 23, 2008 Knoxville Valarium Club[14] September 27, 2008 New York City Nokia Theatre[15] September 28, 2008 Baltimore Rams Head Live![16] September 29, 2008 Charlotte Tremont Hall[17] October 11, 2008 Moscow Russia Luzhniki Hall October 25, 2008 Reykjavík Iceland Laugardalshöll[19] November 4, 2008 Porto Alegre Brazil Pepsi On Stage[20] Box office score data
Venue City Dates Tickets sold / available Gross revenue (aprox.) Nokia Theatre New York City, USA 2 4,200 / 4,200 (100%) $189,000 Metropolis Montreal, CAN 2 4,600 / 4,600 (100%) $207,000 House of Blues Chicago, USA 2 2,600 / 2,600 (100%) $106,000 Showbox Seattle, USA 2 2,200 / 2,200 (100%) $99,000 House of Blues/Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, USA 2 4,000 / 4,000 (100%) $180,000 Lisebergshallen Gothenburg, SWE 1 7,000 / 7,000 (100%) €350,000 Sentrum Scenne Oslo, NOR 2 3,400 / 3,400 (100%) €153,000 Teatria 25 Oulu, FIN 1 2,500 / 2,500 (100%) €100,000 Areena Joensuu, FIN 1 9,000 / 9,000 (100%) €405,000 Paviljonki Areena Jyväskylä, FIN 1 4,500 / 4,500 (100%) €202,500 Ice Hall Tampere, FIN 1 6,000 / 6,000 (100%) €270,000 Ice Hall Helsinki, FIN 1 7,500 / 7,500 (100%) €337,500 T-Mobile Arena Prague, CZE 1 12,500 / 12,500 (100%) €562,500 Arena Berlin, GER 1 7,500 / 7,500 (100%) €337,500 Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt, GER 1 4,800 / 4,800 (100%) €216,000 Hallenstadion Zurich, SWI 1 13,000 / 13,000 (100%) €585,000 Palalido Gymnasium Milan, ITA 1 4,500 / 4,500 (100%) €202,500 JRC Ice Hall Budapest, HUN 1 6,000 / 6,000 (100%) €270,000 Heineken Music Hall Amasterdam, NLD 1 5,500 / 5,500 (100%) €247,500 Lotto Arena Antwerp, BEL 1 7,000 / 7,000 (100%) €315,000 Astoria/O2 Academy Brixton London, UK 4 10,921 / 10,921 (100%) €491,445 O2 Academy Birmingham, UK 1 3,009 / 3,009 (100%) €135,405 O2 Academy Newcastle, UK 1 2,000 / 2,000 (100%) €90,000 O2 Academy Glasgow, UK 1 2,500 / 2,500 (100%) €112,500 Mandela Hall Belfast, UK 1 900 / 900 (100%) €40,500 Vicar Street Dublin, IRL 1 1,500 / 1,500 (100%) €67,500 Apollo Theatre Manchester, UK 1 3,500 / 3,500 (100%) €157,500 Le Zenith Paris, FRA 2 14,000 / 14,000 (100%) €630,000 Vive Cuervo Salon Mexico City, MEX 1 3,500 / 3,500 (100%) Mex$157,500 Starlite Room Edmonton, CAN 1 1,000 / 1,000 (100%) $45,000 MacEwan Hall Calgary, CAN 1 1,800 / 1,800 (100%) $81,000 Croation Cultural Centre Vancouver, CAN 1 1,100 / 1,100 (100%) $67,500 House of Blues San Diego, USA 1 1,300 / 1,300 (100%) $58,500 Granada Theater Lawrence, USA 1 1,700 / 1,700 (100%) $76,500 Hartwall Areena Helsinki, FIN 1 11,000 / 11,000 (100%) 495,000 TOTAL ~178,030 / 178,030 ~8,011,350 Personnel
Main article: List of Nightwish members- Anette Olzon - Female vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards
- Emppu Vuorinen - Guitars
- Jukka Nevalainen - Drums
- Marco Hietala - Bass and male vocals
- Troy Donockley - Bagpipes (UK and 2009 shows)
- John Two-Hawks- Male vocals and flute (Shows in Louisville, Mokena and Sauget)
- Pekka Kuusisto - violin (Hartwall Areena only)
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