[2007-11-27] Nightwish´s USA tour 2008 now officially on sale!
Tickets for Nightwish´s North American tour May 2008 are now officially on sale. Tickets are onsale through Enterthevault.com, ticketmaster or whatever ticketing system is used by the venue. Also onsale at the venue box office and any outlets.
[2007-11-22] "DPP - Platinum Edition" and "Erämaan viimeinen" -single is now on pre-sale!
"Dark Passion Play" - Platinum Edition (release date to be confirmed) and "Erämaan viimeinen" -single (release date 5.12.2007) are now on pre-sale in Nightwish-Shop. DPP Platinum Edition includes all the 13 songs from the original version plus 5 bonus songs. "Erämaan viimeinen" is a vocal version of the song "Last Of The Wilds" performed with Finnish lyrics by Jonsu of Indica.
[2007-11-22] Erämaan viimeinen.
Next Nightwish-single "Erämaan Viimeinen" (Last Of The Wilds) will be released at 5th of December in Finland. "Erämaan Viimeinen" is a finnish language song, performed by Jonsu from Indica. Actually, "Erämaan Viimeinen" is the same song as the instrumental "Last Of The Wilds" from DPP, but with finnish lyrics.
[2007-11-14] Pain to support Nightwish.
Swedish PAIN is support act on Nightwish´s European tour 2008. Tour starts from Lithuania at 17th of February and ends to Portugal at 19th of April including total of 38 gigs!
[2007-11-14] Best-Selling Artist - Scandinavia.
Nightwish was honored in the "Best-Selling Artist - Scandinavia" category at the World Music Awards Sunday night (November 4) in Monte Carlo. Nightwish's new album, "Dark Passion Play", was recently certified gold in Sweden for sales in excess of 30,000 copies. DPP has already achieved triple-platinum status in Finland after selling more than 90,000 copies. Congratulations, Nightwish!!!
[2007-11-07] Win an ESP guitar!
To celebrate the re-issues of Angels Fall First, Oceanborn, Wishmaster, Over The Hills And Far Away and Century Child, Nightwish and Rockworld TV give you the chance to win an ESP guitar and a copy of all the mentioned re-issues.
[2007-11-05] Greetings from USA!
Nightwish wrote greetings from USA-tour. At the same time we updated the gallery with new USA -pictures.
[2007-10-31] VIP packages available for 5 more USA concerts.
For the following remaining shows on the Nightwish USA tour this fall, The band are now including in the VIP ticket package, a Meet and Greet.
[2007-10-29] Dear VIP ticket holders in House Of Blues, Chicago.
We are extremely sorry that you missed meeting us after the show on Saturday 27th of October. We were already waiting at the corridor to come out and meet you guys but then we heard the security had mistakenly pushed you (VIP ticket holders) out.
"Dark Passion Play" is now #1 in Official Album Chart in Germany! Congratulations, Nightwish!
[2007-10-02] Changes to Orlando and Anaheim concerts.
Nightwish´s House of Blues concerts in Anaheim and Orlando have been moved to different place. Please check November 6 and 15 dates from Tour-Info page.
[2007-10-01] Attention NY & New Jersey area NW fans!
The new album, DARK PASSION PLAY, comes out next Tuesday, October 2nd. On FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19th at 6pm, we will celebrate the release of this new masterpiece with a very special in-store performance and signing at VINTAGE VINYL in Fords, NJ.
Release date of "Dark Passion Play" was today in Finland, but it has already sold 42000 copies which means much more than platinum!! Congratulations, Nightwish!!
[2006-06-13] Nightwish has videoblog.
Nightwish has opened videoblog and now you can watch Nightwish´s life during their summer rehearsals almost in real-time!
[2006-06-03] End Of An Era has sold gold in Finland!
Nightwish´s End Of An Era (dvd and live-2cd) has sold gold in Finland ONE DAY after its release! ”End Of An Era” – dvd has sold now 9000 copies and live-cd (2cd) has sold over 15 000 copies in Finland! CONGRATULATIONS, NIGHTWISH and THANKS to all who has bought EOAE!.
[2006-05-29] The Nightwish Player.
The Nightwish Player is an exclusive tool for all Nightwish Fans featuring:
- Screensaver with image gallery and videos - News and articles of Nightwish.
The wait is almost over: Nightwish's "End Of An Era" DVD will finally be released on friday!
[2006-04-21] Attention vocalists!
Hello there! The hassle with the media seems to have died. We´ve been off tour for some months and we´ve had a nice and long vacation. It´s time to get back in business: Nightwish is currently and actively looking for a new singer/front woman for the band.
[2006-04-21] Spinefarm Records has signed Brother Firetribe.
Ever wondered what NIGHTWISH guitar wiz Emppu Vuorinen does on his spare time? An AOR buff in the heart, Vuorinen has been quietly working on his other band ever since 2001. Now, Spinefarm Records have signed Vuorinen's aor/hard rock band BROTHER FIRETRIBE.
[2005-10-26] Nightwish: Tarja Turunen letter to the band, fans and media
Since last Sunday morning, I have been asked to express my position by magazines, newspapers, radio and TV stations, fan clubs and fans from Finland and from all over the world. So many in total that it is physically impossible for me to find the time to reply to them all individually. Hence I decided to put down a couple of words in this text to let my fans, family and friends and the public know how I feel after the recent events. [+] Read More [+] - Discuss on the Forums
[2005-10-23] End Of An Era: Tarja Turunen Out of Nightwish
Dear Tarja, It`s time to choose whether the story of Nightwish ends here or whether it will still continue an undetermined period of time. We`ve been working with this creation for 9 years and we are not ready to give up yet. Nightwish is a way of life, something to live for, and we`re certain we can`t let it go. [+] Read More [+] - Discuss on the Forums
[2005-10-06] Highest Hopes NTSC-version-release has been postponed.
The release of Nightwish : Highest Hopes NTSC-version has been postponed, the new release date is not yet available. Nightwish -Shop is very sorry about the delay, but since we just sell them and have nothing to do with manufacturing, there's nothing we can do about it. We'll send the orders including NTSC-version ASAP, when it is possible.
[2005-09-29] Highest hopes - the best of nightwish sold platinum!
Nightwish-collection"Highest Hopes - The Best Of Nightwish" has sold over 40 000 copies in Finland which means PLATINUM! Album was released today and it includes Nightwish´s biggest rocks + for example Pink Floyd -cover "High Hopes" (unreleased). Nightwish recorded "Sleeping Sun" again for this collection and they made also new video for it.
After Nightwish's DVD "End Of Innocence" was awarded Gold in Germany, the Best-Of "Tales From The Elvenpath" now also went Gold. Reason enough for Bogdan Kopec (Label-Boss of DRAKKAR Entertainment, on the left in the photo) to travel to Finland to give Nightwish the awards personally. Congratulations, Nightwish
[2005-08-25] Nightwish at lowlands-festival
NIGHTWISH AT LOWLANDS-FESTIVAL You can see and hear Nightwish's performance at this year's Lowlands Festival following the links below. Note: Requires RealPlayer!
[2005-08-25] Nightwish Shot a new video for sleeping sun!
Nightwish shot a new video for Sleeping Sun. Video was shot in Prague and we have some pictures available from a videoshoot in our gallery. STRAIGHT LINK TO PICTURES
Video was directed by Joern Heitmann, who previously has directed following videos among many others: Rammstein: Keine Lust, Rammstein: Amerika, The Rasmus: No Fear
[2005-08-05] Highest Hopes - The Best of Nightwish
Forthcoming Nightwish-collection´s coverart is finally ready to be published!
[2005-07-26] Nightwish: The siren single to be released on July 25th.
Nightwish's new single, "The Siren", will be released by Nuclear Blast on July 25th. Spinefarm Records will release it on July 27th in Finland. For more details, click here.
[2005-07-26] Nightwish finishes world tour on Hartwall-Arena, Helsinki 21/10
Hartwall-Arena concert is Nightwish's last gig on their 1,5 year long Once Upon A Tour 2004-2005 -World Tour. The supporting band on the concert is Sonata Arctica and special guest is John Two-Hawks. Concert will be filmed on DVD that is directed by Antti Jokinen. Tickets will be on sale starting 25.7 trough Lippupalvelu (www.lippupalvelu.fi) and Menolippu (www.menolippu.fi).
[2004-10-05] Nightwish: Tarja Turunen to release solo single with Christmas songs
Tarja went into the studio to record two Christmas tracks to be released as her first solo single. The album is produced by Esa Nieminen. The songs are titled "En etsi valtaa, loistoa" and "Kun joulu on". This single will be released next Christmas 2004 in Finland.
[2004-10-05] Nightwish: new Tarja Turunen Official Website
Nightwish vocalist, the beautiful Tarja Turunen has now a official website featuring mostly news about his own career has vocalist besides Nightwish. The website can be seen in four languages (suomi, english, deutsch and spanish) and has lots of good content for the fans: Tarja's promotional pictures, Magazine's artwork were she appeared, his biography, his participations on different projects and a shop to buy stuff about her. You can visit here site at www.tarjaturunen.com.
Since the release of Nemo, the first single from the new album, fans from all around the world started to enjoy part of the new masterpiece from Nightwish, and lots of good reviews appeared on the net and magazines. In Finland, Nemo became Gold in the first week, and Platinum a few weeks later. It was a good thing, but not too surprising since Nightwish is a finish band. But then charts from other countries started to show that Nemo was having great success in many places (Sweden, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK). [+] Read More [+] - Discuss on the Forums
[2004-09-15] Nightwish: Toronto, Montreal and Philadelphia shows canceled due to visa problems
[2004-06-16] Nightwish: Starfacts presents 84 pages chronicles special
Starfacts has published "Nightwish - A Chronicle", an 84 page special featuring the complete Nightwish discography, two large size color posters, a Video-CD featuring exclusive live footage taken at M'Era Luna Festival 2003 and interview with Tuomas Holopainen. Check out more details about this issue here.
[2004-06-16] Nightwish:Once hit the charts worldwide. Number 1 in Germany, Finland, Norway and Greece
Nightwish latest masterpiece Once is hitting the charts worldwide. Currently the album is on the top of the charts in Germany, Finland, Norway and Greece. Other countries: Sweden (#2), Switzerland (#4), Austria (#4), France (#9), Netherland (#11), UK National Rockcharts (#10).
[2004-06-07] Nightwish: reviews, pictures and video of Dynamo Open Air 2004 and Tallinn, Estonia shows
[2004-05-19] Nightwish: full list of dates for Once Upon A Tour 2004-2005
This is the full list of dates for the upcoming Nightwish tour supporting the Once album:
Jun 5 - Goffertpark, Nijmegen Netherland @ Dynamo Open Air Jun 11 - Tampere, Finland @ Sauna Open Air Jun 12 - Sölvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock Festival Jun 19 - Glauchau / Grundelpark, Germany @ Woodstage Summer Open Air Jun 20 - Athens, Greece @ Rockwave Festival Jul 10 - Turku, Finland @ Ruisrock Jul 11 - Pamplona, Spain @ Carpa Rojilla Festival Jul 17 - Helsinki, Finland @ Tuska Festival Jul 23 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller Jul 24 - Oslo, Nowary @ Rockefeller Aug 16 - Toronto, ONT @ Opera House Aug 17 - Montreal, QUE @ Metropolis Aug 19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Aug 20 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium Aug 22 - Manhattan, NY @ B.B. King's Aug 23 - Cleveland, OH @ Phantasy Theater Aug 25 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues Aug 26 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest Club Aug 28 - Denver, CO @ Cervantes Aug 30 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cajun House Aug 31 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues Sep 2 - Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues Sep 3 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's Sep 5 - Seattle, WA @ Graceland Sep 29 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Stora Arenan Oct 10 - Gothenburg, Sweden @ Lisebergshallen Oct 28 - Milano, Italy @ Transilvania Nov 7 - Brussels, Belgium @ Metal Female Voices II Festival Nov 8 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Nov 25 - Santiago, Chile @ Estadio de Chile Nov 27 - Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Hangar Dec 4 - Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Via Funchal Dec 10 - Quito, Equador @ Plaza de Toros Dec 12 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Circo Volador Dec 13 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Circo Volador
[2004-05-14] Nightwish:Nemo single hit the european charts
Nightwish's single "Nemo" has successfully entered the charts in Europe. Here are the current positions: Finland: #1 Hungary: #1 Norway: #4 Germany: #12 Austria: #24 Switzerland: #25
[2004-05-11] Nightwish performing at german Top Of The Tops TV Music Show
Nightwish will be performing at the german version of the "Top Of The Pops" music show. If you are able to receive RTL Television via satellite or cable, be sure to tune in on May 15th at 5.45pm CET. Here are two photos of the rehearsals: photo 1photo 2
[2004-05-06] Nightwish:Nemo video available on Nuclear Blast website
[2004-04-23] Nightwish: interview to Marko Hietala regarding new album Once
Pretties For You has just interviewed Nightwish bass player and vocalist Marko Hietala. They mostly talk about the making of, the inspiration and the recording process of the near to be released album Once. Go to the Interviews section of http://www.prettiesforyou.de/
[2004-04-13] Nightwish: "Once Upon A Tour 2004-2005" dates updated
More dates for the upcoming Nightwish's "Once Upon A Tour 2004-2005" Note: USA tour dates have not been officially announced yet
May 22 - Kitee, Finland @ Icehall Jun 05 - Nijmegen, Netherland @ Dynamo Open Air - Goffertpark Jun 11 - Tampere, Finland @ Sauna Open Air Jun 12 - Sölvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock Festival Jun 19 - Germany @ WOODSTAGE Summer Open Air Jun 20 - Athens, Greece @ ROCKWAVE FESTIVAL Jul 17 - He7lsinki, Finland @ Tuska festival Jul 23 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller Jul 24 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller [NIGHTWISH USA TOUR DATES] Oct 28 - Milano, Italy @ TRANSILVANIA [+] Read More [+] - Discuss on the Forums
[2004-04-10] Nightwish: MP3 sound samples of forthcoming album Once available online
[2004-04-01] Nightwish: release of Nemo single delayed until April 26th
The release date of the new Nightwish single "Nemo" has been delayed until April 26th.
A new Mini-LP vinyl version (1000 copies limited edition) will be released on May 3rd.
Two days before the official release of the single, on April 24th, Tarja Turunen together with Marjut Paavilainen, Juha Koskela and Izumi Kawakatsu will be performing finish songs at "Noche Escandinava II" in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [+] Read More [+] - Discuss on the Forums
[2004-03-24] Nightwish: Nemo to be first played on April 4th
April 4th will be great evening to all Nightwish -fans who have opportunity to listen finnish radiochannel "YleX". "Metalliliitto" -program will play the song "nemo" for the first time. And that´s not all... One week later (11.4) finnish MTV3 channel´s "Levyraati" -program will show the video "nemo" for the first time.
New promo pictures have been added to the official website on this link.
[2004-03-04] Nightwish: Release dates for Once album and Nemo single
Nightwish have set a June 7 Finnish release date through Spinefarm Records for their brand-new album, "Once". A single containing the album track Nemo is due on April 19.
Tickets for Nightwish´s North American tour May 2008 are now officially on sale. Tickets are onsale through Enterthevault.com, ticketmaster or whatever ticketing system is used by the venue. Also onsale at the venue box office and any outlets.
"Dark Passion Play" - Platinum Edition (release date to be confirmed) and "Erämaan viimeinen" -single (release date 5.12.2007) are now on pre-sale in Nightwish-Shop. DPP Platinum Edition includes all the 13 songs from the original version plus 5 bonus songs. "Erämaan viimeinen" is a vocal version of the song "Last Of The Wilds" performed with Finnish lyrics by Jonsu of Indica.
Next Nightwish-single "Erämaan Viimeinen" (Last Of The Wilds) will be released at 5th of December in Finland. "Erämaan Viimeinen" is a finnish language song, performed by Jonsu from Indica. Actually, "Erämaan Viimeinen" is the same song as the instrumental "Last Of The Wilds" from DPP, but with finnish lyrics.
Swedish PAIN is support act on Nightwish´s European tour 2008. Tour starts from Lithuania at 17th of February and ends to Portugal at 19th of April including total of 38 gigs!
Nightwish´s House of Blues concerts in Anaheim and Orlando have been moved to different place. Please check November 6 and 15 dates from Tour-Info page.
The new album, DARK PASSION PLAY, comes out next Tuesday, October 2nd. On FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19th at 6pm, we will celebrate the release of this new masterpiece with a very special in-store performance and signing at VINTAGE VINYL in Fords, NJ.
Release date of "Dark Passion Play" was today in Finland, but it has already sold 42000 copies which means much more than platinum!! Congratulations, Nightwish!!
Nightwish has opened videoblog and now you can watch Nightwish´s life during their summer rehearsals almost in real-time!
Nightwish´s End Of An Era (dvd and live-2cd) has sold gold in Finland ONE DAY after its release! ”End Of An Era” – dvd has sold now 9000 copies and live-cd (2cd) has sold over 15 000 copies in Finland! CONGRATULATIONS, NIGHTWISH and THANKS to all who has bought EOAE!.
The Nightwish Player is an exclusive tool for all Nightwish Fans featuring:
The release of Nightwish : Highest Hopes NTSC-version has been postponed, the new release date is not yet available. Nightwish -Shop is very sorry about the delay, but since we just sell them and have nothing to do with manufacturing, there's nothing we can do about it. We'll send the orders including NTSC-version ASAP, when it is possible.
NIGHTWISH AT LOWLANDS-FESTIVAL
Tarja went into the studio to record two Christmas tracks to be released as her first solo single. The album is produced by Esa Nieminen.
Drakkar Records will release a "Best of" 
Because of problems with the band and crew visas, 
