In October 2013, Nightwish made Jansen and longtime session uillean pipes player Troy Donockley permanent members of the band. On 1st October 2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and would be finishing the current tour with ReVamp and former After Forever vocalist Floor Jansen. The band released a Live Album, "Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places) ", in March 2009 as a CD/DVD, and their seventh studio album, "Imaginaerum", was released in late 2011. The supporting tour, one of the band's largest, started on 6th October 2007 and ended on 19th September 2009. The album's lead single, "Amaranth", became one of Nightwish's most successful in Europe. That September, the band released their sixth album, "Dark Passion Play", which has sold almost 2 million copies. In May 2007, Nightwish announced Anette Olzon as Turunen's replacement. Her last performance with Nightwish was recorded on the live album/DVD "End of an Era" after the show, the other members announced to Turunen that she was no longer a member of Nightwish. The band produced three more singles and two music videos for "Once", as well as a re-recording of "Sleeping Sun" for the "best of" compilation album, "Highest Hopes", before Turunen's dismissal in October 2005. Their biggest US hit single, "Wish I Had an Angel", received MTV airplay and was included on three US film soundtracks to promote their North American tour. Their 2004 album, "Once", has sold more than one million copies and was the band's breakthrough in the United States. In 2002, Vänskä was replaced by Marco Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers.Īlthough Nightwish have been prominent in their home country since Angels Fall First, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums "Oceanborn", "Wishmaster" and "Century Child". The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of its debut album, "Angels Fall First". The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and lead singer Tarja Turunen.
Nightwish is a symphonic power metal band from Kitee, Finland. Nightwish - Showtime, Storytime (Blu-ray Audio Rip)
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