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Concerts: Nightwishes Really Do Come True

Posted on Saturday, October 15 @ 20:00:00 UTC by nightowl

Nuclear Blast headlined this Nightwish - Imaginaerum World Tour 2012-2013!. But began their opening paragraph: "The fans of Nightwish had to be patient for a long time. Finally the time has come. After more than four years, Nightwish will release their long-desired fifth studio album entitled Imaginaerum on the 2nd of December 2011. At the same time, the album serves as the soundtrack to a movie that will involve an old balladeer with an incredible power of imagination as its protagonist. Imaginaerum appeals to our fantasies and long forgotten desires from a magical world. The anticipation is huge, for it’s been three and a half years now that the Finns raised the roofs of sold-out stadiums. Nighwish are known for their exceptional special effects and brilliant stage and light shows. The creative work of Nighwish is bombastic, their sound epic, passionate and breathtaking. How their new album sounds and in what way it’ll be effectuated visually can be experienced on the Imaginaerum world tour in spring."

So... for those whose nightwishes include Nightwish on tour in 2012... here are the dates (as provided by NB); their guests will be Battle Beast with one other special guest tba.

10.04.12 SE Gotenborg, Lisebergshallen
11.04.12 DK-Copenhagen Falconer Theater
13.04.12 NL-Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall
14.04.12 DE-Düsseldorf ISS Dome
16.04.12 BE-Brussels Forest National
17.04.12 FR-Paris Bercy
18.04.12 FR-Nantes Zenith
20.04.12 FR-Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
21.04.12 LU-Luxembourg Rockhal
23.04.12 DE-Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
24.04.12 CH-Zurich Hallenstadion
25.04.12 IT-Milano Forum
27.04.12 AT-Vienna Gasometer
29.04.12 HU-Budapest Budapest Arena
30.04.12 CZ-Prague Tesla (T-Mobile Arena)
01.05.12 DE-Leipzig Arena
03.05.12 DE-Hamburg o2 World
05.05.12 DE-Nuremberg Arena
06.05.12 DE-Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
08.05.12 SL-Ljubljana Križanke

More dates to follow on October 24th

Some additional news gleaned from the Nightwish website:

Release datse for Imaginaerum:

USA & Canada: January 10th 2012
Australia: January 6th 2012
New Zealand: January 16th 2012
Japan: January 11th 2012

You can pre-order Imaginaerum from Nightwish-Shop!

Principal photography for Imaginaerum is finished. Read the director's latest Imaginaerum Update!

And lastly:

Tuomas-Holopainen.com Competition week!

Tuomas-Holopainen.com are having a week long celebration with various events and games for fans to get involved with. They are giving the chance to win some fantastic things such as a unique and rare opportunity to chat one-to-one with Tuomas live and various signed items.

The first raffle winner will be announced on Monday. [That's October 17!] Don't miss your chance to take part in this one off event. [Different items each day: Monday has Design Poster: Forum; Tuesday, Tuomas Quiz: Forum, Wednesday has a Video QUiz at 20:00 UK time (that 8s 8pm UK time) in the chat room; Friday is a raffle draw for Tuomas chat, 20:00 -20:30 UK time in the chat room and more.] More info behind the link below:

Tuomas-Holopainen.com

[Source: Nuclear Blast, Nightwish websites]

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