Hey everyone. Tuomas has announced on the band's website that the first show of the upcoming tour is confirmed: May 1st, 2015 in Los Angeles! Once again, Nightwish has chosen to kick off a world tour on U.S. soil, and once again it is happening in L.A.! VIP tickets go onsale tomorrow via Enter the Vault, and they don't come cheap! Regular tickets go onsale via Ticketmaster on Friday. Here's the link for more info. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news#2471 Can't wait for another OSA gathering in L.A.!!!
I'm still on the fence about dropping $200 a ticket for their "VIP experience". The experience at Grove show was more of a "cattle drive" that tried to cram in as many fans as possible. It was like the photo ops at the Comic Con. Then there's the experience at the Gibson which most folks assumed was VIP, but really wasn't.
I'm wondering if some will magically appear on ETV later on. I'm usually an impulse buyer when it comes to NW, Kamelot, WT and Sonata.
According to the interview I did with Tuomas last October, he said that "if all goes according to schedule", we should see a new album by spring of 2015. So far everything appears to be happening on time as he said. However, even though the tour has been announced as beginning in October, our friend Chrissie from Dark Chest of Wonders Australia received this e-mail that may be of interest to Canadian Nightwish fans...
OK, we've got tour dates for the following: April 13th: Quebec (Capitole Theatre) April 17th: Cleveland, OH (Agora Theatre) April 18th: Chicago, IL (Concorde Music Hall) April 24th: Spokane, WA (Knitting Factory Concert House) May 1st: Los Angeles, CA (Greek Theatre) May 8th: Orlando, FL (House of Blues) May 12th: Louisville, KY (Expo Five) May 14th: Silver Spring, MD (The Fillmore) Tickets for Cleveland, Spokane, Orlando, and Louisville go onsale via Ticketmaster on October 1st. All others can be found on Enter the Vault. Link to the Ticketmaster site: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Nightwish-tickets/artist/874704?tm_link=artist_artistvenue_module Delain has been listed as opening act for the shows in Quebec, Orlando, and Spokane; Sabaton is also listed as an opening act for Spokane. No word yet if either/both of these bands will join them for the other shows.
FULL TOUR!!! NIGHTWISH 2015 tour dates with DELAIN: Apr. 09 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom Apr. 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory Apr. 11 - Worcester, MA - Palladium Apr. 13 - Quebec City, QC - Capitole Theatre Apr. 14 - Toronto - Phoenix Concert Theatre Apr. 16 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom Apr. 17 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre Apr. 18 - Chicago, IL - Concorde Music Hall Apr. 19 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom Apr. 21 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre Apr. 22 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue Apr. 24 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Apr. 25 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre Apr. 26 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom Apr. 28 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre Apr. 30 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues May 01 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek theatre May 02 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre May 03 - El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls May 05 - Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory May 06 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live May 08 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues May 09 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution May 11 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Work May 12 - Louisville, KY - Expo Five May 13 - Charlotte, NC - Filmore May 14 - Silver Springs, MD - Filmore oh and hi everyone, long time no post!
Bummed there wasn't an Atlanta date, but I've already got a road trip planned for Nashville. Tickets bought already!