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Once Upon a Tour
Nightwish live at "Himos Festival" in Jämsä, Finland, on June 25, 2004Tour by Nightwish Associated album Once
Highest HopesStart date May 22, 2004 End date October 21, 2005 Shows 130 Nightwish tour chronology World Tour of the Century
(2002–2003)Once Upon a Tour
(2004–2005)Dark Passion Play World Tour
(2007–2009)Once Upon a Tour was the third world tour by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish in 2004 and 2005 to promote the release of their fifth album, Once, released on June 7, 2004.[1] To tie in with the tour, a new greatest hits compilation, Highest Hopes, was also released. These combined with their most expansive merchandise campaign by Nuclear Blast Records mean this tour was heralded as the band's most important in many years.[2] Many of the band's songs had not been played in a long time.
The success of the album allowed them to perform in many countries the band had never visited before, they were Colombia, Ecuador, Scotland, Estonia, Greece, Romania, Denmark, Japan, Australia, Portugal and Slovenia. The band also played their first tour in the United States, with various sold out concerts;[3] the South American leg also had all the concerts sold out. A second tour for USA was planned, but it was cancelled by Tarja Turunen, who also cancelled some concerts in Australia. Nightwish performed at the opening ceremony of the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, held in Helsinki, highlighting acclaim the band has recently gained.[4]
After the tours in Europe and South America in late 2004, and some separate shows in December, the band had some time off in January 2005. In February, Nightwish won five Emma-Gala Awards (Finnish Grammy), among the others they won awards for "The Band of the Year" and "The Best Selling Album of the Year".[5] Tuomas Holopainen and Marco Hietala flew from European tour to Helsinki to receive the awards. In March, Nightwish performed the first time in Japan and Australia; in April and may, they had to have a break because of Turunen's other interests, but at the end of may the band started the tour again by playing with Iron Maiden in Poland and with Mötley Crüe in Norway. During late 2005, Nightwish played several shows including a sold-out performance in the legendary Hammersmith Apollo Venue in London. The last show in the European tour was so far the biggest gig of their own, in Stuttgart, Germany, with an audience of ten thousand.
The final concert was played on October 21 for 11,500 people in Hartwall Areena in Helsinki. The concert was also recorded to be released as an End of an Era live DVD and CD.
This was the last tour with Tarja Turunen; after the last concert the four other members of Nightwish decided that it was best to continue Nightwish without Turunen, a feeling they expressed through an open letter which was given to Turunen by Holopainen after the show, and afterwards posted on the band's website.[6] It was written by Holopainen but signed by the other band members. The main justification given in the letter for Turunen's dismissal was that the band felt that both her husband Marcelo Cabuli (an Argentine businessman) and commercial interests had changed her attitude towards the band. In May 2007, former Alyson Avenue frontwoman Anette Olzon was revealed as Turunen's replacement.[7]
Contents
Personnel
Main article: List of Nightwish members- Tarja Turunen – Female vocal
- Tuomas Holopainen– Keyboards
- Emppu Vuorinen– Guitar
- Jukka Nevalainen – Drums
- Marco Hietala– Bass and male vocal
- John Two-Hawks– Male vocal and flute
Setlist
Played liveUsual Set List (2004):
- Hold the Ice/Budget Meeting (2004 intro)
- Dark Chest of Wonders
- Planet Hell
- Deep Silent Complete
- She Is My Sin
- The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover)
- Ever Dream
- Symphony of Destruction (Megadeth cover)
- Sleeping Sun
- Bless the Child
- The Trooper ("Wishmaster" intro)
- Wishmaster
- Nemo
- Slaying the Dreamer
- Over the Hills and Far Away
- Encore: Dead Boy's Poem
- Encore: Ghost Love Score
- Encore: Wish I Had an Angel
- All of Them (outro)
Usual Set List (2005):
- Red Warrior (2005 intro)
- Dark Chest of Wonders
- Ever Dream
- Planet Hell
- The Kinslayer
- The Siren
- The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover)
- High Hopes (Pink Floyd cover)
- The Trooper ("Wishmaster" intro)
- Wishmaster
- Bless the Child
- Slaying the Dreamer
- Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan
- Nemo
- Encore: Sleeping Sun
- Encore: Ghost Love Score
- Encore: Wish I Had an Angel
- All of Them (outro)
Other Songs Played:
- Stone People ("Creek Mary's Blood" intro)
- Creek Mary's Blood (2005 only)
- Higher Than Hope
- End of all Hope (2004 only)
- Dead to the World (2004 only)
- Come Cover Me
- Sacrament of Wilderness (2004 only)
- Walking in the Air (2004 only)
- Stargazers (2004 only)
- Elvenpath (2004 only)
Tour dates
In 2004
Date City Country Venue Warm-up[8] May 22, 2004 Kitee Finland Ice-Hall May 29, 2004 Tallinn Estonia Von Krahl Theatre May 30, 2004 Summer Festivals[8] June 6, 2004 Nijmegen Netherlands Dynamo Open Air June 11, 2004 Tampere Finland Sauna Open Air June 12, 2004 Sölvesborg Sweden Sweden Rock Festival June 19, 2004 Glauchau Germany Woodstage Open Air June 20, 2004 Atenas Greece Rockwave Festival July 10, 2004 Turku Finland Ruisrock July 11, 2004 Pamplona Spain Carpa Rojilla Festival July 13, 2004 Bradford United Kingdom Bradford Rio July 14, 2004 Nottingham Rock City Cluc July 16, 2004 London Astoria July 17, 2004 Helsinki Finland Tuska Open Air Metal Festival July 21, 2004 Oslo Norway Rockefeller Music Hall North America[8] August 20, 2004 Worcester United States Palladium August 22, 2004 New York B. B. King's Blues Club August 23, 2004 Cleveland Phantasy Theatre August 24, 2004 August 25, 2004 Chicago House of Blues August 26, 2004 Minneapolis Quest Club August 28, 2004 Denver Cervantes Club August 30, 2004 Scottsdale Cajun House August 31, 2004 Anaheim House of Blues September 1, 2004 Los Angeles September 3, 2004 San Francisco Slim's September 5, 2004 Seattle Graceland Club Scandinavia[8] September 17, 2004 Tampere Finland Pakkahuone Theatre September 18, 2004 Turku Karibia Club September 21, 2004 Helsinki Nosturi Club September 22, 2004 September 24, 2004 Oslo Norway Rockefeller Music Hall September 25, 2004 Jyväskylä Finland Paviljonki Areena September 29, 2004 Stockholm Sweden Stora Arenan October 1, 2004 Gothenburg Lisebergshallen October 2, 2004 Malmö Baltiska Hallen Europe[8] October 13, 2004 Hamburg Germany Color Line Arena October 15, 2004 Leipzig Arena October 16, 2004 Erfurt Thüringenhalle October 19, 2004 Cologne Palladium October 20, 2004 Berlin Arena October 22, 2004 Nuremberg Arena October 23, 2004 Munich Le Zénith October 25, 2004 Vienna Austria Gasometer October 26, 2004 Budapest Hungary Petöfi Hall October 28, 2004 Milan Italy PalaSharp October 30, 2004 Basel[9] Switzerland St. Jakob Arena November 1, 2004 Lyon France Lé Transbordeur November 4, 2004 Madrid Spain Aqualung Club November 5, 2004 Barcelona Razamatazz 1 November 7, 2004 Brussels Belgium Metal Female Voices Fest November 8, 2004 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso Club November 19, 2004 Bucharest Romania Palace Hall November 21, 2004 Paris France Le Zénith Latin America[8] November 27, 2004 Buenos Aires Argentina Obras Arena November 28, 2004 Campinas Brazil Usina Royal November 30, 2004 Rio de Janeiro Canecão December 2, 2004 Porto Alegre Opinião Club December 3, 2004 Belo Horizonte Chevrolet Hall December 4, 2004 São Paulo Via Funchal December 8, 2004 Bogotá Colombia Gonzalo de Quesada Auditorium December 10, 2004 Quito Ecuador Plaza de Toros North America 2[8] December 12, 2004 Mexico City Mexico Circo Volador December 13, 2004 December 15, 2004 Montreal Canada Métropolis December 16, 2004 December 18, 2004 Toronto Opera House Europe 2[8] December 26, 2004 Helsinki Finland Ice-Hall December 28, 2004 Oberhausen Germany König-Pilsener Arena December 29, 2004 Hamburg Friedrichshafen Messehalle In 2005
Date City Country Venue Europe[10] February 9, 2005 Copenhagen Denmark Stora Vega February 11, 2005 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall February 12, 2005 London United Kingdom Astoria February 15, 2005 Birmingham O2 Academy February 16, 2005 Glasgow O2 Academy February 18, 2005 Manchester Apollo Theatre February 19, 2005 London Astoria February 21, 2005 Wieze Belgium Oktoberhallen February 22, 2005 Trier Germany Arena February 24, 2005 Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle February 26, 2005 Bayreuth Oberfrankenhalle February 27, 2005 Chur Switzerland Stadthalle February 28, 2005 Stuttgart Germany Schleyerhalle Asia[8] March 12, 2005 Osaka Japan Namba Hatch March 13, 2005 Fukuoka Zepp Hall March 16, 2005 Tokyo Shibuya AX March 17, 2005 Oceania[8] March 21, 2005 Melbourne Australia Corner Hotel March 22, 2005 March 23, 2005 Sydney Metro Theatre March 26, 2005 Brisbane Arena Summer Festivals[8] May 26, 2005 Budapest Hungary Petöfi Open Air May 27, 2005 Madrid Spain Festimad May 29, 2005 Chorzów Poland Mystic Festival June 10, 2005 Oslo Norway Spektrum Arena June 11, 2005 Nickelsdorf Austria Nova Rock Festival June 12, 2005 Leicestershire United Kingdom Download Festival June 13, 2005 London Astoria June 17, 2005 Seinäjoki Finland Provinssirock June 18, 2005 Frauenfeld Switzerland Frauenfeld Open Air June 24, 2005 Jämsä Finland Himos Festival July 15, 2005 Zlín Czech Republic Masters of Rock July 16, 2005 Toscolano-Maderno Italy Evolution Festival July 22, 2005 Erfurt Germany Earthshaker Festival July 28, 2005 Porto Portugal Vilar de Mouros Festival August 4, 2005 Wacken Germany Wacken Open Air August 5, 2005 Dresden Dresden Open Air August 6, 2005 Helsinki Finland 2005 World Championships in Athletics August 7, 2005 Vantaa Ankkarock August 14, 2005 Rothenburg Germany Taubertal Open Air August 19, 2005 Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop August 20, 2005 Biddinghuizen Netherlands Lowlands Festival Europe 2[10] September 3, 2005 Hell Norway Hellodrome September 5, 2005 Oslo Rockefeller Music Hall September 8, 2005 Stockholm Sweden Arenan September 9, 2005 Gothenburg Lisebergshallen September 11, 2005 Umeå SkyCom Arena September 17, 2005 Žilina Slovakia Boräk Hall September 19, 2005 Ljubljana Slovenia Krizance Hall September 23, 2005 Copenhagen Denmark KB Hallen September 25, 2005 London United Kingdom HMV Hammersmith Apollo September 30, 2005 Bucharest Romania Polivalenta Hall October 1, 2005 Athens Greece Lycabettus Anfitheatre Latin America[8] October 8, 2005 Mexico City Mexico Live'N'Louder Festival October 12, 2005 São Paulo Brazil October 15, 2005 Porto Alegre Scandinavia[8] October 21, 2005 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena References
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External links
Categories:- 2004 concert tours
- 2005 concert tours
- Nightwish concert tours
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