Dark Passion Play World Tour

Dark Passion Play World Tour

Tour by Nightwish
The band live in Melbourne, Australia, on January 30, 2008
Location	Asia Europe Latin America North America Oceania
Associated album	Dark Passion Play
Start date	October 6, 2007
End date	September 19, 2009
Legs	3
No. of shows	191
Nightwish concert chronology

The Dark Passion Play World Tour was a concert tour by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, taking place from 2007 to 2009 in support of their sixth studio album, Dark Passion Play, released by Nuclear Blast on September 26, 2007; it was the first tour with former frontwoman Anette Olzon, who joined the band in 2006, after Tarja Turunen's dismissal on October 21, 2005. During this tour, the band played for the first time in Israel, China, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Ireland, Serbia and Croatia.

On September 22, 2007, the band hosted a secret concert at Rock Café in Tallinn, Estonia, disguising itself as a Nightwish cover band called "Nachtwasser".^[1] Their first official concert with the new singer was in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 6, 2007.^[2] The tour thus started, visiting the United States, Canada, most of Europe, Asia, and Australia.^[3][4] In 2008, the band played over 100 shows, with concerts in Oceania, Europe and Asia. In November, the band played in South America, and later took a three-month break; Nightwish started the third leg in 2009, with dates in North America and Europe, and also attended various summer festivals, including Graspop Metal Meeting and Masters of Rock. The last show was played at Helsinki Hartwall Areena, with an attendance of 11,000 people.

For their Once album, Nightwish had planned to give a grand concert in London with a live orchestra, as the progressive metal band Dream Theater had done on what later would be their Score album, and this project is still in the works. In an interview in December 2007, Holopainen said that they have been planning the concert and that this was something he really wanted to do, but that the locale they needed was already booked for two years in advance.^[5] The show was never played though, but according to Holopainen it is still in the future plans for other tours.

Set list

Sample set list

1. "Bye Bye Beautiful"
2. "Cadence of Her Last Breath"
3. "Dark Chest of Wonders"
4. "The Siren"
5. "Whoever Brings the Night"
6. "Amaranth"
7. "The Islander"
8. "Last of the Wilds"
9. "The Poet and the Pendulum"
10. "Ever Dream"
11. "Dead to the World"
12. "While Your Lips Are Still Red"
13. "Sahara"
14. "Nemo"
15. "7 Days to the Wolves"
16. "Wishmaster"
17. "Wish I Had an Angel"

Notes

Dispelling the rumours that Anette Olzon would never be capable of performing old Nightwish hit songs, the band used a set list containing songs from all their album, except for Angels Fall First and the Over the Hills and Far Away EP.^[6] He was not afraid that Olzon would not be able to perform the songs that Turunen usually sang, because even on her demo she showed her ability performing for example "Ever Dream" and "Higher Than Hope", but he has confirmed that "The Phantom of the Opera", "Passion and the Opera" and "Stargazers" would not be performed again, as those went beyond Olzon's non-operatic vocal style.^[6] Despite this, the former and the latter were brought back when Floor Jansen joined the band in 2012.

The band ending a concert in Mantua, Italy, on March 30, 2009

The ballad "Eva" was performed only a few times in the tour, as well as "Sleeping Sun", while "Cadence of Her Last Breath" and "She Is My Sin" haven't been performed since the 2008 concerts in Australia. During the 2008 European leg, "Slaying the Dreamer" and "She Is My Sin" were performed in selected dates while "Dead to the World" and "The Siren" were included in the usual set list, remaining until the end of the tour. During this European leg, the Irish musician Troy Donockley joined the band on stage to play Uilleann pipes on "The Islander" and "Last of the Wilds", and the native-American singer John Two-Hawks joined the band in a few dates to sing and play flute on "Stone People" and "Creek Mary's Blood". Also during the European leg the band started to play a version of Megadeth's Symphony of Destruction, occasionally replaced by the original "While Your Lips Are Still Red", both featuring Marko Hietala on led vocals. In the second North American leg in 2008 the band brought back their "Come Cover Me" song, played until the end of the Latin American tour in November.

Some old songs like "Dead Boy's Poem", "Romanticide" and "Ghost Love Score" have only been performed by the band since in the 2009 tour dates, starting in London's Brixton Academy on March 11, and Olzon has performed "Kuolema tekee taiteilijan" without the support of the band during a festival in Sweden. Holopainen has also revealed that the band rehearsed Elvenpath with Olzon, but that the song "didn't work" well enough to be performed live. The final concert at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki featured the previously never performed song "Meadows of Heaven", also including an acoustic version of "Walking in the Air" and the unreleased cover of "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" recorded for Dark Passion Play was also played while the band left the stage.

Tour dates

List of 2007 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support act(s)^[7]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Support Act(s)
September 22, 2007	Tallinn	Estonia	Rock Café	—
September 26, 2007	Helsinki	Finland	Tavastia Club
September 28, 2007	Hamburg	Germany	Delphi-Showpalast
October 6, 2007	Tel Aviv	Israel	Hangar 11
October 15, 2007	Springfield	United States	Jaxx Club	Paradise Lost
October 16, 2007	Philadelphia		Trocadero Theatre
October 18, 2007	New York City		Nokia Theatre
October 20, 2007	Worcester		Palladium
October 21, 2007	Montreal	Canada	Metropolis
October 23, 2007	Toronto		Sound Academy
October 24, 2007	Cleveland	United States	Peabody's Club
October 26, 2007	Detroit		Harpos Concert Theatre
October 27, 2007	Chicago		House of Blues
October 28, 2007	Minneapolis		First Avenue
October 31, 2007	Seattle		The Showbox
November 1, 2007	Portland		Roseland Theater
November 2, 2007	San Francisco		Slim's Club
November 4, 2007	Los Angeles		House of Blues
November 6, 2007	Santa Ana		Galaxy Theatre
November 7, 2007	Phoenix		Marquee Theatre
November 8, 2007	Albuquerque		Sunshine Theatre
November 10, 2007	San Antonio		White Rabbit Club
November 11, 2007	Dallas		Palladium Ballroom
November 12, 2007	Houston		Meridian Club
November 14, 2007	Fort Lauderdale		Culture Room
November 15, 2007	Orlando		Firestone Club
November 17, 2007	Atlanta		Masquerade Club
November 28, 2007	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen	Indica
November 30, 2007	Gothemburg	Sweden	Lisebergshallen
December 1, 2007	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene
December 2, 2007
December 4, 2007	Stockholm	Sweden	Arenan
December 5, 2007	Umeå		SkyCom Arena
December 8, 2007	Levi	Finland	Hullu Poro Areena
December 9, 2007
December 11, 2007	Oulu		Teatria 25
December 12, 2007	Joensuu		Areena
December 14, 2007	Jyväskylä		Paviljönki Areena
December 15, 2007	Tampere		Ice-Hall
December 16, 2007	Turku		Karibia Center
December 28, 2007	Salzburg	Austria	On a Dark Winter's Night Festival	—
December 29, 2007	Oberhausen	Germany

List of 2008 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support act(s)^[7]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Support Act(s)
January 1, 2008	Helsinki	Finland	Ice Hall	Indica
January 17, 2008	Osaka	Japan	Big Cat Club	—
January 18, 2008	Tokyo		Ebisu Liquid Hall
January 21, 2008	Beijing	China	MG Live House	Skylark[8]
January 23, 2008	Shanghai		Hongkou Coliseum
January 24, 2008	Hong Kong		HITEC 2
January 27, 2008	Perth	Australia	Metro Theatre	Voyager[9] Lord[10]
January 29, 2008	Adelaide		HQ Club
January 30, 2008	Melbourne		Palais Theatre
February 1, 2008	Sydney		Enmore Theatre
February 2, 2008	Brisbane		Tivoli Theatre
February 17, 2008	Vilnius	Lithuania	Siemens Arena	Pain
February 19, 2008	Kraków	Poland	Wisla Hall
February 20, 2008	Prague	Czech Republic	T-Mobile Arena
February 21, 2008	Berlin	Germany	Arena	Krieger Pain
February 23, 2008	Leipzig		Leipzig Arena
February 24, 2008	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
February 25, 2008	Frankfurt		Jahrhunderthalle	Pain
February 27, 2008	Bamberg		Jako Arena
February 28, 2008	Vienna	Austria	Gasometer
February 29, 2008	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
March 2, 2008	Milan	Italy	PalaLido Arena
March 4, 2008	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Tivoli Hall
March 5, 2008	Budapest	Hungary	JRC Ice-Hall
March 8, 2008	Athens	Greece	Olympic Fencing Arena	—
March 17, 2008	Hamburg	Germany	Color Line Arena	Pain
March 18, 2008	Hanover		AWD Hall
March 19, 2008	Dortmund		Westfalenhalle
March 21, 2008	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
March 22, 2008	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal
March 23, 2008	Antwerp	Belgium	Lotto Arena
March 25, 2008	London	England	London Astoria
March 26, 2008
March 27, 2008
March 29, 2008	Birmingham		O2 Academy
March 30, 2008	Newcastle upon Tyne		O2 Newcastle
March 31, 2008	Glasgow	Scotland	O2 Glasgow
April 2, 2008	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Mandela Hall
April 3, 2008	Dublin	Ireland	Vicar Street
April 4, 2008	Manchester	England	Apollo Theatre
April 6, 2008	Paris	France	Le Zénith
April 7, 2008	Strasbourg		Zénith de Strasbourg
April 10, 2008	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier
April 11, 2008	Marseille		Lê Dôme
April 12, 2008	Toulouse		Le Zénith
April 14, 2008	Barcelona	Spain	Razzmatazz 1
April 15, 2008	Bilbao		Santana 27
April 16, 2008	Madrid		La Riviera
April 18, 2008	Porto	Portugal	Coliseu do Porto
April 19, 2008	Lisbon		Coliseu dos Recreios
May 2, 2008	Mexico City	Mexico	Vive Cuervo Salon	—
May 3, 2008
May 7, 2008	Poughkeepsie	United States	Chance Theatre	Sonic Syndicate Iced Earth
May 9, 2008	Quebec City	Canada	Centre de Foire
May 11, 2008	London		Cowboy's Club
May 14, 2008	Winnipeg		Garrick Centre
May 15, 2008	Regina		Drink Club
May 16, 2008	Edmonton		Starlite Room
May 17, 2008	Calgary		MacEwan Hall
May 19, 2008	Victoria		Sugar Club
May 20, 2008	Vancouver		Croatian Cultural Centre
May 22, 2008	Orangevale	United States	Boardwalk Club
May 23, 2008	San Diego		House of Blues
May 23, 2008	Las Vegas		House of Blues
May 26, 2008	Denver		Ogden Theatre
May 27, 2008	Lawrence		Granada Theater
May 28, 2008	Sauget		Pop's Club
May 30, 2008	Louisville		Headliner's Hall
May 31, 2008	Mokena		The Pearl Room
June 7, 2008	Nürburgring	Germany	Rock am Ring	—
June 8, 2008	Nuremberg		Rock im Park
June 26, 2008	Helsinki	Finland	Kaisaniemi Park
June 28, 2008	Gothenburg	Sweden	Metaltown Festival
July 4, 2008	Turku	Finland	Ruisrock
July 6, 2008	Werchter	Belgium	Rock Werchter
July 8, 2008	Novi Sad	Serbia	Exit Festival
July 13, 2008	Joensuu	Finland	Ilosaarirock
July 26, 2008	Lorca	Spain	Lorca Festival
August 2, 2008	Wacken	Germany	Wacken Open Air
August 7, 2008	Skanderborg	Denmark	Skanderborg Festival
August 9, 2008	Tuuri	Finland	Miljoona Rock
August 13, 2008	Colmar	France	Foire aux Vins
August 15, 2008	Gampel	Switzerland	Gampel Open Air
August 16, 2008	Biddinghuizen	Netherlands	Lowlands Festival
August 17, 2008	Derby	England	Bloodstock Open Air
August 29, 2008	Philadelphia	United States	Trocadero Theatre	Sonata Arctica
August 30, 2008	Worcester		Palladium
September 1, 2008	Montreal	Canada	Metropolis
September 2, 2008	Toronto		Polson Pier
September 4, 2008	Cleveland	United States	Agora Theatre
September 5, 2008	Detroit		Harpos Concert Theatre
September 6, 2008	Chicago		House of Blues
September 9, 2008	Seattle		The Showbox
September 10, 2008	Portland		Roseland Theatre
September 12, 2008	San Francisco		The Fillmore
September 13, 2008	Los Angeles		Wiltern Theatre
September 14, 2008	Phoenix		Marquee Theatre
September 16, 2008	Dallas		Palladium Ballroom
September 17, 2008	Austin		La Zona Rosa
September 20, 2008	New Orleans		House of Blues
September 21, 2008	St. Petersburg		Jannus Landing
November 5, 2008	Curitiba	Brazil	Master Hall	Semblant[11]
November 7, 2008	São Paulo		Via Funchal	Libra[12]
November 8, 2008
November 10, 2008	Belo Horizonte		Chevrolet Hall	Pleiades[13][14]
November 11, 2008	Brasília		Clube AABB
November 13, 2008	Manaus		Amadeu Teixeira Arena	Ashes Cendes[15]
November 15, 2008	Fortaleza		Arena	—
November 16, 2008	Recife		Clube Português
November 18, 2008	Vila Velha		Ginásio Marista
November 19, 2008	Rio de Janeiro		Circo Voador	Libra[16]
November 21, 2008	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Obras Arena	Haxan[17]
November 23, 2008	Santiago	Chile	Teatro Caupolican	—

List of 2009 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support act(s)^[7]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Support Act(s)
March 11, 2009	London	England	O2 Academy Brixton	Pain Indica
March 14, 2009	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
March 15, 2009	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Arena
March 17, 2009	Cologne	Germany	Palladium
March 18, 2009	Lingen		Emslandhallen
March 20, 2009	Karlsruhe		Europahalle
March 21, 2009	Erfurt		Messehalle
March 23, 2009	Paris	France	Le Zénith
March 24, 2009
March 26, 2009	Munich	Germany	Zenith
March 28, 2009	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle
March 30, 2009	Mantua	Italy	Palabam Arena
March 31, 2009	Pordenone		Palasport
April 2, 2009	Zagreb	Croatia	Cibona Hall
April 4, 2009	Debrecen	Hungary	Főnix Hall
May 1, 2009	Hartford	United States	Webster Theater	Volbeat
May 2, 2009	New York City		Nokia Theatre
May 3, 2009	Allentown		Crocodile Rock Club
May 5, 2009	Baltimore		Sonar Club
May 6, 2009	Louisville		Oasis Club
May 8, 2009	Sauget		Pop's Club
May 9, 2009	Oklahoma City		Diamond Ballroom
May 11, 2009	Corpus Christi		Concrete Street Pavilion
May 12, 2009	Houston		Warehouse Live
May 14, 2009	Atlanta		Masquerade Club
June 7, 2009	Tampere	Finland	Sauna Open Air	—
June 12, 2009	Interlaken	Switzerland	Greenfield Festival
June 18, 2009	Pori	Finland	RMJ Party Camp
June 28, 2009	Dessel	Belgium	Graspop Metal Meeting
July 3, 2009	Tolmin	Slovenia	Metalcamp
July 9, 2009	Vizovice	Czech Republic	Masters of Rock
July 11, 2009	Kvinesdal	Norway	Kvinesdal Rock Festival
July 18, 2009	Sibiu	Romania	Artmania Festival
July 24, 2009	Seinäjoki	Finland	Race & Rock Festival
August 8, 2009	Hildesheim	Germany	M'era Luna Festival
August 15, 2009	Savonlinna	Finland	Olavinlinna Castle
August 16, 2009
September 5, 2009	Moscow	Russia	Luzhniki Palace of Sports	Pain
September 19, 2009	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena	Apocalyptica

Cancelled dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
November 6, 2007[18]	Anaheim	United States	House of Blues
May 5, 2008[19]	Sayreville		Starland Ballroom
May 6, 2008[20]	Hartford		Webster Theater
September 19, 2008[21]	Houston		Meridian Theatre
September 23, 2008[22]	Knoxville		Valarium Club
September 27, 2008[23]	New York City		Nokia Theatre
September 28, 2008[24]	Baltimore		Rams Head Live!
September 29, 2008[25]	Charlotte		Tremont Hall
October 11, 2008[26]	Moscow	Russia	Luzhniki Hall
October 25, 2008[27]	Reykjavík	Iceland	Laugardalshöll
November 4, 2008[28]	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Pepsi On Stage

Personnel

Main article: List of Nightwish band members

• Anette Olzon – female vocals
• Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards
• Emppu Vuorinen – guitars
• Jukka Nevalainen – drums
• Marko Hietala – bass, male vocals

Guest musicians

• Troy Donockley – bagpipes (UK and 2009 shows)
• John Two-Hawks – male vocals and flute (shows in Louisville, Mokena and Sauget)
• Pekka Kuusisto – violin (Hartwall Areena only)

References

1. "NIGHTWISH Performs 'Secret' Gig In Estonia". Metalfromfinland.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
2. "Nightwish performs first official concert with new singer". Blabbermouth.net. October 7, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
3. "Nightwish – Tour Info". Nightwish.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
4. "Nightwish Australian tour dates announced". Blabbermouth.net. October 5, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
5. "Metal From Finland – Video Interview With TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN". Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
6. Roadrunner Records – Interview with Anette and Tuomas
7. "Tour: Past shows". Nightwish.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
8. "Nightwish with Skylark in Beijing and Shangai" (in Chinese). GuitarsChina.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
9. "VOYAGER announce new European tour dates". Paris-Move.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
10. "Lord". MetalStorm.net. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
11. "Nightwish: Voam ursinhos de pelúcia e cartazes em Curitiba" (in Portuguese). Nightwish.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
12. "RESENHA: 07/11/2008 – NIGHTWISH NA VIA FUNCHAL/SP" (in Portuguese). PontoZero. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
13. "Nightwish em Brasília: resenha do show no Novo Metal" (in Portuguese). Whiplash.net. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
14. "Nightwish causa euforia e frustração em BH" (in Portuguese). BHeventos. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
15. "Nightwish em Manaus" (in Portuguese). YdiEnergia. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
16. "Como foi? Nightwish no Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). DoSol.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
17. "Viernes 21 de Noviembre – NIGHTWISH en Estadio Obras (Buenos Aires, Argentina" (in Spanish). RiseMetwl.com. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
18. "Chance go Orlando and Anaheim concerts". Nightwish's Official Website. October 1, 2007. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
19. "The concert in Sayreville is cancelled". Nightwish's Official Website. April 2, 2008. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
20. "Tonight's show in Hartford is cancelled". Nightwish's Official Website. May 6, 2008. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
21. "Houston -concert has been cancelled". Nightwish's Official Website. September 1, 2008. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
22. "The Show in Knoxville is cancelled". Nightwish's Official Website. September 2, 2008. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
23. "New York also cancelled". Nightwish's Official Website. September 2, 2008. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
24. "Baltimore also cancelled". Nightwish's Official Website. September 2, 2008. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
25. "Show in Charlotte also cancelled". Nightwish's Official Website. September 2, 2008. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
26. "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - NIGHTWISH: Moscow Show Cancelled". Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
27. "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - NIGHTWISH: Reykjavik Concert Cancelled". www.roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
28. "Nightwish - the Official Website". Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.